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First fault rupture ever filmed: M7.9 surface rupture filmed near Thazi, Myanmar (youtu.be)

submitted 1 month ago by RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to c/science@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/44112210

This is the first (and currently only) known instance of a fault line motion being captured on camera.

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[–] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Keep your eyes on the ground outside the fence, and the row of potted plants in the background.

[–] philthi@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Thank you for this, on the first watch I thought: "ok the concrete cracked... Is that it?!" After seeing your comment and researching, it's astonishing

[–] Nighed@feddit.uk 1 points 2 days ago

It not something you expect to look for!

[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 20 points 1 month ago

That's absolutely crazy! Insane that the land can just "slip" like that. Imagine how much pressure must have been building for the plate to finally move.

[–] JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org 19 points 1 month ago

I ain't got words for how crazy seeing that is. The world was just like 'move the background 6 feet to the right' and then it happened.