Seismology Pillows

Another long day down at the Bureau of Earthquake Prediction.

'...the quake was an aftershock to the latest shift in the prime rate.'

Richter Scale

Seismology Department: good vibrations or bad vibrations.

The Tectonics and Their Plates.

"When I kiss you the earth moves. Or was that just an aftershock?"

"Would you mind adjusting the vibrate on your phone? There's a seismologist on TV claiming there's been an earthquake in our neighborhood."

"Once again, the epicenter seems to be Christian Slater."

Fracking Zone - Be prepared for anything.

Mrs. Richter's Scale.

Rational explanations

"Should't we have a better backup system in case our monitoring equipment goes down than a bowl of jello?"

"Here it is - 'Surviving an Earthquake'..."

Fissure waxing - Department of Seismology.

'We geochemists did very well before there were geophysicists.'

'I got rid of those funny little spots in front of my eyes. Now what's bugging me is a buzzing noise in my ears, like somebody sawing logs.'

"An earthquake cracked the building in half. I'd have it fixed, but it's keeping the staff from constantly going to the break room."

'Mr. President, our scientist say that the earthquake was caused by an unnamed fault in the Earth's crust.', 'Excellent! -- We'll call it 'Bush's Fault.''

'WOW,this is amazing down here captain, ABSOLUTELY amazing! That quake SURE did a lot of damage to the ocean's floor!'

"Just one work, son, 'Acquaculture'."

'Pretend you don't notice San Andreas.'

Tear Along this Line.

When geologists argue.

Backyard salmon farming becomes the newest hobby in Vancouver.

'It's a small operation at the moment but we're growing all the time.'

'It's always a little dicey using tectonic plates.'

'Later that day Sally was told that the earthquake measured 6.8 on the Richter scale.'

'When it started sputtering I called a seismologist.'

"If they'd had seismic monitors when blasting coal out of the ground during the Industrial Revolution, you lot would have frozen in your hovels."

'Pretend you don't notice San Andreas.'

Entering California/Entering San Andreas Fault.

Global Warning

Warning - Earthquake coming!

Earthquake scores