Reply to Gaza war and College Campus Protests

Forum Index » Political Discussion

Reply to "Gaza war and College Campus Protests"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote] Days after news broke of the earthquake in Iran's Semnan province, speculation has continued on social media that the tremors were caused by Tehran's first nuclear test.
At 10:45 pm on Saturday, the University of Tehran's seismography centre announced that a 4.4-magnitude earthquake had shaken the city of Aradan in Iran's Semnan province, with tremors also felt in parts of eastern Tehran.
The epicentre of the earthquake, which occurred 12km below ground, were recorded as 35.42° north and 52.78° east.
Hours after the news broke, social media users began speculating that the Tehran regime had attempted to conduct its first underground nuclear test, presumably as a deterrent measure against Israeli attacks on its territory.
These speculations came as Islamic Republic officials and Revolutionary Guard commanders repeatedly threaten that if economic, political and military pressures on the country intensify, Tehran will alter its military defence doctrine — a change that would require amending the Iranian leader's fatwa on the illegality of nuclear weapons.[/quote]
https://www.euronews.com/2024/10/09/social-media-abuzz-with-claims-of-irans-secret-nuclear-test-after-44-magnitude-earthquake

Have no hear much about this in US media.[/quote]

Possibly because if you talked to geologists, they'd point out that a 4.4 magnitude earthquake in that region is not unusual.  In particular, that location is home to the Astaneh Fault System, extending for about 150 km which has been associated with numerous historical earthquakes far greater than this alleged "nuke test," such as the devastating 7.9 magnitude Damghan earthquake of 856.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/856_Damghan_earthquake Other notable faults in the region include the Damghan Fault, North-Damghan Fault, and Atari Fault.  And in light of all of its faultlines it might actually be pretty crazy and stupid to detonate an underground nuke there. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics