Something Stirring at Mount Saint Helens - 2/14/1011

reply to post by westcoast


well , thank GOD I live in ROMANIA ...
Here we have BIG problems with our evil satanic VERY GREEDY politicians...
But the US guys...
I don't know...
I mean , west coast , CALIFORNIA has daily almost earthquakes and now EAST COAST , washington...
Bad...
Stay close to your car keys and check this site often :

earthquake.usgs.gov...

reply to post by PuterMan

Oops! You're right, of course... I just checked and realized I'd been studying the seismo for TDH when I first noticed that quake. Naturally it looks way smaller on that one! My mistake... sorry about that.

I won't edit out my comment from my post though. If I did, then your reply would make no sense.

Regards,

Mike

Okay, I'm not looking to be an alarmistm but this seismo is starting to look like possible HT. It looks like it is rather stormy up there...so it may be difficult to tell the difference.







Also: Just coming across GEE, looks like another quake (around 2.0 again)

reply to post by darrman


from what I've read on the net , most likely on 15 feb....
You are doing WHAT?!
RUN my friend...
Living around a volcano it's NOT the best thing these days...
REALLY!

Yup...another 2.3


YIKES


Magnitude 2.3
Date-Time Monday, February 14, 2011 at 20:21:42 UTC
Monday, February 14, 2011 at 12:21:42 PM at epicenter

Location 46.278°N, 122.219°W
Depth 5.2 km (3.2 miles) set by location program
Region MOUNT ST. HELENS AREA, WASHINGTON
Distances 9 km (6 miles) NNW (341°) from Mount St. Helens Volcano, WA
31 km (20 miles) S (172°) from Morton, WA
35 km (22 miles) SE (144°) from Mossyrock, WA
59 km (36 miles) ENE (75°) from Longview, WA
78 km (48 miles) NNE (22°) from Vancouver, WA

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 0.6 km (0.4 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters NST= 31, Nph= 31, Dmin=4 km, Rmss=0.2 sec, Gp= 76°,
M-type=duration magnitude (Md), Version=0
Source Pacific Northwest Seismograph Network

Event ID uw02142021

Could these quakes be related to Mount Ranier? Its only 50miles from St Helens?

reply to post by westcoast


From my "guessing" , soon it's gonna be A CRACK around washington somewhere...
DAMM , how could the 2012 movie makers nailed it THAT GOOD?!
Only one option :
THEY KNEW WHAT'S COMING!

reply to post by westcoast

That latest one you've mentioned... Time at around 20:21:40 UTC? Would you agree that it looks a tad smaller than the 2.3?

EDIT (sigh) NVM... we crossed posted again. Yep - a 2.3. Looked a touch smaller to me on IRIS but whatever.
(End edit)
As for the webi you've posted, I'm hopeful that some of that may be wind, but I'll wait for Puterman on that one. (Preferring to err on the side of caution, is all.)

Mike

Everytime there's a swarm of quakes, the alarmist scare mongering community of "volcano watchers" here starts a new thread and posts every small detail of it. This is what, the 3rd one this week ?

When will you learn ?

reply to post by leaualorin

I think you might be confused by the use of the word "Washington" here. This is happening in Washington state, not Washington DC... In other words, it's west coast region, more or less, not east.

Mike

reply to post by JustMike


JUST DAYDREAMING...
I "have a crush" for both BUSHes...
But these earthquakes aren't good news for sure...

reply to post by Dachende

These quakes are within the Mt St Helen's region. It is a region of concern, for obvious reasons.

This is not an alarmist thread. The OP has already stated that she is not saying anything major will happen. This thread is to observe and document what is going on there, by referring to the data as it becomes available.

It will mostly be fairly dry discussion though, because we're not doom and gloom types.

EDIT to add: by the way, there is no "swarm of quakes" -- as you put it. It's far too early to use that terminology in repect of these few events. To call this a "swarm" would be just sensationalizing the matter.

Mike

reply to post by leaualorin


living on 2.5 acres.... paying 350.month for house payment......
have water... can hunt for food...
move??????

nope..

Originally posted by leaualorin
reply to post by westcoast

 

well , thank GOD I live in ROMANIA ...

Here we have BIG problems with our evil satanic VERY GREEDY politicians...
But the US guys...
I don't know...
I mean , west coast , CALIFORNIA has daily almost earthquakes and now EAST COAST , washington...
Bad...
Stay close to your car keys and check this site often :

earthquake.usgs.gov...

I believe you may have made a very easy mistake. I think you have the idea that when someone says Washington it always and only means Washington DC on the East Coast.

The earthquakes in discussion are happening in the state of Washington, which is found north of the state of California on the West Coast of North America.

[EDIT NOTE]Somebody beat me to it... guess that means I gotta hand out stars

reply to post by leaualorin

No need to panic or anything. It could all die down again. We have no idea if these quakes indicate anything of concern. At the present time there is nothing to be worried about anyway as there have been no reports of increased volcanic activity. We're just observing and logging scientific data as it comes in. Some of us have been doing this for years.

Mike

Westcoast just a fyi, drudgereport.com picked this up as well. here is the link they give
Link and just how far are you from Mt. St. Helen?

reply to post by OatDelphi


ops...
My bad...
Well , I preume I can be excused !
I don't know all of USA's states , regions and all that...
Yet , I must admite I was very intrigued when I looked at the site and see that earthquake a little north of california...

I'll think twice before posting in the future...
earthquake.usgs.gov...

Originally posted by JustMike
reply to post by westcoast

 

That latest one you've mentioned... Time at around 20:21:40 UTC? Would you agree that it looks a tad smaller than the 2.3?

EDIT (sigh) NVM... we crossed posted again. Yep - a 2.3. Looked a touch smaller to me on IRIS but whatever.

(End edit)
As for the webi you've posted, I'm hopeful that some of that may be wind, but I'll wait for Puterman on that one. (Preferring to err on the side of caution, is all.)

Mike

edit on 14/2/11 by JustMike because: I added an edit

I'm thinking it's accurate. If you look at this image, note the simiarities:

reply to post by westcoast

Thanks for the image... Actually I think it's me that's a little inaccurate. I am still nowhere near expert at estimating mags from webi traces. Better than I was a few years ago but not up your standard yet.

I would like to thank JustMike for explaining so well the goal of the thread. He is spot on. There are many of us here at ATS that have been exchanging this type of information for going on years now, and we always learn from it.

No one needs to panic, or raise the alarms. If this continues, or Harmonic Tremors are detected (no notification of that yet) than it warrants closer scrutiny. Even then, an erruption doesn't by any means equal doom and gloom. It be anything from a steam erruption to small ash erruption to something larger. The potential is ALWAYS there....it is part of living here.

A larger concern for me always is how this does/if affect any of the larger, more worrisome volcanos in our chain. That is all part of the observation though. To keep it realistic so as to head off the panic.