Quake Watch 2017

a reply to: muzzy

Hey Muzzy, no one has made a new volcano thread. I suggest you do the honors mate.

Thanks

P

A quick question for Eric, and anyone else with insight.
I understand that Southern California has received a good bit of rain. What influence, if any, may this have on on the faults in the region, based on your past observances?
Is there a delay between rain, or drought, and associated crustal movement?

Just curious.

ETA: Thanks for the new year thread, Muzzy. You are a terrific host.

a reply to: Olivine

Hi Olivine,

I have been thinking about this too.

Wasn't the Hati quake said to have been triggered by storms prior . And then there was a quake in Kingston, Jamaica in 1907
that they say was triggered by bad weather.

Then the Northridge quake in January of 1994. Now some have said that was triggered by weather, but when I went and looked at the historical weather info. I didn't see anything. But I am not a scientist. LOL!

To change the subject.....

I found this article and I thought some here might find this an interesting read. Enjoy
themillenniumreport.com...

I just wanted to add. There's an EQ blogger ( I'm not gonna link, you can find it if you really want) that is predicting a 6.5 to hit Cali. He also mentions the amount of water Cali has gotten in this latest storm.

This really is alot of water.
www.eastbaytimes.com...

a reply to: muzzy

Hey Muzzy! Do you have EQ from the last 30 days?

3.1
85km SW of Gustavus, Alaska
2017-01-17 00:29:37 (UTC)
23.0 km
3.2
100km WNW of Sitka, Alaska
2017-01-16 22:22:45 (UTC)
35.6 km
4.4
71km WSW of Gustavus, Alaska
2017-01-16 21:40:10 (UTC)
12.2 km
2.8
55km WSW of Gustavus, Alaska
2017-01-16 21:06:34 (UTC)
0.0 km
4.1
69km WSW of Gustavus, Alaska
2017-01-16 20:53:37 (UTC)

A few earthquakes about 250 miles NW from me.
I have not seen this area kick up this much activity in a while.
I hope that is it and they stay small, this area got a 7.5 back in 2013, but I was not here for it.
( did not feel any of these)
earthquake.usgs.gov...

a reply to: Darkblade71

Hi Darkblade,

I was checking that area out earlier too. I have been keeping a watch on that whole side. (Thinking about all that water in Cali) I think those fiji quakes got this area active. ( Just my opinion)

Here's some info about the area if anyone is interested.
earthquake.usgs.gov...-info

a reply to: Darkblade71

This swarm coupled with the 6.5 West of Eureka a month ago..has me intrigued. Cascadia is a quiet SCARY monster...

a reply to: radpeteage

I know I said something to this effect last week but now the Northern part wiggling as well... Just sayin.'

a reply to: angelchemuel

And likewise an off topic Happy New Year to you as well.

Just to stay on topic I noticed from my QW page and the QVSData program that there seems to be a discrepancy in the figures, which probably id oly becuse the QVSData program does not update after 7 days whereas I catch changes on the QW page. I will report back later.

a reply to: pheonix358
I noted that last year it rolled over from 2015 with /2016 added on the title,
probably do the same again?

a reply to: tikbalang
Not sure what you mean?
For where?
I only collect New Zealand and Japan data on a regular basis, as USGS, ANSS, IRIS, GFZ and EMSC have a search facility to find events based on time periods. So does Geonet NZ.
Do you want the links for all those pages?

Re the questions on the effect Weather has on causing Earthquakes a live test is about to commence starting today here in NZ
Aggressive front to bring severe gales in Canterbury and heavy rain on West Coast
and
Travel warning ahead of weather 'bomb'
and
What is a 'bomb low' and how did it get that name?
Lets see if there are any significant quake reactions.

I don't want to get into the GlobalWarming/Climate Change Topic here, but just to say that 2016/17 Summer is being forecast to be a non-event.
I can't recall such lousy weather Dec through Jan, we should be baking in the high 20's around now with continuous fine weather, well at least for more than the 2 days in a row we have been getting, and that's if we are lucky, and only one of those days the Sun comes out. The winds were late by a month last year, usually they come in October, and done by early Dec, this year they didn't come till Nov, and they are still going............
and these are not Tropical Cyclones like we usually get in Jan Feb, these are storms coming from the Southern Ocean and Antartica

originally posted by: muzzy
a reply to: pheonix358
I noted that last year it rolled over from 2015 with /2016 added on the title,
probably do the same again?

Sounds great, it is not a very large thread.

P

a reply to: Olivine

The question will be what might happen if there is enough water getting down to the water table underneath.

There were reports that water usage was draining the water table and causing the land to sink. What if there is enough to start refilling?

Sounds crazy, but my folks just went through a crazy year with their well water because the water table actually rose out here in the plains.

a reply to: pheonix358

Only a suggestion, I have no say in the matter.
We should post there more, I have been studying GPS readings at Yellowstone and Iceland and trying to get my head around what the changes in uplift, drop and horizontal movement mean. We got a taste of it at Bardabunga Caldera back in 2014 but at the time I thought it wasn't really significant in the end result ( Bardar didn't actually collapse or erupt, rather it was Holuhran that went ape)
Interesting stuff none the less, where I live has been going up and down and North and south, east and west since the Culverdon 7.8, crazy stuff.

a reply to: muzzy

Iceland and Yellowstone are the two major ones I am watching.

Both are way overdue, Iceland because the one that went of in 2014 is usually followed by it's more powerful mate.

Yellowstone is overdue for a steam event and as for a full eruption, who the hell knows.

Luckily for us, using averages over time for eruptions means very little.

All you can truly say is, based on averages it is overdue. I don't think it means much.

Of course the US West coast is the only quiet zone on the circle of fire. It is not releasing much energy while the rest of the circle is popping off constantly. Tis a worry to be sure.

P

No one able to post major events when I'm doing the zzzzzz thingy down here?
5.3, 5.6, 5.7 and a bunch of 4s
5km WSW of Amatrice, Italy

Didn't see those coming, had just updated Norcia the other day. Not where one would have expected either, the prior events since 2016 indicated a northward progression.
Will have a closer look later this morning.
Posted from my phone.

Just got home from work.

I have been watching but unable to post.

USGS is showing total of 10 above 2.5. I have to go and check to see how many smaller ones there were if any.

If you watch as Muzzy said, these quakes on moving Northwards.

I am posting this article from After the last swarm. It mentions the Northward events and which towns they are most concerned about.

www.thelocal.it...


Wow, Alot of activity.
www.emsc-csem.org...

a reply to: crappiekat

Yeah there are heaps of small ones, I tried to make a map with the 4 M6s and their aftershocks coloured by the main shock location and insert this series into it but just too many aftershocks overall.
I will have another go, perhaps just with the first 250 of each series.

a reply to: muzzy

Not sure what happened with the text there after the twitter link, probably slash or a period in the wrong place somewhere, too late now the time for editing is over