Quake Watch 2013

further to post by muzzy

I think 5.9Mw might be too high
here is a 5.9 at Taiwan on 27/03/2013 showing on LISS SNZO

and todays "5.9" just showed up on SNZO (on the 17:00:00 line)

hard to say, here is another one to compare, Taiwan 5.9 on 09/06/2012 which is closer to today's. I'd have to also compare the locations in Taiwan and depth of all 3 to be sure.


JMA have it at 5.8, but that is ML


ETA: I thought I would check ANSS to see if they got that 2nd Pac-Ant Ridge quake ( marked with an asterix in red) on the 09/06/2012 SNZO graph, ha! they didn't even get the first one.

Your search parameters are:
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maximum_magnitude=10
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In case you are wondering those two -60 lat quakes on that list are both South Mid Atlantic Ridge

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Anyway
another ML reading for this quake - 6.2 ML
Central Weather Bureau

as far as Ms goes
China Earthquake Networks Center - 5.9Ms
LDEO - 5.7Ms

OK, I'm done with this one
summary - strong ie high 5's - low 6's

reply to post by muzzy


Comparing all three from SNZO, to me it looks like the 27 March 2013, mag 5.9 may have been 'undervalued'--that's if they are sticking with mag 5.8/9 for today's Taiwan quake.

You're cracking me up with the barcodes, Muzzy. So has the Raumati Beach Earthquake Observatory been awarded any grant money yet? They deserve it...



Oh I forgot, I think there have been a few more small quakes in the Gulf of California over the past 2 hours, but I can't seem to find them listed anywhere yet.
This is an IRIS link to Organ Pipe National Monument in Arizona (nearest seismo to where the mag 4.7 occurred earlier today/last night): TA.214A.BHZ

At least, that is where I suspect the waves generated from. I know something, somewhere in the south was shaking--check out the southern California stations around 21:14UTC:

source

So what is it with quarries recently. Every time I see the dropdown I see quarries.

Prov,Date/Time UTC,Latitude,Longitude,Magnitude,Depth(Km),Location
usgs,2013-06-07 19:59:55, 32.816, -117.071, 1.3, 0.0, 2Km Ene Of Quarry At Mission
usgs,2013-06-06 18:55:07, 33.230, -117.173, 1.3, 0.0, 8Km Ssw Of Quarry At Pala-Hwy
usgs,2013-06-06 00:34:29, 35.675, -120.985, 1.6, 0.0, 1Km Ene Of Quarry Nr. Lake Nacimiento. Ca
usgs,2013-06-05 23:35:21, 35.028, -117.679, 1.6, 0.0, 0Km Sse Of Quarry At Boron
usgs,2013-06-05 21:07:58, 37.321, -122.103, 2.0, 0.0, 11Km E Of Quarry Nr. Portola Valley. Ca [F]
usgs,2013-06-05 18:12:03, 35.937, -117.168, 1.0, 0.0, 15Km W Of Quarry At Panamint
usgs,2013-06-05 17:00:52, 34.359, -117.021, 1.4, 0.0, 7Km Wnw Of Quarry At Pfizer
usgs,2013-06-05 00:26:27, 35.030, -117.675, 1.6, 0.0, 0Km E Of Quarry At Boron
usgs,2013-06-04 19:20:13, 33.669, -117.230, 1.0, 0.0, 17Km W Of Quarry At Eastside Res.
usgs,2013-06-04 19:18:08, 33.833, -117.495, 1.2, 0.0, 1Km Sse Of Quarry At Corona
usgs,2013-06-04 18:05:34, 34.623, -117.111, 1.5, 0.0, 1Km Se Of Quarry At Victorville
usgs,2013-06-03 23:47:27, 35.048, -117.665, 1.7, 0.0, 2Km Ne Of Quarry At Boron
usgs,2013-06-03 20:00:18, 34.409, -116.865, 1.2, 0.0, 6Km Nnw Of Quarry At Cushenbury
usgs,2013-06-03 19:24:52, 33.668, -117.212, 1.2, 0.0, 16Km W Of Quarry At Eastside Res.
usgs,2013-06-03 18:07:39, 35.923, -117.165, 1.1, 0.0, 15Km W Of Quarry At Panamint
usgs,2013-06-03 17:40:52, 33.857, -117.508, 1.1, 0.0, 1Km Nw Of Quarry At Corona
usgs,2013-06-03 00:05:05, 35.030, -117.683, 1.6, 0.0, 0Km Wnw Of Quarry At Boron
usgs,2013-06-01 16:10:35, 34.332, -116.878, 1.0, 0.0, 3Km Sw Of Quarry At Cushenbury

reply to post by Olivine

that's if they are sticking with mag 5.8/9 for today's Taiwan quake.

Try 5.7 - don't hold your breath. It may be a while.

So sleuths, what is this one?



Answers on a post card please to......

postcard to PuterMan


31/05/2013 14:46:03, 32.5136, -5.6543, Mag 4.4, 3 , S KHENIFRA.MAC
www.02.ign.es...#

Khenifrais a city in northern central Morocco, surrounded by the Atlas Mountains.

Wish I was there, I'm getting sick of Winter already and its only officially 8 days in,
Regards
Muzzy

reply to post by muzzy


By 'eck that has to be about the slowest seismic wave in history!

May the 31st - day 151, that seismogram day 158. Must have been a USGS quake as it took 7 days to get itself onto the seismo.

This is the list from around the time (which your quake fitted in terms of time)

Prov,Date/Time UTC,Latitude,Longitude,Magnitude,Depth(Km),Location
usgs,2013-06-07 14:55:29, 34.388, -119.960, 1.7, 0.0, 9Km Wsw Of Isla Vista. California
usgs,2013-06-07 14:48:10, 38.812, -122.827, 1.7, 2.8, 7Km Wnw Of The Geysers. California
newz,2013-06-07 14:44:28, -38.471, 178.148, 1.7, 24.1, Matahi-Matawai-Tolaga Bay-Ruatoria Knoll
emsc,2013-06-07 14:44:16, 37.215, 28.192, 1.9, 5.0, Western Turkey
usgs,2013-06-07 14:43:49, 60.040, -141.271, 1.4, 1.5, 64Km E Of Cape Yakataga. Alaska
usgs,2013-06-07 14:43:46, 40.220, -121.099, 2.0, 12.8, 12Km Sw Of Westwood. California
emsc,2013-06-07 14:42:59, 30.522, 140.537, 4.5, 144.0, Izu Isls. Japan Region
usgs,2013-06-07 14:42:58, 30.497, 140.555, 4.4, 137.2, 295Km Sse Of Hachijo-Jima. Japan
gfzp,2013-06-07 14:42:58, 30.510, 140.580, 4.5, 141.0, S.East Of Honshu. Japan
newz,2013-06-07 14:42:39, -39.115, 177.556, 1.7, 14.3, Kaimanawa-Hawkes Bay
usgs,2013-06-07 14:25:52, 36.213, -117.912, 2.3, 0.8, 45Km Sse Of Lone Pine. California
newz,2013-06-07 14:24:57, -40.622, 175.645, 1.5, 201.9, Wairarapa
usgs,2013-06-07 14:20:00, 44.568, -112.719, 2.2, 8.0, 12Km Sw Of Lima. Montana
usgs,2013-06-07 14:20:00, 44.589, -112.693, 1.2, 3.1, 9Km Wsw Of Lima. Montana
usgs,2013-06-07 14:10:31, 52.308, -179.871, 2.1, 175.7, 53Km Ne Of Semisopochnoi Island. Alaska
usgs,2013-06-07 14:10:15, 52.892, -169.226, 2.6, 130.0, 24Km Wsw Of Nikolski. Alaska
usgs,2013-06-07 13:52:37, 62.355, -149.041, 1.4, 0.0, 47Km Ene Of Y. Alaska
usgs,2013-06-07 13:51:14, 19.399, -155.261, 2.5, 0.8, 4Km Sw Of Volcano. Hawaii
emsc,2013-06-07 13:42:33, -21.755, -68.422, 3.5, 133.0, Antofagasta Chile

I guess it must just be relatively local, but it does seem to be a distant one to that seismo.

reply to post by PuterMan

Oh yeah, didn't connect with the Fecha, time was right though!.
there was another one the same day, a 4.7 at 08:46:25 but that doesn't show on TAM
www.02.ign.es...

so I'd say the place was about right anyway, just hasn't been listed yet.
2/3 ain't too bad

reply to post by muzzy

Well how about 1/3, at least I got the station
just had a look at day 151 for TAM (Tamanrasset, Algeria) which was the day of the 4.4 and 4.7 in Morocco (31/05/2013)
The 4.7 only just shows on BHZ and BHN channel, the 4.4 not at all.
So I was definitely wrong.
Thats a big trace on post by PuterMan
when you compare to the above mentioned event's traces or lack thereof.

reply to post by wujotvowujotvowujotvo


You threw me off by mentioning Taiwan 6.2 in the same post as this Balleney deletion (with the graphs)
So that 6 on the graphs is the Santa Cruz 6.1.
Good catch though, I wonder why they deleted the Balleney event, its obviously on the graph and looks how a Balleney 5 should look.

reply to post by muzzy


There is a distinct lack of seismos in that area. I get a VERY faint trace on the SHZ channel of GT.DBIC but that os OVER 2000 km from TAM, yet TT.THTN which is 1400km shows nothing.

ehhhm, what? think this might not be a quake.. if so, it seems pretty uncommon. but I am not the expert

M5.6 - Northern Territory, Australia
2013-06-09 14:22:13 UTC

earthquake.usgs.gov...

reply to post by aLLeKs

Rare but not unusual, quite an active spot in Aussie as far as activity over the long term.
emsc seismicity map 1960-present

Near Mulga Park, NT.
Magnitude: 5.7 (ML)
Depth: Depth: 0 km (+/- 3.6168km)

Date and Time UTC: 09 June 2013 @ 14:22:11 (+/- 0.45 seconds)
Sydney Time: 10 June 2013 @ 00:22:11 (AEST)
Location Coordinates:
Latitude: -25.857 (+/- 0.6482km), Longitude: 131.842 (+/- 0.5274km)
Last updated: 10 June 2013 @ 00:41:12 (AEST)
Solution finalised: No
Mwp: Not available
Mb: Not available
Ms: (Not available)
Md: Not available
ML: 5.7 (Preferred)
Number of stations used: 27 (of 55 possible)
Number of phase used: 27 (of 67 possible)
Last updated: 10 June 2013 @ 12:41:12 (AEST)
Source: GEO-AU
It is estimated that this earthquake:
Could have been felt by people up to 340km away
Could have caused damage up to 27km away
THIS INFORMATION HAS NOT YET BEEN FINALISED

LISS Graphs
CTAO(Charters Towers, Qld, Australia)
NMAO(Narrogin, WA, Australia)
PMG(Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea)

IRIS Graphs
AS31.AU..BHZ(McDonnell Ranges, NT, Australia)
WRKA.AU..BHZ(Warrakurna, WA, Australia)

Given the 0km depth, may have been a meteorite, Henbury Meteorites Conservation Reserve is only 194.1 km away.

reply to post by muzzy

Rare but not unusual

Earthquake History for June 10th

M7.9, 7.3 - Alaska, 1996
04:03:35
Felt (VI) on Adak and Atka. Tsunami generated with wave heights (peak-to-trough) recorded at the following selected tide stations: 102 cm on Adak, 15 cm on Shemya, 12.5 cm at Kodiak and 10.2 cm at Sand Point, Alaska; 46 cm on Midway; 55 cm at Kahului, 38 cm at Hilo, 33 cm at Nawiliwili and 10 cm at Honolulu, Hawaii; 30 cm at Crescent City, California; 10 cm at Port Angeles, Washington.

earthquake.usgs.gov...

I wonder how June 11th will look like.

reply to post by muzzy


I have not seen a single aftershock. I thought this was unusual. May indeed have been a meteorite, any way to tell! Surely the S and P waves would be different for an event of this kind.

P

Originally posted by pheonix358
reply to post by muzzy

 

I have not seen a single aftershock. I thought this was unusual. May indeed have been a meteorite, any way to tell! Surely the S and P waves would be different for an event of this kind.

P

Aftershock ............. and foreshock

yeah/nah it was an earthquake

4.2, 09 June 2013 @ 14:34:41, -25.905, 132.052, 0, AUST, Near Mulga Park, NT.
5.7, 09 June 2013 @ 14:22:15, -25.967, 131.915, 0, AUST, Near Mulga Park, NT.
3.0, 09 June 2013 @ 14:21:56, -25.879, 132.029, 0, AUST, Near Mulga Park, NT.

www.ga.gov.au...

reply to post by muzzy


Thanks Muzzy. I missed both of them.

Why do we get quakes there I wonder. Any ideas? It just seems like a silly place for them.

P

reply to post by pheonix358


sandworms?!?!

ref.

seriously though,
as I said earlier, rare, but not unusual
80km or so from a couple of 1986 quakes (mag 5.8 and 5.6) on the other side of the Musgrave Ranges

Earthquake locations in Central Australia 1980 - 2004
from the ANSS catalog
Date Time Lat Lon Depth Mag Magt Nst
1986/03/30 08:53:53.21 -26.1940 132.7670 10.00 5.80 Ms 193
1986/07/11 07:17:59.07 -26.0790 132.7360 10.00 5.60 Mb 100
1987/01/07 20:01:52.22 -19.9730 133.8980 10.00 5.20 Mb 56
1987/01/09 11:27:12.68 -20.1100 133.6360 5.00 5.20 Mb 75
1988/01/22 00:35:58.07 -19.8470 133.8030 5.00 6.30 Ms 270
1988/01/22 03:57:25.26 -19.7980 133.9100 5.00 6.40 Ms 309
1988/01/22 04:18:46.92 -19.9780 133.6630 5.00 5.10 Mb 17
1988/01/22 12:04:57.88 -19.8290 133.8820 5.00 6.70 Ms 344
1988/01/27 11:27:17.12 -20.0670 133.6050 5.00 5.10 Mb 47
1988/01/29 10:19:30.84 -20.0030 133.7450 5.00 5.60 Mb 98
1988/02/06 05:23:57.95 -16.6790 124.6630 10.00 5.20 Mb 57
1988/02/06 19:08:26.41 -19.5670 133.7990 10.00 5.00 Mb 7
1988/09/30 20:42:58.13 -20.0480 133.8650 5.00 5.30 Mb 64
1989/03/30 12:46:25.67 -19.9040 133.6450 5.00 5.30 Mb 7
1989/05/28 02:55:19.65 -25.0530 130.7810 10.00 5.80 Mb 132
1991/03/07 01:28:10.54 -20.0820 134.0250 5.00 5.20 Mb 44
1991/06/19 11:38:23.39 -20.1340 133.9520 10.00 5.20 Mb 49
1991/07/08 10:45:33.78 -20.2250 133.8250 5.00 5.10 Mb 39
1992/06/13 18:05:17.88 -23.5800 130.2840 10.00 5.00 Mb 28
1992/07/15 00:17:05.14 -22.3630 126.5290 10.00 5.20 Mb 38
1997/08/10 09:20:30.98 -16.0130 124.3290 10.00 6.30 Mw 269
2004/02/11 09:17:58.00 -22.7380 129.8710 13.00 5.00 ML 32
2004/02/11 09:30:39.00 -22.6800 129.8230 13.00 5.40 ML 37

remember mountains are created by earthquakes, no matter where they are
or in other words where there are mountains there are earthquakes.