Quake Watch 2013

Hmmmm....interesting pattern forming in those after-shocks, don't you think? Hope that 8.0 was it!!

reply to post by favouriteslave

Is there any evidence that this can happen?
No

Message Time: 06 Feb 2013 03:47 UTC
Message Num: 8
Message Text: click to read
Message Type: Fixed Regional Tsunami Warning Cancellation
Warning: [color=lime]cancelled
Watch: [color=lime]cancelled
ptwc.weather.gov...

000
WEPA40 PHEB 060347
TSUPAC

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 008
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 0347Z 06 FEB 2013

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

... TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH CANCELLATION ...

THE TSUNAMI WARNING ISSUED BY THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI
WARNING CENTER IS NOW CANCELLED FOR

SOLOMON ISLANDS / VANUATU / NAURU / PAPUA NEW GUINEA / TUVALU /
NEW CALEDONIA / KOSRAE / FIJI / KIRIBATI / WALLIS AND FUTUNA

THE TSUNAMI WATCH ISSUED BY THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI
WARNING CENTER IS NOW CANCELLED FOR

MARSHALL ISLANDS / HOWLAND AND BAKER / POHNPEI / TOKELAU /
SAMOA / KERMADEC ISLANDS / NEW ZEALAND / AMERICAN SAMOA /
TONGA / AUSTRALIA / NIUE / COOK ISLANDS / INDONESIA /
WAKE ISLAND / CHUUK / JARVIS ISLAND / GUAM / NORTHERN MARIANAS /
PALMYRA ISLAND / YAP / JOHNSTON ISLAND / MINAMITORISHIMA /
BELAU

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 - 0112Z 06 FEB 2013
COORDINATES - 10.9 SOUTH 165.1 EAST
DEPTH - 33 KM
LOCATION - SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAGNITUDE - 8.0

MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY

GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER
------------------- ----- ------ ----- --------------- -----
LUGANVILLE VU 15.5S 167.2E 0319Z 0.26M / 0.8FT 28MIN
DART 55023 14.8S 153.6E 0326Z 0.05M / 0.2FT 06MIN
HIENGHENE NEW CALED 20.7S 164.9E 0319Z 0.55M / 1.8FT 14MIN
LIFOU NEW CALEDONIA 20.9S 167.3E 0309Z 0.48M / 1.6FT 10MIN
VANUATU 17.8S 168.3E 0255Z 0.15M / 0.5FT 16MIN
DART 52406 5.3S 165.1E 0206Z 0.04M / 0.1FT 10MIN
DART 55012 15.8S 158.5E 0237Z 0.17M / 0.6FT 06MIN
LATA WHARF SB 10.7S 165.8E 0129Z 0.91M / 3.0FT 18MIN

LAT - LATITUDE (N-NORTH, S-SOUTH)
LON - LONGITUDE (E-EAST, W-WEST)
TIME - TIME OF THE MEASUREMENT (Z IS UTC IS GREENWICH TIME)
AMPL - TSUNAMI AMPLITUDE MEASURED RELATIVE TO NORMAL SEA LEVEL.
IT IS ...NOT... CREST-TO-TROUGH WAVE HEIGHT.
VALUES ARE GIVEN IN BOTH METERS(M) AND FEET(FT).
PER - PERIOD OF TIME IN MINUTES(MIN) FROM ONE WAVE TO THE NEXT.

NOTE - DART MEASUREMENTS ARE FROM THE DEEP OCEAN AND THEY
ARE GENERALLY MUCH SMALLER THAN WOULD BE COASTAL
MEASUREMENTS AT SIMILAR LOCATIONS.

EVALUATION

SEA LEVEL READINGS INDICATE A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. IT MAY HAVE
BEEN DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS NEAR THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER. FOR
THOSE AREAS - WHEN NO MAJOR WAVES ARE OBSERVED FOR TWO HOURS
AFTER THE ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL OR DAMAGING WAVES HAVE NOT
OCCURRED FOR AT LEAST TWO HOURS THEN LOCAL AUTHORITIES CAN ASSUME
THE THREAT IS PASSED. DANGER TO BOATS AND COASTAL STRUCTURES CAN
CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS DUE TO RAPID CURRENTS. AS LOCAL
CONDITIONS CAN CAUSE A WIDE VARIATION IN TSUNAMI WAVE ACTION THE
ALL CLEAR DETERMINATION MUST BE MADE BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES.

NO TSUNAMI THREAT EXISTS FOR OTHER COASTAL AREAS ALTHOUGH SOME
MAY EXPERIENCE SMALL SEA LEVEL CHANGES. FOR ALL AREAS COVERED BY
THIS CENTER...THE TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH ARE CANCELLED.

THIS WILL BE THE FINAL BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE PRODUCTS
FOR ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...WASHINGTON...OREGON...CALIFORNIA.

SYDNEY (AP) — A powerful earthquake off the Solomon Islands generated a tsunami of up to 1.5 meters (about 5 feet) that damaged dozens of homes in the South Pacific island chain Wednesday, but authorities canceled warnings for tsunamis on more distant coasts.

Solomons officials reported two 1.5-meter (4 foot, 11-inch) waves hit the western side of Santa Cruz Island, damaging around 50 homes and properties, said George Herming, a spokesman for the prime minister. There were no reports of injuries or deaths. Villagers were heading for higher ground as a precaution, Herming said.

www.usatoday.com...

Originally posted by kennvideo
SYDNEY (AP) — A powerful earthquake off the Solomon Islands generated a tsunami of up to 1.5 meters (about 5 feet) that damaged dozens of homes in the South Pacific island chain Wednesday, but authorities canceled warnings for tsunamis on more distant coasts.

Solomons officials reported two 1.5-meter (4 foot, 11-inch) waves hit the western side of Santa Cruz Island, damaging around 50 homes and properties, said George Herming, a spokesman for the prime minister. There were no reports of injuries or deaths. Villagers were heading for higher ground as a precaution, Herming said.

www.usatoday.com...

As of the time of this reply I count 27 quakes and aftershocks. Four are 6.0 and above and only one, a 4.9, is below 5,0. This is some of the strongest activity I have seen since Fukushima if I am not mistaken. They are really getting slammed hard.

Just watched the start of the TV News at 6, they were Live at the beach in Auckland and asking people if they knew there was a Tsunami Watch in effect, no one knew.

9 years since Banda Aceh/Indian Ocean Tsunami and we still don't have sirens at our populated coastal regions.
When I heard it on the car radio it was breaking news, and that was 2 hours after the earthquake.
Normally the MSM is right onto it (earthquakes) here especially since Christchurch.

there is a heck of a lot of work to do yet and its global.
disgraceful

Originally posted by muzzy
Just watched the start of the TV News at 6, they were Live at the beach in Auckland and asking people if they knew there was a Tsunami Watch in effect, no one knew.

9 years since Banda Aceh/Indian Ocean Tsunami and we still don't have sirens at our populated coastal regions.
When I heard it on the car radio it was breaking news, and that was 2 hours after the earthquake.
Normally the MSM is right onto it (earthquakes) here especially since Christchurch.

there is a heck of a lot of work to do yet and its global.
disgraceful

edit on 5-2-2013 by muzzy because: (no reason given)

That is freakin' unbelievable....what's it going to take before we learn

4 dead & 2 missing after tsunami caused by Pacific earthquake hit Solomon Islands, PM's office tells BBC

www.bbc.co.uk...

Since Jan 30th there have been 79 quakes (as of the time of this reply) in that area and 11 of them have been 6.0 or over.

SOURCE

MAP 4.8 2013/02/06 07:29:30 -11.547 165.159 10.0 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 5.0 2013/02/06 07:23:12 -10.901 165.356 10.1 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 5.3 2013/02/06 07:13:48 -10.637 165.305 10.1 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 5.6 2013/02/06 06:53:20 -10.635 164.967 10.0 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS REGION
MAP 6.3 2013/02/06 06:35:19 -10.784 164.512 10.1 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS REGION
MAP 5.2 2013/02/06 06:09:37 -11.071 164.811 10.0 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS REGION
MAP 5.2 2013/02/06 06:02:36 -10.780 164.571 10.0 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS REGION
MAP 4.9 2013/02/06 05:58:41 -10.800 165.231 10.1 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 5.2 2013/02/06 05:48:54 -11.066 164.756 10.3 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS REGION
MAP 5.0 2013/02/06 05:35:33 -10.745 165.326 15.0 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 5.1 2013/02/06 05:30:19 -10.682 164.272 9.8 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS REGION
MAP 5.1 2013/02/06 05:24:30 -11.433 165.367 15.1 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 5.3 2013/02/06 05:16:27 -10.426 166.498 11.9 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 5.2 2013/02/06 05:13:48 -10.620 166.298 15.1 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 4.9 2013/02/06 05:04:04 -11.030 165.474 10.0 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 5.2 2013/02/06 05:01:51 -11.408 165.057 9.9 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 5.0 2013/02/06 04:56:18 -11.302 165.130 16.0 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 5.1 2013/02/06 04:34:50 -11.396 164.847 35.2 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS REGION
MAP 5.2 2013/02/06 04:20:54 -10.910 165.571 34.9 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 5.0 2013/02/06 04:20:04 -10.883 165.405 10.1 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 5.0 2013/02/06 04:16:29 -11.092 164.904 10.7 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS REGION
MAP 5.6 2013/02/06 03:49:46 -10.893 165.474 18.3 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 5.3 2013/02/06 03:45:10 -10.669 165.312 33.4 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 5.2 2013/02/06 03:38:55 -10.890 165.268 12.1 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 5.3 2013/02/06 03:28:54 -11.053 165.446 22.8 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 5.1 2013/02/06 03:25:18 -11.130 165.806 9.9 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 5.3 2013/02/06 03:19:05 -10.896 165.216 14.9 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 5.2 2013/02/06 03:11:52 -10.935 165.292 36.8 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 5.1 2013/02/06 03:06:34 -11.513 165.326 10.0 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 5.6 2013/02/06 03:01:03 -11.032 165.106 20.4 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 5.5 2013/02/06 02:58:22 -10.663 165.128 16.9 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 5.1 2013/02/06 02:57:44 -10.755 165.026 38.1 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 4.9 2013/02/06 02:44:26 -11.295 165.111 38.4 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 5.6 2013/02/06 02:30:49 -10.822 164.980 32.5 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS REGION
MAP 5.3 2013/02/06 02:23:11 -10.963 165.402 28.3 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 5.2 2013/02/06 02:18:14 -11.468 165.614 34.4 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 5.2 2013/02/06 02:06:21 -10.597 165.363 10.0 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 6.6 2013/02/06 01:54:15 -10.514 165.733 10.2 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 5.7 2013/02/06 01:48:42 -11.628 165.937 10.0 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 5.6 2013/02/06 01:33:37 -10.922 165.085 10.0 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 6.4 2013/02/06 01:23:19 -11.232 164.921 10.1 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS REGION
MAP 5.6 2013/02/06 01:22:12 -11.366 165.768 10.1 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 8.0 2013/02/06 01:12:27 -10.738 165.138 28.7 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 5.3 2013/02/06 00:46:01 -10.871 165.029 9.5 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 6.3 2013/02/06 00:07:22 -10.858 165.206 10.0 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 5.1 2013/02/05 19:39:39 -10.753 164.986 46.0 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS REGION
MAP 4.7 2013/02/04 14:33:02 -11.008 165.443 10.0 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 4.6 2013/02/03 14:23:06 -11.034 165.420 46.1 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 4.7 2013/02/03 10:22:40 -10.549 166.566 35.5 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 5.1 2013/02/03 03:57:32 -10.876 165.357 10.0 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 5.1 2013/02/03 02:29:13 -10.963 165.333 9.9 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 4.6 2013/02/02 22:36:01 -10.710 166.550 10.3 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 4.7 2013/02/02 22:31:58 -11.322 165.113 10.0 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 5.1 2013/02/02 21:20:35 -11.132 165.322 10.0 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 4.8 2013/02/02 20:46:30 -10.366 166.457 10.4 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 5.1 2013/02/02 19:24:34 -11.219 165.201 29.5 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 6.0 2013/02/02 18:58:06 -10.922 165.246 7.5 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 5.2 2013/02/02 18:54:31 -10.970 165.333 31.1 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 5.6 2013/02/02 04:16:20 -11.086 165.174 28.6 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 4.9 2013/02/02 03:39:51 -10.864 165.347 19.8 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 4.9 2013/02/02 01:20:41 -10.828 165.238 35.2 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 5.0 2013/02/02 01:15:49 -11.146 165.387 26.9 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 4.9 2013/02/01 22:26:30 -11.148 165.339 9.8 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 6.4 2013/02/01 22:18:35 -11.063 165.326 22.0 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 6.3 2013/02/01 22:16:36 -10.926 165.450 19.9 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 6.0 2013/02/01 05:36:40 -11.090 165.538 9.4 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 4.9 2013/02/01 01:49:13 -10.985 165.476 29.8 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 4.8 2013/02/01 00:42:59 -11.056 165.481 9.9 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 5.1 2013/02/01 00:18:08 -11.034 165.334 10.7 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 4.6 2013/01/31 23:57:00 -10.990 165.478 10.0 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 4.9 2013/01/31 06:50:16 -10.418 166.251 35.0 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 5.1 2013/01/31 06:42:10 -10.713 166.386 35.2 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 5.4 2013/01/31 05:18:14 -10.567 166.446 45.7 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 5.0 2013/01/31 05:16:58 -10.502 166.201 25.0 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 5.6 2013/01/31 04:31:33 -10.934 165.418 32.9 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 5.6 2013/01/31 03:58:00 -10.680 166.391 35.1 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 6.2 2013/01/31 03:33:43 -10.628 166.382 9.2 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 4.6 2013/01/30 23:53:54 -10.565 166.438 15.0 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 6.0 2013/01/30 23:03:45 -10.518 166.486 10.0 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS

UPDATE 24 HOUR 4.5 AND GREATER:

50 in the island area

5.0 SAMOA ISLANDS REGION 2013-02-06 08:04:35 15.988°S 172.223°W 34.0
4.9 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS 2013-02-06 07:57:52 11.287°S 165.492°E 9.9
4.8 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS 2013-02-06 07:42:46 11.001°S 165.476°E 10.1
4.7 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS REGION 2013-02-06 07:35:57 10.744°S 164.862°E 10.0
4.8 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS 2013-02-06 07:29:30 11.547°S 165.159°E 10.0
5.0 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS 2013-02-06 07:23:12 10.901°S 165.356°E 10.1
5.3 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS 2013-02-06 07:13:48 10.637°S 165.305°E 10.1
5.6 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS REGION 2013-02-06 06:53:20 10.635°S 164.967°E 10.0
6.3 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS REGION 2013-02-06 06:35:19 10.784°S 164.512°E 10.1
5.2 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS REGION 2013-02-06 06:09:37 11.071°S 164.811°E 10.0
5.2 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS REGION 2013-02-06 06:02:36 10.780°S 164.571°E 10.0
4.9 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS 2013-02-06 05:58:41 10.800°S 165.231°E 10.1
5.2 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS REGION 2013-02-06 05:48:54 11.066°S 164.756°E 10.3
4.8 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS 2013-02-06 05:48:16 10.694°S 165.600°E 10.1
5.0 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS 2013-02-06 05:35:33 10.745°S 165.326°E 15.0
5.1 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS REGION 2013-02-06 05:30:19 10.682°S 164.272°E 9.8
5.1 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS 2013-02-06 05:24:30 11.433°S 165.367°E 15.1
5.3 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS 2013-02-06 05:16:27 10.426°S 166.498°E 11.9
5.2 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS 2013-02-06 05:13:48 10.620°S 166.298°E 15.1
4.9 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS 2013-02-06 05:04:04 11.030°S 165.474°E 10.0
5.2 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS 2013-02-06 05:01:51 11.408°S 165.057°E 9.9
5.0 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS 2013-02-06 04:56:18 11.302°S 165.130°E 16.0
5.1 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS REGION 2013-02-06 04:34:50 11.396°S 164.847°E 35.2
5.2 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS 2013-02-06 04:20:54 10.910°S 165.571°E 34.9
5.0 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS 2013-02-06 04:20:04 10.883°S 165.405°E 10.1
5.0 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS REGION 2013-02-06 04:16:29 11.092°S 164.904°E 10.7
5.6 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS 2013-02-06 03:49:46 10.893°S 165.474°E 18.3
5.3 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS 2013-02-06 03:45:10 10.669°S 165.312°E 33.4
5.2 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS 2013-02-06 03:38:55 10.890°S 165.268°E 12.1
5.3 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS 2013-02-06 03:28:54 11.053°S 165.446°E 22.8
5.1 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS 2013-02-06 03:25:18 11.130°S 165.806°E 9.9
5.3 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS 2013-02-06 03:19:05 10.896°S 165.216°E 14.9
5.2 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS 2013-02-06 03:11:52 10.935°S 165.292°E 36.8
5.1 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS 2013-02-06 03:06:34 11.513°S 165.326°E 10.0
5.6 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS 2013-02-06 03:01:03 11.032°S 165.106°E 20.4
5.5 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS 2013-02-06 02:58:22 10.663°S 165.128°E 16.9
5.1 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS 2013-02-06 02:57:44 10.755°S 165.026°E 38.1
4.9 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS 2013-02-06 02:44:26 11.295°S 165.111°E 38.4
5.6 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS REGION 2013-02-06 02:30:49 10.822°S 164.980°E 32.5
5.3 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS 2013-02-06 02:23:11 10.963°S 165.402°E 28.3
5.2 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS 2013-02-06 02:18:14 11.468°S 165.614°E 34.4
5.2 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS 2013-02-06 02:06:21 10.597°S 165.363°E 10.0
6.6 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS 2013-02-06 01:54:15 10.514°S 165.733°E 10.2
5.7 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS 2013-02-06 01:48:42 11.628°S 165.937°E 10.0
5.6 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS 2013-02-06 01:33:37 10.922°S 165.085°E 10.0
6.4 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS REGION 2013-02-06 01:23:19 11.232°S 164.921°E 10.1
5.6 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS 2013-02-06 01:22:12 11.366°S 165.768°E 10.1
8.0 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS 2013-02-06 01:12:27 10.738°S 165.138°E 28.7
4.6 NEAR S COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA 2013-02-06 01:00:47 4.352°S 134.710°E 32.8
5.3 89km W of Lata, Solomon Islands 2013-02-06 00:46:01 10.871°S 165.029°E 9.5
6.3 70km WSW of Lata, Solomon Islands 2013-02-06 00:07:22 10.858°S 165.206°E 10.0
4.7 78km NNW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina 2013-02-05 20:15:10 23.609°S 66.720°W 204.9
5.1 92km W of Lata, Solomon Islands 2013-02-05 19:39:39 10.753°S 164.986°E 46.0
5.0 Balleny Islands region 2013-02-05 19:09:37 62.305°S 155.073°E 32.8
4.8 48km SSW of Jarm, Afghanistan 2013-02-05 18:18:31 36.483°N 70.577°E 214.8
4.9 Reykjanes Ridge 2013-02-05 16:38:01 55.443°N 35.032°W 5.8
5.0 99km WNW of Naze, Japan 2013-02-05 16:15:31 28.802°N 128.595°E 57.3
5.0 136km ENE of Visokoi Island, 2013-02-05 15:40:08 56.138°S 25.231°W 48.9
4.8 47km SSE of Ofunato, Japan 2013-02-05 13:31:03 38.701°N 142.000°E 51.4

Four elderly people and one child died after the wave hit the Santa Cruz Islands, an eastern region of the Solomon Islands, said Augustine Bilve, a director at a hospital in Lata, the main town in the area.

www.cnn.com...

reply to post by happykat39


Thats interesting USGS have 20 more quakes than Geofon, are they making them up now?
who knows eh, I've kept to GFZ_Geofon because that is where I started, they were right onto it when the first 6's broke out, while USGS pontificated.
www.abovetopsecret.com...

I just did an interactive map of the fore and after shocks, marked with seperate icons, but mucked up the columns on the csv file, so the icons did'nt match the magnitude when I mapped it, late here now, will try again in the morning.
At least I can see that 4 of the 21 aftershocks were on the east side of Nendo Island, the rest to the NW, W and SW.

reply to post by muzzy

Christchurch

Even if I will tell you the truth unfortunatelly we do not have the power to change anything but Christchurch will be wiped out from Earth by an (the) Earthquake (and) 'or' Evil's power.

When?

Hard to say.

To move an entire city it's almost impossible but possible.

reply to post by aLLeKs

I still go for an 8+ one down at the Solomons within the next 2 weeks

Please do not make any more predictions! It seems that they come true

If they don't downgrade that one to 7.9 then that is my predictive capability out of the window! Mind I never said I could predict anyway)

One thing I would say - Despite that being a major quake in an ocean setting it is good that so few lost their lives. It could have been considerably worse.

Originally posted by muzzy
Normally the MSM is right onto it (earthquakes) here especially since Christchurch.

there is a heck of a lot of work to do yet and its global.
disgraceful

edit on 5-2-2013 by muzzy because: (no reason given)

Yeah, recognized this too and was wondering if it is globally that no MSM is somehow really reporting it. When this quake would have been in a more populated area, the MSM would be right onto it.... but in this case, not enough people injured to care about -.- sad journalism...

I only heard one short sentence mentioning this quake in the German news.

We have two predictions, one gives a vague location and a short time period, the other a specific location and time. To be honest neither of these predictions are useful, or even correct despite the congratulations being offered.

The first says "in the ring of fire". Pointless. That is such a large area that you could decide to avoid most of the holiday destinations in the world on that basis of such a woolly description. The time frame is OK.

The second pinpoints a locations and a specific time. Pointless. If I decide to prepare for the quake in Santa Cruz a week before the event then I am caught because the time is wrong and I have not started my preparations.

Even I said that IF 'x' then 'y' in the Solomans so was I right? No. Way too loose a description of possibilities.

IF someone is going to be considered viable as a predictor of earthquakes then in my humble opinion certain criteria need to be met as far as I am concerned. These are:

1. Reasonable accuracy of location. By this I mean for example "the Santa Cruz Islands Area", not "The Ring of Fire".

2. A realistic time frame. By this I mean not attempting to pinpoint a date, but conversely not making the time frame so long that it becomes pointless. Tomorrow at 13:45 is just as bad as sometime in the next 3 years. Periods of less that a year are possibly of use, but preferably they should be less than 3 months.

3. A reasonably accurate estimate of magnitude. Between mag 5 and 8 as we often see is not a prediction it is a coverall. A mag 8 is about 32,000 times stronger than a mag 5 so pointless. In my opinion a prediction is only of use if it is within a range of 0.6 to 0.8 magnitude max, so 7.2 to 8.0 at the most.

4. Consistency. Unless predictions are consistent they are little more than fortuitous chance. If predictions are based on scientific method then they should be repeatable and it should be possible to predict for all major quakes 6.5 upwards. If they are based on some other method then I doubt that they will be consistent, which does not deny the validity but reduces the usefulness.

Here is the IEPC 'prediction' most recently issued

A Catastrophic Geophysical Event (CGE) Warning Notice (CWN) has been issued on Monday, January 7, 2013 at 9:00am.
This CWN specifies a predicted major earthquake M8.0+ and associated tsunami that may strike the Philippines and northern Indonesia between now and December 2014.

Source

Is this useful? No not really. The region is fairly large considering the number of plate boundaries it encompasses. The time span is way too long. And why did they not predict the one today?

In fact given that the scientists should know more than us why was there no word from them about impending large quakes based on the series of Mag 6? In my opinion because they do not know any better than we do.