Quake Watch 2015

Check out the string of quakes across the US.

earthquake.usgs.gov...

I tried doing a screen shot, but all that showed up were the fault lines!!!

Ha, ha! Which is exactly what that link turned out to be too!
Okay try this link, but that won't be frozen in time!

earthquake.usgs.gov... newest%22%2C%22basemap%22%3A%22terrain%22%2C%22autoUpdate%22%3Atrue%2C%22restrictListToMap%22%3Atrue%2C%22timeZone%22%3A%22utc%22%2C%22mapposition%22% 3A%5B%5B-84.8657818673152%2C-324.84375%5D%2C%5B86.93226179333773%2C125.15625000000001%5D%5D%2C%22overlays%22%3A%7B%22plates%22%3Atrue%7D%2C%22viewMode s%22%3A%7B%22map%22%3Atrue%2C%22list%22%3Atrue%2C%22settings%22%3Atrue%2C%22help%22%3Afalse%7D%7D

Sigh...I'm going back to being a lurker!
Just look at USGS on the "1 Day, All Magnitudes Worldwide" setting before it changes!

WOQ

a reply to: wasobservingquietly
yeah I see it, and evenly spaced too


I wondered if it might have something todo with the Solar Eclipse, but the track (or the mirror track) is no where near the USA
eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov...

only happens every 400,000-500,000 years!
www.svalbard2015.no...

originally posted by: muzzy
a reply to: coffeesniffer
what?
having to re-do everything because of someone elses interference?
or the whole earthquake thing?

Yeah can see that would make lesser people very techy

originally posted by: muzzy
a reply to: wasobservingquietly
yeah I see it, and evenly spaced too

I wondered if it might have something todo with the Solar Eclipse.
www.svalbard2015.no...

I take it this has not been debunked in years gone by? You bring me down with aggressive thread authoritarianism yet spout sudo science interest yourself...# i need to stop smoking this stuff lol
I

a reply to: coffeesniffer
"aggressive thread authoritarianism" huh?
geez, can't you do your own search of the Topics on ATS to find it?
A study was done of M6+ quakes compared to Solar Flares over a year.
A graph was produced.
It proved there was no connection.
End.

Solar Flare is not a Solar Eclipse, two different things.

a reply to: muzzy

Thanks, Muzzy!!!
I can e-mail pics & put them on Facebook,
but I have only successfully done it on ATS a couple of times!
For some reason it still eludes me!

WOQ

a reply to: muzzy

Can you point me towards the study linking solar eclipse and earthquakes?

I dont need to search ATS for information, it's not the only source of information. 200,000 suspisious0bservers provide graphs and link to studys but they don't tent to dissapear up thier own asses. End.

a reply to: coffeesniffer
So you come on my Topic, raise some hair-brained proposal with no evidence and then expect me to provide you with links to evidence that proves you are wrong
Go away.

a reply to: muzzy
Yep, am going with the Pins
For Japan too.......
The processing of the data for OSM maps takes too long, you have to split the data into magnitude KML files (3-5 of them usually depending on whats happened seismically that day) to load them on as separately coloured layers.
When they allow you to use your own icons I may come back to OSM.

So Pins for Japan then, even though you have to use the slider or click twice on the map selection and popup text, I still prefer this setup.
example of the day after the 2011 M9


I was trying to figure out how to show the difference between automatic and reviewed data on the maps, it only applies to the first 2 maps, so its not too much work. As the reviewed data comes available, the map gets updated.
So I put a dot on the Pin icons that are based on "automatic" data.

LOL, it looks like a whole bunch of Japanese eyeballs looking up to the north west.
Hope its not offensive to anybody!

HOW TO LOAD IMAGES TO ATS AND POST IN THE REPLY BOX ( for WOQ and others)
images below are reduced in size by the ATS process, right click each one, select "view image" to see full size

befoe you start, log in, at the top of the page once logged in you will see a bar with tabs as shown below












Doing this on a laptop without a mouse ( ie using the finger pad) is hard work, I wouldn't even bother trying.

a reply to: muzzy

Your sudo science does not outweigh mine, Solar induced currents causing quakes or solar elipse triggering are both unproven. you may have kept these Quake Watch threads going but they are not yours (i first posted in these quake watch threads in 2010, same as you), you need to wind your neck in.

Here are some studys showing scientists backing what I said.



Solar activity as a triggering mechanism for earthquakes
Simpson, John F.
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 3, p. 417-425.

Solar activity, as indicated by sunspots, radio noise and geomagnetic indices, plays a significant but by no means exclusive role in the triggering of earthquakes. Maximum quake frequency occurs at times of moderately high and fluctuating solar activity. Terrestrial solar flare effects which are the actual coupling mechanisms which trigger quakes appear to be either abrupt accelerations in the earth's angular velocity or surges of telluric currents in the earth's crust. The graphs presented in this paper permit probabilistic forecasting of earthquakes, and when used in conjunction with local indicators may provide a significant tool for specific earthquake prediction.

Then this

Some Scientists Believe Solar Activity Can Cause Earthquakes, Volcanoes or Extreme Weather A 1967 study published in the Earth and Planetary Science Letters found: Solar activity, as indicated by sunspots, radio noise and geomagnetic indices, plays a significant but by no means exclusive role in the triggering of earthquakes. Maximum quake frequency occurs at times of moderately high and fluctuating solar activity. Terrestrial solar flare effects which are the actual coupling mechanisms which trigger quakes appear to be either abrupt accelerations in the earth's angular velocity or surges of telluric currents in the earth's crust. The graphs presented in this paper permit probabilistic forecasting of earthquakes, and when used in conjunction with local indicators may provide a significant tool for specific earthquake prediction. A 1998 report by a scientist from the Beijing Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, also found a correlation between low solar activity and earthquakes: It has been found that:
(1) Earthquakes occur frequently around the minimum years of solar activity. Generally, the earthquake activities are relatively less during the peak value years of solar activity, some say, around the period when magnetic polarity in the solar polar regions is reversed.
(2) The earthquake frequency in the minimum period of solar activity is closely related to the maximum annual means of sunspot numbers, the maximum annual means of solar 10.7 cm radio flux and solar proton events of a whole solar cycle, and the relation between earthquake and solar proton events is closer than others. Mitch Battros theorized in 1998 that large solar flares affect Earth's magnetic field, which in turn shifts the oceanic and atmospheric currents, which can cause earthquakes and extreme weather. As Battros summarizes his formula: Sunspots => Solar Flares (charged particles) => Magnetic Field Shift => Shifting Ocean and Jet Stream Currents => Extreme Weather [including earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes or other extreme natural events] Battros' theories have been endorsed to one degree or another by:
• Dr. Ernest Hildner, Director NOAA Space Weather Center
• Dr. Tom Van Flandern, former US Naval Observatory Chief of Celestial Mechanics
• Dr. Stefaan Poedts: Lead Scientist University of Leuven Center for Plasma Astrophysics
• Dr. Ronald van der Linden, Director of Solar Physics Department of the Royal Observatory
• Dr. Pål Brekke, Deputy Director of SOHO project- European Space Agency

a reply to: coffeesniffer
sudo science?
I don't know what the heck you are on about, WOQ mentioned a string of quakes in an arc across the continental USA and I helped out by posting an image of same, and I also wondered aloud what may cause that and discounted one possibilty. Maybe it was Aliens skipping across the country, but I didn't research that at this time.
how is that sudo science?

You say in your original post

No I was interested in the quake due to the K>4 KP=8 storm that was in progress. I believe electic stress from space weather exists, how this plays out in regards to earthquakes and earth's weather i'm not so sure though.

I let you know that the relationship between space weather and earthquakes has been discussed, researched and discounted here on ATS in the past countless times..

now you go on to post a link that says in one paragraph

It has been found that:
(1) Earthquakes occur frequently around the minimum years of solar activity. Generally, the earthquake activities are relatively less during the peak value years of solar activity, some say, around the period when magnetic polarity in the solar polar regions is reversed.

although the writer provides no data to support this.

So you debunked your own theory that K>4 KP=8 storm had something to do with an earthquake near Indonesia.

They say more Solar activity = less quakes
But they are talking about whole years, and earthquake count numbers, not singular large events
So their "study" is using different parameters altogether.

My research was about single M6+events versus solar activity.

here is a bit of research I did that I had forgotten about, posted on ATS Jul, 31 2014
The graphs on the link below show the SFU readings for each month, with the radiated energy released in units of Tonnes of TNT per 24 hour period by earthquakes in New Zealand and the Kermadec Islands recorded by GNS (Geonet)
link

I can't find the specific argument on Solar Flares vs M6 quakes on ATS search right now, but here is the graph I referred to,
although the research was about Moon Cycles I did mark on the graph the Solar Flares in red bracketed, first column



If I started Quake Watch 2015 , then its my Topic, or as some called it I am the OP (Original Poster)
Others have hosted the QW Topics in the past, I consider those Topics to be their Topics.

I simply stated that we do not understand what electrical stresses within the earth can do and only did so when berkeleygal said:

a reply to: coffeesniffer yep, that was a biggie. And we have a major solar storm hitting right now too...

You asked if i was banging on about equinox's and before getting the answer went on to say its bunk. I didnt know there was a link with equinox so wondered why you would be so quick to judge posters. I know nothing of this equinox stuff.

So i answered you by saying why I am interested. Notice I did not sell this stuff as factual; simply an interest. Then for some reason you disappear up your own ass telling me i should basically # off with these stupid, debunked, tiring waste of time theories.

No I was interested in the quake due to the K>4 KP=8 storm that was in progress. I believe electic stress from space weather exists, how this plays out in regards to earthquakes and earth's weather i'm not so sure though.

I should thank you really because it has sparked my interest now, guess i can put my spare time into finding proven science to back me up

a reply to: coffeesniffer

I'm not really interested in the comparison right now, but go for it
some other Topics on ATS about the subject.
Solar Flares DO NOT Cause Earthquakes
There is a 26% chance of a significant earthquake after an X class solar flare
Major solar event coinciding with quakes
I would like to share this with you, sunspots & earthquakes
or search ATS
"solar flares and earthquakes"
there are 10 pages

Just think out loud again. I won't get into why I didn't comment on the last Idaho earthquake. It had to do with thresholds if you really need a clue to follow.

About 6 hours ago, the North Nevada quakes slipped above 2.5M with a 2.7 M. This should mean an Idaho earthquake, near Challis, will be coming really soon.

Idaho, near Challis, has had a very large earthquake in the past. 1980 something.

1983

www.youtube.com...

en.wikipedia.org...

Looks to be getting interesting in the Ok area as of late:

folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu...

Update time = Mon Mar 23 23:00:03 CDT 2015
Here are the 30 most recent earthquakes and all M>3 earthquakes on this map...

MAG DATE LOCAL-TIME LAT LON DEPTH LOCATION
y/m/d h:m:s deg deg km
4.0 2015/03/23 19:27:28 36.344N 97.168W 4.0 24 km (15 mi) S of Marland, OK
2.7 2015/03/23 18:50:07 36.346N 97.142W 1.5 23 km (15 mi) NW of Glencoe, OK
4.0 2015/03/23 18:29:54 36.621N 97.642W 1.5 7 km ( 4 mi) NNE of Hunter, OK
2.8 2015/03/23 16:41:29 36.757N 97.994W 5.0 15 km (10 mi) SSW of Wakita, OK
3.7 2015/03/23 15:16:15 36.128N 97.577W 1.9 17 km (10 mi) WNW of Mulhall, OK
3.8 2015/03/23 12:17:30 35.791N 96.987W 5.3 13 km ( 8 mi) NNE of Fallis, OK
3.5 2015/03/23 02:24:27 36.759N 97.973W 7.2 15 km ( 9 mi) SSW of Wakita, OK
3.2 2015/03/22 17:45:23 36.331N 97.519W 4.7 13 km ( 8 mi) SSE of Garber, OK
2.5 2015/03/22 16:53:07 36.747N 97.547W 3.2 6 km ( 4 mi) N of Lamont, OK
2.8 2015/03/22 07:14:54 36.559N 97.439W 3.8 3 km ( 2 mi) N of Billings, OK
3.4 2015/03/22 06:12:10 36.337N 97.205W 4.5 25 km (16 mi) S of Marland, OK
2.4 2015/03/22 05:57:41 36.099N 97.062W 4.4 19 km (12 mi) SW of Glencoe, OK
2.8 2015/03/21 21:50:15 36.471N 97.193W 5.0 11 km ( 7 mi) SSW of Marland, OK
3.5 2015/03/21 14:58:36 36.258N 97.270W 4.1 25 km (16 mi) NNE of Mulhall, OK
3.0 2015/03/21 14:57:37 36.261N 97.272W 4.8 23 km (14 mi) NNE of Mulhall, OK
2.8 2015/03/21 11:23:39 35.953N 97.415W 5.5 13 km ( 8 mi) S of Mulhall, OK
4.0 2015/03/21 05:08:51 36.360N 97.099W 5.0 21 km (13 mi) NW of Glencoe, OK
2.7 2015/03/21 02:45:31 35.806N 97.430W 6.2 14 km ( 8 mi) ESE of Cedar Valley, OK
2.7 2015/03/20 16:10:02 36.114N 97.232W 4.6 17 km (10 mi) ENE of Mulhall, OK
3.2 2015/03/20 04:00:40 36.567N 97.599W 5.0 6 km ( 3 mi) E of Hunter, OK
2.7 2015/03/19 17:30:44 35.741N 97.379W 4.6 10 km ( 6 mi) NNW of Arcadia, OK
2.6 2015/03/19 16:42:22 35.743N 97.379W 3.8 10 km ( 6 mi) NNW of Arcadia, OK
2.8 2015/03/19 06:14:08 36.010N 97.105W 4.8 25 km (15 mi) WNW of Agra, OK
2.8 2015/03/19 03:57:05 36.645N 97.855W 3.9 6 km ( 3 mi) WSW of Pond Creek, OK
4.2 2015/03/17 18:45:32 36.588N 97.613W 3.4 5 km ( 3 mi) ENE of Hunte

Firstly, I'll comment on Oklahoma before I apologized for filling the page with a big sheet of those helicoder thingys. I've been watching for an earthquake in Idaho. But, how can I not help but watch the constant banging of those dots in the state of Oklahoma. It's ridiculous. I mean, hey, I don't even wanting to fracking comment on it, but, hey. I purposely have stopped writing about the crime. I've resigned myself to be thankful that the old faults in the area are so ancient that they refuse to awaken and get out of bed. They will though. It's physics. Input output. It's Doctor Dolittle and the pushme-pullyou. Something will give. Here's something horrible that just struck through my mind. Yes, those faults are old, stubborn and are refusing to give up all the stored energy in all the surrounding area. Guess what. Maybe the ancient faults in Oklahoma never really fully rupture. That's possible. Because it's possible that all the energy from Oklahoma gets transferred like a bad check. Where's it gonna go?

I don't think we all really forget where the story really started.
Arkansas.
Remember, there's still fracking there as well. Just not right on top the "very" active faults.

Now, for filling up the page. I have been waiting sort of patiently for Idaho. But I haven't seen it on the USGS. I've even been ignoring the possible signatures of earthquakes on the Yellowstone webicorder that are Montana mine explosions. You usually can see the bigger ones there. This morning I think I found one that's not a mine blast coming from the east. This one seem more from the south west, so it may be Idaho. I can read this jiggly graphs, but I'm not a professional and don't have access to anything closer actually from Idaho. So, my best guess is that I'm right and a small one about 2.4M occurred near Challis. Or, I'm wrong. But since the USGS doesn't always post stuff, I'm going to chose to think I'm right even if I have no proof. Oh, I always admit I'm wrong if there's proof. So, in the absence of proof I will find comfort.

here's the tiny wiggly on a big empty piece of webicorder page. oh wait. i've learn to edit pictures, maybe i can crop. hold on





You see that tiny red thing. Well, that's it. or not, like i said...

had to add
Like I've stated, I've been ignored Oklahoma. That's not to mean Oklahoma hasn't been ignoring me. I get email alerts for news on earthquake so of course it's always full of Oklahoma, and Texas etc. Lately, I've been ignoring the ones that are repeatedly warning of a much larger one in Okie because of the cumulative amounts. Yup. That's why I've been having the same thoughts about why the big one hasn't come yet. It would seem the geologist are thinking the same thing. In fact, I've been ignoring this stuff so much that I actually and finally erased the link for an article about how that Austin Holland fella, was um, on hmm , the take. Is that how they say it? I'm not sure of the term. That's a lie. I've watched the entire series of the Soprano six times. And every other gangster movie you can name. Even saw the Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight. Which, has some crazy scenes which true out actual came from real events. I thought it was just a comedy and that was no lion.
I was wrong. The gang used to intimidate people with the beast.

Anyway, I'll find that link and you can read about the corruption. Organized corruption.

Well, it seems now like even Newsweek is picking up the story.

Industry Pressure Kept Oklahoma’s Scientists Silent on Earthquake-Fracking Link Since 2010: Report

Oh, and if someone has already posted this stuff- sorry.

I've been ignore it if you hadn't noticed...

www.newsweek.com...

And if you are blocked form Newsweek because they want money money money... try this one...

www.allgov.com...

This is the one I erased before and I don't know why because I can't ignore how sexy I think Mr Holland is.

exhale

I'm sorry, I bit of my ancient bit of savage ancestors just took hold of me. Because, I remember a time when I was so enraged by Mr Holland. I even, for a time, felt guilty about calling him a liar. I didn't mince words, I called him and his cohorts liars and criminals. I think this proves my point that in fact officials were hiding the truth, lying to the public directly, and being influence by private money. Wow.

This is a crime. That's makes those involved criminals. If someone died in the earthquakes. That's makes the at least guilty of manslaughter. Unlike the Italian geologist who did none of these things. The Italians only ignored another scientists warnings. I am very willing to give the Italians the benefit of doubt. Because how could they be sure. In Oklahoma, the relationship between drilling and the earthquakes was so obvious, even a newb-amateur-geologist wannbe like myself could easily predict the earthquakes and find the responsible well. If I had the pumping records, I could have made it a slam dunk.

Mr. Austin Fracking Holland blamed the lakes. Wow. That made me so angry. Yosemite Sam angry.
Shame on you Mr. Holland. The lakes. Really...

I'll make this super brief since it's obvious that I am a little chatty. Think Hemingway. I like him because he was in Canada eh for awhile eh and wrote for the Toronto Star? eh. Oh.

I must rebuff my own argument and say that what I am showing in not an earthquake, but it rather an explosion. Ugh. I am - you guys fill in the rest with your own assessment of me, full of self doubt, so I kept picking at the scab and found it must have come from Utah and it most likely originated in a quarry. My quarry has turned out to be a quarry. If that sentence got Scrabble points I'd be laughing. Love q's. Even in calligraphy. I'm doing this deliberately obviously. So, I'll conclude...

Yes, no Idaho quake yet. that I can see.

I always admit when I'm wrong. Always follow the truth. (unlike mr holland you know who) I've never proven my volcano theory (i know i'm using that word wrongly) wrong, so, there may just be something to it. Several,(I'll capitalize that for those that don't know the difference between one and several- SEVERAL [maybe, hundreds]) massive phreatic eruptions formed the moon. and, that's just a bit of the story because i'll ignore the little bit about the several extinction events, and other amazing stories. sodom, cough cough, etc...

And this is me restrained and brief.

I was wrong.
wrong.
no
idaho.

M 4.6
(upgraded to 5.0)
(then downgraded to 4.9)

140km SSW of Port Hardy, Canada
Event Time

2015-03-25 19:22:43 (UTC)
Depth 5.0 km

Nearby Cities

204km (127mi) WSW of Campbell River, Canada
216km (134mi) W of Courtenay, Canada
231km (144mi) W of Port Alberni, Canada
356km (221mi) WNW of Victoria, Canada

earthquake.usgs.gov...

M2.9 - 2km W of Lake in the Hills, Illinois

Event Time

2015-03-25 23:08:51 (UTC)


Nearby Cities

2km (1mi) W of Lake in the Hills, Illinois
5km (3mi) WNW of Algonquin, Illinois
6km (4mi) ENE of Huntley, Illinois
7km (4mi) SSW of Crystal Lake, Illinois
130km (81mi) SE of Madison, Wisconsin
earthquake.usgs.gov...

Weird place for an EQ.....