Quake Watch 2010

Getting a little movement in Japan now.

Magnitude 5.3
Date-Time Friday, September 03, 2010 at 21:15:31 UTC
Saturday, September 04, 2010 at 06:15:31 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 42.781°N, 145.412°E
Depth 66.4 km (41.3 miles)
Region HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION

earthquake.usgs.gov...

its crawling up north...
MAP 5.3 2010/09/03 21:15:31 42.781 145.412 66.4 HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
MAP 4.8 2010/09/03 20:00:17 12.227 141.601 61.9 MARIANA ISLANDS REGION
MAP 4.9 2010/09/03 19:57:12 12.353 141.526 45.6 MARIANA ISLANDS REGION
MAP 2.7 2010/09/03 19:53:01 59.190 -152.169 28.3 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 3.0 2010/09/03 18:26:49 32.496 -115.653 0.8 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
MAP 5.6 2010/09/03 17:06:50 -3.687 101.907 61.2 SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
MAP 5.7 2010/09/03 16:53:00 -43.409 172.113 17.4 SOUTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND
MAP 7.0 2010/09/03 16:35:47 -43.375 172.016 12.0 SOUTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND

next one in rusia??

www.nzsnaps.com... -Earthquake/13614816_rkmSt#993326537_XAN4i


Some interesting photos here!

reply to post by aorAki


The uplift in some of those photos is incredible. And the size of those cracks...wow. Thank you for finding that.

5.0 in Argentina a few minutes ago.

earthquake.usgs.gov...

[edit on 3-9-2010 by lasertaglover]

Theres is some confusion about what happened_ perhaps there was two quakes close together_ as has been happening in other parts of the World lately ie Moro Gulf, New Britain PNG, Samoa etc
The Minister of Civil Defence keeps saying 7.4 and 7.1 aftershock, but none of the geological sites have anything to back this up _ stupid politician

It looks like the 7.4 has been downgraded to 7.1, but not sure if thats just Geonet towing the USGS line and converting to Mw or its still ML.

Certainly some major damage north of ChCh, Kaiapoi way.

If its anything like last years Dusky Sound quake the aftershocks will go on for months. GNS Geologist on TV said they are looking for a fault rupture near Darfield of 100km x 2-3 metres high

edit: I just in checked again;
its 7.4ML OR 7.1Mw, not 7.4 and 7.1



[edit on 3-9-2010 by muzzy]

reply to post by muzzy


Happy to see you are Ok and on line, aorAki too. My prayers to all of you and especially hope to see Moorf soon. Hoping it's just a power outage and she is fine.
I will keep watching.
And nature wasn't bad enough with the earthquake, stay warm and safe despite the sever weather warnings.

Originally posted by muzzy
Theres is some confusion about what happened_ perhaps there was two quakes close together_ as has been happening in other parts of the World lately ie Moro Gulf, New Britain PNG, Samoa etc
The Minister of Civil Defence keeps saying 7.4 and 7.1 aftershock, but none of the geological sites have anything to back this up _ stupid politician

It looks like the 7.4 has been downgraded to 7.1, but not sure if thats just Geonet towing the USGS line and converting to Mw or its still ML.

Certainly some major damage north of ChCh, Kaiapoi way.

If its anything like last years Dusky Sound quake the aftershocks will go on for months. GNS Geologist on TV said they are looking for a fault rupture near Darfield of 100km x 2-3 metres high

edit: I just in checked again;
its 7.4ML OR 7.1Mw, not 7.4 and 7.1

[edit on 3-9-2010 by muzzy]

Further to this;
Even the Prime Minister is talking about " an aftershock of 7.1" on TV
Either there actually was two x 7's, or these spokespeople need some better prior briefing from the geologists before going on TV.
Now, to add to the mystery, if you do a search on the NZ Database, there is a quake 5 seconds after the Mainshock at -43.52707,172.12192,, which doesn't have a magnitude.
Are they keeping their options open for a complex multiple event?

reply to post by muzzy


I think we are looking at separte events! - Keep in mind the new research that was just put out from last years events - 3 when originally thought as 1.

Geez - is Puterman on Holiday with Moorf's?? Now I'm worring about the both of them

Hi everyone.

We have just got power back. We are fine but as we are about 10km from the epicentre we had a huge ride. Massive movements.

I am still having problems processing it mentally and held it together until I got online to communicate.

I'll write more of the experience later once I've collected my thoughts (and had a stiff drink).

I really thought I was going to die. And now I can't relax - we are still getting very gentle swaying and had a few big aftershocks - the MSM doesn't help the matter by their "predictions" of another big one..

There was one just as I typed this... feel sick.

reply to post by MoorfNZ


My Friend - xo - I'll have a drink with you! Soooo Glad to hear from you!!!

Jim Beam and a Marb Lights good with you?

[edit on 3-9-2010 by Anmarie96]

Heres a list of the aftershocks, after 11 hours. There will be more added in between when they get time to further analyse the data (based on past events of a similar size) and locations may change.
The Felt tags are just those reported to Geonet, the others were probably felt as well

REF, LAT, LONG,DATE/TIME(UTC), DEPTH, MAGNITUDE (ML)
3366146, -43.55, 172.17999, 2010/9/3 16:35:42, 10, 7.1Mw
3366251, -43.52707, 172.12192, 2010/9/3 16:35:47, 5, n/a
3366155, -43.56131, 172.23134, 2010/9/3 16:56:11, 8, 5.326, Felt
3366157, -43.49205, 172.31944, 2010/9/3 17:6:32, 15, 4.8, Felt
3366166, -43.6048, 172.24677, 2010/9/3 17:26:3, 5, 4.831, Felt
3366167, -43.54192, 172.22623, 2010/9/3 17:26:6, 5, 4.912, Felt
3366174, -43.51774, 172.16588, 2010/9/3 17:38:12, 15, 4.449
3366177, -43.59794, 172.23401, 2010/9/3 17:46:21, 22, 4.32, Felt
3366182, -43.49622, 172.24574, 2010/9/3 17:55:4, 5, 4.583, Felt
3366184, -43.63003, 172.30731, 2010/9/3 18:1:11, 11, 4.554, Felt
3366187, -43.57762, 172.65569, 2010/9/3 18:4:8, 58, 3.889, Felt
3366188, -43.56922, 172.82269, 2010/9/3 18:7:13, 13, 4.192
3366191, -43.51849, 172.22565, 2010/9/3 18:15:27, 5, 4.477
3366192, -43.70767, 172.38994, 2010/9/3 18:18:3, 5, 4.36
3366196, -43.59548, 172.11917, 2010/9/3 18:23:37, 5, 4.251, Felt
3366198, -43.70847, 172.51376, 2010/9/3 18:33:16, 89, 4.375, Felt
3366206, -43.60338, 172.38542, 2010/9/3 18:54:38, 5, 3.929
3366209, -43.58064, 172.37746, 2010/9/3 18:54:39, 5, 3.862
3366212, -43.59074, 172.12306, 2010/9/3 19:4:21, 5, 4.321
3366213, -43.669, 172.40149, 2010/9/3 19:7:1, 88, 4.754, Felt
3366215, -43.69744, 172.57092, 2010/9/3 19:13:20, 9, 4.584, Felt
3366219, -43.71201, 172.63742, 2010/9/3 19:21:48, 19, 3.642
3366227, -43.52848, 172.12762, 2010/9/3 19:52:40, 5, 4.036, Felt
3366230, -43.5527, 172.36792, 2010/9/3 19:56:50, 7, 5.195, Felt
3366241, -43.59377, 172.34966, 2010/9/3 20:15:5, 9, 4.663, Felt
3366254, -43.60221, 172.24484, 2010/9/3 20:51:13, 7, 3.258
3366263, -43.56452, 172.34134, 2010/9/3 21:11:49, 5, 3.342
3366266, -43.58464, 172.28679, 2010/9/3 21:21:19, 5, 3.931
3366269, -43.5993, 172.31015, 2010/9/3 21:31:23, 5, 3.084
3366274, -43.56816, 172.27596, 2010/9/3 21:40:30, 10, 3.685
3366275, -43.54574, 172.37077, 2010/9/3 21:42:44, 5, 4.163
3366278, -43.57531, 172.17152, 2010/9/3 21:50:13, 6, 3.381
3366281, -43.58271, 172.30898, 2010/9/3 21:59:21, 5, 3.236
3366288, -43.64048, 172.29114, 2010/9/3 22:17:25, 5, 4.392
3366302, -43.59348, 172.35016, 2010/9/3 22:50:16, 12, 4.029
3366305, -43.60383, 172.34592, 2010/9/3 22:58:49, 5, 3.922, Felt
3366308, -43.24266, 172.32722, 2010/9/3 23:8:16, 12, 3.843
3366310, -43.53041, 172.27469, 2010/9/3 23:12:46, 12, 5.277, Felt
3366329, -43.54615, 172.37421, 2010/9/3 23:52:27, 5, 3.92, Felt
3366340, -43.45913, 172.22232, 2010/9/4 0:18:5, 12, 4.03, Felt
3366351, -43.56567, 171.89719, 2010/9/4 0:47:34, 5, 3.471
3366354, -43.59185, 172.32982, 2010/9/4 0:57:9, 5, 2.712
3366357, -43.54, 172.24348, 2010/9/4 1:6:25, 5, 2.489
3366366, -43.49043, 172.14642, 2010/9/4 1:27:6, 5, 3.256
3366374, -43.5826, 172.29228, 2010/9/4 1:47:30, 12, 2.957

Breaking News

; As power is returned fires are breaking out in the CBD, (broken gas pipes)

Gale Force Winds forecast for Canterbury tommorrow

reply to post by MoorfNZ


Good to hear you are OK

reply to post by MoorfNZ


Moorf Dear, I have thought of you the entire day! Damn glad to hear you are ok

I know you had a wild ride, you take care and be safe my friend. I too, will hoist a glass of wine with you.

I'm so scared. Just had to run outside again as house shook - violent jolt - nerves are shredded.

Everyone, send your good vibes and prayers MoorfNZ's way!

I hate it that she is going thru this.

Originally posted by berkeleygal
Everyone, send your good vibes and prayers MoorfNZ's way!

I hate it that she is going thru this.

Thank you, we all need your good vibes here at the moment.

Am sat here just waiting for next one.. 5.6 aftershock went through an hour ago and have had several rumbles underfoot since.

I shan't be sleeping tonight...

reply to post by Anmarie96


hi i thought id jion in for a bit here
i was looking into liquefaction of soil that has effected christchurch

There are four main hazards from earthquakes: shaking, faulting, tsunamis, and ground failure. Liquefaction is how shaking causes ground failure. If you've played on the beach, you can see how it works: find a patch of wet sand down in the surf zone. It may be firm enough to walk on, but if you pat it a few times the saturated sand turns to muck. In earthquakes, the same thing occurs in buried layers of young sediment, down at the water table as deep as 10 or 20 meters

linky
geology.about.com...

xp

[edit on 4-9-2010 by XPLodER]

reply to post by lasertaglover


the depth of the one in argentina is the same as christchurch
i think there will be alot of settling eqs around the world

xp

Hope all our people in Christchurch and Canterbury regions can stay safe and warm. Hope MoorfNZ is safe too. Aftershocks still happening. I was thinking it's quite miraculous there are no casulties reported seeing that the area is quite well populated.

Prayers and thoughts to all those in the affected areas.

reply to post by MoorfNZ


Thank goodness you are ok MoorfNZ, my thoughts are with you and yours.

Stay safe if you can.