M6.0 Earthquake hits Papua, Indonesia

Magnitude 6.0 (Preliminary magnitude — update expected within 15 minutes)
Date-Time

* Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at 17:18:16 UTC
* Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 02:18:16 AM at epicenter

Location 1.000°S, 133.160°E
Depth 66 km (41.0 miles) set by location program
Region PAPUA, INDONESIA
Distances

* 103 km (64 miles) W (263°) from Manokwari, Irian Jaya, Indonesia
* 210 km (130 miles) E (95°) from Sorong, Irian Jaya, Indonesia
* 469 km (291 miles) NW (312°) from Enarotali, Irian Jaya, Indonesia
* 630 km (391 miles) ENE (62°) from Ambon, Moluccas, Indonesia
* 941 km (584 miles) S (189°) from KOROR, Palau

Location Uncertainty Error estimate not available
Parameters NST= 12, Nph= 12, Dmin=0 km, Rmss=0.92 sec, Gp=173°,
M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=A
Source

* NOAA Pacific Tsunami Warning Center

Event ID pt10013005

Wow......just wow. I don't really know much about earthquakes, but is this many around the world "normal"?

North California just had another too

Rock and roll!!!
Definately some shifting going on.
I've always suspected underground nuclear testing is causing all this activity in the last 5 years.

Magnitude 3.6
Date-Time

* Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at 17:36:27 UTC
* Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at 09:36:27 AM at epicenter

Location 40.667°N, 124.662°W
Depth 11.7 km (7.3 miles)
Region OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
Distances

* 35 km (22 miles) WNW (286°) from Ferndale, CA
* 39 km (24 miles) W (260°) from Humboldt Hill, CA
* 42 km (26 miles) WSW (255°) from Bayview, CA
* 44 km (28 miles) WSW (252°) from Eureka, CA
* 360 km (224 miles) NW (312°) from Sacramento, CA

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 1 km (0.6 miles); depth +/- 1.1 km (0.7 miles)
Parameters Nph= 42, Dmin=54 km, Rmss=0.17 sec, Gp=234°,
M-type=local magnitude (ML), Version=2
Source

* California Integrated Seismic Net:
* USGS Caltech CGS UCB UCSD UNR

Event ID nc71339896

Hopefully just an aftershock and not a foreshock to a future event

Here's the real time map:
earthquake.usgs.gov...

Wow, the ring of fire is really cookin!!!!!!!! I wonder how many more will pop up, and I'm concerned about the effect this will have on the active volcanoes in days to come. Something's going on down there. As we approach alignment, this could get way worse.

There are daily earthquakes all around the Pacific rim. This is quite normal. Haiti was overdue.