Quake Watch 2010

reply to post by PuterMan


Those two quakes in Iran were about as far away from Tehran as they could be. Very close to the UAE and that famous shipping "choke point"
The straits of Hormuz...

reply to post by zachi


Hi zachi, yes I think that was the point. The location was where the war games were being played.

Baja cumulative to midnight 27 Apr 10

Date, DayTotal, CumTotal
04/04/2010, 57, 57
05/04/2010, 599, 656
06/04/2010, 525, 1181
07/04/2010, 488, 1669
08/04/2010, 497, 2166
09/04/2010, 430, 2596
10/04/2010, 328, 2924
11/04/2010, 289, 3213
12/04/2010, 242, 3455
13/04/2010, 168, 3623
14/04/2010, 167, 3790
15/04/2010, 199, 3989
16/04/2010, 226, 4215
17/04/2010, 198, 4413
18/04/2010, 170, 4583
19/04/2010, 207, 4790
20/04/2010, 124, 4914
21/04/2010, 97, 5011
22/04/2010, 115, 5126
23/04/2010, 129, 5255
24/04/2010, 106, 5361
25/04/2010, 109, 5470
26/04/2010, 101, 5571
27/04/2010, 184, 5755

See plot

5.1 2010/04/28 14:05:06 -7.361 128.677 134.7 KEPULAUAN BARAT DAYA, INDONESIA

Greece - 4.4

Magnitude: 4.4
Mercalli scale: 3
Date-Time [UTC]: 28 April, 2010 at 16:35:11 UTC
Local Date/Time: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at 16:35 in the afternoon at epicenter
Location: 36° 6.000, 27° 42.000
Depth: 60 km (37.28 miles)
Region: Europe
Country: Greece
Distances: 19.81 km (12.31 miles) S of Embonas, Nomos )) (( Piraios
Source: RSOE-EMSC

Magnitude mb 5.4
Region Bay of Benagal, Burma

Date time 2010-04-28 at 18:01:22.1 UTC
Location 19.42 N ; 93.30 E
Depth 40 km
Distances 91 km SE Akyab (pop 177,743 ; local time 00:31 2010-04-29)
155 km NW Arakan (pop 59,909 ; local time 00:31 2010-04-29)

I think this Iran quake is normal natural activity, not related to the war Games, that area is a real mess geologically and quakes are normal there.
Heres a list off NEIC for 5+ quakes within 50km of the latest event

YEAR, MONTH, DAY, LAT, LONG, MAG, DEPTH
1976, 3, 16, 27.31, 55.06, 5.4, 33
1977, 5, 19, 27.12, 55.32, 5.2, 30
1977, 5, 19, 27.14, 55.31, 5.3, 35
1985, 10, 10, 26.78, 54.92, 5, 44
1986, 8, 9, 26.75, 54.97, 5.1, 33
1986, 3, 25, 26.72, 54.82, 5.4, 33
1993, 5, 20, 27.11, 54.56, 5.1, 33
2001, 11, 2, 27.11, 54.62, 5.2, 33
2007, 3, 23, 27.47, 55.15, 5, 14
2007, 11, 22, 26.87, 54.69, 5.3, 14

Opening the search to 500km this is the result, note the depths, pretty consistant.




edit: And there have been aftershocks
Iran EQ Site

edit2: and the USGS may have the depth wrong too, the The International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES) has it at 31.90 km, consistant with previous historical quakes in the area.

[edit on 28-4-2010 by muzzy]

reply to post by muzzy


If I could give you several thousand stars I would. That site is great find.

I realise there are a lot of earthquakes in Iran - as 'I'm a dinner jacket' has pointed out it is all the bad women there that cause them, and who am I to argue - no my curiosity was the very protracted signal. I have seen similar before but I just thought it odd.

I shall have to investigate the geology. Maybe this has something to do with the signal.

Anyway, this IS a conspiracy site!

I'm not sure I like this ~trend~ rearing it's head...



[edit on 4/28/2010 by Hx3_1963]

Earthquake Details
Magnitude 5.1
Date-Time Thursday, April 29, 2010 at 00:40:30 UTC
Thursday, April 29, 2010 at 11:40:30 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 13.239°S, 167.067°E
Depth 200.4 km (124.5 miles)
Region VANUATU
Distances 255 km (160 miles) N of Luganville, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu
310 km (190 miles) SSE of Lata, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Isl.
515 km (320 miles) NNW of PORT-VILA, Efate, Vanuatu
2145 km (1330 miles) NE of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 19.4 km (12.1 miles); depth +/- 5.2 km (3.2 miles)
Parameters NST= 42, Nph= 45, Dmin=883.9 km, Rmss=0.97 sec, Gp= 61°,
M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=6
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)


Event ID

reply to post by PuterMan

Glad you like it Puterman, it took me a little while to find it, had it on favourites on IE from a few years ago, when I opened it it was a dead link, then when I did find it again it was in arabic
lucky they had a English button.

If that was some kind of weapons type event then we are all in the poop even Korea's nuclear test was just a 4.3 mag.

As a comparison the French Nuclear Underground tests from the 1970's at Mururoa (sp?) French Polynesia were in the 6.2 range.

:I'm a dinner jacket" I hadn't heard that one before

[edit on 28-4-2010 by muzzy]

Todays 24hr 3.0+ New Zealand list, moorfnz reported the first one already
REF, LAT, LONG, DATE/TIME UTC, DEPTH, MAG, LOCATION
3298008, -41.11626, 175.50774, 2010/4/28 0:53:22.8, 30, 3.445, SE of Greytown, Wairarapa, Felt in Carterton [1], Martinborough [2], Te Horo [1], Trentham [1], Manakau [1]
Aftershock 3298154, -41.08495, 175.49464, 2010/4/28 7:44:51.8, 11, 2.153, 3.65km to the NW at 162.60 degrees.
Others not reported as felt;
3298190, -39.28478, 174.7374, 2010/4/28 9:17:24.9, 207, 3.49, E of Stratford, Taranaki
3298242, -38.06155, 175.94034, 2010/4/28 11:38:43.6, 177, 3.131, E of Putaruru, Waikato
3298290, -41.16929, 174.44212, 2010/4/28 13:55:6.3, 61, 3.294, o/s E of Arapawa Is. Cook Strait
3298294, -36.40681, 178.24281, 2010/4/28 14:10:26.9, 140, 4.47, o/s SE of Tangaroa Submarine Volcano, Bay of Plenty.
3298469, -38.62926, 178.54198, 2010/4/28 22:29:5.7, 27, 3.3, o/s Ariel Bank, E of Gisborne
3298480, -39.65006, 174.39235, 2010/4/28 22:58:41.2, 132, 3.318, SE of Hawera, Taranaki
3298490, -41.11632, 172.95277, 2010/4/28 23:25:7.9, 149, 3.206, W of Motueka, Nelson


[edit on 29-4-2010 by muzzy]

[edit on 29-4-2010 by muzzy]

I believe no one has posted these ones:

France - 4.5

Magnitude: 4.5
Mercalli scale: 4
Date-Time [UTC]: 29 April, 2010 at 05:31:38 UTC
Local Date/Time: Thursday, April 29, 2010 at 05:31 at night at epicenter
Location: 50° 6.000, 0° 17.400
Depth: 30 km (18.64 miles)
Region: Europe
Country: France
Distances: 56.67 km (35.21 miles) S of Etretat, Haute-Normandie
Source: RSOE-EMSC


Algeria - 4.1

Magnitude: 4.1
Mercalli scale: 2
Date-Time [UTC]: 28 April, 2010 at 21:49:45 UTC
Local Date/Time: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at 21:49 in the evening at epicenter
Location: 33° 43.200, 1° 19.800
Depth: 60 km (37.28 miles)
Region: Africa
Country: Algeria
Distances: 69.32 km (43.07 miles) E of Brezina, Wilaya d' El Bayadh
Source: RSOE-EMSC

reply to post by Hx3_1963


This is the cumulative total for Baja region up to midnight on the 28th (UTC)

Whilst there was a blip on the 27th, it seems to have settled back again. The concentration seems to have changed. If I get time I will do a cumulative of the area of the latest concentration and see if that has changed.

This is the magnitude chart to midnight 28th UTC

This is the magnitude with a trend line.
[atsimg]http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/member/7679adfae8cb.jpg[/atsimg]

I have also taken a look at the Magnitude 3.0+ plots and these are as follows:

Cumulative 3.0+ and Magnitude 3.0+

And finally, just for good measure, the Mag 4.0+ on their own.



These again show the blip on the 27th. I am working on getting a cumulative energy graph put together as I think that because of the number of quakes this would be more relevant. (It may take me a while so don't hold your breath )

Many pages ago. Not chiding, just reminding. Reasons for the significance of smaller quakes would be informative and useful rather than page after page of quake lists. Give it some content Folks!

[edit on 29/4/2010 by PuterMan]

Greece again - 4.5

Magnitude: 4.5
Mercalli scale: 4
Date-Time [UTC]: 29 April, 2010 at 10:32:55 UTC
Local Date/Time: Thursday, April 29, 2010 at 10:32 in the moorning at epicenter
Location: 35° 31.800, 27° 24.600
Depth: 12 km (7.46 miles)
Region: Europe
Country: Greece
Distances: 16.34 km (10.15 miles) of Karpathos, Nomos Dodekanisou
Source: RSOE-EMSC

Magnitude
5.1
Date-Time
Thursday, April 29, 2010 at 07:56:34 UTC
Thursday, April 29, 2010 at 03:56:34 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
36.794°S, 73.596°W
Depth
35 km (21.7 miles) set by location program
Region
OFFSHORE BIO-BIO, CHILE
Distances
50 km (30 miles) W of Concepcion, Bio-Bio, Chile
90 km (55 miles) N of Lebu, Bio-Bio, Chile
135 km (85 miles) WNW of Los Angeles, Bio-Bio, Chile
455 km (285 miles) SW of SANTIAGO, Region Metropolitana, Chile

Magnitude 4.4 - BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
2010 April 29 17:51:15 UTC
DetailsMapsScientific & TechnicalAdditional InfoEarthquake Details
Magnitude 4.4
Date-Time Thursday, April 29, 2010 at 17:51:15 UTC
Thursday, April 29, 2010 at 10:51:15 AM at epicenter

Location 32.587°N, 115.776°W
Depth 2.4 km (1.5 miles)
Region BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
Distances 24 km (15 miles) SSW (200°) from Seeley, CA
27 km (17 miles) SE (129°) from Ocotillo, CA
28 km (17 miles) WSW (249°) from Calexico, CA
30 km (18 miles) WSW (256°) from Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico
117 km (73 miles) E (87°) from Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 0.6 km (0.4 miles); depth +/- 0.8 km (0.5 miles)
Parameters Nph= 48, Dmin=8 km, Rmss=0.3 sec, Gp=194°,
M-type=local magnitude (ML), Version=2
Source California Integrated Seismic Net:
USGS Caltech CGS UCB UCSD UNR

Event ID ci14686028



quake.usgs.gov...

[edit on 29-4-2010 by freetree64]

[edit on 29-4-2010 by freetree64]

reply to post by PuterMan

I wonder if the length of time has something to do with the location
of the seismometer, ie a resonance affect.

I did find this station which is somewhat closer.
www.iris.edu...

reply to post by PuterMan
Nice data analysis PM...

Seems every now and again a M4+ agitates the line...

I just can't shake the building line from the Gulf Of Cali up to the end of the San And...


earthquake.usgs.gov...

Has this already been posted? There are so many quake watches I can't believe I got one.

5.7
Date-Time Thursday, April 29, 2010 at 23:48:06 UTC
Friday, April 30, 2010 at 08:48:06 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 51.057°S, 139.395°E
Depth 10.4 km (6.5 miles)
Region WESTERN INDIAN-ANTARCTIC RIDGE
Distances 1080 km (680 miles) SSW of HOBART, Tasmania, Australia
1530 km (950 miles) SSW of MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 20.2 km (12.6 miles); depth +/- 6.4 km (4.0 miles)

Finished work early and home ( TGIF)
Opened my computer and this was in progress on SNZO siesmograph
Geez thats an hour ago, talk about delay !!

edit : hA! zachi beat me to it.
just aconfirmation then

GFZ Potsdam - Earthquake Bulletin
Region: Western Indian Antarctic Ridge
Time: 2010-04-29 23:48:09.2 UTC
Magnitude: 5.5
Epicenter: 139.46°E 51.01°S
Depth: 5 km
Status: automatic


[edit on 29-4-2010 by muzzy]