Quake Watch 2013

I thought Austin Holland had started his experiment to get his data set- because without absolute mathematical certainty, there's no way they can make policy to stop the injection wells. I'm back to being critical. He's a boob.

Injection and fracking cause quakes. And they are not as Austin says- rare.

Here's the most recent artificial earthquake.
earthquake.usgs.gov...

There have been at least four this morning. And there's two injection wells in the neighbourhood. Probably more. I'm sure the satellite shot is old. Those fracking pads are like fungus. Spreading and popping up everywhere as if there was a big soaking rain to help them bloom.

I'm wrong. I like mushrooms. This is like blight.

www.newson6.com... uakes-mostly-very-small-ones

They are already reporting the earthquakes in the local media.
www.news9.com...

Also, I'm still seeing smaller ones. There's more than 4.

earthquake.usgs.gov...

M6.5 - 187km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga
2013-11-02 18:53:49 UTC


Event Time

2013-11-02 18:53:49 UTC
2013-11-02 07:53:49 UTC-11:00 at epicenter
2013-11-02 11:53:49 UTC-07:00 system time
Location

19.200°S 172.300°W depth=10.0km (6.2mi)

Nearby Cities

187km (116mi) ESE of Neiafu, Tonga
371km (231mi) NE of Nuku`alofa, Tonga
564km (350mi) SSW of Tafuna, American Samoa
570km (354mi) SSW of Pago Pago, American Samoa
596km (370mi) S of Apia, Samoa
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2013-11-02 18:53:46, M6.4, 19.00°S, 172.39°W, 10, A , Tonga Islands Region
2013-11-02 15:52:48, M6.0, 23.56°S, 112.68°W, 10, A, Easter Island Region
geofon.gfz-potsdam.de...

ha! you got to be quick here, I merely clicked on Easter Island, then clicked back and the Tonga one was new, thought I would have been the first, dreamfox beat me

according to EMSC it occurred 22minutes ago, geez that is a long time for GFZ to post it?

reply to post by muzzy


The more info the better i always say


Yea GFZ took long to post it don't know why.

follow up to post by muzzy


Well it looks like the theory is wrong, we haven't had a NZ5+ yet and its now past the 5 days.
There was a drop for 3 days under 10TTNT, I thought all heck was about to break lose with another M6, but all we have had is a bunch of 4's, M4.6 the highest.
Oh well the % of accuracy goes down then.
I haven't started Nov graph yet, but the 1st had 142TTNT

Unless the count starts after the 3rd low day, that would give us another 3.5hrs ............. clutching at straws now

Aftershocks coming in

39min ago
2013-11-02 18:53:46.0, 19.23S, 172.62W, 2, 6.3, TONGA REGION
27min ago
2013-11-02 19:06:02.0, 19.20S, 172.70W, 40, 5.4, TONGA REGION
19min ago
2013-11-02 19:13:37.1, 19.42S, 172.70W, 10, 5.4, TONGA REGION
www.emsc-csem.org...

GFZ have those 2nd and 3rd ones as

2013-11-02 19:05:59, 5.8, 19.13°S, 172.70°W, 10, A, Tonga Islands Region
2013-11-02 19:13:37, 5.4, 19.38°S, 172.69°W, 10, A, Tonga Islands Region

MSVF- Monasavu, Fiji
IRIS Global Seismograph Network graph

P wave travel time to MSVF= +2m 9s, S wave= +3m 50s
www.iris.edu...

Its actually clearer on our SNZO graph you can see the aftershocks on that
PTT=+5m 20s, STT+9m 43s

well that didnt take long,,,in volcano time that is.


a lot of TONGA STUFF HERE------->>>www.abovetopsecret.com...

Thanks to those who voted for the icon size poll, it was a tie
I have decided to stay with the standard size orbs, the smaller ones tend to get lost in the detail on google maps, especially terrain and satelitte views, that was the main deciding factor.
A secondary consideration is that I find that with the opaque 32x32 size if there are a lot of icons on a particular spot, you can determine at a glance that there is a bunch of action going on, as when they overlap they become darker ............ this is my "hot spot" indicator.

I have been using Putermans QVS Data Pro to access the Geonet data for New Zealand for a while, but in the last month I have used it exclusively to create the files that the maps on my NZ blog are made from. The way P'man has designed this program it is just a matter of a half dozen clicks and the KMZ file is made. I still put a few of my own tweaks in there, like the TTNT instead of joules and I use my own icons of course.


Having mastered that, today I thought, what the heck, why not run the entire QVS DataPro file through?, use all the Networks and get a Global picture of a days earthquakes!

here it is for 02/11/2013 as an example.
If a icon or set of icons is quite dark, then that means there are more than one network's location/estimate on that spot, so by clicking on the top icon you will get something like this on the maps popup tag;

5.4
ID: gfz2013vmzb Network: gfzp
Date/Time UTC: 02/11/2013 22:32:12
Latitude, Longitude: 53.53, -163.68
Magnitude: 5.4M
Energy Released (TTNT): 1898.4900
Number of reporting stations: 0
Depth: 33km
Location: Unimak Island Region. Alaska
Felt?: FALSE, Status: M, Revised?: FALSE

Directions Search nearby Save to map more

1 of 3 nearby results Next »

Now if you click on the blue Next » the tag will change each time you click it to the other Networks estimates, such as EMSC and USGS

(click image for interactive map, opens in new tab/window)

Thanks again to P'man, he has made things a lot easier for me that is for sure, quicker methods of processing the basics means more time to do more other stuff.

I really haven't got the spare time to guarantee to do it every day, as I often get a few days behind on NZ too if I am busy, but I can see the value of a true Global Daily EQ Map, hey one day we might be able to pull together an fully automated live version
Blog page for this to be advised.

edit: One advantage of doing it from down here is that the end of the day UTC (midnight) is Noon here, so within 5-6 hours (when I get home from work) I can run the file through and have it loaded on the page by the time you sleepy heads wake up in the morning.

edit2: I've already thought of another tweak I can do with this, if I split the file into Networks, even though the map will look the same initially, readers will be able to use the Google Maps menu on the left hand side to click or unclick each Network on the map, in a similar manner to the aftershock maps I do.
(That 02112013 file was left with the Magnitudes running from 1.0 at the top to 6.3 at the bottom, usually I'll make the date/time the sorting determiner)

edit3: As there are not that many Red (M6-7) icons on any given map, I'm going to change the M6 and M7 icons to a bigger size (so those that voted get part of their wish), and also I'm going back to making the M4 icon a yellow instead of purple, the reason being the "hot spot" indication is too high, purple being above red and pink in the colur spectrum. The reason I changed to purple in the first palce was becasue of LDEO, who always have a bunch of 4's in their data, yellow was too "pale". The changes will take effect as soon as I load the images shortly.

edit4: Changes to icons made, and the "keys" too. Will resize the Blue M8 and Solid Grey M9 ones tomorrow.
Good Night.

reply to post by muzzy


Meanwhile on the other side of the world Useless is in full swing making life as difficult as possible for everyone.

Phase data has gone in it's relatively easy format which enabled me to read it and display it in the Pro version of the program, same for Travel Times. I still have the java travel times routine but the Useless Travel Time indicator is finally defunct.

The phase data is now so complex that it is going to take me at least two weeks of solid work to unravel the spaghetti of a single string of well over half a million characters with 'difficult' connections between the various elements hidden inside it.

It probably will get done eventually as I am always up for a challenge, but for the time being I am afraid access to USGS travel times and phases data from within the program is like me, obsolete!

Similarly it is almost impossible to get at the beach balls for the moment tensors programatically so I have had to drop those from my geophysical reports as well.

Current USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions

NOTE:The USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions and Broadband Source Parameters are now accessible for each earthquake through the event pages. You can perform an Earthquake Archive Search and then follow the link for each event to access all the data associated with that event.

Note from the focal mechanisms archive

The earthquake archive search you need to read about because this is where everything will end up.

earthquake.usgs.gov...

One thing that perhaps you may not be aware of is that if you search from the Useless Interactive map here is where you end up, and the result get displayed in the map when you hit search. That actually is not a bad feature.

You can also go to the map from here by just setting the output to Map and List.

Note also the policy on magnitudes now. Roughly translated.....

"What we dun said first is it dude. We ain't changin' nuttin even if there some other dudes that have different ansers. When we has said it that's it brother."

reply to post by PuterMan


I guess if you find the USGS and their data so substandard, you could always switch to some other provider. Maybe the Geological Survery of Ireland

reply to post by PuterMan

Well this is a breath of fresh air, finally another option other than Google to make i-frames, about time.
USGS might be winding down its public interface but bless them they have left a few better options for the nerdy types to play with

On National Geographic Blank Map
Add/Add layer from Web/What type of data are you referencing?/A KML file/paste KML file/ADD LAYER
Share/Link to this map/copy/paste
Voila Global Map 02112013
Also has EMBED IN WEBSITE i-frame html.
The BEST feature that I see is that you can select Basemap and get Open Street map, which IMO is the cleaanest map you can get without too much junk on it for showing Regional size views, it does get cluttered when you zoom in, but you can change views.

I may use this to present the QVS Data Pro Daily Maps on.

The only two problems I see is that;
1. the ArcGIS map does not have the "1 of 3 nearby results Next »" option when icons are stacked on top of each other on a very high view/scale, you have to zoom right in, almost to ground level on some clusters.
2. ArcGIS does not provide a list type menu in the Contents.
Maybe those options are there but I just haven't found them yet.
Good find Mr P'man

reply to post by Olivine


I know you are taking the piss, but I wonder, what if P'man could sell the Data Pro program combined with the ArcGIS map system i-framing to GSIreland to use on their web page?, they could have the BESTEST Global monitoring earthquake system in the World!
Just an idea, I haven't suggested or discussed it with him yet ........... you just set off a lightbulb above my head right now. Brilliant!

reply to post by muzzy

Damn the links showing the KML content in the ArcGIS map and the i-frames don't work.
Is this a glitch, bad code or is this so new they haven't tested it yet?

Ahhhhh!
You have to subscribe
www.arcgis.com...://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?useExisting=1

F that!, was a good idea anyway.

Looks like we're stuck with Google;

Draft page for the Geological Survey of Ireland and New Zealand Interactive Global Earthquake Map
password is: atsgroup

reply to post by Olivine

I guess if you find the USGS and their data so substandard

Far from it. I did not say that I said they were making it difficult to get at. Having said I could use EMSC I find they have done the same. I now cannot get at the phase data there either!

It is a conspiracy I tell you!

reply to post by muzzy


does this help?

www.ian-ko.com...

Free ArcGIS tools,,,all greek too me

M5.0 - 226km WNW of Ferndale, California
2013-11-04 05:57:21 UTC

Event Time

2013-11-04 05:57:21 UTC
2013-11-03 21:57:21 UTC-08:00 at epicenter
2013-11-03 21:57:21 UTC-08:00 system time
Location

41.177°N 126.837°W depth=10.0km (6.2mi)

Nearby Cities

226km (140mi) WNW of Ferndale, California
228km (142mi) WNW of Eureka, California
231km (144mi) W of McKinleyville, California
234km (145mi) W of Arcata, California
520km (323mi) SW of Salem, Oregon






WWW.GLOBALINCIDENTMAP.COM

Type: EarthQuake
25 minutes ago
Magnitude: 5
DateTime: 2013-11-03 23:57:21
Region: off the coast of Northern California
Depth: 10
Source: USGS Feed

reply to post by dreamfox1



Updated

M4.5 - 265km WNW of Ferndale, California
2013-11-04 05:57:15 UTC

Event Time

2013-11-04 05:57:15 UTC
2013-11-03 21:57:15 UTC-08:00 at epicenter
2013-11-03 21:57:15 UTC-08:00 system time
Location

41.133°N 127.321°W depth=10.0km (6.2mi)

Nearby Cities

265km (165mi) WNW of Ferndale, California
268km (167mi) W of Eureka, California
271km (168mi) W of McKinleyville, California
273km (170mi) WNW of Fortuna, California
548km (341mi) SW of Salem, Oregon

M2.5 - 24km SW of Coalinga, California
2013-11-04 06:12:57 UTC

Event Time

2013-11-04 06:12:57 UTC
2013-11-03 22:12:57 UTC-08:00 at epicenter
2013-11-03 22:12:57 UTC-08:00 system time
Location

35.997°N 120.563°W depth=0.9km (0.6mi)

Nearby Cities

24km (15mi) SW of Coalinga, California
39km (24mi) W of Avenal, California
42km (26mi) NNE of Paso Robles, California
56km (35mi) ESE of King City, California
298km (185mi) SSE of Sacramento, California

earthquake.usgs.gov...

earthquake.usgs.gov...

Something is not right here.


We are getting downward moment on the main fault The San Andres Fault.

earthquake.usgs.gov...

4.5
265km WNW of Ferndale, California
2013-11-03 21:57:15 UTC-08:0010.0 km

2.5
24km SW of Coalinga, California
2013-11-03 22:12:57 UTC-08:000.9 km

1.4
4km NW of The Geysers, California
2013-11-03 22:29:01 UTC-08:003.3 km

1.5
4km S of Redlands, California
2013-11-03 22:38:18 UTC-08:0014.4 km

The quakes are almost equal distance apart???

So are they increasing in intensity?
Rainbows
Jane