Quake Watch 2008

Downgraded to 7.5, still very strong. It seems to have hit this island.



From here...

reply to post by Hellmutt


Great Now I am not going to be able to sleep...thinking of tsunami...Just checked this link:

wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov...

So far nothing, but that will probably change...we will see...

EMSC: Magnitude Mw 7.5
Region SIMEULUE, INDONESIA

Date time 2008-02-20 at 08:08:30.2 UTC
Location 2.75 N ; 95.97 E
Depth 30 km

Map


Maps

Tsunami warning has been issued

Minutes after the quake hit, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre issued a bulletin saying parts of the Sumatran coast closest to the epicentre were at risk of a possible tsunami.

skynews

Latest 3 people injured and many buildings damged in Indonsia,

Latest 3 people injured and many buildings damged in Indonsia,

Another in Southern Greece:

Magnitude 6.2 - SOUTHERN GREECE
2008 February 20 18:27:11 UTC
Depth 35km

I started another thread about all the earthquakes. I didn't know about this one. Is there a above average number of quakes in the past 2-3 weeks? I have never paid much attention to them as they generaly do not happen where I live.

reply to post by macgyver


You can check this site macgyver. The different circle colors indicate either today, yesterday, two weeks ago or the past 5 years. It's a little slower at posting the quakes tho.

www.iris.edu...

6.3 being reported near Wells, Nevada.

Magnitude 6.3 - NEVADA
2008 February 21 14:16:05 UTC



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It was just announce on fox news. I wonder if any ATS members from the area of Wells Nevada. Could give imformation about the quake?

You can see it on the seismic traces, looks quite interesting, that isn't near the (major) fault lines or volcanoes.

Seismic trace, from Mount Rainier in Washington.

Trace from nearby

Hmm, 842 quakes in the USA in the last week, thats quite high.


source
Thanks Hellmutt for finding those maps.

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reply to post by worldwatcher

6.3 being reported near Wells, Nevada.

We didn't even feel the quake here worldwatcher. We're higher up and on rocky terrain. I Don't know if anyone felt it in the valley yet. I was up at the time and not one picture was lopsided. I heard some did feel it in southern California according to our news. The last quake in this area was only felt in the valley below. Baja, California has been shake, rattle and rolling for a few days now.

this one in Nevada which is being on over two days:
22 nd and 21 st February

and the biggest among these happened yesterday :

MAP 6.0 2008/02/21 14:16:05 41.077 -114.752 9.0 NEVADA

The location is pretty much the same, but over the 2 days there have been 22 earthquakes... that's kind of a lot

but what i find strange is the square square grid over that area.. any ideas ?
goo gle image

27 earthquakes now with the latest:

MAP 2.6 2008/02/22 08:17:25 40.964 -114.937 10.0 NEVADA

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Looks to me like it could be a windmill farm or something but it's hard to tell from the image. Interesting find there Silence...

Magnitude 6.8 - SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION
2008 February 23 15:57:24 UTC
Depth 35km

Magnitude 6.6 - KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA
2008 February 24 14:46:20 UTC

I don't like this at all. Too many quakes near Toba. A 7.5 a few days ago. Now a 7.1 further south.


USGS: Magnitude 7.1 - KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA
2008 February 25 08:36:34 UTC

Click here for updated map...

I'm wondering about the possibility of another major fault line movement like the last one, let alone Toba. Not to mention that there's dozens of other volcanoes along there, and we have no idea what a VEI 8 volcano looks like before it's first VEI 8.



USGS

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