7.0 Earthquake in Haiti Today Could Mean...

[seatsR4toilets]

Pretty big quake just south of Cuba could mean some serious surf for us these next few days....maybe.
Can't wait to see what Magic Seaweed says tomorrow morning.


(I'm not being insensitive, just stating a fact).

 

[Matt_E]

How does an earthquake in Haiti today mean serious surf in FL for the next few days?

 

[QuickMick]

good off topic post.

 

[Boris]

How does an earthquake in Haiti today mean serious surf in FL for the next few days?

Maybe from all the wakes that their makeshift rafts will produce as they paddle for Miami ?

 

[seatsR4toilets]

Considering it's location in the Atlantic, I would assume it's safe to say at 7.0 we'll see at least some swell from it. I do believe that it did hit in a port city, which would lead me to think that it was an off-shore quake/fault.

If I get some time later, I do some research. But I'm betting we'll see something on the east coast of FL.

 

[Matt_E]

Some swell?

Methinks you have some misconceptions about how tsunamis works. :dunno:

 

[701superjet]

off topic? its very possible that we could get waves from that quake.....it was a huge.......the african coast and madgascar got waves from the earth quake in 04

 

[seatsR4toilets]

Maybe from all the wakes that their makeshift rafts will produce as they paddle for Miami ?

I swear I didn't laugh.
Kinda.

 

[QuickMick]

off topic? its very possible that we could get waves from that quake.....it was a huge.......the african coast and madgascar got waves from the earth quake in 04

Glad u can read.

 

[Matt_E]

off topic? its very possible that we could get waves from that quake.....it was a huge.......the african coast and madgascar got waves from the earth quake in 04

Yes....and they came across the ocean at hundreds of miles per hour, a few sets, and were gone. This was over in a matter of hours. Most of that time was time spent for the waves to travel across thousands of miles of ocean.
Those weren't "waves" in the traditional sense, either. Look at some youtube videos of tsunami swells. They're quite different.

 

[QuickMick]

Thats SWELL!

Yes....and they came across the ocean at hundreds of miles per hour, a few sets, and were gone.
Those weren't "waves" in the traditional sense, either. Look at some youtube videos of tsunami swells. They're quite different.

 

[WAB]

sweet! 70ft faces to SHRED! :clown:

 

[Matt_E]

It's also worth noting that very few seaquakes actually produce tsunamis.
There was an initial tsunami alert for this quake, but it has been lifted already.

 

[seatsR4toilets]

So, no effect in Daytona at all?

 

[Matt_E]

No.

Even if there were, you probably would not notice it or miss it.

werd i just saw that...well it would have cool if we did get some waves tho

Doesn't work that way. Sorry. :biggrin:

 

[701superjet]

It's also worth noting that very few seaquakes actually produce tsunamis.
There was an initial tsunami alert for this quake, but it has been lifted already.

werd i just saw that...well it would have cool if we did get some waves tho

 

[QuickMick]

Im brining my surf board just incase.

 

[Frosty]

The fault near Haiti is not a subduction fault, so no real waves would have been generated.

 

[ticega306]

quake epicenter was actually on land north of the city of Jacmel just off the southern tip of the fault. doubt any swells made it anywhere.

 

[DAG]

the quake shifted the moon, so you damn well better believe theirs going to be huge surf