Quake Watch 2010

reply to post by PuterMan
They must have a nice budget to work with,. they are going to install wind generators to keep their gear running. Looks like solar for now..

6.9 off of Japan. Fortunately, far enough away from land not to be harmful even at that magnitude. No tsunami expected.

Edited to say: look at that depth, though! 298.9 miles. Revised down to a 6.6.

6.9 (Preliminary magnitude — update expected within 15 minutes)
Date-Time
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at 03:24:41 UTC
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at 01:24:41 PM at epicenter
Location
28.400°N, 139.700°E
Depth
481 km (298.9 miles) set by location program
Region
BONIN ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
Distances
288 km (179 miles) WNW (301°) from Chichi-shima, Bonin Islands, Japan
433 km (269 miles) NNW (339°) from Iwo-jima, Volcano Islands, Japan
726 km (451 miles) SSE (164°) from Hamamatsu, Honshu, Japan
808 km (502 miles) S (180°) from TOKYO, Japan

earthquake.usgs.gov...

Another deep one, this time in the Southern Pacific:

5.1
Date-Time
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at 05:17:06 UTC
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at 05:17:06 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
21.157°S, 178.951°W
Depth
574.3 km (356.9 miles)
Region
FIJI REGION
Distances
60 km (40 miles) SSW of Ndoi Island, Fiji
390 km (240 miles) W of NUKU`ALOFA, Tonga
435 km (270 miles) SE of SUVA, Viti Levu, Fiji
1845 km (1140 miles) NNE of Auckland, New Zealand
Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 22.7 km (14.1 miles); depth +/- 5.7 km (3.5 miles)
Parameters
NST= 44, Nph= 46, Dmin=492 km, Rmss=1.27 sec, Gp=137°,
M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=5

also of note, a deep on in the Tonga region earlier today:

earthquake.usgs.gov...

The Pacific Plate is really singing.

Crazy location! off the East Coast of the US, about 135 miles from long island.

3.9
Date-Time
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at 15:45:43 UTC
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at 10:45:43 AM at epicenter
Location
39.165°N, 71.153°W
Depth
5 km (3.1 miles) set by location program
Region
OFF THE EAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES
Distances
220 km (135 miles) SSE of Montauk, New York
235 km (145 miles) SE of Riverhead, New York
250 km (155 miles) SE of Central Islip, New York
445 km (275 miles) SSE of ALBANY, New York

earthquake.usgs.gov...

reply to post by quakewatcher


You beat me to it! Yes rare to see one there.

Chinese sub off NY I think.

reply to post by quakewatcher


Yikes - I lived in Montauk for a year a number of years ago. Really hope there isn't a sub off coast!!

and - it appears to me that CA at the moment is doing that thing it does before a larger quake (my opinion of course)

I hope the sub theory is wrong, but I can't say it didn't cross my mind when I saw the magnitude and depth.

And I agree CA is doing that many scattered little quakes all at the same time thing. Doesn't always mean anything though.

5.5 2010/11/30 17:54:48 48.919 154.969 32.4 KURIL ISLANDS

Toba alert

earthquake.usgs.gov...

Magnitude
5.4
Date-Time
Wednesday, December 01, 2010 at 00:50:21 UTC
Wednesday, December 01, 2010 at 07:50:21 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
2.622°N, 99.040°E
Depth
160.7 km (99.9 miles)
Region
NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
Distances
35 km (25 miles) S of Pematangsiantar, Sumatra, Indonesia
95 km (55 miles) WSW of Tanjungbalai, Sumatra, Indonesia
300 km (185 miles) WSW of KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia
1305 km (810 miles) NW of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia
Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 8.7 km (5.4 miles); depth +/- 10 km (6.2 miles)
Parameters
NST= 58, Nph= 76, Dmin=15.6 km, Rmss=1.11 sec, Gp= 72°,
M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=5
Source
USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID
usc0000hsm

Could someone take a quick look at the Live Internet Seismic Server and reassure me there's not another global thingy going on?

aslwww.cr.usgs.gov...

reply to post by this_is_who_we_are


There was this one today,
earthquake.usgs.gov...

that's your culprit

reply to post by berkeleygal


Acknowledged. Missed that one. I've been remiss in my earthquake monitoring lately. The Japan quake was pretty deep. Any thoughts as to next major quake activity? If you had to guess based on the current trends.

reply to post by this_is_who_we_are


There's been a quake at Lake Toba, look back 4-5 posts

99 miles deep too

Originally posted by quakewatcher
Crazy location! off the East Coast of the US, about 135 miles from long island.

3.9
Date-Time
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at 15:45:43 UTC
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at 10:45:43 AM at epicenter
Location
39.165°N, 71.153°W
Depth
5 km (3.1 miles) set by location program
Region
OFF THE EAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES
Distances
220 km (135 miles) SSE of Montauk, New York
235 km (145 miles) SE of Riverhead, New York
250 km (155 miles) SE of Central Islip, New York
445 km (275 miles) SSE of ALBANY, New York

earthquake.usgs.gov...

I have followed this thread since it was started and there was another thread today about this quake abovetopsecret.com...

One of the posters gave this link about the quake.
______beforeitsnews/story/287/315/

According to the above article, this quake happened on top of a 7,000 foot cliff beneath the water. The top of this cliff might have been cracked. If it was cracked wouldn't more quakes in this area possibly cause it to fall down that 7,000 feet and cause a tsunami off the coast of Long Island?

This is worth keeping an eye on.

reply to post by kennylee


Magnitude 3.9
* Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at 15:45:59 UTC

Depth 6.6 km (4.1 miles) (poorly constrained)
Region OFF THE EAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES
Distances

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 26.2 km (16.3 miles); depth +/- 36.5 km (22.7 miles)

Poorly constrained depth - see uncertainty figures so it could have been 22 miles deeper or maybe even 18 miles above the surface! Could be at the bottom of the cliff - see horizontal uncertainty. (16 miles is around half way down the cliff)

No phase data given. ??? Curious, why not?

I still think it was a Chinese Sub bumped the cliff face while getting ready to test launch a missile over NY!!

I still think it was a Chinese Sub bumped the cliff face while getting ready to test launch a missile over NY!!

nonono it was a humpback whale who farted on the bottom of the ocean get it right man

Looks like a foreshock and a main shock in papua new guinea. Hopefully the 6.9 is as big as it's going to get. Don't know what kind of construction they have there.

MAP 6.9 2010/12/02 03:12:11 -6.111 149.849 32.1 NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
MAP 5.2 2010/12/02 02:51:35 -5.750 153.655 19.2 NEW IRELAND REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

No tsunami bulletin, at least not yet.
earthquake.usgs.gov...

Originally posted by quakewatcher
Looks like a foreshock and a main shock in papua new guinea. Hopefully the 6.9 is as big as it's going to get. Don't know what kind of construction they have there.

MAP 6.9 2010/12/02 03:12:11 -6.111 149.849 32.1 NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
MAP 5.2 2010/12/02 02:51:35 -5.750 153.655 19.2 NEW IRELAND REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

No tsunami bulletin, at least not yet.
earthquake.usgs.gov...

I bet the 6.9 gets downgraded, Geofon's Automatic has it at just 6.3 and the phase data doesn't have enough 7's in it to make it so close to a 7. (there are just two stations showing 7.2 and 7.1 ML)
geofon.gfz-potsdam.de...
also check out LISS, looks like a mid 6 to me.
aslwww.cr.usgs.gov...

How about a 6.7Mw
6.7 2010/12/02 03:12:10 -6.059 149.851 34.8 NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
The Networks sure do struggle with these bigger quakes don't they.
USGS had some weirdo magnitude type at first. Should have screenshotted it.

The Russians have it at 6.6Ms and 6.1mb
www.ceme.gsras.ru...

2hr 35min ago

5.3 2010/12/02 23:39:58 -49.113 120.541 10.0 WESTERN INDIAN-ANTARCTIC RIDGE
earthquake.usgs.gov...

2010-12-02 23:40:01 5.2 49.27 S 120.75 E 25 M Western Indian Antarctic Ridge
geofon.gfz-potsdam.de...

2010-12-02 23:40:05.0 49.22 S 120.73 E 60 mb 5.1 WESTERN INDIAN-ANTARCTIC RIDGE www.emsc-csem.org...

someone should buy these clowns a Globe.
Surely its the SOUTHEAST Indian Ridge, the South West Indian Ridge is over under Africa , doh