Quake Watch 2011

reply to post by muzzy


So the south west line of quakes follows north through Italy, It's almost a straight line. Then you have the triangular shaped area over Malta. Could it be possible that, like New Zealand, you have part of the plate subducting and another part rising over the connecting plate? A twisting effect so to speak?

ATT; AORAKI & MOORFNZ I need your input please.

I have finally done the liquefaction analysis for Christchurch and although liquefaction maps do exist, I've done a GIS one based on soil types to estimate the areas of highest risk potential. I would like to compare it with the actual liquefaction from the February quake but can't find any info, so I thought you would both know how accurate my analysis is.

Originally posted by zenius
reply to post by muzzy

 

So the south west line of quakes follows north through Italy, It's almost a straight line. Then you have the triangular shaped area over Malta. Could it be possible that, like New Zealand, you have part of the plate subducting and another part rising over the connecting plate? A twisting effect so to speak?

what triangular shape over Malta..could you please elaborate further on this..being a local i'm interested

reply to post by zenius


Do you mean both plates take a dive downwards there?
Not sure, I'd have to go in closer and narrow the longitude line.

reply to post by heineken


From Muzzy's Italy quake map on page 122. It covers Sicily & Malta in a triangular shape.
2nd

Has anyone read this stuff?
end of world article

reply to post by zenius


Does this help

Liquefaction-induced damage during the 2010 Darfield Earthquake (PDF)

By Rolando P Orense, Dr. Eng., PE, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Auckland

reply to post by Tzavros


phew, worn out!

And a thousand times more!!!!!

Obviously I won't be taken up in the rapture so I guess it is October then.

Bull something!!!!!

reply to post by Tzavros


Oh, they are even in Thailand. First error: Noah and the ark is a historical story dating further back to about 11,000/13,000 years. Exactly same descriptions were found in much older clay tablet writings. The Israelites probably took it from the Hittites.

That there might be an big earthquake - well, it is possible. The rest . . . Sleep peacefully. Every day has the same risk or safety.

@Muzzy & Puterman;

I don't chip in often; remain on side line. Just want to say:

I do enjoy your work, presentations and sharing of information, data, ideas, et.al.
I do follow daily before I set of on my own work.

THANK YOU!

reply to post by zenius


Am I missing something here?

I don't see Malta on muzzy's map.

Edit

Are we talking about this one? - Ah it got splatted by muzzy's balls orbs!

My first post here so not certain if I'm doing this right:

EDIS Number: EQ-20110519-198425-CL Common Alerting Protocol
Magnitude: 5.2
Mercalli scale: 5
Date-Time [UTC]: 19 May, 2011 at 17:05:13 UTC
Local Date/Time: Thursday, May 19, 2011 at 17:05 in the afternoon at epicenter
Location: 34° 37.800, 71° 31.800
Depth: 60 km (37.28 miles)
Region: South-America
Country: Chile
Distances: 1.51 km (0.94 miles) of La Palma,
Source: EMSC
Generated Tsunami: Not or no data!
Damage: Not or not data!

5.9 in Turkey

M 5.9 - WESTERN TURKEY - 2011-05-19 20:15 UTC

Magnitude ML 5.9
Region WESTERN TURKEY
Date time 2011-05-19 20:15:22.0 UTC
Location 39.15 N ; 29.10 E
Depth 7 km
Distances 59 km NW Usak (pop 152,862 ; local time 23:15:22.9 2011-05-19)
13 km NE Simav (pop 34,909 ; local time 23:15:22.9 2011-05-19)

Does not look to be a heavily populated area so hopefully no casualties.


Correction to the above. It is 1.8miles from Sogut, which is not big, but may well have sustained damage. In fact there are quite a few populous areas within 6 miles of the epicentre.






Just in on USGS as a 6.0. Details in a moment.

Magnitude 6.0 - WESTERN TURKEY

Magnitude 6.0
Date-Time

* Thursday, May 19, 2011 at 20:15:23 UTC
* Thursday, May 19, 2011 at 11:15:23 PM at epicenter

Location 39.115°N, 29.124°E
Depth 4.6 km (2.9 miles) (poorly constrained)
Region WESTERN TURKEY
Distances 53 km (32 miles) NNW of Usak, Turkey
82 km (50 miles) WSW of Kutahya, Turkey
120 km (74 miles) S of Bursa, Turkey
332 km (206 miles) WSW of ANKARA, Turkey
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 13.7 km (8.5 miles); depth +/- 10 km (6.2 miles)
Parameters NST= 93, Nph= 93, Dmin=185.9 km, Rmss=1.04 sec, Gp= 36°,
M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7
Source

* USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID usc0003j4a

USGS Shake map says light damage (I misread that image I think - looks like it may be in sever shaing), but this is not an earthquake proof area.



Anyone with better eyesight make out those colours?

reply to post by PuterMan

Strong to moderate with mderate heavy at the centre

reply to post by Tzavros


Thanks.

I has got a yellow with 40% possibility of up to 100 casualties (This is only computer generated)

earthquake.usgs.gov...

reply to post by PuterMan

Just got this one in. Green

reply to post by Tzavros


I think that is wrong. Off the PAGER link above. Yellow PAGER Alert

Affected cities.

MMI City Population
VI Simav 35k
VI Emet 24k
VI Pazarlar 6k
VI Saphane 5k
V Gediz 22k
V Demirci 21k
IV Kutahya 185k
IV Usak 153k
IV Salihli 89k
IV Bozuyuk 55k
IV Tavsanli 52k

That is not 1.5 million.

Edit: It is 647 thousand

reply to post by PuterMan

I hope not anyway. Another M 5.0 - Crete, Greece about 20 minutes ago.

reply to post by PuterMan


No PM, I've seen all the 2010 articles. I specifically need post Feb 2011 quake. But thanks for looking for me.
Re Muzzy's map, yeh you can't see Malta but I'm pretty sure it's under there somewhere!

Hi guys.

Ive just notice this one on USGS

Earthquake Details
This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude
4.9

Date-Time
Thursday, May 19, 2011 at 20:39:03 UTC
Thursday, May 19, 2011 at 11:39:03 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location
34.367°N, 23.799°E

Depth
27.2 km (16.9 miles)

Region
CRETE, GREECE

I have noticed a lot of quakes in Crete popping up lately. Is this the "normal" amount to be seen in this area or is there a slight increase? Im just a little concerned as my family will be visiting there in October this year.

On the other hand, i have just come across this site that gives good info on quakes in Crete. Has settled my mind a little.

CRETE Earthquake info

reply to post by Tzavros


What does the term GREEN earthquake alert mean?

Is this something new?