World Wide Seismic Event...

Originally posted by TheBandit795
I think it's some glitch. Only the one in New Guinea looks normal. I think...

The New Guinea station went offline 12 hours ago....
I don't think this is a glitch.

-B.

If that ain't a glitch, then this is #ing serious...

there is a lot of action today but not as much as

this suggests

this has a list of all 2.5mag + quakes today. that would not explain why the other is going crazy though.

haarp is very active too.

Dammit!

Whenever something big goes off in my field, of course Im offline because of #ing computer problems!

Anyway, the USGS seismos are showing ABSOLUTELY MASSIVE ACTIVITY OF RATHER BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS.

D a t e Time (UTC) Location Dep Magni. T AGY R e g i o n HHMM

26Sep2003 03:29:10.5 42.6N 144.5E 33 mb=5.2 A*NOR HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION 0350
26Sep2003 03:29:03.0 41.0N 145.0E 10 mb=5.3 A*LED HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION 0348
26Sep2003 03:29:13.4 42.5N 143.7E 30 mb=5.3 A*ODC HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION 0348

26Sep2003 02:35:10.0 42.1N 144.4E 10 M =5.4 M*NEI HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION 0341
26Sep2003 02:35:15.5 42.6N 144.6E 33 mb=5.9 M*EMS HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION 0307

26Sep2003 01:39:15.4 42.0N 143.8E 50 mb=5.0 M GSR HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION 0220

26Sep2003 00:13:49.0 16.3S 179.2W 33 No Mag A*EMS FIJI ISLANDS REGION 0321
26Sep2003 00:13:52.3 21.5S 175.2W200 mb=5.7 M*GSR TONGA ISLANDS 0218

25Sep2003 23:11:44.7 43.9N 144.6E 16 mb=5.3 A*EMS HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION 0221
25Sep2003 23:11:38.1 42.3N 145.0E 33 mb=5.2 M*GSR HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION 0028

25Sep2003 22:20:18.5 42.0N 143.8E 20 mb=5.8 M*EMS HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION 0009
25Sep2003 22:20:20.1 42.1N 143.7E 33 mb=5.8 M*GSR HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION 2353
25Sep2003 22:20:17.0 42.2N 143.6E 10 M =4.9 M*NEI HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION 2352
25Sep2003 22:20:20.0 42.2N 143.5E 33 M =4.9 M*NEI HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION 2316

25Sep2003 21:07:56.0 41.8N 143.5E 10 M =7.0 M*NEI HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION 2351
25Sep2003 21:08:03.5 42.3N 143.5E 40 mb=6.4 M*GSR HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION 2322
25Sep2003 21:07:59.0 41.8N 143.5E 33 M =7.0 M*NEI HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION 2231
25Sep2003 21:07:59.8 41.8N 143.5E 33 M =7.0 M*NEI HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION 2227
25Sep2003 21:08:00.0 41.9N 143.9E 33 mb=6.5 M*EMS HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION 2220

25Sep2003 21:02:55.2 42.4N 144.2E 33 mb=5.9 M*GSR HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION 2253

25Sep2003 20:57:15.8 42.2N 143.5E 33 mb=6.1 M*GSR HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION 2227
25Sep2003 20:57:15.6 42.3N 143.8E 33 mb=5.9 M*EMS HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION 2207

25Sep2003 20:10:04.4 42.2N 143.6E 33 mb=6.0 M*GSR HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION 2205
25Sep2003 20:10:06.9 42.8N 143.9E 33 mb=5.8 M*EMS HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION 2157

25Sep2003 19:50:07.0 41.8N 143.8E 33 M =8.0 M*NEI HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION 0121
25Sep2003 19:50:04.0 41.9N 143.8E 10 M =8.0 M*NEI HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION 2331
25Sep2003 19:50:12.9 44.3N 145.6E 10 MS=8.0 M*SED HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION 2202
25Sep2003 19:50:12.9 44.3N 145.6E 10 mb=6.7 M*SED HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION 2138
25Sep2003 19:50:05.9 42.3N 143.8E 10 MW=8.1 M*EMS HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION 2129
25Sep2003 19:50:13.1 43.1N 143.8E 33 MS=8.5 M*GSR HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION 2127
25Sep2003 19:50:08.0 42.2N 143.7E 33 M =8.0 M*NEI HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION 2041
25Sep2003 19:50:10.5 42.7N 144.1E 33 mb=7.0 M*EMS HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION 2036
25Sep2003 19:50:08.9 42.2N 143.7E 33 M =8.0 M*NEI HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION 2033

25Sep2003 18:43:07.8 35.8N 35.9W 10 mb=5.3 A*EMS NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDG2216
25Sep2003 18:43:06.0 35.2N 35.7W 10 MS=5.1 M*GSR NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDG1951

25Sep2003 14:33:45.0 36.8N 121.3W 6 M =3.5 M NEI CENTRAL CALIFORNIA 1506

25Sep2003 13:43:02.7 54.1N 118.2E 20 MS=4.2 M GSR EAST OF LAKE BAYKAL, RUSSI1533

25Sep2003 09:54:23.0 17.4N 94.4W133 M =4.1 M NEI CHIAPAS, MEXICO 1546

25Sep2003 04:58:29.0 19.8N 95.6E 10 M =4.8 M NEI MYANMAR 1526

seismo.ethz.ch...

This my friends, qualifies as a # LOAD of earthquakes in a very short timespan.

Because the vast majority of this activity is happeing in and around the Asian plate, specifically the "Ring of Fire", I would say that a massive plate movement is underway. This is highly unusual and not a good omen, considering what is going on in Yellowstone.

DATE TIME LAT LON DEP MAG AM NET REGION NAME

(Previous 50 messages)
2003/09/26 04:03:03.8 40.8N 8.0E 10G Ml3.2 A INGV SARDINIA, ITALY


2003/09/26 03:51:48.7 44.3N 142.6E 33 mb5.4 A LDG HOKKAIDO, JAPAN, REGION
2003/09/26 03:51:47.1 44.0N 144.9E 33 mb5.2 A NOR HOKKAIDO, JAPAN, REGION
2003/09/26 03:51:47.1 44.0N 144.9E 33 mb5.2 A NOR HOKKAIDO, JAPAN, REGION
2003/09/26 03:51:39.0 42.3N 145.0E 30 mb5.5 A ODC HOKKAIDO, JAPAN, REGION
2003/09/26 03:51:39.0 42.0N 145.0E mb5.3 A LED HOKKAIDO, JAPAN, REGION
2003/09/26 03:51:38.4 42.4N 144.0E 25 mb4.8 A NEWS HOKKAIDO, JAPAN, REGION
2003/09/26 03:51:37.0 42.7N 144.9E mb5.5 A GFZ HOKKAIDO, JAPAN, REGION
2003/09/26 03:51:36.8 42.5N 145.1E 25 mb4.9 A NEWS HOKKAIDO, JAPAN, REGION
2003/09/26 03:51:33.9 42.1N 145.5E 25 mb5.1 A NEWS HOKKAIDO, JAPAN, REGION
2003/09/26 03:51:26.1 41.3N 146.9E 10 mb5.6 A SED OFF SE.CST OF HOKKAIDO,JAPAN


2003/09/26 03:41 A SED
2003/09/26 03:40 M MCSM
2003/09/26 03:29:18.9 44.2N 142.2E 33 mb5.2 A LDG HOKKAIDO, JAPAN, REGION
2003/09/26 03:29:13.0 42.5N 143.7E 30 mb5.3 A ODC HOKKAIDO, JAPAN, REGION
2003/09/26 03:29:10.5 42.6N 144.5E 33 mb5.2 A NOR HOKKAIDO, JAPAN, REGION
2003/09/26 03:29:10.5 42.6N 144.5E 33 mb5.2 A NOR HOKKAIDO, JAPAN, REGION
2003/09/26 03:29:05.0 41.9N 144.0E mb5.5 A GFZ HOKKAIDO, JAPAN, REGION
2003/09/26 03:29:03.0 41.0N 145.0E mb5.3 A LED HOKKAIDO, JAPAN, REGION
2003/09/26 03:29:00.0 40.4N 142.8E 25 mb5.1 A NEWS NEAR E.CST EASTERN HONSHU
2003/09/26 03:28:23.2 33.2N 141.8E 25 mb5.1 A NEWS OFF EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN


2003/09/26 02:48 M IMP
2003/09/26 02:47 A RNS
2003/09/26 02:46 M MCSM
2003/09/26 02:35:28.7 44.5N 141.9E 33 mb5.6 A LDG HOKKAIDO, JAPAN, REGION
2003/09/26 02:35:27.0 43.3N 138.9E mb5.3 A RNS EASTERN SEA OF JAPAN
2003/09/26 02:35:19.9 43.0N 144.1E 25 mb5.2 A NEWS HOKKAIDO, JAPAN, REGION
2003/09/26 02:35:18.4 44.4N 147.3E M 5.5 A INGV KURIL ISLANDS, RUSSIA
2003/09/26 02:35:18.0 42.0N 144.0E mb5.5 A LED HOKKAIDO, JAPAN, REGION
2003/09/26 02:35:15.5 42.6N 144.6E 33 mb5.9 M+ INFO HOKKAIDO, JAPAN, REGION
2003/09/26 02:35:15.5 42.5N 145.3E 33 mb5.5 A NOR HOKKAIDO, JAPAN, REGION
2003/09/26 02:35:15.5 42.5N 145.3E 33 mb5.5 A NOR HOKKAIDO, JAPAN, REGION
2003/09/26 02:35:14.0 42.5N 144.4E mb6.2 A: GFZ HOKKAIDO, JAPAN, REGION
2003/09/26 02:35:11.6 42.6N 145.5E 10 mb5.9 A! SED HOKKAIDO, JAPAN, REGION
2003/09/26 02:35:11.0 41.9N 145.1E 25 mb5.3 A NEWS HOKKAIDO, JAPAN, REGION
2003/09/26 02:35:11.0 41.2N 145.1E 30 mb5.8 A ODC HOKKAIDO, JAPAN, REGION
2003/09/26 02:34:40.7 35.1N 147.1E 30 Ms5.8 A INDC OFF EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
2003/09/26 02:34:39.2 36.1N 150.4E M 5.9 A INGV NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN



2003/09/26 02:26:01.0 38.8N 69.0E Ml3.8 A NNC TAJIKISTAN
2003/09/26 02:25:42.3 37.1N 70.6E 100 mb3.9 A MIX AFGHANISTAN-TAJIKISTAN BDR REG
2003/09/26 02:25:33.9 36.9N 70.9E 25 mb3.8 A NEWS HINDU KUSH, AFGHANISTAN, REG


2003/09/26 01:39:15.4 42.0N 143.8E 50 mb5.0 M GSRC HOKKAIDO, JAPAN, REGION
2003/09/26 01:39:12.0 42.2N 144.4E mb5.2 A GFZ HOKKAIDO, JAPAN, REGION
2003/09/26 01:39:09.4 41.8N 143.9E 10G mb4.5 A MIX HOKKAIDO, JAPAN, REGION
2003/09/26 01:38:45.5 35.1N 139.1E 25 mb4.6 A NEWS NEAR S.CST OF EASTERN HONSHU


2003/09/26 01:31:32.3 43.0N 1.2W 10 Ml3.0 A LDG PYRENEES


2003/09/26 00:33 M MCSM
2003/09/26 00:33 A THE
2003/09/26 00:33 A SED
2003/09/26 00:33 A INGV
2003/09/26 00:32 A BUC
2003/09/26 00:13:55.0 13.3S 178.7E 30 mb6.0 A ODC FIJI ISLANDS REGION
2003/09/26 00:13:53.0 12.9S 176.9E A GFZ NORTH OF FIJI ISLANDS
2003/09/26 00:13:52.3 21.5S 175.2W 200 mb5.7 M GSRC TONGA ISLANDS
2003/09/26 00:13:49.0 16.3S 179.2W 33G A MIX FIJI ISLANDS REGION

www.emsc-csem.org...

But IRIS is only showing 2 quakes today....

www.iris.edu...

Damn, look at HAARP.... strangely about the same time as Hokkaido????

137.229.36.30...

Hey they're still black... WTF??? I'm still standing here... We all are.


What the heck is going on???

A magnitude 7.5 earthquake IN SOUTHWESTERN SIBERIA, RUSSIA has occurred at:
50.06N 87.73E Depth 18km Sat Sep 27 11:33:25 2003 UTC

Here is what the USGS has to say about that quake in Siberia: earthquake.usgs.gov...

Magnitude 7.5

Date-Time Saturday, September 27, 2003 at 11:33:25 (UTC)
= Coordinated Universal Time

Saturday, September 27, 2003 at 7:33:25 PM
= local time at epicenter

Location 50.064�N, 87.731�E
Depth 18 km (11 miles) set by location program
Region SOUTHWESTERN SIBERIA, RUSSIA
Distances
245 km (155 miles) N of Altay, Xinjiang, China
305 km (190 miles) W of Ulaangom, Mongolia
330 km (205 miles) SSE of Biysk, Russia
2505 km (1560 miles) NW of BEIJING, Beijing, China

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 10.6 km (6.6 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters Nst=147, Nph=147, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=1.27 sec, Gp= 47�,
M-type=surface wave magnitude (Ms), Version=7
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID uszfak

The following is a release by the United States Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center: A major earthquake occurred IN SOUTHWESTERN SIBERIA, RUSSIA, about 245 km (155 miles) north of Altay, Xinjiang, China at 5:33 AM MDT, Sep 27, 2003 (6:33 PM local time in Russia).
The magnitude and location may be revised when additional data and further analysis results are available. No reports of damage or casualties have been received at this time; however, this earthquake may have caused damage due to its location and size.

Also, there was a quake in the same area as this large one, but it was a magnitude 5.7 (aftershock?)
earthquake.usgs.gov...

Magnitude 5.7

Date-Time Saturday, September 27, 2003 at 13:16:47 (UTC)
= Coordinated Universal Time

Saturday, September 27, 2003 at 9:16:47 PM
= local time at epicenter

Location 50.196�N, 87.809�E
Depth 33 km (21 miles) set by location program
Region SOUTHWESTERN SIBERIA, RUSSIA
Distances
260 km (160 miles) N of Altay, Xinjiang, China
300 km (185 miles) W of Ulaangom, Mongolia
320 km (200 miles) SE of Biysk, Russia
2505 km (1560 miles) NW of BEIJING, Beijing, China

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 16.9 km (10.5 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters Nst= 46, Nph= 46, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=1.24 sec, Gp=108�,
M-type=body magnitude (Mb), Version=6
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID uszfan

Also, it looks like there was a aftershock in Japan: www.iris.edu...

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake IN SOUTHWESTERN SIBERIA, RUSSIA has occurred at:
50.20N 87.81E Depth 33km Sat Sep 27 13:16:47 2003 UTC

HAARP is currently Flatlining across the board.

137.229.36.30...

Mag 7.5 in Siberia...

Magnitude 7.5 SOUTHWESTERN SIBERIA, RUSSIA
2003 September 27 11:33:25 UTC
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver



Magnitude 7.5
Date-Time Saturday, September 27, 2003 at 11:33:25 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time
Saturday, September 27, 2003 at 07:33:25 PM local time at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 50.06N 87.73E
Depth 17.6 kilometers
Region SOUTHWESTERN SIBERIA, RUSSIA
Reference 245 km (155 miles) N of Altay, Xinjiang, China
305 km (190 miles) W of Ulaangom, Mongolia
330 km (205 miles) SSE of Biysk, Russia
2505 km (1560 miles) NW of BEIJING, Beijing, China

Location Quality Error estimate: horizontal +/- 10.6 km; depth fixed by location program
Location Quality
Parameters Nst=132, Nph=148, Dmin=1252.3 km, Rmss=1.27 sec, Erho=10.6 km, Erzz=0 km, Gp=47.4 degrees
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)


The following is a release by the United States Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center: A major earthquake occurred IN SOUTHWESTERN SIBERIA, RUSSIA, about 245 km (155 miles) north of Altay, Xinjiang, China at 5:33 AM MDT, Sep 27, 2003 (6:33 PM local time in Russia). The magnitude and location may be revised when additional data and further analysis results are available. No reports of damage or casualties have been received at this time; however, this earthquake may have caused damage due to its location and size.


Location Map

Did You Feel It?
Report shaking and damage at your location.

Historical Seismicity

Theoretical P-Wave Travel Times

Moment Tensor Solution

Historical Moment Tensor Solutions


Phase (Arrival Time) Data

Seismic Record Section


Seismic Hazard Map


Earthquakes in 2003, Magnitude 7 and Greater

Earthquakes: Frequently Asked Questions





Current Earthquake List
NB: The region name is an automatically generated name from the Flinn-Engdahl (F-E) seismic and geographical regionalization scheme. The boundaries of these regions are defined at one-degree intervals and therefore differ from irregular political boundaries. More->

gldss7.cr.usgs.gov...

A good number of aftershocks today in Hokkaido, and a few after the 7.5 inSiberia so far.

D a t e Time (UTC) Location Dep Magni. T AGY R e g i o n HHMM

27Sep2003 16:07:37.0 42.1N 146.6E 33 mb=5.0 A*NOR OFF COAST OF HOKKAIDO, JAP1628
27Sep2003 16:07:24.5 40.5N 149.0E 30 mb=5.1 A*ODC NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN 1626

27Sep2003 15:30:49.4 49.0N 96.6E 33 mb=5.2 A*NOR RUSSIA-MONGOLIA BORDER REG1549
27Sep2003 15:31:08.2 48.5N 90.3E 10 mb=5.1 A*SED MONGOLIA 1545

27Sep2003 13:16:47.0 50.2N 87.8E 33 M =5.7 M*NEI SOUTHWESTERN SIBERIA, RUSS1506
27Sep2003 13:16:48.0 50.2N 87.8E 33 M =5.7 M*NEI SOUTHWESTERN SIBERIA, RUSS1500
27Sep2003 13:16:39.2 50.0N 89.3E 24 mb=5.5 M*EMS RUSSIA-MONGOLIA BORDER REG1419

27Sep2003 11:33:23.9 50.0N 87.7E 10 MW=7.4 M*EMS SOUTHWESTERN SIBERIA, RUSS1334
27Sep2003 11:33:25.0 50.1N 87.7E 18 M =7.5 M*NEI SOUTHWESTERN SIBERIA, RUSS1301
27Sep2003 11:33:25.9 50.1N 87.7E 17 M =7.5 M*NEI SOUTHWESTERN SIBERIA, RUSS1257
27Sep2003 11:33:20.8 49.8N 89.1E 33 mb=6.8 M*EMS RUSSIA-MONGOLIA BORDER REG1209

27Sep2003 08:06:22.0 43.9N 144.1E 22 mb=5.4 A*EMS HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION 1122
27Sep2003 08:06:14.8 43.9N 147.6E 10 ms=4.8 A*SED KURIL ISLANDS 0957
27Sep2003 08:06:15.5 41.9N 143.4E 33 mb=5.5 A*NOR HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION 0828
27Sep2003 08:06:18.0 42.0N 145.0E 10 mb=5.2 A*LED HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION 0826
27Sep2003 08:06:17.6 42.3N 145.0E 30 mb=5.5 A*ODC HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION 0825
27Sep2003 08:06:14.8 43.9N 147.6E 10 mb=5.4 A*SED KURIL ISLANDS 0824

seismo.ethz.ch...

HAARP is currently flatline, after coming off of a large broadcast regime... however, scroll back 72 hours, and damn, it was busy....

137.229.36.30...

Okay, here's another analysis. This time I pulled the data from the NEIC database. Unlike the NOAA Significant Earthquake Database, which only include "significant" events (I'm real unclear what makes some 4.0's significant and all the rest not - maybe property damage or loss of life), the NEIC includes all recorded events from 1973 to present. The NEIC database was up-to-date through 09/24, so I added in the data from the IRIS 30 day to include all activity as of this morning.

Check it out and let me know what you think.

Analysis of NEIC data from 1973 to present

Val,

I am noticing a couple of trends here... Firest of all, yes, there is an increase in mag 4 quakes, and that can indeed be justified with the increased deployment of more sensitive seismic monitoring equipment.

However, there is still a very real upward trend in the large magnitude quakes. I am also noticing that there appears to be an overall spike around 1994-1995 and then around 2000 or so. I would have to do some homework, but I would be very interested to see if that were the years when HAAARP was being rung out, and maybe when it changed hands from the USAF/USN to the Universitty of Alaska, andwhen the major facility at Poker Flots started....

This shoulndt come as a surprise....

Experts Warn of Powerful Aftershocks in Japan



Reuters
Saturday, September 27, 2003; 3:49 PM



By Kimimasa Mayama

KUSHIRO, Japan (Reuters) - An aftershock rattled Japan's Hokkaido island Saturday, as experts said more powerful tremors were likely to strike the region after it was battered by a strong earthquake that injured nearly 600 people.

A government team visited the earthquake-prone region to assess damage from powerful earthquakes that struck at dawn on Friday with an initial tremor of 8.0 on the Richter scale -- stronger than some killer quakes that have hit the country.

Aftershocks powerful enough to cause heavy damage in the northern region were highly possible, seismologists said.

"Although the number of tremors has been declining, there is a high possibility of strong aftershocks striking the region," said an official at Japan's Meteorological Agency.

"There is a 70 percent chance that aftershocks with magnitude of six or higher could hit the region in the next three days," he said.

www.washingtonpost.com...

I thought this might be interesing about Japan


story.news.yahoo.com.../nm/20030926/sc_nm/japan_volcano_dc_1

" Four patches of subsidence were discovered on the sides of Japan's volcanic Mount Fuji on Friday, one with steam rising from it, but scientists said there was no sign of volcanic activity and the venerable peak was quiet. "

Never did much research on Mt. Fuji, but this gave me an excuse...

Seems that Fuji is a combination pyroclastic/shield volcanoe (which is rather unique and unusual).

A Shield volcanoe is similar to that found in Hawaii... they eject a relatively low volume/ash free plume of lava, usually ultramafic (high in iron concentration) in natre. This results in a thin, watery lavalthat simply flows in the path of least hydrostatic resitance. The good thing about such volcanoes is that thye are usually not explosive when they erupt. Damage can be predicted and localized, and it is fairly easy to evacuate an affected area.

A pyroclastic has a much higher concentration of silica in its laval, which makes it far thicker, and easier to plug up the ejecta ports, resulting in high power explosive eruptions.

Between 80,000 and 11,000 years ago, Fuji was higly active with pyroclastic flows, ejecting approximately 250 cubic kilomters of material. (For perspective, Mt. St. Helens only ejected about 6 cubic kilometers).

Fuji was last seriously active in 1707 with an ashfall of about 1.7 cubic kilometers.

Considering how densley populated the area around Fuji currently is, if it were to erupt with another high volume pyroclastic flow, it would have a very bad effect on casualties....

Of course, the Japanese seem to take such threats far more seriously than we Americans do... they practice eruption drills every year.

May be should take a lesson from the Japanese?

hakone.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp...

What I am seeing as alot of activity in the infamous...

PACIFIC RING OF FIRE.

Next question, when do we get hit on this side of the rim?

They are not isolated, when you get something funky going on in what aprt of the pacific plate, something else, tsnumais, ect will hit another part, they seldom are isolated.

We have volcano and tsnuami evacuation routes all around here, but no drills.

Mt Rainier isnt the only threat. With 100 miles of Seattle, we have several volcanoes 9000 feet and higer. Mt Rainier, MT Adams, Mt St Helens, Mt Baker, for starters. Portland has Mt Hood.

So, with earthquakes hitting that side of the rim, when does the seismic insanity come smakc us upside the head?

What does this have to do with the enormous volcano under yellowstone?

And HAARP.........

I agree with you. Springer and I were just discussing the activity in the ROF this morning. It isn't the amount of activity, because basically the ring is constantly shaking, but it is the MAGNITUDE AND NUMBER of quakes in the ring that is disturbing and absolutely NOT normal.

I'm with you...wonder when it's going to make its way to the east side?

I'm not typically the fortune teller type, but I have to say that Yellowstone has been WAY TOO quiet since the large movement two weeks ago. The last 4.0 was preceded by increased ROF activity.

The calm before the storm?

Exactly, Val. The Ring of Fire is always acting up, but not THIS big. They are getting higher and higher in power.

With them, come Tsunamis, and the pressure released from one point in the plate will build up more pressure on another piece of the plate. The eastern Rim of the ROF, where the west coast US sits, will get its turn next. And with it, we already have volcanoes under pressure that have been active on a small scale of activity, but they are not like MT Fuji, they are Mud volcanos with highly thick, pressurized lava the consistancy not of thin running lava, but CONCRETE and thick.

I think im gonna go to the USGS site and see if the pacific North West and the seismic activity of the Volcanoes has been picking up any.

The earthquake in Alaska set off Tsnuamis and other disasters elsewhere...maybe pressure is building up here or in California?

www.geophys.washington.edu...

Here is a link to the Mt Rainier Seismic site. What it has listed are pretty tiny quakes of low magnitude. But they are also very shallow as well. the deepest being only 8.7 km below the surface.

Im not a geological expert, just a hobbiest, perhaps someone else, like DR or other resident geo gods can make some perspective on them> Also the site only shows earthquakes up to the 15th of sep, nothing about more recent activity, which is what Im curious about. The ones on there are tiny and pretty run of the mill seismic activity for the big monster, so nothing odd there. Wonder if tho it has any bearing on other sesmic activity?

This site also has alot of other pages of info on erruptions of the mountains. St Helens is the most active, but all the big three in the puget sound area have errupted in the past 200 years.

www.geophys.washington.edu...

Heres a page on the history of Mt rainier. And a map of endangered towns int he area that would get smoked by an erruption.

Note: I currently live in the city of Auburn now.