Quake Watch 2012

reply to post by radpetey


Just in case the old fella has gone to bed...

The answer is no...that site lists data from 3 or more sources (often conflicting). The USG data tends to be the most reliable, should you chose one of those listed, but often data changes over time.

I personally leave the site running while I'm at work, as I like the visual representation and regular updating.

reply to post by SpaceJockey1


Thank you kind sir.....or my lady(just in case).

2nd.

reply to post by radpetey


Ah, no becuase they use more than one feed like I do they can have 2 or more versions of the same quake - which i see that jockey person has answered.

And no the 'old fella' has not gone to bed


Before I shuffle off down the passageway on my zimmer frame having taken my alzheimer's meds this is just to let you all know that the free version of my QVSData will be available once again from Monday of next week. The free version now picks up USGS, EMSC, GeoNet (NZ) and GeoScience (Aust). There is a new feature, in addition to the normal alerts system that runs when the service is running, called RED (Rapid Earthquake Display). This requires the QVSData program to be open (which the service does not) and picks up USGS 1 minute data files, believe it or not every minute.

You do NOT need a browser open for any of this. More details on Monday.

Just got in, missed this this morning had left for work already, heard it on the radio though.
Didn't see anyone report it here.
Finally some action in New Zealand, has been dead quiet for weeks.
Arawhata River, south of Jackson Bay, on the Alpine Fault

Reference Number 3764993
Universal Time August 30 2012 at 19:38
NZ Standard Time Friday, August 31 2012 at 7:38 am
Latitude, Longitude -44.09802 168.72185
Focal Depth 5 km
Richter magnitude 5.3 (5.295)
Region West Coast
Location
40 km south-west of Haast
70 km north-west of Wanaka
200 km west of Timaru
240 km north-west of Dunedin

520 reports in

Geofon has 4.9mb, butwhatdotheyknow

New Geonet format supposed to kick in tomorrow Sept 1st, will be interesting to see what its going to be like.

FWIW last mag 5+ here was 6th Aug, a deepish 5.1 near Kinleith NI.

Earthquake Details

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.
Magnitude
7.6
Date-Time
Friday, August 31, 2012 at 12:47:34 UTC
Friday, August 31, 2012 at 08:47:34 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
10.838°N, 126.704°E
Depth
34.9 km (21.7 miles)
Region
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION
Distances
94 km (58 miles) E of Sulangan, Philippines
106 km (65 miles) ESE of Guiuan, Philippines
161 km (100 miles) ESE of Borongan, Philippines
174 km (108 miles) NE of Surigao, Philippines
Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 13.3 km (8.3 miles); depth +/- 2.8 km (1.7 miles)
Parameters
NST=688, Nph=688, Dmin=435.3 km, Rmss=0.98 sec, Gp= 11°,
M-type=(unknown type), Version=A
Source
Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID
usc000cc5m

USGS

Magnitude 7.9 earthquake reported in the Philippines - USGS

Friday August 31 2012, 12:47:35 UTC Philippine Islands Region 8.1 41.0 CSEM-EMSC Feed

Different Mags

We just had a 7.9 in the Phillipines region:

M7.9 - 139km E of Sulangan, Philippines 2012-08-31 12:47:38 UTC

NO tsunami warning released at the moment I write this.

Edit: Ok, you can delete my post as the post 2 above is more informative. Interesting to see that we all wrote at the same time, guess we all have a realtime alert running on our phone or computer

I don't know how to link things from other websites, but the USGS has just shown that there has been a 7.9 earthquake 139km East of Sulangan, Philippines.

reply to post by lurksoften


EMSC have it as Mag 8.1

Magnitude 8.1 - Philippine Islands Region

Location map by EMSC (Google Map)

• Date-Time: Friday, August 31, 2012 @ 12:47:35 UTC
  
• Earthquake location: 10.865°N, 126.959°E,
  
• Earthquake depth: 41.0 km
  
• Distances:
  443 km N Davao (pop 1,212,504 ; local time 20:47:35.8 2012-08-31)
  217 km E Tacloban (pop 189,090 ; local time 20:47:35.8 2012-08-31)
  137 km E Guiuan (pop 11,041 ; local time 20:47:35.8 2012-08-31)
  
• Event ID: 283513
  

Derived from Event Data Source: EMSC
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reply to post by UnixFE


It is in 6000 metres of water so maybe there will not be so much of a tsunami hopefully.

000
WEPA40 PHEB 311255
TSUPAC

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 1255Z 31 AUG 2012

THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC
OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS...EXCEPT ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...
WASHINGTON...OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.

... A TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH ARE IN EFFECT ...

A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR

INDONESIA / PHILIPPINES / BELAU / YAP / TAIWAN / JAPAN / GUAM /
N. MARIANAS / PAPUA NEW GUINEA

A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR

CHUUK / MARCUS IS. / KOSRAE / POHNPEI / MARSHALL IS. /
WAKE IS. / SOLOMON IS. / RUSSIA / NAURU

FOR ALL OTHER AREAS COVERED BY THIS BULLETIN... IT IS FOR
INFORMATION ONLY AT THIS TIME.

THIS BULLETIN IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. ONLY
NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE
DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA AND
ANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 1248Z 31 AUG 2012
COORDINATES - 10.9 NORTH 127.1 EAST
DEPTH - 33 KM
LOCATION - PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION
MAGNITUDE - 7.9

EVALUATION

IT IS NOT KNOWN THAT A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. THIS WARNING IS
BASED ONLY ON THE EARTHQUAKE EVALUATION. AN EARTHQUAKE OF THIS
SIZE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE A DESTRUCTIVE TSUNAMI THAT CAN
STRIKE COASTLINES NEAR THE EPICENTER WITHIN MINUTES AND MORE
DISTANT COASTLINES WITHIN HOURS. AUTHORITIES SHOULD TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THIS POSSIBILITY. THIS CENTER
WILL MONITOR SEA LEVEL DATA FROM GAUGES NEAR THE EARTHQUAKE TO
DETERMINE IF A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED AND ESTIMATE THE SEVERITY OF
THE THREAT.

ESTIMATED INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE ARRIVAL TIMES AT FORECAST POINTS
WITHIN THE WARNING AND WATCH AREAS ARE GIVEN BELOW. ACTUAL
ARRIVAL TIMES MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE
LARGEST. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE TIME BETWEEN
SUCCESSIVE WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR.

LOCATION FORECAST POINT COORDINATES ARRIVAL TIME
-------------------------------- ------------ ------------
INDONESIA GEME 4.6N 126.8E 1335Z 31 AUG
BEREBERE 2.5N 128.7E 1353Z 31 AUG
PATANI 0.4N 128.8E 1419Z 31 AUG
SORONG 0.8S 131.1E 1438Z 31 AUG
MANOKWARI 0.8S 134.2E 1447Z 31 AUG
WARSA 0.6S 135.8E 1450Z 31 AUG
JAYAPURA 2.4S 140.8E 1538Z 31 AUG
PHILIPPINES LEGASPI 13.2N 123.8E 1338Z 31 AUG
DAVAO 6.8N 125.7E 1340Z 31 AUG
PALANAN 17.1N 122.6E 1353Z 31 AUG
BELAU MALAKAL 7.3N 134.5E 1407Z 31 AUG
YAP YAP_IS. 9.5N 138.1E 1417Z 31 AUG
TAIWAN TAITUNG 22.7N 121.2E 1441Z 31 AUG
HUALIEN 24.0N 121.7E 1446Z 31 AUG
HUALIEN 24.0N 121.6E 1446Z 31 AUG
CHILUNG 25.2N 121.8E 1524Z 31 AUG
JAPAN OKINAWA 26.2N 127.8E 1502Z 31 AUG
SHIMIZU 32.8N 133.0E 1605Z 31 AUG
KATSUURA 35.1N 140.3E 1646Z 31 AUG
KUSHIRO 42.9N 144.3E 1746Z 31 AUG
HACHINOHE 40.5N 141.5E 1753Z 31 AUG
GUAM GUAM 13.4N 144.7E 1517Z 31 AUG
N. MARIANAS SAIPAN 15.3N 145.8E 1533Z 31 AUG
PAPUA NEW GUINE VANIMO 2.6S 141.3E 1539Z 31 AUG
WEWAK 3.5S 143.6E 1611Z 31 AUG
MANUS_IS. 2.0S 147.5E 1637Z 31 AUG
MADANG 5.2S 145.8E 1656Z 31 AUG
KAVIENG 2.5S 150.7E 1700Z 31 AUG
RABAUL 4.2S 152.3E 1734Z 31 AUG
KIETA 6.1S 155.6E 1753Z 31 AUG
AMUN 6.0S 154.7E 1806Z 31 AUG
LAE 6.8S 147.0E 1810Z 31 AUG
CHUUK CHUUK_IS. 7.4N 151.8E 1646Z 31 AUG
MARCUS IS. MARCUS_IS. 24.3N 154.0E 1649Z 31 AUG
KOSRAE KOSRAE_IS. 5.5N 163.0E 1740Z 31 AUG
POHNPEI POHNPEI_IS. 7.0N 158.2E 1744Z 31 AUG
MARSHALL IS. ENIWETOK 11.4N 162.3E 1756Z 31 AUG
KWAJALEIN 8.7N 167.7E 1811Z 31 AUG
MAJURO 7.1N 171.4E 1843Z 31 AUG
WAKE IS. WAKE_IS. 19.3N 166.6E 1757Z 31 AUG
SOLOMON IS. FALAMAE

000
WEHW40 PHEB 311258
TSUHWX
HIZ001>003-005>009-012>014-016>021-023>026-311458-
/O.CAN.PHEB.TS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/O.NEW.PHEB.TS.A.0001.120831T1257Z-000000T0000Z/

BULLETIN
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 1
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
257 AM HST FRI AUG 31 2012

TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WATCH

A TSUNAMI WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII EFFECTIVE AT
0257 AM HST.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 0248 AM HST 31 AUG 2012
COORDINATES - 10.9 NORTH 127.1 EAST
LOCATION - PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION
MAGNITUDE - 7.9 MOMENT

EVALUATION

BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA A TSUNAMI MAY HAVE BEEN GENERATED BY
THIS EARTHQUAKE THAT COULD BE DESTRUCTIVE ON COASTAL AREAS EVEN
FAR FROM THE EPICENTER. AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY TO DETERMINE
IF THERE IS A TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII.

IF TSUNAMI WAVES IMPACT HAWAII THE ESTIMATED EARLIEST ARRIVAL OF
THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS

1228 PM HST FRI 31 AUG 2012

EMSC have just come down to a 7.8 Mw

Details

UPDATED:

Friday August 31 2012, 12:47:34 UTC 22 minutes ago Philippine Islands region 7.9 34.9 USGS
Friday August 31 2012, 12:47:32 UTC 22 minutes ago Philippine Islands Region 7.8 10.0 CSEM-EMSC

Tsunami warning is in effect for Japan

www.jma.go.jp...

Tsunami Warning/Advisory

Issued at 22:07 JST 31 Aug 2012

******************Headline******************
Tsunami Advisories have been issued for the following coastal regions of Japan:
PACIFIC COAST OF TOHOKU
KANTO
IZU AND OGASAWARA
TOKAI
PACIFIC COAST OF KINKI/SHIKOKU
MIYAZAKI PREF.
EASTERN PART OF KAGOSHIMA PREF.
SATSUNAN ISLANDS
OKINAWA PREF.
*******************Text********************
Tsunami Advisories have been issued for the following coastal regions of Japan:

IWATE PREF.
MIYAGI PREF.
FUKUSHIMA PREF.
IBARAKI PREF.
KUJUKURI AND SOTOBO AREA, CHIBA PREF.
UCHIBO AREA, CHIBA PREF.
IZU ISLANDS
OGASAWARA ISLANDS
SAGAMI BAY AND MIURA PENINSULA
SHIZUOKA PREF.
PACIFIC COAST OF AICHI PREF.
SOUTHERN PART OF MIE PREF.
WAKAYAMA PREF.
TOKUSHIMA PREF.
KOCHI PREF.
MIYAZAKI PREF.
EASTERN PART OF KAGOSHIMA PREF.
TANEGASHIMA AND YAKUSHIMA AREA
AMAMI ISLANDS AND TOKARA ISLANDS
OKINAWA ISLANDS
DAITOJIMA AREA
MIYAKOJIMA AND YAEYAMA AREA

***********About Tsunami Forecast************

Tsunami height is expected to be about 0.5 meters. Attention advised.

******* Earthquake Information ********
Occurred at 21:48 JST 31 Aug 2012
Region name PHILIPPINES AND ITS VICINITY
Latitude 10.9N
Longitude 127.1E
Depth Unknown
Magnitude 7.9

Bold by me.

TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WATCH

A TSUNAMI WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII EFFECTIVE AT
0257 AM HST.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 0248 AM HST 31 AUG 2012
COORDINATES - 10.9 NORTH 127.1 EAST
LOCATION - PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION
MAGNITUDE - 7.9 MOMENT

EVALUATION

BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA A TSUNAMI MAY HAVE BEEN GENERATED BY
THIS EARTHQUAKE THAT COULD BE DESTRUCTIVE ON COASTAL AREAS EVEN
FAR FROM THE EPICENTER. AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY TO DETERMINE
IF THERE IS A TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII.

IF TSUNAMI WAVES IMPACT HAWAII THE ESTIMATED EARLIEST ARRIVAL OF
THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS

1228 PM HST FRI 31 AUG 2012

MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

ptwc.weather.gov...

7.7, 7.3 and 7.9 all in a 16 day span. Seems to be squeezing them all in for Q3/Q4 after all.

Davo Seismograph. Philippines - approximately 440 Km from the event.

DAV.IU.10.BHZ.2012.244

Bongao Island - ~1100 Km from the event

LDM.MY..BHZ.2012.244

Been revised to a 7.6
earthquake.usgs.gov...

Looks like we have a 5.5 aftershock:

earthquake.usgs.gov...

2012-08-31 13:14:58 UTC
2012-08-31 21:14:58 UTC+08:00 at epicenter
2012-08-31 06:14:58 UTC-07:00 system time

Edit to add: very interested to see how this plays out today and in the days to come... so much tectonic energy being released lately. Since I'm about 100 miles north of the Brawley CA swarm I'm watching my animals carefully to see if they start acting weird...

I was wondering if this recent EQ would trigger an increase in activity in Southern California, from the last 35 minutes worth of data it does appear to be increasing.