Quake Watch 2011

Thursday September 15 2011, 15:27:01 UTC 12 minutes ago southern Xinjiang, China 5.1 6.5

Round and round we go.....

reply to post by summer5


Is that not a 5.1 at depth 6.5? Or was that what you were saying?

Talking about round we go

2011-09-04 21:44:21, -19.155, 168.696, 5.8, 59.4, Vanuatu

Was a 6.1. Now has to hang it's head in shame after being demoted.

reply to post by PuterMan


120 Earthquakes in the USA alone in the past 7 days! Seems to be a lot to me?

Latest Earthquakes M3.0+ in the USA - Past 7 days
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Latest Earthquakes M1.0+ in the USA - Past 7 days
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Magnitude 6.2
Date-Time

Thursday, September 15, 2011 at 08:00:07 UTC
Thursday, September 15, 2011 at 05:00:07 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 36.289°N, 141.308°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles)
Region NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances 74 km (45 miles) E of Mito, Honshu, Japan
92 km (57 miles) SSE of Iwaki, Honshu, Japan
131 km (81 miles) ESE of Utsunomiya, Honshu, Japan
155 km (96 miles) ENE of TOKYO, Japan
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 15.4 km (9.6 miles); depth +/- 2.8 km (1.7 miles)
Parameters NST=375, Nph=376, Dmin=378.5 km, Rmss=0.74 sec, Gp= 65°,
M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7
Source

Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Magnitude M 5.1
Region BOUVET ISLAND REGION
Date time 2011-09-15 16:08:32.9 UTC
Location 54.04 S ; 1.97 W
Depth 16 km
Distances 2748 km SW Cape town (pop 3,433,441 ; local time 18:08:32.9 2011-09-15)
2737 km SW Hermanus (pop 25,153 ; local time 18:08:32.9 2011-09-15)

Think you are going to need some e-coffee and e-Pro-Plus at this rate PuterMan!
I just have a feeling today has been the start of a few days 'extra' activity...

Rainbows
Jane

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyyy you guys are slipping, this is supposed to be a 24/7 outfit

I can't stay up ALL night quakewatching

I think you missed this one, just before the Honshu quake and while the USA was playing Russia in the RWC.
I went to bed without checking USGS

Reference Number 3579668
Universal Time September 15 2011 at 7:53
NZ Standard Time Thursday, September 15 2011 at 7:53 pm
Latitude, Longitude 35.42°S, 178.45°W
Focal Depth 56 km
Moment magnitude 6.0
Region NE of New Zealand
Location

380 km north-east of Te Araroa
390 km north-east of Tikitiki
400 km north-east of Ruatoria
480 km north-east of Gisborne
630 km east of Auckland

www.geonet.org.nz...

Geonet have it at 6.336ML on the search csv

they must be using USGS Mag in Mw for the Recent Quakes listing
USGS page

Been quiet the last few days here, just 9 yesterday and 6 the day before (UTC time 24hrs periods)

(using the ML)
this 6.3 is 42,501.9 tons of TNT
compared to yesterdays 5.5 2,681.7 tons of TNT

ie 15.85 times more powerful

Something interesting going on here and this may tie in to something going on not sure but wanted to call attention to it. The Gulf loop is disrupted currently...Not sure what it may mean.

polar.ncep.noaa.gov...

reply to post by SusanFrey


Please translate the meaning of the data....for some of us are only mere mortals

reply to post by radpetey


I don't know how, someone emailed it to me and why I'm asking, it doesn't look like it's flowing the way I have seen it in the past though.

reply to post by SusanFrey


It's a forecast model. Looks like a someone pulled/going to pull the plug on a drain. I took a look at the satellite and it showed a system moving the opposite direction. Did the Cuban quake open something up?

reply to post by Anmarie96


things that make you go hummmmm

Fiji just threw a fit!

Magnitude
7.2
Date-Time
Thursday, September 15, 2011 at 19:30:59 UTC
Friday, September 16, 2011 at 07:30:59 AM at epicenter
Location
21.596°S, 179.270°W
Depth
593 km (368.5 miles)
Region
FIJI REGION
Distances
421 km (262 miles) W (263°) from NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga
3140 km (1951 miles) WSW (257°) from PAPEETE, Tahiti, French Polynesia
Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 17.2 km (10.7 miles); depth +/- 18.7 km (11.6 miles)
Parameters
NST= 49, Nph= 49, Dmin=511 km, Rmss=0.85 sec, Gp= 79°,
M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6
Source
Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID
usc0005vcv

Be Well.

Hawaii also just had their second 3+ in the same day:

Magnitude
3.5
Date-Time
Thursday, September 15, 2011 at 19:38:27 UTC
Thursday, September 15, 2011 at 09:38:27 AM at epicenter
Location
20.171°N, 155.486°W
Depth
28.4 km (17.6 miles)
Region
HAWAII REGION, HAWAII
Distances
11 km (7 miles) ENE (57°) from Kukuihaele, HI
11 km (7 miles) NNW (347°) from Honokaa, HI
19 km (12 miles) NW (320°) from Paauilo, HI
25 km (16 miles) NE (50°) from Waimea, HI
67 km (41 miles) NW (321°) from Hilo, HI
274 km (170 miles) ESE (117°) from Honolulu, HI
Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 6.3 km (3.9 miles); depth +/- 10 km (6.2 miles)
Parameters
Nph= 25, Dmin=46 km, Rmss=0.28 sec, Gp=288°,
M-type=duration magnitude (Md), Version=1
Source
U.S. Geological Survey, Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Hawaii National Park, Hawaii
Event ID
hv60266342

Be Well.

And Volcanoes toooo

Magnitude 4.3
Date-Time Thursday, September 15, 2011 at 19:42:08 UTC
Thursday, September 15, 2011 at 12:42:08 PM at epicenter

Location 41.192°N, 122.170°W
Depth 76.8 km (47.7 miles)
Region NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
Distances 7 km (5 miles) SSW (202°) from McCloud, CA
9 km (6 miles) ESE (111°) from Dunsmuir, CA
18 km (11 miles) SE (139°) from Mount Shasta, CA
55 km (34 miles) NW (310°) from Burney, CA
70 km (44 miles) NNE (14°) from Redding, CA
299 km (186 miles) N (349°) from Sacramento, CA

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 10.8 km (6.7 miles); depth +/- 8.1 km (5.0 miles)
Parameters Nph= 5, Dmin=10 km, Rmss=0.18 sec, Gp=259°,
M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=3
Source California Integrated Seismic Net:
USGS Caltech CGS UCB UCSD UNR

Event ID nc71647456

Source

7.2 in Fiji Region

from USGS
earthquake.usgs.gov...


Magnitude 7.2 - FIJI REGION
2011 September 15 19:30:59 UTC

Earthquake Details
This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.Magnitude 7.2
Date-Time Thursday, September 15, 2011 at 19:30:59 UTC
Friday, September 16, 2011 at 07:30:59 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 21.596°S, 179.270°W
Depth 593 km (368.5 miles)
Region FIJI REGION
Distances 120 km (74 miles) SSW of Ndoi Island, Fiji
425 km (264 miles) W of NUKU`ALOFA, Tonga
453 km (281 miles) SSE of SUVA, Viti Levu, Fiji
1788 km (1111 miles) NNE of Auckland, New Zealand
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 17.2 km (10.7 miles); depth +/- 18.7 km (11.6 miles)
Parameters NST= 49, Nph= 49, Dmin=511 km, Rmss=0.85 sec, Gp= 79°,
M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6
Source Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID usc0005vcv

Geonet NZ is showing some resonable shaking in its network in our north island even though its a fair way away from us - perhaps another closer quake thats not reported as yet
www.geonet.org.nz...

Originally posted by MoorfNZ

Originally posted by TrueAmerican
reply to post by PuterMan

 

Oh stop it. You're starting to sound like a conspiracy theorist.

I saw the Cuba "6.0" come in on GEE on CU.SDDR, and to me that didn't look like a 6.0. More like a 5.6, if that. I expect it to get revised down some, or wouldn't be surprised. It seems there have been more revisions than usual in the last months to me. What about you, you get that sense?

Not far off TrueAmerican - Cuba's 6.0 has now been revised down to a 5.1

Yeah thanks Moorf! When I originally saw it my guess was 5.2, but it was entangled in S-waves from the 6.2 in Japan- so I wasn't sure. It skewed the signature a bit.

But I really have to ask: If an amateur like me is getting closer to the actual magnitude than a seismologist who has reviewed the data, wtf is going on up at the USGS? I mean think about it. With a 6.0 in a place like Cuba, that's much more cause for concern than the actual 5.1 that occurred. That "6.0" made news in many places. And now the USGS is going to have to tell them all it was only a 5.1? I mean that's nuts. :shk:

Dear Bob Smith:
I could use a job up there ya know. Even if it is on the nightshift with the rest of the noobs. But damn, that 6.0 wouldn't have been from my report, not after I reviewed it. Shoot, not after I just saw it, let alone reviewed it.

reply to post by Anmarie96


Its gone now

gone, like my last pay check, gone gone away

gone, like my landlord's smile, gone gone away

ATS Media down, so this will be the most without screenshot...

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M4.3 – Northern California
Thursday, September 15, 2011 at 19:42:08 UTC
Thursday, September 15, 2011 at 12:42:08 Local

escweb.wr.usgs.gov/waveforms/wavesall/nc71647456/ waves

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/dyfi/events/nc/71647456/us/index.html Did you feel it?

Guanero09 posted the Youtube song"Bad Moon Rising' on another thread.

Read the lyrics.... my oh my how it applies (floods, hurricanes, and no doubt the earthquakes)

BAD MOON RISING (song with lyrics)

Gives you the chills...

Gosh, when I got to the part about the "rivers overflowing".... I live in Memphis. We had the epic flood in April,

Just listen to it, everyone and read the lyrics

Originally posted by Brogue
7.2 in Fiji Region

from USGS
earthquake.usgs.gov...


Magnitude 7.2 - FIJI REGION
2011 September 15 19:30:59 UTC

Earthquake Details
This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.Magnitude 7.2
Date-Time Thursday, September 15, 2011 at 19:30:59 UTC
Friday, September 16, 2011 at 07:30:59 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 21.596°S, 179.270°W
Depth 593 km (368.5 miles)
Region FIJI REGION/

I thought the earths crust was only 65km thick.