Quake Watch 2011

reply to post by MoorfNZ


You could send them to the World 7+ project or to the NZ Historical 5+ quakes web pages that I have been doing for a few years now, I'm getting about 150 hits PER DAY now since the Christchurch quake, and the 7 Days page for NZ getting 60 odd hits on a regular basis.
There you /they will see there is nothing out of the ordinary at all.
The difference with NZ now is that the quakes are close to (right under) heavily populated centres, whereas in the past they were out in the boonies, Fiordland or way out on the Hikurangi/ Kermadec ridge, etc.

Have you got reinforcing steel in those breeze blocks

Thanks Muzzy - we "think" there are steel rods through the breeze-block - was built by an architect in 1976 (wacky design) see pic below. Unfortunately the building records are half missing at the council and there isn't even a floor plan lodged with them so we had to draw our own etc.

Anyhoo.. I'm constantly on GeoNet FB site telling them the activity (bar Canterbury) is normal in NZ. I think the trouble is I've been fending off too many Moon Man followers and during that time those bloody 6's went off all round Ken's ring.. sorry, the Ring of Fire and then (not unusual) 7.2 in Japan and then Hawaii and then China and.. and... and I;m a bit emotional and scared myself *looks out of window at the alps*.. so I think I just got my knickers in a twist... I've been watching your websites, and I've sent links to friends, it's good stuff. You've got another 7 to add now with Japan?

Hope you've got good bandwidth because I've just plastered your 7+ and NZ Historics on Geonet FB link list and on my Quake Watch FB page

Feel better for the rant and all the replies though


House:

First pic gives you an idea of just how many exterior walls we have - half is breeze block, half are top to floor glass, and the height of those walls (breeze block).

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These two pics give you an idea of the beams and the height of the walls (taken while renovating). The one with the decorators in is the bedroom - guy is standing on a chair to give you an idea of heights.

The one of the lounge shows the window arrangements and height (sofa is huge, but looks tiny cos of the room dimensions).

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reply to post by MoorfNZ

As long as there is steel in the blocks you shouln't have any walls fall down, even if they are quite high. And as long as those beams are tied into the walls they shouldn't fall down either.
Hopefully you have a steel tile roof?
Concrete or Clay tile roofs seemed to cause a lot of internal damage in both Chch quakes.
We have concrete tile, weights about 8 tons

reply to post by muzzy


I sure hope so - I guess we'll find out one day!!! We have a few hairline cracks from the 7.1 - the tall walls must have wobbled a lot as the flat rooves above the corridors that join each "pod" of the house were all compressed and cracked/broken.

Yes.. we have formed galvanized steel rooves, thank god, otherwise the amount of tile would be enormous.

Well, I feel somewhat more confident in the structure now. Thank you

Best wishes Moorf.
I feel your pain.
These are trying times and we must do what needs to be done to get through this,

Kia kaha. My thoughts are with you.

An M7.9 earthquake just struck off Japan.

earthquake.usgs.gov...

Magnitude 7.9 - NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
2011 March 11 05:46:00 UTC
DetailsMapsEarthquake Details
This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.
Magnitude 7.9 (Preliminary magnitude — update expected within 15 minutes)
Date-Time Friday, March 11, 2011 at 05:46:00 UTC
Friday, March 11, 2011 at 02:46:00 PM at epicenter

Location 38.000°N, 142.900°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances 179 km (111 miles) E (98°) from Sendai, Honshu, Japan
205 km (127 miles) ENE (59°) from Iwaki, Honshu, Japan
216 km (134 miles) E (81°) from Fukushima, Honshu, Japan
382 km (237 miles) NE (46°) from TOKYO, Japan

Location Uncertainty Error estimate not available
Parameters Nph=0, Dmin=0 km, Rmss=0 sec, Gp=180°,
M-type="moment" magnitude from initial P wave (tsuboi method) (Mi/Mwp), Version=B
Source NOAA Pacific Tsunami Warning Center

Event ID pt11070000

FOOOK!!!!

just heard...7.9 quake in northern Japan

THe HAARP Fluxgate Magnetometer has been going crazy before this earthquake struck.

137.229.36.30...

Here is an Austrailion site showing activity before the M7.9 earthquake of Japan within the last half hour.

www.ips.gov.au...

MAP 7.9 2011/03/11 05:46:24 38.322 142.369 24.4 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 7.9 2011/03/11 05:46:00 38.000 142.900 10.0 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN


USGS has listed two 7.9 quakes - seconds apart.

Originally posted by crazydaisy
MAP 7.9 2011/03/11 05:46:24 38.322 142.369 24.4 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 7.9 2011/03/11 05:46:00 38.000 142.900 10.0 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN


USGS has listed two 7.9 quakes - seconds apart.

7.9 IS F****** Huge!
They even felt it in Beijing!!!

This Video was recorded in Japan, but I guess it was far away from the epicentre:

UPGRADED TO 8.8!!!!!!!!

Saying 8.9 on my usgs
Holy Crap!!!!

Originally posted by zenius
Saying 8.9 on my usgs
Holy Crap!!!!

I am watching CNN....YEP...upgraded to an 8.9

speechless

english.aljazeera.net...

Live streaming.

Crikey!

It looks so bad. I can't help wonder how this will affect the rest of the ring of fire.



And now they have to contend with the aftershocks which will be huge!

5.8 honalulu not on usgs yet?

it starts.......

No, it popped up and I can find nothing about it

OMG you guys!

I have been offline since this started and had no idea all this was happening

holy crap

6.2 2011/03/11 08:15:41 37.034 144.612 27.8 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
6.2 2011/03/11 08:12:05 36.606 141.557 19.8 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
5.4 2011/03/11 08:10:47 34.695 139.655 30.5 NEAR THE SOUTH COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
5.9 2011/03/11 08:01:59 37.071 142.734 22.6 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
5.6 2011/03/11 07:56:16 37.130 142.305 34.0 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
5.7 2011/03/11 07:54:45 37.742 141.565 45.3 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
5.8 2011/03/11 07:42:55 36.406 141.919 29.9 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
5.9 2011/03/11 07:38:27 39.250 142.783 29.1 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
6.1 2011/03/11 07:28:12 36.802 141.911 24.0 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
6.1 2011/03/11 07:25:33 37.916 144.621 15.0 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
6.3 2011/03/11 07:14:59 36.648 141.811 25.0 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
5.9 2011/03/11 07:13:47 36.051 142.347 28.5 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
5.8 2011/03/11 07:11:00 37.899 142.734 30.0 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
6.3 2011/03/11 06:57:15 35.758 140.992 30.2 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
6.3 2011/03/11 06:48:47 37.993 142.764 22.3 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
7.1 2011/03/11 06:25:51 38.106 144.553 19.7 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

3.2 2011/03/11 06:18:04 19.350 -154.991 9.5 HAWAII REGION, HAWAII

6.8 2011/03/11 06:15:46 36.126 140.234 30.2 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
6.4 2011/03/11 06:07:22 36.401 141.862 35.4 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
6.4 2011/03/11 06:06:11 39.025 142.316 25.1 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
8.9 2011/03/11 05:46:24 38.322 142.369 24.4 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

ok, now hawaii has kicked in with this one
Magnitude 4.5
Date-Time

* Friday, March 11, 2011 at 08:58:25 UTC
* Thursday, March 10, 2011 at 10:58:25 PM at epicenter

Location 19.330°N, 154.983°W
Depth 10.2 km (6.3 miles)
Region HAWAII REGION, HAWAII
Distances

* 17 km (11 miles) SSW (202°) from Leilani Estates, HI
* 19 km (12 miles) S (189°) from Pahoa, HI
* 21 km (13 miles) SSW (200°) from Nanawale Estates, HI
* 43 km (27 miles) SSE (165°) from Hilo, HI
* 369 km (229 miles) SE (126°) from Honolulu, HI

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 1 km (0.6 miles); depth +/- 0.4 km (0.2 miles)
Parameters Nph= 37, Dmin=10 km, Rmss=0.09 sec, Gp=216°,
M-type=duration magnitude (Md), Version=1
Source

* U.S. Geological Survey, Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Hawaii National Park, Hawaii

Event ID hv60222496

oh my

emergency broadcast system just came on TV

Tsunami alert imminent

holy crap

ETA
warnings on all channels here
if there is one it will hit at 8 a.m.
in 7 hours