Quake Watch 2006

4.9 SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION
Depth 87.2
60 km (35 miles) ENE of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands
245 km (155 miles) SSE of Visokoi Island, South Sandwich Islands
3615 km (2250 miles) SSE of BUENOS AIRES, Argentina

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4.9 NORTHERN YUKON TERRITORY, CANADA
Depth 15 km
135 km (84 miles) ENE (63°) from Chalkyitsik, AK
200 km (124 miles) ENE (68°) from Fort Yukon, AK
204 km (127 miles) NE (42°) from Circle, AK
402 km (250 miles) NE (47°) from Fairbanks, AK

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5.3 VANUATU
Depth 54.7 km

65 km (40 miles) SSW of PORT-VILA, Efate, Vanuatu
185 km (115 miles) NW of Isangel, Tanna, Vanuatu
325 km (200 miles) SSE of Luganville, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu
1845 km (1150 miles) ENE of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia

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4.9 NORTHERN YUKON TERRITORY, CANADA
Depth 15 km
135 km (84 miles) ENE (63°) from Chalkyitsik, AK
200 km (124 miles) ENE (68°) from Fort Yukon, AK
204 km (127 miles) NE (42°) from Circle, AK
402 km (250 miles) NE (47°) from Fairbanks, AK

Exact same location as the previous one earlier!

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5.1 EAST OF THE KURIL ISLANDS
Depth 36.9 km
270 km (170 miles) S of Severo-Kuril'sk, Kuril Islands, Russia
545 km (340 miles) SSW of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia
1965 km (1220 miles) NE of TOKYO, Japan
7170 km (4450 miles) NE of MOSCOW, Russia

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This is along the New Madrid fault area.


Magnitude 1.8
Date-Time Tuesday, February 7, 2006 at 04:04:05 (UTC)
= Coordinated Universal Time
Monday, February 6, 2006 at 10:04:05 PM
= local time at epicenter

Location 38.030°N, 90.973°W
Depth 18.6 km (11.6 miles)
Region MISSOURI


Yes it is only a 1.8, but look at the depth. It is 11 km deeper than what is normaly expected. Cant help but wonder if something isnt going on.

This seems a bit odd...

== PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT ==



Region: GULF OF MEXICO
Geographic coordinates: 27.633N, 90.141W
Magnitude: 5.2 Ms
Depth: 10 km
Universal Time (UTC): 10 Feb 2006 04:14:17
Time near the Epicenter: 9 Feb 2006 22:14:17
Local time in your area: 10 Feb 2006 09:14:17

Location with respect to nearby cities:
178 km (110 miles) S (184 degrees) of Grand Isle, LA
196 km (122 miles) S (176 degrees) of Golden Meadow, LA
201 km (125 miles) SSW (198 degrees) of Buras-Triumph, LA 260 km (162 miles) S (182 degrees) of New Orleans, LA

That New Madrid fault, seems to be acting up more and more lately...

--Kit.

6.2 MARIANA ISLANDS REGION
Depth 52.8 km
302 km (187 miles) N (8°) from Pagan, Northern Mariana Islands
626 km (389 miles) N (4°) from SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands
1750 km (1087 miles) SSE (152°) from Shizuoka, Honshu, Japan

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Furthermore, today:

5.7 SIKKIM, INDIA
Location: 27.355°N, 88.355°E
Depth: 36,8 km.

Distances:
25 km. Gangtok, Sikkim, India
75 km. Shiliguri, West Bengal, India


5.3 NORTH SVALBARD
Location: 84.273°N, 0.350°E
Depth: 10 km.

Distances:
375 km. Nord, Groenlandia.
1680 km. Tromso, Noruega

Source: USGS

seems like a lot of movement now

4.3 Near Mammoth Lake!

Magnitude 4.3
Date-Time Thursday, February 16, 2006 at 17:47:59 (UTC)
= Coordinated Universal Time
Thursday, February 16, 2006 at 9:47:59 AM
= local time at epicenter

Location 37.985°N, 118.775°W
Depth 10.2 km (6.3 miles)
Region CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
Distances 30 km (19 miles) E (84°) from Lee Vining, CA
33 km (20 miles) SE (141°) from Bodie, CA
42 km (26 miles) SSW (211°) from Qualeys Camp, NV
43 km (26 miles) NNE (25°) from Mammoth Lakes, CA
244 km (151 miles) ESE (104°) from Sacramento, CA


earthquake.usgs.gov...

USGS Tonga quake

5.8 TONGA

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Location 15.984°S, 173.087°W
Depth 16.7 km (10.4 miles) (poorly constrained)
Region TONGA
Distances 282 km (175 miles) SSW (210°) from APIA, Samoa
311 km (194 miles) NNE (18°) from Neiafu, Tonga

The quake analysis has been updated with NEIC data through 02/17/06.

Quake Analysis

Since the one occurred in Tonga, these are the quakes that have taken place afterwards >5

February, the 20th
5.6 NICARAGUA
Located: 13.114°N, 87.606°W
Depth: 10 km.

50 km. Choluteca, Honduras
70 km. San Miguel, El Salvador

February, the 18th
5.9 NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Located: 5.224°S, 152.049°E
Depth: 62,5 km

110 km. Rabaul, New Britain, Papua New Guinea
135 km. Taron, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea


5.4 VANUATU
Located: 16.834°S, 167.182°E
Depth: 50,4 km.

145 km. Luganville, Espíritu Santo, Vanuatu
155 km. Port-Vila, Efate, Vanuatu

Source: USGS

Hi
Another past time of mine also! I check SteveQuayle.Com site daily, his Earthquake list is excellent and always updated every 15 min I believe it said.
Angel

6.9 in Mozambique in Africa (not seen one there at all for me) will do a bit more research on it


(hmm not near a fault line, these bigguns can happen anywhere :-( Britain will be next, i have a bad feeling about this)

[edit on 22-2-2006 by Scaart]

Has there been a tsunami alert for Madagascar and Western Australia? I would think the location and the magnitude would prompt a warning...

ive redited my post, but yeah could cause a tsunami from from the location possibly ? smack bang for madacascar, eeek its getting worrying

Upgraded to a 7.5 been a few 5+ aftershocks as well, I think it was a bit far inland to cause a tsunami and as shallow as it was it's a good thing it was.

Geography of Mozambique:

Geographic coordinates 18 15 S, 35 00 E
Location Southern Africa, bordering the Mozambique Channel, between South Africa and Tanzania
Terrain mostly coastal lowlands, uplands in center, high plateaus in northwest, mountains in west
Highest Point Monte Binga 2,436 m
Natural hazards severe droughts and floods occur in central and southern provinces; devastating cyclones
Volcanic Activity No volcanoes

Source: Volcanolive

So, what does this means? Mozambique is not a common place to experience earthquakes.

Even though, I found the following, taken place on July the 17th, 2002.
Magnitude 5.0 (on the coast)

Location 11.80S 40.87E, Depth 10.0 kilometers

Reference 40 miles (65 km) NNE of Ibo, Mozambique
115 miles (185 km) SSE of Mtwara, Tanzania

The Mozambique Channel can experience earthquakes and the coast, but inlands?


Sometimes we have a really unusual tectonic shaking...

Has anyone heard what is going on in LosAngeles its really strange, Its not an earthquake but to me it seems there could be some sort of Volcanic activity going on underneath, the sidewalks heated up today to 103 degrees with all this black goo they called it spilling up and they evacutated a lot of people! Here is the link, rather interesting! They have had quakes periodically though!
www.dailynews.com...

Angel. that's been disucssed. It was found that an oil drilling site, I believe, near the area where the goo was oozing out was mixing hot water with excess crude oil and that was oozing up from the sewers. Something to that effect.

Here's the thread: www.abovetopsecret.com...

--Kit.

oops Thank You Kit, How are you by the way?
Thanks Again Angel