Quake Watch 2011

Hi guys and gals,

I was looking at this map here

earthquake.usgs.gov...

and I guess I have never looked at this because I wondered what the SAFOD Drilling site was.

so I googled it and found something interesting that you may or may not know about.

EarthScope Peeks Beneath the Crust

geology.about.com...

It's an old article but since I didn't know about I thought it interesting and there's some good links there too.

A couple quakes I just saw:

Monday September 5 2011, 05:12:35 UTC 16 minutes ago Northern California 2.9 40.0 Detail
Monday September 5 2011, 05:05:38 UTC 23 minutes ago Reykjanes Ridge 4.9 11.2 Detail
Monday September 5 2011, 04:52:19 UTC 36 minutes ago Kenai Peninsula, Alaska 1.5 45.4 Detail
Monday September 5 2011, 04:45:07 UTC 43 minutes ago Luzon, Philippines 4.8 35.1

Is that Reykjanes Ridge a place anyone remembers seeing before? I don't recall ever seeing one in that area, or hearing of one there.

reply to post by CoolStoryMan


yep.
about 13 pages back Vanuatu was discussed

heres the page on Vanuatu I did on Swarms there...link

the last 7.0 on the weekend and this 6.1 are isolated events though, not part of a continious sequencial swarm episode ie this 6.1 happened 24 hrs after the 7.0, with nothing in between, on USGS anyway, unless they are not reporting them

Originally posted by summer5
A couple quakes I just saw:

Monday September 5 2011, 05:12:35 UTC 16 minutes ago Northern California 2.9 40.0 Detail
Monday September 5 2011, 05:05:38 UTC 23 minutes ago Reykjanes Ridge 4.9 11.2 Detail
Monday September 5 2011, 04:52:19 UTC 36 minutes ago Kenai Peninsula, Alaska 1.5 45.4 Detail
Monday September 5 2011, 04:45:07 UTC 43 minutes ago Luzon, Philippines 4.8 35.1

Is that Reykjanes Ridge a place anyone remembers seeing before?

I don't recall ever seeing one in that area, or hearing of one there.

Seen plenty in that area - not the most common but definitely not unusual to see them there. Not quite as usual to see a wee swarm.. worth watching.

Have you all seen the 'new' USGS earthquake listing (beta)??

earthquake.usgs.gov...

reply to post by summer5


Date/Time UTC,Latitude,Longitude,Magnitude,Depth(Km),Location
2011-09-05 07:19:03, 59.040, -30.706, 4.7, 11.0, Reykjanes Ridge
2011-09-05 07:15:51, 59.018, -30.516, 4.6, 10.0, Reykjanes Ridge
2011-09-05 05:44:07, 59.046, -30.701, 4.6, 10.0, Reykjanes Ridge
2011-09-05 05:05:37, 59.143, -30.815, 4.9, 10.2, Reykjanes Ridge


Yes it comes up from time to time but not normally this many 4+ at a time.

There has been an ongoing swarm for some time recently but further north than this set of quakes which are quite far south along the ridge, actually just over 400 miles south.more like almost due west from me (800 miles)

reply to post by MoorfNZ


I am a Taurus. I hate it, but then I never use the site much for seeing what has happened so as ling as they don't change the listing they output I really don't care.

Did you not the link to reports an earthquakes that is not listed? Oh boy that is going to cause them some grief!!

reply to post by PuterMan


hello Puterman,
i was looking at your other thread, KATLA, Hekla etc

www.abovetopsecret.com... (bump)

and then also noticed the series of MAG 4+'s at that spot...(you mentioned above)

MAG 4.6 08:22:47 59.004 -30.760 10.0 REYKJANES RIDGE
MAG 4.7 07:19:04 59.040 -30.706 11.0 REYKJANES RIDGE
MAG 4.6 07:15:52 59.018 -30.516 10.0 REYKJANES RIDGE
MAG 4.6 05:44:08 59.046 -30.701 10.0 REYKJANES RIDGE
MAG 4.9 05:05:38 59.143 -30.815 10.2 REYKJANES RIDGE

SEE: earthquake.usgs.gov...

and i was wondering if there is a possible link...

also loved your idea/apology RE: solar flare...that was beautiful...and very clever...

and NO you are not a fearmonger... information is enlightenment...

thanks again...

reply to post by CrazyJohn921


Hi. Other than the fact that these earthquakes at Reykjanes are on the mid-Atlantic ridge, which carries up through Iceland and past Katla, there is no connection between them.

These are quite a long way off Iceland and in an area which sees a few of these from time to time. Normally they tend to be under Mag 5

Thanks for the nice comments. Appreciate it.

Data Package for Magnitude 6.1 Vanuatu 04-Sep-11 usc0005p3i now available. (1.3 Mb download)

Web site images only and USGS PAGER PDF
Vanuatu_6-1_c0005p3i.zip

If anyone would like a PDF copy just u2u me and I will create one for you.

View web page here

Bit late - I was tired. Must be old age creeping on!

MAG 6.4 TONGA


2011/09/05


09:52:01 (UTC)


-15.318 -173.537 (MAP)


35.4 (depth KMs)


see: earthquake.usgs.gov...


seeya

reply to post by shaneR


By 'eck you are quick off the mark lad!

Beat me to it!

EMSC showing it as 6.0 mb

Magnitude mb 6.0
Region TONGA
Date time 2011-09-05 09:52:01.0 UTC
Location 15.36 S ; 173.55 W
Depth 40 km
Distances 908 km E Suva (pop 199,455 ; local time 21:52:01.5 2011-09-05)
257 km SW Apia (pop 40,407 ; local time 22:52:01.5 2011-09-04)
219 km SW Gataivai (pop 1,141 ; local time 22:52:01.5 2011-09-04)
Global view
Source parameters not yet reviewed by a seismologist

www.emsc-csem.org...

reply to post by PuterMan


gday PuterMan, thanks! ( face flushes)...

BUT i can thank my new toy... NOKIA E6...

for ages i have been trying to get the usgs E/Q info ( and the Tsunami info from PTWC)
sent from my email to my phone ( via SMS)...

and today i got a new phone, and i am still literally unwrapping and setting it up,
and the thing automatically linked into my email
and BEEPED when i got the USGS email...beautiful.

welcome to the modern age shane...

PS: i still have not worked out any way of getting ALERTs from PTWC... any ideas...?
they send alerts to people in the US, and certain other places, but Australia...NO!

seeya

Data Package for Magnitude 6.4 Tonga 05-Sep-11 usc0005pa8 now available. (1.1 Mb download)

Web site images only and USGS PAGER PDF
Tonga_6-4_c0005pa8.zip

If anyone would like a PDF copy just u2u me and I will create one for you.

View web page here

reply to post by PuterMan


I usually wait about 12 hours to do these. I should have this time.

Reduced to 6.3 now

I have updated my web page with the new details, and updated the package

Tonga_6-3_c0005pa8.zip




Seems I did not need to put new links. The ones above all work OK.

Originally posted by MoorfNZ
Quake swarm in Czech region continues - mag 4,0 hits Sunday pm.

The earthquake swarm started on Tuesday 23 August and continued Saturday 03 September. While many have gone unnoticed by the local population some of the larger tremors, including more than two dozen quakes exceeding 3 magnitude have been felt in the towns of Chemnitz, Karlovy Vary, Birch, Bukovany and Luby. The latest 4.0 magnitude quake struck at 1:37 PM local time and was measured at a shallow depth of just 1 kilometre. The epicentre was located 5 km SE Luby (pop 2,541) and 74 km SW Chemnitz (pop 247,220).

Have u seen this already,( www.youtube.com... ) quite interesting.............................i think

anyone??????????????????????????????????????

reply to post by BobAthome


Hi Bob, where is that?? I can't make out the words or location based on the pic. I see what appears to be a line of dots once scrolled to the right.

Originally posted by summer5
reply to post by BobAthome

 

Hi Bob, where is that?? I can't make out the words or location based on the pic. I see what appears to be a line of dots once scrolled to the right.

german/check border
red dots,, earthquakes,,or energy release,,take your pick,,
from aug23 too today

varieing in size, 1.2 too 3.9 in release.

Originally posted by BobAthome




anyone??????????????????????????????????????

edit update:

news comming out ,,

earthquake-report.com...