My stupid brain was focusing on the driveway in front of the camera and was confused at how this video was anything important. Then I finally noticed it behind the fence on the right. It's almost terrifying. The whole ground moves several feet it looks like. Jesus Christ.
this post was submitted on 19 Jul 2025
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2.5 meters (8.5 feet)! Not only that, watch further in the distance past the posts and the potted plant: As the rupture progresses, the entire surface dips slightly and then rises in an almost whip-like fashion.
Crazy to consider: What if you were, within 1.3 seconds, moved 2.5 meters to your left right now?
An even wilder thought experiment: what if your left leg was in one side of the fault and your right leg was on the other?
And what if your feet were nailed to the ground?!
Yeh! I first saw this weeks ago and missed all but the motion on the right. Keep an eye on the right side of that building across the road - yowsah!
Here's an annotated video by one of the Authors of the paper this article references that helped me understand what was going on here.
Maybe it’s just me or maybe you forgot to link the video?
Nope. I'm just an idiot. Fixed now.
What an amazing video! The energy that's set free there is incredible.
Must feel nice for mother earth to stretch and feel relieved afterwards
How is that something we never caught on video before? Fascinating regardless.
Now here comes my big question. In a place where this is somewhat common (where I live we don't get earthquakes), how do you determine propertylines if your neighbors whole house just moved 6 feet?
That is called avulsion, and means you still own that property that moved 6 feet away. This is the USA, but I'm certain it is similar in many places of the world.
It gets real crazy in floods where a big chuck of property can break off and float downstream. If you can find it later that property is still owned by you, just in a new location.
So you're saying I should find a dirt cheap property that's uphill from a coast, and cross my fingers a flood will carry it over to become beach-front and quadruple its value?
Either that, or rising waters will turn it into beachfront property in 10-15 years anyway. You can't lose!