Quake Watch 2010

reply to post by Austria



The only good feeling you get from an earthquake is after it is over and discover it was a small one and caused no injuries or damage.

follow up post by muzzy

This is turning into a nice little series ( on the Pahiatua Fault), not sure if its technically a "Swarm", as there is one main event bigger than all the others. This looks more like what you get after a Mag 5.
Heres the latest new ones there;
REF, LAT, LONG, UTC TIME, DEPTH, MAG
3336517, -40.37905, 175.92368, 2010/7/9 4:26:52.5, 27, 2.286
3336644, -40.44282, 175.96669, 2010/7/9 9:34:11.9, 31, 2.94
3336749, -40.40214, 175.92436, 2010/7/9 14:10:32.8, 24, 2.562

updated map of the main event and "aftershocks"

Even the last event there is over 24 hrs ago, things take a while on the weekend at GNS , should have some more at the end of today. I should have taken a screenshot of the Seismograph at Mangatainoka River (MRZ) yesterday, too late now, but I took one this morning, it will be interesting to see how many of these are in this area. This seismometer is within 5km of the centre of these quakes, so most of these on the screenshot should be local.

mangatainoka seismo 6:30am this morning

BTW this "series" of quakes is about 4km NE of the Tui Brewery at Mangatainoka, so lets hope things don't get worse, don't want to see any beer spilled and wasted



[edit on 10-7-2010 by muzzy]

Magnitude 4.1 VANCOUVER ISLAND, CANADA REGION

Date-Time

* Sunday, July 11, 2010 at 06:22:06 UTC
* Saturday, July 10, 2010 at 11:22:06 PM at epicenter

Location 50.488°N, 130.136°W
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region VANCOUVER ISLAND, CANADA REGION

Distances 195 km (120 miles) W of Port Hardy, British Columbia, Canada
230 km (145 miles) SW of Bella Bella, British Columbia, Canada
355 km (220 miles) W of Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada
545 km (335 miles) WNW of VICTORIA, British Columbia, Canada

did anybody feel a quake or two yesterday in so cal? i'm curious because i most definitely felt one or two and they went for quite a while, the only problem is that usgs has posted nothing, and my earthquake app on my phone hasn't flagged anything either. i'd just like to know because of the lack of info that has been present on any local or national media.

Not where the symtoms indicated

Reference Number 3337804/G
Universal Time July 11 2010 at 13:23
NZ Standard Time Monday, July 12 2010 at 1:23 am
Latitude, Longitude 38.97°S, 177.35°E
Focal Depth 40 km
Richter magnitude 5.3ML (5.1mb USGS)
Region Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
Location
* 10 km north-west of Wairoa
* 20 km north-east of Raupunga
* 70 km south-west of Gisborne
* 330 km south-east of Auckland

Must have been a good one, these responses from the early hours of the morning;
MM6 Slightly damaging 2 Tuai [1], Wairoa [1]
MM5 Strong 3 Gisborne [1], Kotemaori [1], Wairoa [1]
MM4 Largely observed 68 Ahuriri [3], Bay View [1], Bluff Hill [1], Elgin [1], Flaxmere [1], Frimley [1], Gisborne [6], Greenmeadows [3], Havelock North [2], Hospital Hill [3], Kaiti [2], Kotemaori [1], Mahora [1], Mangapapa [1], Marewa [3], Minginui [1], Napier [4], Napier South [3], Nuhaka [1], Ohope [1], Onekawa [1], Opotiki [1], Patutahi [3], Pukehangi [1], Saint Leonards [1], Tamatea [2], Taradale [2], Te Hapara [4], Tutira [1], Wairoa [7], Whakatane [2], Whataupoko [3]
MM3 Weak 4 Hastings [1], Opotiki [1], Tauhara [1], Taupo [1]
Total 77
www.geonet.org.nz...

New Moon too

and Lunar Perigee day after tommorrow Jul 13 11:22 UTC 361114 km


[edit on 11-7-2010 by muzzy]

"Inactive fault may trigger big quake after all"
David Perlman, San Francisco Chronicle Science Editor

San Francisco Chronicle
July 11, 2010 04:00 AM

This is the link, but it won't link... so Google the title of the article to get to the source webpage.
www.sfgate.com.../c/a/2010/07/10/BAG51EBH9B.DTL

A seismic fault in the Sierra Nevada, believed to have been quiet for more than 3 million years, is active after all and capable of triggering strong quakes with magnitudes of 6 or even 7, scientists say.

[edit on 7/11/2010 by this_is_who_we_are]

[edit on 7/11/2010 by this_is_who_we_are]

follow up post by muzzy


Well there was nothing more here, the readings on that graph must have been micros (

Originally posted by monsterman666
did anybody feel a quake or two yesterday in so cal? i'm curious because i most definitely felt one or two and they went for quite a while, the only problem is that usgs has posted nothing, and my earthquake app on my phone hasn't flagged anything either. i'd just like to know because of the lack of info that has been present on any local or national media.

You have to tell us where you are and what time approx.

Maybe this was it?
earthquake.usgs.gov...

reply to post by muzzy


it was in san diego around 1700-1800 local time. i've felt earthquakes before, and when it hit, it reminded me a lot of the 7.2 that hit baja on easter if that helps. like i said, i've already checked the usgs and came up empty.

I realize that while the world hasn't been what you would call 'quiet' for the past week....it hasn't been exactly releasing a whole lot of energy either, comparitvely. I wouldn't be suprised to see some more 'red' soon.

earthquake.usgs.gov...

Originally posted by monsterman666
reply to post by muzzy

 

it was in san diego around 1700-1800 local time. i've felt earthquakes before, and when it hit, it reminded me a lot of the 7.2 that hit baja on easter if that helps. like i said, i've already checked the usgs and came up empty.

Did you check here also?
earthquake.usgs.gov...

nothing but micros, so doesn't look likely, the Anza ones are over 50km from you.
MAG, TIME. LAT, LONG, DEPTH, LOCATION
1.2 2010/07/10 17:29:21 33.473N 116.502W 16.6 18 km (11 mi) ESE of Anza, CA
1.2 2010/07/10 17:29:10 33.473N 116.487W 7.9 19 km (12 mi) ESE of Anza, CA
1.6 2010/07/10 17:28:28 33.470N 116.513W 11.6 17 km (11 mi) ESE of Anza, CA
1.2 2010/07/10 17:20:17 35.918N 117.619W 4.2 27 km (17 mi) NW of Searles Valley, CA
1.6 2010/07/10 17:19:54 32.473N 115.630W 0.0 25 km (16 mi) SW of Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico
1.4 2010/07/10 17:17:15 33.346N 116.950W 8.9 8 km ( 5 mi) W of Palomar Observatory, CA

Indonesia, Sabang - 5.2

Magnitude: 5.2
Mercalli scale: 5
Date-Time [UTC]: 11 July, 2010 at 21:08:22 UTC
Local Date/Time: Sunday, July 11, 2010 at 21:08 in the evening at epicenter
Location: 7° 42.000, 92° 0.600
Depth: 2 km (1.24 miles)
Region: Indonesian archipelago
Country: Indonesia
Distances: 417.2 km (259.24 miles) S of Sabang, Daerah Istimewa Aceh
Source: RSOE-EMSC

Here's some red for you...

NZ news article links it to the solar eclipse: www.stuff.co.nz...

Magnitude 6.2 Antofagasta, Chile

Date-Time

* Monday, July 12, 2010 at 00:11:18 UTC
* Sunday, July 11, 2010 at 08:11:18 PM at epicenter

Location 22.255°S, 68.205°W
Depth 91.3 km (56.7 miles)
Region ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE
Distances 80 km (50 miles) ENE of Calama, Antofagasta, Chile
205 km (130 miles) E of Tocopilla, Antofagasta, Chile
245 km (150 miles) SW of Uyuni, Bolivia
1260 km (780 miles) NNE of SANTIAGO, Region Metropolitana, Chile

[edit on 11-7-2010 by MoorfNZ]

6.2 magnitude earthquake strikes ChileJuly 12, 2010,

A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck Chile's mine rich north on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported, but Chilean officials said there were no reports of any damage or injuries.

The quake was centered 49 miles east northeast of Calama, at a depth of 61.5 miles. It hit at 20:11 local time (23:11 p.m. EDT).

"It was a quake of medium intensity. It caused some consternation among residents, but there are no reports of any damage," Johaziel Jamett

www.mb.com.ph...

Acitvity is too quiet, I suspect pressure is building, the sunspot activity and recent lunar eclipse may have an effect, causing the quakes to slow. I am predicting a major occurance in the next 24 hrs.

follow up to post by muzzy


Quite a few aftershocks from this Moderate quake

3337804, -38.96517, 177.35335, 2010/7/11 13:23:40, 38, 5.319
3337811, -38.94131, 177.34074, 2010/7/11 13:40:56, 38, 3.128
3337836, -38.94409, 177.35553, 2010/7/11 14:37:38, 36, 2.528
3337847, -38.91637, 177.31, 2010/7/11 15:8:39, 31, 2.547
3337849, -38.93304, 177.32957, 2010/7/11 15:11:1, 31, 2.72
3337874, -38.93006, 177.34828, 2010/7/11 16:4:29, 34, 2.655
3337913, -38.93674, 177.3354, 2010/7/11 17:30:54, 36, 2.696
3337915, -38.93141, 177.33128, 2010/7/11 17:37:54, 30, 2.722
3337928, -38.94044, 177.33463, 2010/7/11 18:15:24, 32, 2.726
3338013, -38.94855, 177.36803, 2010/7/11 21:53:16, 37, 3.434

Map

The Main quake was not on any known active Faultline ( see NZ Active Faults Database). It seems the 5.3 was on the south side of the Waiau River and all the aftershocks are on the north side of the river. The aftershocks span a length of 6km along the valley. The valley runs at right angles to most of the main faultlines in the North Island which run SW-NE.
There is an unnamed fault with the ID number of 23740, on the other side of Frasertown, but its tiny.







[edit on 12-7-2010 by muzzy]

Originally posted by space cadet
Acitvity is too quiet, I suspect pressure is building, the sunspot activity and recent lunar eclipse may have an effect, causing the quakes to slow. I am predicting a major occurance in the next 24 hrs.

How exactly does a lunar eclipse cause earthquakes to slow?

reply to post by space cadet


Activity all looks pretty normal to me. 33 x 5+ quakes in the last 7 days is around the norm, maybe very slightly under.

Maybe the lunar eclipse is 'slowing' the earthquakes because people were too busy watching the eclipse and did not notice the normal activity rather like before every man and his dog jumped on the earthquake doom wagon. Long may it continue!

The link between sun spots/solar wind and earthquakes has not in my opinion been adequately proven yet, and whilst I consider that it could have an effect as it is an electromagnetic force, I have yet to see a really positive correlation.

Edit to reply to:

Originally posted by muzzy
There is an unnamed fault with the ID number of 23740, on the other side of Frasertown, but its tiny.

Maybe it is a bit larger now

*cackles loudly and runs laughing into the distance*

[edit on 12/7/2010 by PuterMan]

3.0 2010/07/12 17:28:28 19.492 -66.245 25.0 114 km ( 71 mi) N of Bre�as, PR
3.2 2010/07/12 10:09:10 19.467 -66.237 64.5 111 km ( 69 mi) N of Bre�as, PR
3.2 2010/07/12 09:42:51 19.410 -66.325 72.1 104 km ( 65 mi) N of Bre�as, PR
3.0 2010/07/12 09:20:14 19.522 -66.293 42.0 117 km ( 73 mi) N of Bre�as, PR
3.4 2010/07/12 09:14:47 19.614 -66.282 76.1 127 km ( 79 mi) N of Bre�as, PR
3.5 2010/07/12 09:10:02 19.565 -66.420 43.0 122 km ( 76 mi) N of Bre�as, PR
3.2 2010/07/12 09:08:51 19.492 -66.342 18.2 114 km ( 71 mi) N of Bre�as, PR


wonder what's going on here?

earthquake.usgs.gov...