Quake Watch 2011

HELLO...................hello......................hello!!!

Is anybody out there...........out there.............out there.............???

Does anyone else find it disconcerting that there's been nothing but a 4.2 bazit in over eight hours?
It just seems soooo quiet!!!! Toooo quiet!!!!

(Eerie background music!)

It is quiet - right now its Solar
Flare Time - X flares.

reply to post by SCGrits


Hi SCgrits I apologize for the delay in responding.

Well, it looks like USGS got around to listing our little temblor. Source

MAG UTC DATE-TIME LAT LON DEPTH LOCATION
y/m/d h:m:s deg deg km
2.3 2011/11/03 12:50:31 37.947 -77.972 10.6 9 km ( 5 mi) SW of Mineral, VA

It's amazing how far away these east coast earthquakes can be felt. I don't know if earthquakes have been known to precede the symptoms you reported, but I sure hope you see a doctor about them. Take care.

((I'll slip back out of the sleepy Quake Watch thread now))

reply to post by PuterMan

Sorry I didn't put the source did I.
Source is Instituto Geográfico Nacional IGN Hierro Text list
Main page with graphs and maps here

I have followed it as best I could with the spare time I've had @ Volcanic Tremors/ Hierro
The eruption started 09/10/2011 and as far as I understand is still going on, beneath the sea.

Where the swarms are at now is where it was at the start back in July, then it moved southwards to the southern end of the island where the eruption happened. Right after the eruption within days the tremors moved back to the north side.

I may have to convert the images now to an interactive map as the icons are overlapping (hiding) one another. Was 153 that one 24hr day.

Not on any of the Networks

Mag, Ref, Lat, Long, UTC Date Time, Depth, Location
5.259ML, 3604587,-35.46331, 178.95979, 2011/11/3 05:02:00, 221km, SE of Rumble 2 submarine volcano

magma.geonet.org.nz...

reply to post by wasobservingquietly


Wont be quiet for long, the elastic band is at full stretch and is about to go 'ping'!
Just depends if it's a little rubber band or a great big one!
Rainbows
Jane

Ok lets keep an eye. At present the sun is quite active - for 2 Nov there were 8 noticeable flares with one M-class, yesterday 15 of which 2x M-class and 1x X-class. Solar wind speed about 400 km/sec.

Now, according to this theory there should be an increase in Magnetosphere activity; and this should lead to reduction in Cosmic Radiation coming through to Terra Firma. Activity on Magnetosphere would start around 4 Nov.

That in turn should then have the result in decreasing the numbers of earthquakes. USGS list 202 for this past 7 days. I would expect by 10 November we should be 175 or less in number.

Except; if there is another BIG one lurking in the shadows. (Gut feeling?)

Originally posted by Shenon
reply to post by PuterMan

 

Something to ponder: The Suns Magnetic Field flips during Solar Maximum,compared to Earths,where it flips when the Magnetic Field is weakened,or is at its weakest.

Odd no?

*Sneaks out again to let others discuss this*

The Sun does not have a single magnetic field like the Earth. There are thousands magnetic fields/regions all over the sun. What we do observe is that there are periodically (about 11 years) a switch in general (read Majority) directions of solar flares. What this is; the solar flares originates at a spot and arch back into the sun at a spot North/upwards as seen from the Earth. 11 years later the tendenccy is for the flare to arch back on the South/Downwards side. Now this is a general rule of the thumb - BUT it is not always so. Even in a general S to N flare period you do find the rogue flare jumping N to S.

At present we have a rogue kind of sunspot #1338 where some flares are going against the crowd: N to S - and these flare are quite strong. We might hear more about Bad Boy SunSpot #1338 in next few days.

reply to post by Aromaz


You forgot to mention that as we approach the solar max the sunspots migrate towards the solar equator, then the field flips and the process starts again.

We will have to see if the increased solar activity causes a reduction or whether Jane's elastic snaps causing Mag 7 earthquakes world wide!!

Decision on North Anna may come soon

NRC staff provides an update on North Anna's restart review

Date published: 11/2/2011

By RUSTY DENNEN

fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2011/112011/11022011/662362

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission as early as next week could allow Dominion to restart its two reactors at North Anna Power Station that have been shut down since the Aug. 23 earthquake.

Meena Khanna, chief of the mechanical and civil engineering branch in the NRC's Office of Nuclear Regulation, said last night that the agency's review and final decision will cap weeks of technical evaluations that have found the magnitude-5.8 earthquake did not damage any fundamental plant systems or equipment.

"An independent safety review and ongoing technical review will be used to inform the restart decision," she said during a public meeting at Louisa County Middle School called by the NRC to update local residents on the restart review.

(...)

Thanks for clarifying that for me Muzzy...much appreciated.

I too see the one in Mineral, VA has finally been posted this morning. I do not like the activity picking up once again in the New Madrid zone. UGH!

I am usually one who does not fear anything but this morning I am.

If it isn't the war mongering with Iran it is something else and I have to shake this fearful feeling ya'll!!!!!


(((((GROUP HUG))))))

We've got movement @ Vanuatu:

Magnitude
5.8
Date-Time
Friday, November 04, 2011 at 15:43:45 UTC
Saturday, November 05, 2011 at 02:43:45 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
15.183°S, 167.366°E
Depth
145.8 km (90.6 miles)
Region
VANUATU
Distances
44 km (27 miles) NNE of Luganville, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu
300 km (186 miles) NNW of PORT-VILA, Efate, Vanuatu
521 km (323 miles) SSE of Lata, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Isl.
2016 km (1252 miles) NE of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 15.2 km (9.4 miles); depth +/- 10.6 km (6.6 miles)
Parameters
NST= 75, Nph= 78, Dmin=769.2 km, Rmss=1.06 sec, Gp= 54°,
M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=8
Source
Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID
usb0006js3

Source: USGS

This one is quite deep!

Be Well.

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Holy bovines! I've been feeling like I want to jump out of my skin for over 24 hours!!!
Never felt like this for so long before!

Angelchemuel......I FEEL like an elastic band.

MamaJ.....Is it an 'antsy' feeling like mine?

No one has been on the 'EAM of EP' thread. So I thought it must just be me.
I came home last night & saw how quiet everything had been. That just made me more uneasy!
Then right after I posted, the internet went out in our area! I was sure something was happening close by!
Finally I gave up & went to bed & turned on the TV to the Weather Channel. "It Could Happen Tomorrow", New Madrid / Memphis edition was on! Talk about weird! It took a loooong time to fall asleep!
I thought I would wake up today, check USGS, & I'd feel fine! NOT! I don't know what's going on, but I don't like it! I'm not easily 'shaken' either.

All looks pretty normal background activity to me

Mag 5's usgs

of course when they restrict the parameters of the lists it may look quiet

RAS goes down to 4.2

and they missed the 5.3 at Rumble 2 smv I mentioned yesterday too

NZ numbers are down below 10/day, but the energy released is acceptable for the first 3 days @ 1594 tonnes of TNT

I think what bothered me the most was the time span . There was only the 4.2 in a 9 hour time frame. It usually doesn't go so long between at least smaller quakes. At least since I've taken an interest in them. Later they did plunk in the 3.0 in Puerto Rico too. But still.......

I guess it's a "Mom" thing! Like when the kids are too quiet & the Mom starts to get worried, even though you would think that would be a good thing!

But mothers know better! That's usually when kids are into the most trouble!!! Or plotting something!
(From the experiences of a five time Mom & seven time Grandma!)

Originally posted by wasobservingquietly
I think what bothered me the most was the time span . There was only the 4.2 in a 9 hour time frame. It usually doesn't go so long between at least smaller quakes. At least since I've taken an interest in them. Later they did plunk in the 3.0 in Puerto Rico too. But still.......

I guess it's a "Mom" thing! Like when the kids are too quiet & the Mom starts to get worried, even though you would think that would be a good thing!

But mothers know better! That's usually when kids are into the most trouble!!! Or plotting something!
(From the experiences of a five time Mom & seven time Grandma!)

edit on 4-11-2011 by wasobservingquietly because: Typo....'quaky' fingers!!!

I had to lay down for a nap I was so out of whack today. I awoke to a little swarm in The New Madrid

So hopefully it is nothing but a little release and nothing BIG will come of it.

map 1.9 2011/11/04 14:21:27 35.359N 92.268W 5.0 5 km ( 3 mi) WSW of Quitman, AR
map 2.4 2011/11/04 14:17:17 35.357N 92.261W 5.9 5 km ( 3 mi) SW of Quitman, AR
map 2.0 2011/11/04 13:49:19 35.355N 92.262W 5.5 5 km ( 3 mi) SW of Quitman, AR
map 1.5 2011/11/04 07:55:33 36.547N 89.603W 7.6 8 km ( 5 mi) WSW of New Madrid, MO

folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu...

Originally posted by PuterMan
reply to post by Aromaz

 

We will have to see if the increased solar activity causes a reduction or whether Jane's elastic snaps causing Mag 7 earthquakes world wide!!

Now I didn't say mag 7's worldwide.......but I would agree in principal. Like Aromaz, I too have a 'gut feeling' and we could see a rather large volcano eruption....but it is just a hmmm ponderance.
Rainbows
Jane

PS should we have our computers switched off when this X-2 hits?

reply to post by Olivine

I read a "live chat" about Virginia on twitter the other day (search twitter for usgs live ), & one thing they said was that there have been hundreds of aftershocks since August...I keep thinking I feel them, & also check and see none reported, then up pops the 2.3!

reply to post by angelchemuel


No, I know you didn't.

OK, what is going on?

Date/Time UTC,Latitude,Longitude,Magnitude,Depth(Km),Location
2011-10-31 07:16:11, 50.748, 177.288, 6.0, 216.0, Rat Isls.

AT network

But the thing is that this from Alaska came in just now - about 10 minutes ago. Now unless I am in some sort of future existence it is the 4th Nov right?

It appears to be the same as this one which is a 5.8.

I don't quite know what to make of this. Give it an hour or two and see if it remains perhaps.

00ltx5iz at 2011-10-31T07:16:11.000Z 50.74800 177.28890 6.0000 216.0000 Rat Islands 495389
b0006fre us 2011-10-28T16:55:54.000Z 51.54720 176.52100 4.9000 48.0000 Rat Islands 494128
10344526 ak 2011-10-28T17:11:25.000Z 50.87220 176.13130 4.4000 50.0000 Rat Islands 494138
b0006gr6 us 2011-10-31T07:16:21.000Z 52.40890 177.90530 5.8000 152.9000 Rat Islands 494516

See the last number? That is the auto ID number in the database so that 6.0 was inserted into the database 1200 approx records after the others, even though it is earlier in time.

I checked again. It is just the 6.0 that came in and set the siren off.

PS should we have our computers switched off when this X-2 hits?

Oh ja! From about 9am to 5pm I guess.

Is computa glitch. Ze machine ees wonki. She is deleted.

Just after I emailed them and said this does not look right!!!! Bummer!


OK just as I hit the edit key they put the darn thing back in again. Don't worry folk. Your safety is in the good hands of the USGS. They use computers so nothing can go wrong go wrong go wrong.....

Things have picked up in the past hour. First, the mag 4.4 on El Hierro (source), and now these:

MAP 4.2 2011/11/04 21:44:23 -17.614 -178.779 568.9 FIJI REGION
MAP 5.2 2011/11/04 21:31:35 -7.194 103.791 35.0 SOUTHWEST OF SUMATRA, INDONESIA
MAP 4.8 2011/11/04 21:20:37 -22.767 -66.098 244.8 JUJUY, ARGENTINA
MAP 4.8 2011/11/04 21:05:15 -7.066 127.436 305.6 KEPULAUAN BARAT DAYA, INDONESIA

USGS