Quake Watch 2011

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Provider,Date/Time UTC,Latitude,Longitude,Magnitude,Depth(Km),Location
EMSC,2011-07-15 13:26:02, -60.890, -23.590, 6.0, 10.0, South Sandwich Isls. Region
USGS,2011-07-15 13:26:02, -60.724, -23.668, 5.9 6.1, 9.9, South Sandwich Isls. Region

USGS have lifted this one from 5.9 to 6.1 so it gets added to the tally for the year.

Page on the blog shortly.

Even though Cumbra Veija is the scary one, aren't they all similar in structure resulting in the possibility of a land slide of similar magnitude and consequences?

Also on the quake feed app i have on my iPhone I saw a bunch of small quakes (15 from 5:30 am cst to 6:11 am cst, most in the ~2 range with a couple of 3's in there) in the Peurto Rico region all in close proximity time and space-wise. Any concerns for that area feeling another large shock?

2 further quakes added to Mag 6 in July

ETA: Found the original ones now

Date/Time UTC,Latitude,Longitude,Magnitude,Depth(Km),Location
2011-07-09 15:02:29, -29.326, -177.061, 5.8, 23.3, Kermadec Isls. Nz

Date/Time UTC,Latitude,Longitude,Magnitude,Depth(Km),Location
2011-07-09 19:35:18, -29.390, -176.980, 5.8, 10.0, Kermadec Isls. Region

Magnitude 6.0 KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND
Saturday, July 09, 2011 at 15:02:27 UTC

Magnitude 6.0
Date-Time Saturday, July 09, 2011 at 15:02:27 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time
Sunday, July 10, 2011 at 03:02:27 AM local time at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 29.37S 177.03W
Depth 14 kilometers
Region KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND
Distances 85 km (53 miles) E of Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands
290 km (180 miles) NE of L'Esperance Rock, Kermadec Islands
1128 km (701 miles) NE of Auckland, New Zealand
1516 km (941 miles) NNE of WELLINGTON, New Zealand
Location Uncertainty Error estimate
Parameters Nst=153, Nph=153, Dmin=86.7 km, Rmss=1.06 sec, Erho=6.6 km, Erzz=0 km, Gp=75.9 degrees
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID us2011ndbm

Source

Magnitude 6.0 KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION
Saturday, July 09, 2011 at 19:35:21 UTC

Magnitude 6.0
Date-Time Saturday, July 09, 2011 at 19:35:21 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time
Sunday, July 10, 2011 at 07:35:21 AM local time at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 29.47S 176.99W
Depth 40 kilometers
Region KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION
Distances 91 km (57 miles) ESE of Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands
284 km (176 miles) NE of L'Esperance Rock, Kermadec Islands
1123 km (697 miles) NE of Auckland, New Zealand
1508 km (937 miles) NNE of WELLINGTON, New Zealand
Location Uncertainty Error estimate
Parameters Nst=97, Nph=97, Dmin=93.3 km, Rmss=1.06 sec, Erho=9.0 km, Erzz=11.8 km, Gp=98.8 degrees
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID us2011ndc4

That now raises the total of Mag 6-6.9 for July to 12, and 2 x 7+

reply to post by PuterMan


wow. well that means there has been a 6+ every day for the last 7 days, except for one day.

bets on tomorrow?

I'm back to stringing beans fer supper

and waitin on the Prez to tell us we're all screwed

reply to post by berkeleygal


So I guess that would have to be 6 to 7 on odds?

PDF Package for Magnitude 6.1 SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS neic_njba (usc0004y1i) now available. (711 Kb download)

neic_njba.zip

Web site images only (366 Kb download)
neic_njba_images.zip

View web version of page here

ETA: By the way this one may well get upgraded as well.

Provider,Date/Time UTC,Latitude,Longitude,Magnitude,Depth(Km),Location
USGS,2011-07-25 17:15:41, 14.970, 120.119, 5.9, 35.0, Luzon. Philippines
EMSC,2011-07-25 17:15:44, 14.990, 120.150, 6.0, 60.0, Luzon Philippines

So Mr Puterman,
Might it be safe to say there is an increase in activity on a more grand scale?
in accordance to your stats from previous years?

reply to post by Lil Drummerboy


Nope not really. Admitted that we have worked up to the Mag 9 in Japan but we still have to have 30 or so mag 6 before the end of the year to equal last year, and with a mag 9 in the year I think you would expect at least that. We happen to have had a little run of mag 6, but at the end of the day July has had 12 so far in 24 days which is right on the button for the average.

I still maintain things are calming down. (and 2012 will be a normal year and Comet Elenin will miss us.)

I'd like too take a moment and applaud the veterns of this thread,,,u know who u are,,, (cause i dont newest)

The data,,,
concise factual

graphs ,,,
xquisite,,,some of the most eyebrow raising visuals are the "new stuff",, balls it is,, lol

conversation,,,
enlightning and encouraging and never mean,, well except when ,,puterman hyperventilates,,and muzzy's laptop gets hot,,what?????? and lose all that Data?????? lol
conclusions,,,
well i see once again quality works!

Hip hip hurra

Originally posted by PuterMan
reply to post by Lil Drummerboy

 

Nope not really. Admitted that we have worked up to the Mag 9 in Japan but we still have to have 30 or so mag 6 before the end of the year to equal last year, and with a mag 9 in the year I think you would expect at least that. We happen to have had a little run of mag 6, but at the end of the day July has had 12 so far in 24 days which is right on the button for the average.

I still maintain things are calming down. (and 2012 will be a normal year and Comet Elenin will miss us.)

I am looking forward to your revised report at the end of this year
Elenin? wow who knew that would be such a hot topic...

reply to post by jadedANDcynical


I never noticed them as I have my list set for mag 3.0+

Date/Time UTC,Latitude,Longitude,Magnitude,Depth(Km),Location
2011-07-25 06:49:27, 19.152, -66.502, 2.4, 18.0, Puerto Rico Region
2011-07-25 06:49:55, 19.096, -66.491, 2.9, 14.0, Puerto Rico Region
2011-07-25 08:35:18, 18.189, -67.258, 2.3, 22.5, Mona Passage. Puerto Rico
2011-07-25 10:30:16, 19.131, -66.517, 2.9, 25.0, Puerto Rico Region
2011-07-25 10:40:20, 18.996, -66.492, 2.5, 7.2, Puerto Rico Region
2011-07-25 10:42:51, 19.093, -66.516, 3.8, 10.3, Puerto Rico Region
2011-07-25 10:48:09, 19.069, -66.527, 2.4, 18.6, Puerto Rico Region
2011-07-25 10:48:40, 18.965, -66.499, 2.5, 44.7, Puerto Rico Region
2011-07-25 10:49:09, 19.045, -66.530, 2.5, 51.8, Puerto Rico Region
2011-07-25 10:51:58, 19.128, -66.525, 2.5, 22.4, Puerto Rico Region
2011-07-25 10:52:36, 19.031, -66.559, 2.9, 50.9, Puerto Rico Region
2011-07-25 10:53:58, 19.114, -66.507, 2.6, 15.1, Puerto Rico Region
2011-07-25 10:55:14, 18.365, -66.647, 1.4, 7.0, Puerto Rico
2011-07-25 10:55:44, 18.750, -66.458, 2.4, 7.0, Puerto Rico Region
2011-07-25 10:57:08, 19.097, -66.492, 2.5, 14.0, Puerto Rico Region
2011-07-25 11:04:58, 19.132, -66.509, 3.1, 28.0, Puerto Rico Region
2011-07-25 11:07:59, 19.128, -66.499, 2.8, 28.0, Puerto Rico Region
2011-07-25 11:09:41, 19.138, -66.483, 2.6, 30.0, Puerto Rico Region
2011-07-25 11:10:28, 19.006, -66.511, 3.2, 55.4, Puerto Rico Region
2011-07-25 11:11:54, 19.100, -66.504, 2.8, 38.0, Puerto Rico Region
2011-07-25 11:17:57, 19.104, -66.471, 2.7, 31.0, Puerto Rico Region
2011-07-25 11:39:56, 18.964, -66.476, 2.4, 20.0, Puerto Rico Region
2011-07-25 11:40:31, 19.084, -66.513, 2.6, 25.6, Puerto Rico Region
2011-07-25 11:44:15, 19.020, -66.499, 2.4, 9.0, Puerto Rico Region
2011-07-25 11:44:56, 19.084, -66.435, 2.4, 6.6, Puerto Rico Region

Quite a little swarm so well spotted. The average is around 6 a day so that is well over.

Re volcanoes by the sea, actually ALL mountains by the sea carry this risk to some degree especially where there are steep slopes, but landsides are not global tsunami makers.

reply to post by PuterMan


re: Landslide != global tsunami maker

On the night of July 9, 1958 an earthquake along the Fairweather Fault in the Alaska Panhandle loosened about 40 million cubic yards (30.6 million cubic meters) of rock high above the northeastern shore of Lituya Bay. This mass of rock plunged from an altitude of approximately 3000 feet (914 meters) down into the waters of Gilbert Inlet (see map below). The impact generated a local tsunami that crashed against the southwest shoreline of Gilbert Inlet. The wave hit with such power that it swept completely over the spur of land that separates Gilbert Inlet from the main body of Lituya Bay. The wave then contiuned down the entire length of Lituya Bay, over La Chaussee Spit and into the Gulf of Alaska. The force of the wave removed all trees and vegetation from elevations as high as 1720 feet (524 meters) above sea level. Millions of trees were uprooted and swept away by the wave. This is the highest wave that has ever been known.

source

But surely you know about this type of occurrence?

And this:

By contrast, megatsunamis are caused by giant landslides and other impact events. Underwater earthquakes or volcanic eruptions do not normally generate such large tsunamis, but landslides next to bodies of water resulting from earthquakes can, since they cause a massive amount of displacement. If the landslide or impact occurs in a limited body of water, as happened at the Vajont Dam (1963) and Lituya Bay (1958) then the water may be unable to disperse and one or more exceedingly large waves may result.

Wiki

Or am I being denseand not grasping your meaning?

This one is about 100 miles from me. Too small to be felt (by me), but close to Yellowstone. So it raises my hackles.

Earthquake Details

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.
Magnitude 3.6
Date-Time Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at 03:38:26 UTC
Monday, July 25, 2011 at 09:38:26 PM at epicenter

Location 42.056°N, 111.591°W
Depth 0.3 km (~0.2 mile) (poorly constrained)
Region SOUTHERN IDAHO
Distances 18 km (11 miles) ENE (76°) from Franklin, ID
18 km (11 miles) WSW (249°) from St. Charles, ID
20 km (12 miles) ENE (57°) from Cove, UT
24 km (15 miles) E (100°) from Preston, ID
147 km (91 miles) N (10°) from Salt Lake City, UT

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 0.7 km (0.4 miles); depth +/- 5 km (3.1 miles)
Parameters NST= 38, Nph= 38, Dmin=31 km, Rmss=0.34 sec, Gp= 68°,
M-type=local magnitude (ML), Version=2
Source University of Utah Seismograph Stations

Event ID uu00007641

Source - USGS

reply to post by PuterMan


Are any of these quakes harmonic in nature?.........or the canary swarm?

When I first heard about the Canary quakes, I could not help but to think of that dudes dream about the water coming over the Atlantic coast(Hoping it was a high quality ganja induced vision) on another dreams and prediction thread

Magnitude 3.6
Date-Time * Monday, July 25, 2011 at 09:38:26 PM at epicenter


42.056°N, 111.591°W Depth 0.3 km (~0.2 mile) (poorly constrained)
Region SOUTHERN IDAHO
Source

Not rare but sharing in case anyone in the area is wondering if that's what happened.

reply to post by dreamingawake


I posted it a few posts up from yours. It never hurts to jump to the last page of a thread and take a look at the last few posts. Helps to keep the threads clean.

a bit of shaking up north...

OFF THE EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA

MAG 5.8

2011/07/26

06:17:39 (UTC)

52.977 159.886 (MAP)

43.8 kms ( depth )

OFF THE EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA


AND... just for good measure...



MAG 5.4

2011/07/26

06:16:47 (UTC)

52.902 159.893 (MAP)

55.0 kms ( depth )

OFF THE EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA



thanks USGS...

earthquake.usgs.gov...



seeya

reply to post by shaneR


actually, maybe the same quake???

seeya

reply to post by radpetey

Are any of these quakes harmonic in nature?.........or the canary swarm?

As far as I am aware at present neither area is exhibiting volcanic quakes, but that said I have not delved deeply into to the Canaries ones.

Puerto Rico is just doing what Puerto Rico does. I recall somewhere at the beginning of Quake Watch 2010 we discussed the apparent link between PR and Chile so maybe the recent bumps in Chile are having an effect?

reply to post by jadedANDcynical

By contrast, megatsunamis are caused by giant landslides and other impact events. Underwater earthquakes or volcanic eruptions do not normally generate such large tsunamis, but landslides next to bodies of water resulting from earthquakes can, since they cause a massive amount of displacement.

Yes of course I am aware of Alaska and of Wikipedia's statement. Note first that Alaska did not produce a global tsunami, it was local.

As far as I am concerned Wikipedia has jumped on the doom wagon and what they are saying is in my opinion incorrect. (Now there's a surprise - Wikipedia may be wrong! )

I subscribe to the theory that massive landslides produce very large local tsunamis but do not have far reaching effects on a global scale.

You should have a read of Dr. GEORGE PARARAS-CARAYANNIS if you have not already done so.

With regard to this an ATS member commented to me:

I can tell you right off the bat what the problem with the original "mega-tsunami" theory was. It was based on dropping a pile of dirt into a tank full of water. And a smooth, rectangular, enclosed tank at that. Such a set-up is about as far from the reality of the situation as you can get while still managing to remain a convincing demonstration.

Puterman... you don't know who I am, but I would certainly endorse the speculation of George Pararas-Carayannis. His is certainly more founded than that of the people who decided dropping rocks at one end of a plexiglass tank was a good idea.

Post source

Consider the length of the fault slip that is involved in a mega-quake. We are talking,huge distances. Banda Aceh for example:

The earthquake ruptured a surface of at least 400 km long and 100km wide, with an average slip of 10-15 meters, and local maximum of 20-25 meters

Report on Banda Aceh mega-thrust earthquake, December 26, 2004

OK it is not going to be all of that but the basic maths 400 x 100 x 0.1 = 4,000 cu km. Sort of makes Cumbre Veija look a bit small.

The mechanism is also vastly different.




Edit to add:

re: Landslide != global tsunami maker

For those not into computer /maths speak != is not equal to. 'Landslide is not equal to global tsunami maker'

The statement is correct