Quake Watch 2010

reply to post by muzzy

Well I spent half an hour on it starting at the start of the year with the Soloman Islands 3/1 (map is actually Bouganiville Feb1 as there is no P-wave map for 3/1)
neic.usgs.gov...

the next quake is the Haiti 12/1
which falls within the Solomans shadow zone

then it falls apart as the next quake is Ryukyu Islands 26/2 which is outside the Haiti shadow zone

then the USGS site crashed

Oh well worth a look

== PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT ==



Region: HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN
Geographic coordinates: 36.488N, 70.825E
Magnitude: 6.3 Mw
Depth: 199 km
Universal Time (UTC): 17 Sep 2010 19:21:13
Time near the Epicenter: 17 Sep 2010 23:51:13
Local standard time in your area: 17 Sep 2010 14:21:13

Location with respect to nearby cities:
72 km (45 miles) SSE (161 degrees) of Feyzabad, Afghanistan
124 km (77 miles) NW (304 degrees) of Chitral, Pakistan
132 km (82 miles) SSW (209 degrees) of Khorugh, Tajikistan
235 km (146 miles) NW (324 degrees) of Mingaora, Pakistan
265 km (165 miles) NE (34 degrees) of KABUL, Afghanistan


ADDITIONAL EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
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event ID : US 2010bhb1

New one in Afghanistan:

Magnitude 6.3
Date-Time Friday, September 17, 2010 at 19:21:13 UTC
Friday, September 17, 2010 at 11:51:13 PM at epicenter

Location 36.488°N, 70.826°E
Depth 199.7 km (124.1 miles)
Region HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN

earthquake.usgs.gov...

Edit Add: Wow, same post same time! Quick typing fingers, eh?

Followed by:

5.2 2010/09/17 19:34:10 3.727 126.655 66.3 KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA

Do I dare ask what's next?

Baja is moving a little bit now.

earthquake.usgs.gov...

Magnitude
4.5
Date-Time
Friday, September 17, 2010 at 23:01:33 UTC
Saturday, September 18, 2010 at 09:01:33 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
18.472°N, 145.611°E
Depth
180.2 km (112.0 miles)
Region
PAGAN REGION, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
Distances
41 km (26 miles) NNW (336°) from Pagan, Northern Mariana Islands
364 km (226 miles) N (358°) from SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands
1967 km (1222 miles) SSE (155°) from Hamamatsu, Honshu, Japan
Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 27.6 km (17.1 miles); depth +/- 10.6 km (6.6 miles)
Parameters
NST= 32, Nph= 32, Dmin=197 km, Rmss=0.94 sec, Gp=119°,
M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=6
Source
USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID
us2010bhcx




Magnitude
5.0
Date-Time
Friday, September 17, 2010 at 23:12:24 UTC
Saturday, September 18, 2010 at 11:12:24 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
45.366°N, 150.503°E
Depth
41 km (25.5 miles)
Region
KURIL ISLANDS
Distances
205 km (130 miles) E of Kuril'sk, Kuril Islands
555 km (345 miles) ENE of Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan
625 km (390 miles) ESE of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia
7170 km (4460 miles) NE of MOSCOW, Russia 1
Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 19.7 km (12.2 miles); depth +/- 3.7 km (2.3 miles)
Parameters
NST=155, Nph=164, Dmin=624.5 km, Rmss=0.71 sec, Gp=108°,
M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=6
Source
USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID
us2010bhcw

IKD - If you were to ask me - Alaska is having some unusual movements. I thought that earlier and now another. Not particulary large - ranging around the 3.5 mag. - but it's the line it's forming and filling in. I understand Alaska if filled with quakes - but like I said, if you were to ask me.

Earthquake Details

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude

6.3

Date-Time

Friday, September 17, 2010 at 19:21:13 UTC

Friday, September 17, 2010 at 11:51:13 PM at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location

36.488°N, 70.826°E

Depth

199.7 km (124.1 miles)

Region

HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN

Distances

75 km (45 miles) SSE of Faizabad, Afghanistan
115 km (70 miles) NW of Chitral, Pakistan
130 km (80 miles) SSW of Khorugh, Tajikistan
265 km (165 miles) NE of KABUL, Afghanistan

Location Uncertainty

horizontal +/- 13.9 km (8.6 miles); depth +/- 6.7 km (4.2 miles)

Parameters

NST=286, Nph=292, Dmin=270.5 km, Rmss=1.33 sec, Gp= 32°,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6

Source

USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID

us2010bhb1

reply to post by jazz10


How strange, I was just using this one as an example of how my program reacts to changed data and here it is on QW2010

It has changed:
*

Magnitude 6.2
Date-Time

* Friday, September 17, 2010 at 19:21:15 UTC
* Friday, September 17, 2010 at 11:51:15 PM at epicenter
* Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 36.438°N, 70.787°E
Depth 220.4 km (137.0 miles) set by location program
Region HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN
Distances 80 km (50 miles) SSE of Faizabad, Afghanistan
115 km (70 miles) WNW of Chitral, Pakistan
135 km (85 miles) SSW of Khorugh, Tajikistan
260 km (160 miles) NE of KABUL, Afghanistan
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 4.7 km (2.9 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters NST=289, Nph=285, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=1.1 sec, Gp= 29°,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=S
Source

* USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID us2010bhb1

Not exactly a big one but in the 5 range and what interested me was the name

Earthquake Details

* This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude 5.4
Date-Time

* Sunday, September 19, 2010 at 11:51:54 UTC
* Sunday, September 19, 2010 at 09:51:54 PM at epicenter
* Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 22.990°N, 144.416°E
Depth 35 km (21.7 miles) set by location program
Region VOLCANO ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
Distances

* 373 km (232 miles) ESE (122°) from Iwo-jima, Volcano Islands, Japan
* 877 km (545 miles) N (351°) from SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands
* 1455 km (904 miles) SSE (155°) from Shizuoka, Honshu, Japan

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 7.7 km (4.8 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters NST=129, Nph=129, Dmin=507.6 km, Rmss=0.54 sec, Gp=108°,
M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=6
Source

* USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID us2010bjax

I wonder if my brother felt this one - my mother just flew home earlier today from visiting him - to bad she missed it.

3.9 2010/09/19 22:01:46 35.595 -97.207 5.0 7 km ( 5 mi) S of Luther, OK

Magnitude 3.6 - WYOMING
2010 September 20 00:47:22 UTC
Versión en Español
DetailsSummaryMapsScientific & TechnicalEarthquake Details
This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.
Magnitude 3.6
Date-Time Monday, September 20, 2010 at 00:47:22 UTC
Sunday, September 19, 2010 at 06:47:22 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 43.597°N, 110.416°W
Depth 5 km (3.1 miles) set by location program
Region WYOMING
Distances 30 km (20 miles) ENE of Jackson, Wyoming
65 km (40 miles) W of Dubois, Wyoming
95 km (60 miles) NNW of Pinedale, Wyoming
535 km (335 miles) WNW of CHEYENNE, Wyoming

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 5 km (3.1 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters NST= 34, Nph= 37, Dmin=31.2 km, Rmss=1.29 sec, Gp= 40°,
M-type=local magnitude (ML), Version=6
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)


Event ID us2010bkae


www.theinterveners.org...

followed by - this makse me wonder - alot

4.4 2010/09/20 04:05:07 44.709 -129.938 10.0 464 km (288 mi) W of Depoe Bay, OR

Aftershock

Magnitude 4.4
Date-Time

* Tuesday, September 21, 2010 at 04:33:05 UTC
* Monday, September 20, 2010 at 11:33:05 PM at epicenter
* Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 18.462°N, 72.995°W
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region HAITI REGION
Distances 70 km (45 miles) W of PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti
80 km (50 miles) ENE of Les Cayes, Haiti
115 km (70 miles) SSW of Gonaives, Haiti
1095 km (680 miles) SE of Miami, Florida
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 6.7 km (4.2 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters NST= 50, Nph= 50, Dmin=41.5 km, Rmss=1.21 sec, Gp= 50°,
M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=7
Source * USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID us2010blag

reply to post by muzzy


The location would suggest so... it's their first for a while of this size.

Mexico again.

Magnitude 5.1
Date-Time Tuesday, September 21, 2010 at 14:42:13 UTC
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 at 09:42:13 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 15.981°N, 94.890°W
Depth 57.9 km (36.0 miles)
Region OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO

earthquake.usgs.gov...

Getting a serious difference between USGS and EMSC on one of the Honshu quakes.

Date/Time UTC,Latitude,Longitude,Magnitude,Depth(Km),Location
21/09/2010 20:31:53,35.72210,140.42760,4.800,35.100,near the east coast of Honshu. Japan
21/09/2010 20:15:10,40.76000,139.40000,5.200,173.000,NEAR WEST COAST OF HONSHU JAPAN
21/09/2010 20:15:10,40.75430,139.35020,4.700,175.400,near the west coast of Honshu. Japan

Obviously the same quake but both are Mb magnitudes yet so very different. (5.62 x stronger)

Caught a duplicate quake ID again - Tennessee. Emailed USGS and they have agreed it should not have a duplicate ID. Still waiting to hear about that 5.1 on the 24th August in NZ. They say they are looking in to it.

reply to post by PuterMan


I was reading on another site--I forget where . . . that NZ has been having 688 quakes in the Christchurch area in the last 13 days. Is that true?

What do you think are the implications.

The article also said that it appears that new fault lines are showing up--e.g. under the library there.

You have any more info and any speculations about all such?

I'd be watching Indonesia, Chile, California, Alaska and maybe NZ more closely in the coming months.

Originally posted by BO XIAN
reply to post by PuterMan

 

I was reading on another site--I forget where . . . that NZ has been having 688 quakes in the Christchurch area in the last 13 days. Is that true?

What do you think are the implications.

The article also said that it appears that new fault lines are showing up--e.g. under the library there.

You have any more info and any speculations about all such?

You realise these are aftershocks from the 7.1 two weeks ago, don't you?

Make that 773 aftershocks - the last "felt" one (3.5) being about an hour ago (it was near me, inland from Christchurch). The area of activity should really be "Canterbury" - that's the area being affected - not just Chch (sorry, bee in my bonnet about that!!)

Unaware of a new fault under the library - although there are 17 libraries in Christchurch and its suburbs so not sure which one you are referring to. I'm at a course at the Main Library in the centre of town this week so I know that one is operational.

Personally I can't see that this is the end.. sure, the aftershocks are dying away and their magnitude dropping but I just can't get my head around the fact that this massive quake, and new fault lines, just stops dead in its tracks.

I'm also slightly concerned at the recent activity showing up in the area of View Hill and Oxford - we've had a few quakes there in the last few days..

I'm also concerned as to whether any other recently checked faults might be ready to move - for instance, the one that runs alongside my fenceline!!