More EarthQuakes

jeremyboycool · Post by **jeremyboycool** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 12:58 pm

JawZ wrote:The recent incidents are part of a trend...

Yes, earthquakes are usually part of a trend, UOD.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 1:17 pm

JawZ wrote: Increased frequency cluster.

Exactly... we can speculate what has happened longer than 200years ago since we didn't really start taking data till the most recent century. Therefore out data only shows what's happened in the "blink of an eye" in regards to earthquake history. It could be true that the recent amounts and strength of each one is more so than others in the same time frame in say 10,000 years. NOBODY really knows, so we go on what we as a generation have seen from facts and numbers. I truly believe something is going on on a large and serious scale!

JawZ · Post by **JawZ** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 1:25 pm

jeremyboycool wrote:Yes, earthquakes are usually part of a trend, UOD.

And therefore the current cluster could possibly represent a statistical deviation...which means that it may lie outside of the norm. Unlikely, but possible.

jeremyboycool · Post by **jeremyboycool** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 4:36 pm

JawZ wrote:No, just giving Jeremy an example of a trend. It's obvious that he can't put the dialogue into context so I'm mentoring him.

Increased frequency cluster.

"I'm mentoring him. "

Not interested. Besides, one thing that is clear, noboby here has any worthwile understanding of seismology and is in no position to mentor anyone else. But if you want to treat me like an equal, you are more then welcome to.

JawZ · Post by **JawZ** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 5:55 pm

jeremyboycool wrote:"I'm mentoring him. "

Not interested. Besides, one thing that is clear, noboby here has any worthwile understanding of seismology and is in no position to mentor anyone else. But if you want to treat me like an equal, you are more then welcome to.

I'm not mentoring you in a subject I'm unfamiliar with. While not a seismologist, I am well trained in statistics and the methods employed. While we are equals in some respects, we each have areas of expertise.

jeremyboycool · Post by **jeremyboycool** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 7:02 pm

JawZ wrote:And therefore the current cluster could possibly represent a statistical deviation...which means that it may lie outside of the norm. Unlikely, but possible.

"Possibilities" are misleading, it is much better to focus on probability instead.

jeremyboycool · Post by **jeremyboycool** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 7:10 pm

JawZ wrote:I'm not mentoring you in a subject I'm unfamiliar with. While not a seismologist, I am well trained in statistics and the methods employed. While we are equals in some respects, we each have areas of expertise.

"I'm not mentoring you in a subject I'm unfamiliar with. "

You are not mentoring me at all, UOD; I can think on my own just fine.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 7:03 pm

USGS: 6.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Spain

There were no immediate reports of deaths, injuries or damages. The earthquake struck at 12:08 a.m. local time Monday (6:08 p.m. Sunday ET). The quake's epicenter was 24 kilometers (15 miles) southeast of Granada and 93 kilometers (58 miles) northeast of Malaga.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/11/us ... in/?hpt=T2

JawZ · Post by **JawZ** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 6:31 am

Major earthquake has hit China...400 dead and thousands more injured as reported by CNN.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 7:37 am

JawZ wrote:Major earthquake has hit China...400 dead and thousands more injured as reported by CNN.

HOLY HELL!!!!

The 6.9-magnitude earthquake, as measured by the U.S. Geological Survey, struck at 7:49 a.m. local time (7:49 p.m. ET Tuesday), when people were probably still at home and schools were beginning the day. The USGS also recorded several strong aftershocks -- one of magnitude 5.8 -- all within hours of the initial quake.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/0 ... tml?hpt=T1

Every week you are getting a major quake it would seem... leading up to?

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 10:48 pm

whoa....

6.3-magnitude quake strikes Papua New Guinea

The quake's epicenter was 30 kilometers (20 miles) east of Lae, Papua New Guinea, and 300 km (185 miles) north of the capital, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/0 ... tml?hpt=T2

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Wed Apr 21, 2010 4:39 pm

HOLY HELL!!

Quake strikes near Samoa Islands

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 has struck near the Samoa Islands, the U.S. Geological Survey said Wednesday.

The quake hit at 6:20 a.m. Thursday (1:20 p.m. ET on Wednesday), the agency said.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/21/qu ... ds/?hpt=T2

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 10:04 am

WOOT!!!!

The U.S. Geological Survey has downgraded the magnitude of an earthquake that struck Chile on Friday to 5.9.

The quake hit about 40 miles (65 km) south of Concepcion, Chile, the U.S. Geological Survey said Friday. It was 22 miles (35 km) deep, the USGS said. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

It stuck in the same area as an 8.8-magnitude quake in February that triggered a tsunami, left 800,000 people homeless and caused $30 billion in damage.

[Posted at 6:40 a.m.] An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 has struck about 41 miles (65 km) south of Concepcion, Chile, the U.S. Geological Survey said Friday.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/23/ea ... le/?hpt=T2

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Sat Apr 24, 2010 11:20 am

O.M.G!!!

An earthquake that struck Indonesia on Saturday was downgraded to a magnitude 6.0, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The quake, which was initially reported as magnitude 6.1, was centered in the Obi islands, a group of islands in the Indonesian province of Maluku.

There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. The quake struck at 4:41 p.m. local time and was about 33 miles (53.4 kilometers) deep.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/24/in ... ke/?hpt=T2

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Tue May 18, 2010 10:32 pm

HOLY HELL!!!

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/05/18/ea ... ia/?hpt=T2

A 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck Southern California on Tuesday evening, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

The quake was centered 18 miles west-southwest of El Centro, California,
just north of Mexicali in Mexico's Baja California, the USGS said. It struck at
a depth of 6.3 miles.

"This earthquake is within the aftershock zone of a magnitude 7.2 (earthquake) that occurred on April 4" near Mexicali, said Susan Potter of the USGS. "This is an area that was exposed to many large earthquakes in the past."

At least two people were killed and 100 injured in the April 4 quake.

Humboldt · Post by **Humboldt** » Tue May 18, 2010 11:55 pm

Sava700 wrote:Said Susan Potter of the USGS, "This is an area that was exposed to many large earthquakes in the past."

Wouldn't that make this a non-news-worthy issue?

ie...This happens all the time, and it just happened again.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Thu May 27, 2010 3:14 pm

[CENTER]Magnitude 7.2 quake strikes off Vanuatu[/CENTER]

A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck near the Pacific island of Vanuatu Thursday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

The quake prompted the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center to issue a regional tsunami warning for Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands and New Caledonia.

"It is not known that a tsunami was generated," the Warning Center said in a bulletin. "This warning is based only on the earthquake evaluation. An earthquake of this size has the potential to generate a destructive tsunami that can strike coastlines in the region near the epicenter within minutes to hours."

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/0 ... tml?hpt=T2

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Sat Jun 12, 2010 9:02 pm

7.5-magnitude quake strikes off India coast

A 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of India early Sunday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/0 ... tml?hpt=T3

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 5:23 pm

5.0 Magnitude Canadian Earthquake Felt in U.S.

A magnitude-5.0 earthquake struck at the Ontario-Quebec border region of Canada on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, shaking homes and businesses from Canada's capital in Ottawa on south to the U.S. state of West Virginia.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/06/ ... ?tag=stack

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 5:26 pm

I thought you stopped, you missed a bunch.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 5:31 pm

YARDofSTUF wrote:I thought you stopped, you missed a bunch.

Yeah I missed a bunch..your right!!! I'll recap soon!

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Sun Jul 18, 2010 10:58 am

Indonesia Issues Tsunami Warning After 6.8-Mag Quake

Indonesia says it issued a tsunami warning after a powerful quake hit off Papua New Guinea.

The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 and was centered 325 miles (525 kilometers) northeast of the capital, Port Morseby.

It struck 31 miles (50 kilometers) beneath the ocean floor.

Fauzi, an official with Indonesia's geological agency, says his country issued a tsunami warning after the quake

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... .DTL&tsp=1

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 3:39 pm

The United States Geological Survey recorded a earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 off the coast of Oregon at 9:12 a.m. Wednesday, about 80 miles west-northwest of Barview, Oregon, and 197 miles southwest of Portland, Oregon.

The earthquake was about 6.2 miles (10 km) deep, making it a relatively shallow earthquake.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/07/28/5- ... on/?hpt=T2

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 9:54 am

More and more as we get closer to 2012... Crust shifting?

A powerful earthquake struck waters off of eastern Indonesia on Tuesday, but there were no immediate reports of damage and officials said there was no threat of a tsunami.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 and was centered off Sulawesi island, around 26 miles beneath the ocean floor.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/08/ ... ?tag=stack

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Sat Aug 14, 2010 10:08 am

......

7.2 Earthquake Strikes 215 Miles from Guam Coast

A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck about 230 miles off the southern coast of Guam on Saturday morning but many residents didn't even notice.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii said there was no widespread tsunami generated from the shallow quake that occurred at 7:19 a.m. local time.

Brandon Aydlett, a forecaster at the National Weather Service's office in Guam, said nothing was felt in the U.S. territory.

"It was completely unnoticed out here," he said.

Shawn Gumataotao, deputy chief of staff for Gov. Felix Camacho, said there were no immediate reports of damage with many people sleeping through the quake.

Officials in nearby Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, also said there were no reports of damage.

The temblor occurred at a depth of about 3 miles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Guam is located 3,700 miles southwest of Hawaii.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/08/ ... nContent.2

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 4:32 pm

A powerful earthquake that struck New Zealand on Saturday caused "a lot of damage," though there are no reports of serious injuries or major damage, an emergency official said.

"It was like a freight train running through the house," said Chris Monroe, operations manager for the New Zealand Fire Service.

The quake had a magnitude of 7.0, down from an initial assessment of 7.4, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It struck about 35 miles from Christchurch, a city of about 386,000 people.

An aftershock with a magnitude of 5.7 struck not far from the epicenter about 20 minutes later, the survey said.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/0 ... tml?hpt=T1

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Tue Sep 07, 2010 8:17 pm

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/0 ... tml?hpt=T2

A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck the Fiji Islands, Wednesday at 4:13 a.m. (12:13 p.m. ET Tuesday), the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

The earthquake struck 100 miles from the city of Labasa on the island of Vanua Levu and roughly 220 miles from the capital of Fiji, Suva, located on the Island of Viti Levu.

The Labasa Police station reported a minute of mild shaking with no immediate reports of damage, said Chief Officer Patemosi Wate of the Police Command Center in the Northern Region of the Fiji Islands.

No tsunami bulletin was issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Sun Oct 24, 2010 10:57 am

For those concerned about keeping Californians earthquake-ready, you could say that "nothing is finer than an earthquake that is minor." A little rattle now and then can keep people on their toes. Trouble is, California has been unusually stable recently.

Experts are certain that won't last.

"Basically, the San Andreas fault is locked and loaded and ready to rumble," said Thomas Jordan, director of the Southern California Earthquake Center.

"As a seismologist, of course, the longer we go without a big earthquake, the more nervous I get," Jordan said. "Because I know that, over time, we have to have earthquakes to relieve all of that energy that's being built up along the plate boundary. So the fact we haven't had an earthquake in this region for so long means that our time is getting due."

New calculations on the San Andreas near Los Angeles show major quakes happen there more frequently than previously believed, and the next one could be as big as magnitude 8.

"An earthquake of magnitude eight would affect the entire Los Angeles region, plus other communities along the fault," said Jordan.

The most recent big earthquake in L.A. was the 1994 Northridge quake. Fifty-seven died.

"It was the largest natural disaster before Katrina that the country had ever seen - $40 billion in direct economic damage," said Jordan.

It was magnitude 6.7. In the kind of math that only seismologists fully understand, a magnitude 8 quake would be many times more powerful.

The San Andreas fault brought on the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. The violent shaking knocked down almost everything standing. The fire that followed ruined much of what was left. It's been estimated that 3,000 people died.

That's the kind of quake - much bigger, much more destructive than the one in 1989 - that seismologists figure could be on its way.

"So we've estimated in the next 30 years, a 63 percent chance - two out of three - that we'll have one or more magnitude six, seven or larger earthquakes," said Schwartz.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/10/ ... bsCarousel

JawZ · Post by **JawZ** » Sun Oct 24, 2010 11:12 am

Sava700 wrote:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/10/ ... bsCarousel

During a SF Giants World Series...just saying!!!

JawZ · Post by **JawZ** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 9:21 am

Christchurch New Zealand.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/0 ... tml?hpt=C1

Looks like a real tragedy.

PopCulture · Post by **PopCulture** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 11:12 am

Horrible. My thoughts are with all those involved.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 11:22 am

JawZ wrote:Christchurch New Zealand.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/0 ... tml?hpt=C1

Looks like a real tragedy.

Yeah it's takin a turn for the worse and obviously means something considering the uptick in how many various regions have been having.. appears the freq of the larger ones are increasing.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 11:19 pm

HONOLULU - A small earthquake hit Hawaii on Thursday, with a jolt felt across Honolulu.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude 3.6 temblor struck at 2:12 p.m. (0015 GMT Friday), about 12 miles (19 kilometers) deep in the Kaiwi Channel, between the islands of Oahu and Molokai.

There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. No tsunami was generated.

The quake that lasted for several seconds shook homes and people throughout Oahu, from high-rise buildings in downtown Honolulu to the tourist district of Waikiki. People about 160 miles (257 kilometers) away on Maui reported feeling the quake, the USGS said.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/02/ ... ?tag=stack

PopCulture · Post by **PopCulture** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 12:16 pm

Crazy. I had no idea that was show widespread.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 12:18 am

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/ ... tml?hpt=T2

Happened one year to the day!!

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Chile on Sunday evening, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It was centered 23 miles south of Concepcion in southern Chile.

There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

The quake, which struck at a depth of 10 miles (16 kilometers), occurred on the one-year anniversary of an 8.8-magnitude temblor that killed 521 people and left thousands homeless in the South American nation.

frostybear · Post by **frostybear** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 2:37 am

The stars are singing,
like once before..
all they are bringing,
that is whats in store,
over again,
cycling in motion
when oh when
will we all be friends..

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 10:56 am

A 4.7-magnitude earthquake struck central Arkansas just after 11 p.m. Sunday (12 a.m. ET Monday), the United States Geological Survey said.

There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

The quake's epicenter was 37 miles from Little Rock, Arkansas, USGS said.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/28/4- ... as/?hpt=T2

RoundEye · Post by **RoundEye** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 11:38 am

Is there more earthquakes’ now or are you just more aware of them?

Hundreds of earthquakes’ have been happening every year. I haven’t seen any evidence that we are having more then usual.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 11:40 am

RoundEye wrote:Is there more earthquakes’ now or are you just more aware of them?

Hundreds of earthquakes’ have been happening every year. I haven’t seen any evidence that we are having more then usual.

We only have a recent tracking of last 150years or so to base what we know of freq. What has happened before then is unknown but a cycle could be starting which leads to something big.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 9:45 am

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/0 ... tml?hpt=T2

The death toll from Thursday's earthquake in southwest China is at least 16, with more than 160 injured, a local official told CNN.

The 5.4-magnitude earthquake hit near the border with Myanmar, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

It collapsed houses in the remote Yingjiang county in Yunnan province, according to a county official who would provide only his surname, Ke -- a common practice among officials.

State media said the quake hit the area shortly before 1 p.m. local time, cutting power and toppling buildings including hotels and schools.

The epicenter was 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) away from the center of Yingjiang county, which has a population of more than 270,000 and is home to several of China's ethnic minorities.