Quake Watch 2014

a reply to: BobAthome

You must go bonkers when the Raoul Kermadec seismo goes glitchy or picks up high wind. Anyway, done trying to get my point across. Have fun winding yourself up.

Did anyone notice this 4 in the Gulf of Alaska? I haven't seen any that far out for a while.
M4.1 - Gulf of Alaska 2014-04-29 00:23:55 UTC

a reply to: Nyiah

"or picks up high wind." lol or MOTOR BOATS ,,

they got SPARK PLUGS.

originally posted by: Nyiah
a reply to: BobAthome

You must go bonkers when the Raoul Kermadec seismo goes glitchy or picks up high wind. Anyway, done trying to get my point across. Have fun winding yourself up.

Did anyone notice this 4 in the Gulf of Alaska? I haven't seen any that far out for a while.
M4.1 - Gulf of Alaska 2014-04-29 00:23:55 UTC

yes,
p.s any thoughts on the "Count Down" Graph??



kind of a project of mine.

www.abovetopsecret.com...

I'm surprised no one posted this one yet today! I figured it would be triple-posted by now, ha. Alas, the sound of crickets in here

M4.7 - 70km ENE of Peterborough, Australia 2014-04-29 09:54:56 UTC

a reply to: Nyiah
6th largest quake in South Australia in last 10 years. data
Likely woke a few kangaroo's!
pretty isolated location

a reply to: Nyiah

As Muzzy stated, very isolated location in my home state and not very powerful so, just interesting.

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Hey Muzzy, *waves hello*.

I'd like your input, sir. For whatever reason, I woke up this morning thinking about earthquakes along the Tonga and Kermadec trenches. I was searching for large historical earthquakes in that huge region, but I can't find anything larger than Mag 8.3. Do you know if there has ever been an earthquake that has ruptured the entire length from the Kermadec Islands, south to the north Island of New Zealand? That would be a whopper!

Is there a forecast as to how big an earthquake is possible in this region? A mag 9.0? Bigger?

I was looking at the historical quakes shown on the poster for the 6 July 2011 quake. There seems to be a relative paucity of shallow-dpth quakes between 34 S and 37 S latitudes.

Then I stumbled upon the GNS page talking about the stuck plate boundary under the southern end of the north island. I hadn't realized you were sitting so near that bundle of stress--yikes.

a reply to: Olivine
Hi Olivine, I think those M6 quakes last year at Cook Strait and then this year at Eketahuna might have changed the thinking behind that page on GNS. They were all strike-slip quakes, as were Christchuch's ones in 2010-11, not mega-thrust quakes that "may" happen sometime. Biggest mega-thrust quake recently along the Hikurangi Margin was off Gisborne, a 6.8 in Dec 2008.
Rather than shifting east to west , things seem to be shifting NE-SW.
There is far more action from the East Cape Ridge through to the Kermadecs overall.

a reply to: muzzy

Very informative. Thanks.

Do you have a graphic, of the areas involved, available illustrating what you're describing?

a reply to: Olivine

What a very sobering graphic.

Is such available for South Island and for the PACIFIC NORTHWEST of the USA?

How about for Japan and Taiwan?

originally posted by: Nyiah
a reply to: BobAthome

Yeah Bob, nothing incoming. As in, nothing remarkably different from the standard norm, and certainly not large enough to warrant a post about it. So, where is it, anyway? This "incoming" from 3 hours ago? I see nothing worth getting worked up over on the working seismos or EQ sites. Think of it this way. If there was anything going on that was major, it would be picked up clearly on other ones. It isn't, and there's a just those few that seem to need to be calibrated. A spazzy graph does not a rumbling Yellowstone make.

Sorry if I'm coming off as short, it's been a long day.

earthchangesmedia.wordpress.com...

cough,,cough,,

"Yellowstone National Park’s Steamboat Geyser—the world’s tallest—has erupted for the first time in more than eight years.
Park geologist Hank Heasler (HESS-ler) says Wednesday night’s nine-minute blast sent steaming hot water an estimated 200 to 300 feet in the air."

just trying too be observant, and not sub-servent.

a reply to: BobAthome

Hmmm...
And magma levels are rising in Mount Saint Helens:

news.msn.com...

WOQ

a reply to: wasobservingquietly

yes,, seems like the Soul Train is moving too accomodate the excess Energy,,produced by,,friction??, not sure anymore, been a long time, since ive looked that deep into the movement.

a reply to: wasobservingquietly

also if the Salt Lake Crystaline formations start too excite and hum a Mhz tune,,the Pieazo effect , will likely cause weirdness on any Monitors in the area,,
and i dont mean of the Lizard kind.
lol

a reply to: BO XIAN

No Bo, I'm out of town and connecting via cell phone, all that kind of stuff is on my remote hard drive at home.
Something for later..............

originally posted by: BobAthome
a reply to: wasobservingquietly

also if the Salt Lake Crystaline formations start too excite and hum a Mhz tune,,the Pieazo effect , will likely cause weirdness on any Monitors in the area,,
and i dont mean of the Lizard kind.

lol

Oh, wow! I had never heard of that & my Dad was an electrician!
Had to look it up, it looks really interesting!
I'll have to digest it more when I have some time, have to leave soon.
That's why I love ATS! I learn something new every day!!!
Thanks!
WOQ

a reply to: wasobservingquietly
Thanks for that link.
Really interesting. I wonder what MSH has up her sleeve in the future...

Here is a link to the full USGS/CVO news release.

originally posted by: BobAthome
earthchangesmedia.wordpress.com...

cough,,cough,,

"Yellowstone National Park’s Steamboat Geyser—the world’s tallest—has erupted for the first time in more than eight years.
Park geologist Hank Heasler (HESS-ler) says Wednesday night’s nine-minute blast sent steaming hot water an estimated 200 to 300 feet in the air."

just trying too be observant, and not sub-servent.

Umm, Bob? Your source article is mistaken.
Steamboat Geyser did erupt--but this happened last July 31st.
From the AP. Check out the date.

Yellowstone National Park's Steamboat Geyser — the world's tallest — has erupted for the first time in more than eight years.
The nine-minute blast sent steaming hot water an estimated 200 to 300 feet in the air, park geologist Hank Heasler said Thursday.

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a reply to: BO XIAN
Bo Xian, the only graphics I've found that are similar, only show the likely depth profiles of the subduction zones, but don't include the locked/creeping info. Here is a link to the USGS's page of slab depth models where you can find the PNW and Japan.

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There was a Mag 6.0 (ish) EQ in Indonesia.

M 6.0 - 70km SSE of Namlea, Indonesia

Time
2014-05-02 08:43:37 UTC
Location
3.801°S 127.435°E
Depth
54.2km

Firstly, even though it's dropping off my radar, is Yellowstone. It's quiet. Steamboat did not erupt on Apr. 30 as that post would suggest. Steamboat erupted July last summer. I checked the other day on the uplift at Norris and it would seem it is starting to subside- me thinks.

World-wide, we only have the Indonesia region popping off some 6+. This doesn't seem surprising because it has stayed really active over the last months and now some new activity with the volcanoes in the area. Check Volcano Discovery.

I'm really only obsessed with one thing at the moment. MOMOTOMBO Isn't it a neat name. The seismic activity had almost stopped and then a mid 4.4M showed up followed by a few in the 3 range. This seemed normal and I though it would return to ebbing away with smaller ones. It did for a while. Then, it had a surge. And I call it that because I think again we see fluid movement. I'll post a shot. It is not the regular earthquake followed by aftershocks, etc. This is one event. It is nearly identical to the other pattern I posted awhile back. In fact I thought I somehow ended up on the wrong date and was looking at the wrong graph. Nope. Anyways.



Here's the other shot of what I think show moving magma. It's not identical- different pretty colours- but it has the same pattern. These do not show a fracture. It shows a continual shattering of rock as fluid is forcing its way through/or under, the crust.



This last shot is after a pause in activity which was followed by a 4.4M. You can see the individual earthquakes. This is what it usually looks like when normal. Except that blue glitch at the bottom- it happens once a day.



Oh, another South American volcano is rumbling. And Ubinas, it's been erupting, but modestly. And one day it grew a head of hair.



Had to add. It seems that Momotombo, after that flurry of activity, has really quieted. Last gasp? I think not yet.

Here, read these.

www.livescience.com...

www.google.com...

www.elnuevodiario.com.ni...

phys.org...

Watch this. Earthquake Lights??

www.liveleak.com...

a reply to: muzzy

Thanks & to Ovaline for your kind responses.

Will check out Ovaline's links more when I get more time. Interesting. . . particularly Cascadia.

Be safe, y'all.