Earthquake swarm Off The East Coast Of The Kamchatka Peninsula

In last two days a lot activity in this area ..

Probably more to come, very close to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy city ..

Magnitude mb 6.0
Region OFF EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA
Date time 2013-05-19 18:44:10.0 UTC
Location 52.30 N ; 160.20 E
Depth 25 km

49 km N of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia / pop: 187,282 /

2013-05-19 18:44:16.0 20min ago 52.34 N 160.17 E 56 6.0 OFF EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA
2013-05-19 18:41:16.023min ago 52.46 N 160.01 E 40 5.2 OFF EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA
2013-05-19 18:33:08.031min ago 53.49 N 158.65 E 40 4.8 NEAR EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA
2013-05-19 17:47:25.01hr 17min ago 52.24 N 160.29 E 60 5.0 OFF EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA
2013-05-19 17:44:53.01hr 19min ago 52.63 N 159.12 E 80 4.9 OFF EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA
2013-05-19 15:58:49.03hr 05min ago 52.57 N 159.40 E 73 4.6 OFF EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA
2013-05-19 15:45:27.03hr 19min ago 52.43 N 159.77 E 60 4.7 OFF EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA
2013-05-19 14:45:35.04hr 19min ago 52.40 N 159.49 E 67 4.5 OFF EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA
2013-05-19 10:18:25.08hr 46min ago 52.29 N 159.89 E 60 4.5 OFF EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA
2013-05-19 03:41:25.0 56.19 N 163.39 E 10 4.9 NEAR EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA
2013-05-18 23:29:30.0 52.91 N 158.94 E 80 4.8 NEAR EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA
2013-05-18 22:39:47.0 52.72 N 158.93 E 80 5.0 NEAR EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA
2013-05-18 07:26:23.0 52.26 N 160.21 E 40 4.5 OFF EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA
2013-05-18 03:44:02.0 52.29 N 159.88 E 60 4.5 OFF EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA

www.emsc-csem.org...

I suppose we have had a break for a while, time for another big quake.

Originally posted by rickymouse
I suppose we have had a break for a while, time for another big quake.

Probably yes but just hope not here, very dangerous time for this area ..

This fault line is very long also very dangerous and capable to produce a strong earthquake ..

Last EQ, GFZ say M 6.2

F-E Region: Off East Coast of Kamchatka
Time: 2013-05-19 18:44:13.4 UTC
Magnitude: 6.2
Epicenter: 160.14°E 52.25°N
Depth: 30 km
Status: M - manually revised



USGS M 5.9 and 19.1 km deep

Similar location from last 1952 earthquake of M 8.2 the quake was revised to 9.0 Mw in later years ..

The length of the subduction zone fracture was 600 km

www.bom.gov.au...



toolserver.org...:event

Thanks for the info!

S&F

Keep the updates coming!

Hope everybody in Russia is okay. Thanks for the informative post!

What is on that Island anyway. I wonder if there are nuclear missile silos. Seems like a good place for some.

Originally posted by MariaLida

Originally posted by rickymouse
I suppose we have had a break for a while, time for another big quake.

Probably yes but just hope not here, very dangerous time for this area ..

This fault line is very long also very dangerous and capable to produce a strong earthquake ..

"Probably yes but just hope not here, very dangerous time for this area .." I know English isn't your native language, but what do you mean by "very dangerous time for this area"? I see you use that particular wording a lot, regarding activity in areas being a "dangerous time" for it, but I'm having trouble figuring out exactly what you mean by that, since anywhere capable of seismic events has the potential to be a danger.

reply to post by westcoast


Tnx nice to see you, very nice book

Think probably we will have EQ of M 8.0+ in next months or max one year somewhere around this last EQ's ..

Still unstable there ..

2013-05-19 21:05:19.015min ago 52.48 N 160.08 E 60 5.2 OFF EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA
2013-05-19 20:20:14.01hr 00min ago 52.43 N 159.97 E 60 5.1 OFF EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA
2013-05-19 20:15:57.01hr 04min ago 52.50 N 159.58 E 40 5.0 OFF EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA
2013-05-19 20:07:00.01hr 13min ago 52.70 N 159.48 E 80 4.6 OFF EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA
2013-05-19 19:53:19.01hr 27min ago 52.59 N 158.89 E 100 5.1 NEAR EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA
2013-05-19 19:51:22.01hr 29min ago 52.33 N 160.35 E 10 5.1 OFF EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA
2013-05-19 19:43:21.01hr 37min ago 52.37 N 160.20 E 40 5.0 OFF EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA
2013-05-19 19:37:25.01hr 43min ago 52.54 N 159.98 E 2 4.9 OFF EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA
2013-05-19 19:21:26.01hr 59min ago 52.35 N 160.20 E 40 5.1 OFF EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA
2013-05-19 19:11:58.02hr 08min ago 52.80 N 158.82 E 60 4.9 NEAR EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA
2013-05-19 19:05:58.02hr 14min ago 52.27 N 160.68 E 40 4.6 OFF EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA
2013-05-19 18:44:10.02hr 36min ago 52.30 N 160.20 E 10 6.0 OFF EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA

www.emsc-csem.org...

Tsunami from a magnitude-8.3 quake in 2006 of depth 30 km caused $10 million of damage along the coast of California ..

Still unstable there ..

2013-05-20 00:13:14.0 52.33 N 160.30 E 10 5.6 OFF EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA
2013-05-19 23:58:16.013min ago 52.50 N 159.77 E 60 5.2 OFF EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA
2013-05-19 23:51:42.220min ago 52.53 N 159.71 E 95 5.3 OFF EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA
2013-05-19 23:50:24.021min ago 53.61 N 158.70 E 33 5.2 NEAR EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA
2013-05-19 23:33:55.038min ago 52.93 N 159.17 E 88 4.5 OFF EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA
2013-05-19 22:40:34.11hr 31min ago 53.23 N 158.14 E 10 5.8 NEAR EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA
2013-05-19 22:38:47.01hr 33min ago 52.35 N 160.23 E 10 5.0 OFF EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA

www.emsc-csem.org...

15 mag 5+....just today

earthquake.usgs.gov...

reply to post by MariaLida

Hi Marialida,

Thank you for the thread. I have been watching this area too. Just because I have noticed an uptick in activity.

When you say dangerous time, are you thinking the fault line will grow bigger?

Did you guys notice yet that a volcano named Pavlof has been erupting in Alaska over the past week? Another named Cleveland seems poised to get in on the act as well.

They are both just a bit further east, a little bit clockwise on the 'ring of fire.'

Alaska Volcano observatory:
www.avo.alaska.edu...

and here are their Russian colleagues in Kamchatka as Kamchatka has plenty of their own volcanoes. It loos like some of them currently have 'moderate seismic activity' although I'm not sure if that counts as 'restless' yet or not:

www.kscnet.ru...

reply to post by 11andrew34


I was going to say this - that the EQs seem to be going off at the same time as those two volcanoes - this cannot be a good sign.
Joe

With so many quakes so near in magnitude, this could be another Santa Cruz Islands developing here. Something gnarly could be brewing, and those could be foreshocks. Like to a 7+ or 8+. Lookout, I am sounding the alarm. Too many quakes, too close in magnitude.

Originally posted by JoeP2247
I was going to say this - that the EQs seem to be going off at the same time as those two volcanoes - this cannot be a good sign.
Joe

Well, I'm not one to taunt a volcano! But it's called the 'ring of fire' for a reason, eh? Stuff like this going on there is practically normal. I'm no expert but from what I can tell, I get the feeling the scientists are happy and excited that stuff is going on but otherwise not really concerned in that way for now.

You can see that the volcano scientists have their own color coded warning system and in particular it's something commercial and military aviation has to pay attention to. I wonder what color 'build a rocket ship and evacuate Earth' is?

reply to post by TrueAmerican


Looking where the quakes are centered, could this be a ocean floor collapes?

Or just a large landslide?




Ya know that buoy has been acting wierd for a long time. It was said maybe there were tech problems.

But now I wonder if something hasn't been going on for a while.

Originally posted by TrueAmerican
With so many quakes so near in magnitude, this could be another Santa Cruz Islands developing here. Something gnarly could be brewing, and those could be foreshocks. Like to a 7+ or 8+. Lookout, I am sounding the alarm. Too many quakes, too close in magnitude.

I already say and post that so ..

No need to repeat or spam you or anyone else after me and sounding EQ's alarms on my threads ..

Again you do similar for possible Santa Cruz Islands foreshock, 12 hrs after my post so don't do that again especially on my threads when foreshock alarm is already posted ..

Originally posted by MariaLida
posted on 1-2-2013 @ 04:04 AM

"Also one more thing about first prediction if anyone who know anything about EQ's see this EQ's swarm sequence knows this EQ's are probably foreshocks and have very big possibility that stronger EQ will come in this area

MAP 6.0 2013/02/01 05:36:41 -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 00:43:00 -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 4.9 2013/01/31 06:50:17 -10.418 166.251 35.0 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 5.1 2013/01/31 06:42:11 -10.713 166.386 35.2 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 5.4 2013/01/31 05:18:15 -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 03:33:44 -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

Quake Watch 2013

Originally posted by TrueAmerican
posted on 1-2-2013 @ 04:58 PM

Over the last few days, a sequence of large earthquakes has rattled the Santa Cruz Islands area, the last of which just occurred, is a 6.7. (EDIT: This quake has now been dropped to a 6.3) Now I don't know about you's but this sequence is somewhat unusual, in that it started in one area, then opened up again in another.

It also is unusual in the sense that with earthquakes like this we usually see a mainshock-aftershock sequence- which we have seen to a degree here. But with this latest, increased magnitude 6.7 something is amiss. I just have that sinking feeling.

And that feeling is it could be foreshocks to something bigger of course. Hopefully not, but wanted to make this thread to call note to this activity as potentially dangerous to the area.

Confounding Sequence of Big Quakes Rattle Santa Cruz Islands

Double post.