What's going on in Indonesia? Huge Quakes!

This many "big" quakes in just 2 days time? With a 7.2 yesterday! Today so far there have been 19 - 5 to 6M + quakes.

I have not seen a concentration of this high of magnitude quakes - since I began watching the maps last year. There may be lots of 1 and 2 M quakes in one area, but 5+M in one area, over such a short amount of time?

UTC DATE-TIME
y/m/d h:m:s LAT
deg LON
deg DEPTH
km Region
MAP 5.3 2009/02/12 14:16:19 3.819 126.734 35.0 KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA
MAP 5.0 2009/02/12 14:07:19 4.205 126.956 35.0 KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA
MAP 5.5 2009/02/12 13:41:43 12.148 143.803 35.0 GUAM REGION
MAP 5.1 2009/02/12 13:22:31 45.616 150.687 59.7 KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 6.4 2009/02/12 13:15:08 4.061 126.559 35.0 KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA
MAP 5.1 2009/02/12 11:35:14 4.058 126.927 35.0 KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA
MAP 6.2 2009/02/12 08:30:16 4.057 126.940 35.0 KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA
MAP 5.7 2009/02/12 07:38:07 3.692 126.771 35.0 KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA
MAP 5.3 2009/02/12 07:07:38 4.044 126.684 35.0 KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA
MAP 5.0 2009/02/12 06:02:00 4.195 127.055 35.0 KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA
MAP 5.0 2009/02/12 04:40:02 4.273 126.991 35.0 KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA
MAP 5.2 2009/02/12 04:27:06 4.147 126.905 35.0 KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA
MAP 5.2 2009/02/12 04:16:40 3.801 126.615 35.0 KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA
MAP 6.0 2009/02/12 03:49:41 3.882 126.475 42.0 KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA
MAP 5.1 2009/02/12 03:19:18 3.761 127.062 61.6 KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA
MAP 5.1 2009/02/12 03:01:16 3.918 126.804 51.2 KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA
MAP 5.0 2009/02/12 02:36:40 4.106 127.066 35.0 KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA
MAP 5.0 2009/02/12 02:15:07 4.154 126.975 51.0 KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA
MAP 5.4 2009/02/12 01:42:09 4.043 126.751 35.0 KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA
MAP 5.4 2009/02/12 01:25:28 4.043 126.810 36.0 KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA
MAP 5.5 2009/02/12 00:03:00 3.987 126.658 35.0 KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA



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MAP 5.2 2009/02/11 23:43:32 -5.554 151.696 29.2 NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
MAP 5.0 2009/02/11 22:32:50 3.836 127.080 35.0 KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA
MAP 5.7 2009/02/11 22:14:26 3.702 126.562 20.0 KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA
MAP 5.3 2009/02/11 20:45:33 -20.169 -68.715 109.1 POTOSI, BOLIVIA
MAP 5.5 2009/02/11 19:01:56 3.882 126.518 35.0 KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA
MAP 5.1 2009/02/11 18:54:03 3.982 126.721 35.0 KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA
MAP 5.1 2009/02/11 18:47:26 3.831 126.551 35.0 KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA
MAP 5.7 2009/02/11 18:25:12 4.033 126.782 35.0 KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA
MAP 5.6 2009/02/11 17:49:18 3.982 126.505 35.0 KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA
MAP 7.2 2009/02/11 17:34:51 3.902 126.400 20.0 KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA
MAP 5.0 2009/02/11 17:17:03 6.724 -72.984 161.2 NORTHERN COLOMBIA
MAP 5.9 2009/02/11 13:52:44 -16.211 178.316 21.8 FIJI
MAP 5.5 2009/02/11 09:31:05 -20.794 -177.398 10.0 FIJI REGION
MAP 5.0 2009/02/11 04:17:32 -0.076 124.431 66.2 MOLUCCA SEA
MAP 5.0 2009/02/11 01:50:11 -0.565 133.225 35.0 NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA

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earthquake.usgs.gov...

BTW: those were whales that had beached themselves in Manila not dolphins. The papers have corrected themselves....

www.breitbart.com:80...

The head of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Malcolm Sarmiento initially said on local radio and television the stranded mammals were dolphins, but experts told AFP they were in fact melon-headed whales.

[edit on 12-2-2009 by questioningall]

[edit on 12-2-2009 by questioningall]

They are at a shallow point on the ring of fire and there is also some volcano's in that area that have been acting up for a few months now. It is so bad in one area that they have had volcanic gasses coming up in lakes that they use to breed fish in; a main staple of their diet. One of the reports estimated that the loss of fish in one lake was over 7.5 tonnes. They had yet to come up with a concrete number do to the shear size of the clean up under way but figured it would be much closer to 9 tonnes.
One thing to keep in mind is that with all of these very large sized quake swarms in that one area, means that in all likely hood a volcano is getting ready to blow if it hasn't already. If it hasn't started to spill it's going to be one hell of a show when it does.

thats crazy. 21 earthquakes so far today. Wonder whats going on with the super cauldra, and if this will have any effect on the others. Going to keep my eye on this one today.

Well there is this story out of Hawaii, that looks to fit in with what is happening around the area too:

link: northshorekauai.com...

It was the second whale calf carcass spotted off Kaua’i’s west coast in the past two weeks, Ortiz said. A carcass had been reported on privately owned Ni’ihau Island in late January.

Investigators from the state departments of Land and Natural Resources, and Health, weren’t able to find a whale carcass when they were on Ni’ihau to investigate a fish kill there last week, DLNR aquatic biologist Don Heacock said.

The results of that investigation, which found hundreds of dead reef fish on several Ni’ihau beaches, are pending results from various labs, Heacock said yesterday.

Fish species found dead were more than 90 percent triggerfishes (humuhumu), Heacock said, but included some rudderfish (nenue), a snapper (ta’ape), and several other nearshore species.

Until the cause of the fish kill is determined, people are advised not to eat reef fish caught off Ni’ihau.

reply to post by questioningall


They shouldl have guessed that a big quake was coming, it was easy to see that a huge earthquake cell was already out there because of the dolphins beaching themselves.

www.abovetopsecret.com...

www.news.com.au...

I told all of you in one of your other thread that dolphins, whales and porpoises are one of the best indicators.

reply to post by RussianScientists


Interesting posts! I had noticed that that area of the ring of fire had been a bit quiet lately. When the pressure isn't relieved by a bunch of small quakes you get buildups to big quakes. Whenever there are earthquake swarms you have to consider volcanic activity. It is a natural phenomena and when one lives near a volcano one takes that risk.

Another one just happened - same spot:

Earthquake Details
Magnitude 5.5 (Preliminary magnitude — subject to revision)
Date-Time Thursday, February 12, 2009 at 17:46:07 UTC
Friday, February 13, 2009 at 01:46:07 AM at epicenter

Location 3.900°N, 126.820°E
Depth 72 km (44.7 miles) set by location program
Region KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA
Distances 306 km (190 miles) SE (144°) from General Santos, Mindanao, Philippines
347 km (215 miles) NE (39°) from Manado, Sulawesi, Indonesia
350 km (218 miles) N (350°) from Ternate, Moluccas, Indonesia
934 km (580 miles) WSW (246°) from KOROR, Palau

Location Uncertainty Error estimate not available
Parameters NST=016, Nph=016, Dmin=0 km, Rmss=0.75 sec, Gp=104°,
M-type="moment" magnitude from initial P wave (tsuboi method) (Mi), Version=A
Source NOAA Pacific Tsunami Warning Center

Event ID pt09043008

there are seismic zones whete there may be more earhtquakes in a day... About the magnitude i don`t know

Ah QA Bless their souls, I am so sorry to see the signs so bad for all of us just now. I have posted several times in the past days that I was unable to get any insurance company to sell me EQ insurance, there is a moratorium on it, a hold. You cannot buy it at any cost. Remember i am in the Midwest.

It is going to get very bad my friend very bad, and the worst part is that the GP will not be pre advised of the events to come.

Thanks for the heads up on the EQs today. You know this could set off the ring of fire volacanic activity.

I wonder if we'll see another Krakatoa event in this area again. Didn't the last one trigger the little ice age?

www.geology.sdsu.edu...

Could it be a demon is rising from his incarceration in the earth. Hmmm, not sure, but the bible mentions that some very powerful demons were incarcerated by God for the mayhem they were causing in ancient times past. One of which was locked in chains somewhere deep in the Euphrates river, and the bible states they will be loosed in the end times for a short season.

reply to post by antar



I had to fight like hell to get EQ insurance this last December. I am glad I did, we have had a few around here since then.

They have looked at the reports of all the EQ's happening, and not doing it anymore.

This many VERY BIG EQ's in one spot, is weird.... lots of little ones happen around an area, but Big ones?

Some interesting symptoms going around too, right now.

I have been constantly checking in with this site:

www.syzygyjob.com...

Very interesting stuff.... also a person monitoring radio waves "Jack Cole" off that site, predicted an 8m where the quakes have been hitting.

Two more big ones have hit the general area this afternoon.

MAG UTC DATE-TIME
y/m/d h:m:s LAT
deg LON
deg DEPTH
km Region
MAP 5.1 2009/02/12 20:25:04 -8.333 121.296 214.3 FLORES REGION, INDONESIA
MAP 6.1 2009/02/12 18:54:30 -31.315 -178.184 35.0 KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION

The recent earthquake data from the INDONESIA area is damn near unbelievable. The residents nearby must be terrified. No reports from the MSM as usual. We can only observe the data and wonder "what's going on" This is some awful, powerful, headbanging, heavy metal rockin happening.

Indonesia is always frequented by alot of large quakes.

Some of these quakes, about 36 of them were Aftershocks.

Still it's always of concern considering what happened in the past in this region.

MAG UTC DATE-TIME
y/m/d h:m:s LAT
deg LON
deg DEPTH
km Region

MAP 4.9 2009/02/13 01:39:23 4.064 126.916 39.2 KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA
MAP 4.8 2009/02/13 00:44:01 4.104 126.861 88.3 KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA

2 more a little less in strength.

Those poor people there, but the news hasn't said anything about it.

You don't hear anything on the news about those earthquakes because they have mostly been taking place out away from the land areas; 150 miles or more from land. So they probably don't feel any of them. They might have barely felt the M7.2 at 150 miles away, but they would not feel too much.

There are many of the most active volcanoes in the world, in this region and also a supervolcano at Toba in Sumatra. This is where the earth is begining to make her move. In essence the whole "ring of fire" is in the process of lighting up. When the crustal plates are hot at the borders, the plates move easier and faster. There may also be a reversal of earths' magnetic field on he verge of occuring.

This is exactly what we can expect as the oceans rise. It changes the pressure on the earth's crust, resulting in more and more intense quakes, more volcanic activity, in turn affecting weather and causing tsunami's, it is all going down exactly like we were told it would,only about 1000 years earlier than originally proposed.