Magnitude 7.0 - BANDA SEA

Magnitude 7.0 - BANDA SEA

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Magnitude 7.0
Date-Time

* Saturday, October 24, 2009 at 14:40:44 UTC
* Saturday, October 24, 2009 at 11:40:44 PM at epicenter
* Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 6.161°S, 130.346°E
Depth 138.5 km (86.1 miles)
Region BANDA SEA
Distances 230 km (145 miles) NNW of Saumlaki, Tanimbar Islands, Indonesia
365 km (225 miles) SE of Ambon, Moluccas, Indonesia
700 km (435 miles) N of DARWIN, Northern Territory, Australia
2610 km (1620 miles) E of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 6.6 km (4.1 miles); depth +/- 9.2 km (5.7 miles)
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Is there any volcanoes near there?
This is near the Samoa area too.
If there are any people that are knowledgeable about earthquakes, could they explain what some of this information means? The Earth is a weird place, and I have a feeling in the coming years it will become even weirder.
I'm not sure if this activity would be big enough for a tsunami or not.

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Huh, well that's another big one to add to the list.

Is anybody keeping count? How many of these 6+ Magnitude quakes have occured in the last 2 months?

~Keeper

Originally posted by tothetenthpower
Huh, well that's another big one to add to the list.

Is anybody keeping count? How many of these 6+ Magnitude quakes have occured in the last 2 months?

~Keeper

In the last two or three weeks I know of 3 to 7 that have occurred.

Originally posted by tothetenthpower
Huh, well that's another big one to add to the list.

Is anybody keeping count? How many of these 6+ Magnitude quakes have occured in the last 2 months?

~Keeper

The site doesnt show as far as I can tell, but its been 3 of them in 3 days...

MAP 7.0 2009/10/24 14:40:45 -6.161 130.346 138.5 BANDA SEA
MAP 6.0 2009/10/23 15:14:13 -12.210 166.065 35.0 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 6.2 2009/10/22 19:51:29 36.471 70.925 196.5 HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN

Edit: There is a list you can get of 5+ earth quakes and count the 6+ ones... 3 of them in the last 7 days so it has to be the same ones as in the list above.

earthquake.usgs.gov...



[edit on 24-10-2009 by Copernicus]