MAY 11th-EQ 5.3 magnitude SPAIN- Will Rome Get The "Big One" As Predicted Today?

Skynews reporting this as a double quake:

news.sky.com...

ALS

Is the msm reporting on it yet?

earthquake.usgs.gov...

looks like the 7.0 is not true, hopefully

reply to post by estebadia


5. something. Sky News said.
2nd line I don't know what else to say sorry

The following is the last major reported earthquake in Spain according to the USGS:

Spain
1954 March 29 UTC
Magnitude 7.9

Near the south of Spain.

This earthquake caused property damage at Malaga. Felt at Madrid, Granada and Cadiz, Spain; Tangier, Spanish Morocco, and Casablanca, French Morocco. The depth was 640 kilometers.

Abridged from United States Earthquakes, 1954.

I have an apartment in a town near Alicante where there is a block with the history about a earthquake that killed a lot of people and forced the fishermen to move up to the mountains back in early 1900-1800.

The apartment is on the 4th floor, a new earthquake has been expected.

I hope everyone is safe down there.

Have any "great theatres" in the area been destroyed?

If so, Nostradamus may have been right.

reply to post by Glass

A church collapsed in Live show. It's already on YouTube.

reply to post by Hundroid


Really? That is interesting. I think USGS is using a default @1Km and EMSC is using a default @10Km.

USGS actually says

Depth 1 km (~0.6 mile) (poorly constrained)

and

dep = 1.0 +/- 4.2

earthquake.usgs.gov...

Basically it means that the depth cannot accurately be determined.

Just gotten off the phone with a contact I know in the Granada area. Says this uplift area isn't volcanic in origin and is a result of tectonic fracking, from the collision of the European/African plate that any Seismologist is aware of.

As we agree'd looking at the hydrology & locality maps on the phone the shallow depth of the quake just co-incidentally placed it upwind of the Sierra de la Almernara, but south of the Town itself. The town being placed alongside the Guadalentin river which itself flows East. This is key as it means the local topography is shallower than the surrounding hillsides around it, so when the quake hit despite the depth being 0.1km it was almost parallel to the town's altitude and with S-Waves rebounding from fracking faultlines as a result of lateral lift eitherside of the town, it meant the S-Waves became amplified moreso than the USGS model programs.

Although we couldn't gauge to what degree due to the lack of substantial damage reports & images coming out don't be too surprised to see this upgraded to a 5.7 or higher in the coming days when investigative analysis gets underway.

UPDATE 19:23 UTC : Repeating that the death toll has been raised to 10. There are numerous injuries, and many people have been evacuated. We are nearing nightfall and are hoping for the trapped to be recovered before nightfall.

Sorry.

reply to post by Yfactor1980

There was also a 5.3 in New Caledonia, and a 5.1 in Fiji. This means nothing. Happens every day.

In Fiji and in New Caledonia yes, and in various other places in the world, but in Spain this is out of the norm.

In the last 2 years earthquakes of 4.5+ amount to just these:

Date/Time UTC,Latitude,Longitude,Magnitude,Depth(Km),Location
2011-05-11 16:47:26, 37.697, -1.555, 5.3, 1.0, Spain
2011-05-11 15:05:12, 37.700, -1.630, 4.5, 10.0, Spain
2010-04-11 22:08:11, 37.048, -3.512, 6.3, 619.7, Spain

Some facts at your fingertips would make your comments more meaningful. It does not mean 'nothing at all'.

Sky News:: Spain Government telling their people to expect earthquakes within the next 7 days.7 people dead also, it was 6 miles deep apparently. Church bell has fallen from the Church steeple

reply to post by PuterMan


But to say that EQ's of this magnitude are unheard of in the area is wrong. EQ's do happen in this area, just not as much as others. As I said before, Spain and Italy are just north of the oceanic convergent boundary which is prone to EQ's.

As silly it may sound... You don't think the bombarding of Uranium bombs on Libya by the NATO allies has anything to do with the inducing of earthquake happening on the african tectonic plate?

reply to post by RUDDD

don't be too surprised to see this upgraded to a 5.7

I agree. The phase data does indicate it could be higher. It is a 5.5 Ml anyway according to USGS

mb = 5.3 ( 90) ML = 5.5

neic.usgs.gov...

There is even a 6.4 in amongst that lot.

SPMN eP 16:58:11.94 2.4 65.3 309 b:4.8+1 .20 6.4 SPMN

Source: as above.

SPMN is this one:

SPMN Saint Paul
45.2246 -92.8037 311.0
Network: USTA
Status: Open
Minnesota, U.S.A.
opened 20080828.

International Registry of Seismograph Stations

Since the other thread I posted this on is now closed, I'll repost this here to show just how insignificant these two quakes were on the global scale. They are only even mentioned in the media because poor construction practices and old decaying building can't stand up to even moderate shakes and unfortunetly, due to that, people lost their lives. My thoughts are with their families.

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11.05.2011 20:50:16 2.3 North America United States California Roosevelt USGS-RSOE
11.05.2011 20:50:16 2.3 North America United States California Roosevelt USGS-RSOE
11.05.2011 19:51:25 2.7 North America United States Alaska Donnelly USGS-RSOE
11.05.2011 19:50:57 2.9 Europe Spain Santa Gertrudis EMSC
11.05.2011 19:51:05 5.2 Europe Spain Las Canales EMSC
11.05.2011 18:50:13 5.1 Pacific Ocean - East Tonga Matavai EMSC
11.05.2011 18:50:22 2.7 Europe Portugal Sagres EMSC
11.05.2011 18:50:30 2.0 Europe Czech Republic Hradiste EMSC
11.05.2011 19:51:14 4.9 Indonesian Archipelago Papua New Guinea Tareko EMSC
11.05.2011 17:45:14 5.0 Indonesian Archipelago Papua New Guinea Finschhafen EMSC
11.05.2011 17:20:14 2.4 North America United States California Palms USGS-RSOE
11.05.2011 17:45:23 4.8 Europe Spain El Rincon EMSC
11.05.2011 17:45:33 2.2 Europe Greece Karnezaiika EMSC
11.05.2011 17:45:43 3.0 Europe Greece Sigrion EMSC
11.05.2011 17:45:53 4.8 Asia Japan Ena EMSC
11.05.2011 16:40:14 2.6 Europe Italy Geraci Siculo EMSC
11.05.2011 16:15:19 2.6 North America United States Alaska Nahotka USGS-RSOE
11.05.2011 16:40:23 4.4 Asia China Dawanqi EMSC
11.05.2011 14:35:15 2.4 North America United States California Pinnacles USGS-RSOE
11.05.2011 14:00:13 2.9 North America United States California Pinnacles USGS-RSOE
11.05.2011 13:40:14 2.8 Asia Turkey Karaagac EMSC
11.05.2011 13:40:22 2.1 Europe Greece Kamariotissa EMSC
11.05.2011 14:40:10 2.5 Europe Greece Skandhalion EMSC
11.05.2011 13:40:31 5.0 Pacific Ocean - West New Caledonia Kaewatine EMSC
11.05.2011 13:40:40 5.0 Pacific Ocean - West New Caledonia Wakone EMSC
11.05.2011 12:20:13 2.1 North America United States California Bodie USGS-RSOE
11.05.2011 12:40:10 2.2 Europe Italy Ferla EMSC
11.05.2011 12:40:18 2.7 Asia Turkey Tasbuku EMSC
11.05.2011 13:40:59 2.1 North America United States Arkansas Greenbrier USGS-RSOE
11.05.2011 12:40:27 5.3 Pacific Ocean - West New Caledonia Louneou EMSC
11.05.2011 12:40:35 5.2 Pacific Ocean - West New Caledonia Tingeting EMSC
11.05.2011 11:40:14 5.2 Pacific Ocean - West New Caledonia Tingeting EMSC
11.05.2011 11:40:22 3.6 Europe Greece Ratzaklion EMSC
11.05.2011 11:40:31 5.9 Pacific Ocean - West New Caledonia Tingeting EMSC
11.05.2011 12:40:44 3.0 Asia Turkey Bayburt EMSC
11.05.2011 10:15:15 2.4 North America United States California Milo USGS-RSOE
11.05.2011 10:15:24 2.8 North America United States California Scheelite USGS-RSOE
11.05.2011 10:10:15 3.2 North America United States California Scheelite USGS-RSOE
11.05.2011 10:20:13 2.7 Caribean Puerto Rico Islote USGS-RSOE
11.05.2011 10:35:13 5.2 Indonesian Archipelago Indonesia Toguis EMSC
11.05.2011 13:40:49 2.3 Europe Greece Loutra Killinis EMSC
11.05.2011 10:35:20 3.4 Asia Kazakhstan Kok-Su EMSC
11.05.2011 10:35:28 2.8 Asia Turkey Demirci EMSC
11.05.2011 09:20:18 2.3 Middle America Mexico Estado de Baja California El Puerto USGS-RSOE
11.05.2011 09:35:11 4.9 Pacific Ocean - West New Caledonia Tingeting EMSC
11.05.2011 09:35:20 5.3 Australia & New-Zealand New Zealand East Cape EMSC
11.05.2011 20:18:37 2.7 North America United States Alaska Akutan USGS-RSOE
11.05.2011 09:35:28 3.8 Europe Russia Chulaksy EMSC


Okay, look at the amount of earthquakes that have happend just within the last 10 hours. THIS IS NOT UNUSUAL!!!!! This is NOT some sort of mystic prediction coming true. It just so happens these two quakes were close to a city.

And honestly, by these numbers, you should be worried about a "big one" soon if you're on the east coast of Australia or New Zealand

www.iberianature.com...

Most significant earthquakes in Spain (1300-2004)

Date


Intensity


Place


Effects

1396


No data


Tavernas ( Valencia )


Material damage

1427-28


No data


Queralbs (Girona)


800 deaths. Extensive material damage

5/11/1504


IX


Carmona ( Seville )


100 deaths. Destruction of religious and military buildings

9/11/1518


IX


Vera ( Almeria )


Destruction of the village

22/9/1522


IX


Almeria


More than 2,500 deaths in the town and surrounding villages. (see picture below)

30/9/1531


IX


Baza ( Granada )




9/10/1680


IX


Malaga


200 deaths. 800 homes destroyed.

17/07/1787


V1


Mula ( Murcia )




25/08/1804


IX


Dalias ( Almeria )


200 deaths. Destruction of religious and military buildings

27/10/1806


IX


Santa Fe ( Granada )




1829


No data


Torrevieja ( Alicante )


400 deaths and 3,000 homes destroyed

25/12/1884


X


Arenas de Rey ( Granada )


800 deaths. 1500 injured. More than 4,000 homes destroyed.

5/07/1930


VIII


Montilla ( Cordoba )




19/04/1956


VIII


Albolote ( Granada )

This person predicted an earthquake in a coastal area on May 11th and got it right!

Above Top Secret Thread

Sad occasion, but amazing prediction, in my opinion.