7.2 at Kuril Islands

Friday April 19 2013, 03:05:52 UTC 13 minutes ago Kuril Islands..

Type: Earthquake

Magnitude: 7.2
DateTime: Friday April 19 2013, 03:05:52 UTC
Region: Kuril Islands
Depth: 10 km
Source: USGS Feed

Magnitude
7.0 (Preliminary magnitude — update expected within 15 minutes)
Date-Time
Friday, April 19, 2013 at 03:05:47 UTC
Friday, April 19, 2013 at 03:05:47 PM at epicenter
Location
46.200°N, 150.900°E
Depth
10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region
KURIL ISLANDS
Distances
258 km (160 miles) ENE (64°) from Kuril'sk, Kuril Islands
628 km (390 miles) NE (53°) from Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan
1497 km (930 miles) NE (35°) from TOKYO, Japan
Location Uncertainty
Error estimate not available
Parameters
NST=269, Nph=269, Dmin=0 km, Rmss=1 sec, Gp= 36°,
M-type="moment" magnitude from initial P wave (tsuboi method) (Mi/Mwp), Version=1
Source
West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center/NOAA/NWS
Event ID
at00mlhf9p

Is it me or are the quakes getting more frequent now ?

Or just reported more maybe?

...especially on here. Its almost seems like a race to post it first sometimes. Any earthquake, large or small.

reply to post by dreamfox1


I am always glad people are watching the quakes since I am on the coast. Seems to me there have been a lot of large and many 3-4 in places where they weren't before stacking up!

reply to post by homeslice


That's a good thing. We ATSers get our information by the minute, sometimes faster.

Seems like quite a few big ones lately.

near Hokkaido.. sounds familiar.

Any TSUNAMI warnings?

Originally posted by tropic
near Hokkaido.. sounds familiar.

Any TSUNAMI warnings?

Originally posted by dreamfox1 .....West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center/NOAA/NWS
Event ID at 00mlhf9p

Originally posted by tropic
near Hokkaido.. sounds familiar.

Any TSUNAMI warnings?

none issued well thats good

wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov...

Seems a bit north of Japan...

earthquake.usgs.gov...

earthalerts.manyjourneys.com...

quakes.globalincidentmap.com...

There was a thread created two days ago predicting a EQ over in that region.

www.abovetopsecret.com...&addstar=1&on=16247032#pid16247032

Originally posted by HawkeyeNation
There was a thread created two days ago predicting a EQ over in that region.

Yeah...how crazy is that. That's a direct hit, I'd say.