Earthquake Activity Thread

[Coast]

This reporter had a lucky escape!

[Coast]

Another one today, this time in Izmir, Turkey. The tremor happened last night at 11.15 pm Eastern European Time. Its epicentre was in the small town of Simav, electricity and telephone phone lines are reported to be down. The quake was followed by 50 aftershocks, with some being felt as far away as Istanbul.

Tourists in resorts around Turkey's coastal city of Izmir have been rocked by an earthquake that has killed two people. The 5.9 magnitude quake hit the small town of Simav, about 100 miles north of Izmir, just before midnight and its effects were felt as far away as Istanbul. Terrified residents ran out of their homes and stayed sleeping in their cars for the rest of the night after being warned against going back inside

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-1389072/Turkey-earthquake-Tourist-resorts-Izmir-rocked-5-9-magnitude-tremor-100-miles-away.html#ixzz1Mu9Ue86w

[Snowyowl9]

http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com

Another active 12hrs,sandwich islands at 6.5c not entirely sure where that is,close to australia.

So 2 shallow fatal quakes in a week with spain followed by turkey 5 died and upto 100 injured.

Nothing on the news about the turkey one which was 5.9

Spain`s was unusual shallow at 5.2 and just 1km in depth.

Lots of buildings damaged.

[john pike]

http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/

lively tonight

Saturday May 21 2011, 21:17:00 UTC 92 minutes ago Kermadec Islands, New Zealand 6.1 19.8 deep

http://www2.nict.go.jp/y/y223/simulation/realtime/index.html

magnetic field taking a battering at present

Edited May 21, 2011 by john pike

[john pike]

http://www.isthisthingon.org/Yellowstone/daythumbs.php

for anyone interested in keeping their eye on yellowstone

[jonboy]

A 6.4 quake struck just of the coast of Chile just over an hour ago no other news at present.

[Coast]

Reuters reporting:

An earthquake of 6.4 magnitude struck off Chile's Pacific coast on Wednesday, causing no damage or injuries in a region rocked by a massive tremor last year. The quake's epicenter was 60 miles (96 km) southwest of Concepcion and occurred at a depth of nine miles (15 km), USGS said.

The U.S. agency initially reported the quake as 6.3 magnitude. The temblor was felt with low intensity in Chile's south-central region, the same area that was devastated by a massive quake in February 2010. Chile's national emergency office said there were no reports of damage or injuries. State-run oil company ENAP said the quake did not affect the country's largest oil refinery Bio Bio, which is near the region. The epicenter of the new quake was far from the country's copper-producing region in the north.

[john pike]

http://www.isthisthingon.org/Yellowstone/daythumbs.php

this looks very active at present http://nwstatic.co.uk/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/excl.gif

http://www.world-earthquakes.com/index.php?option=past7days

another earthquake site

Edited June 2, 2011 by john pike

[john pike]

Friday June 3 2011, 22:59:56 UTC 33 minutes ago Queen Charlotte Islands, Canada region 4.5 19.0

http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/

[john pike]

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php

argentina very busy at the moment

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/read/index.php?pageid=seism_read&rid=200575

plenty of volcanoes around there

http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/

[john pike]

http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/

Sunday June 5 2011, 11:51:12 UTC 20 minutes ago west of Macquarie Island 6.3 10.0

i wonder if tsunami could be generated

only 10k deep

update

M 6.3 2011/06/05 11:51 Depth 10.0 km WEST OF MACQUARIE ISLAND

09:51:12 PM at epicenter

Harmless very strong ridge earthquake (2 separating tectonic plates) in the subantarctic Ocean

NO tsunami danger because too weak to generate tsunami waves.

As you can see on the map below, the greater epicenter area (hundreds of km) is human being free.

794 km (493 miles) WSW of Macquarie Island, Australia

Edited June 5, 2011 by john pike

[picog]

http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/

Sunday June 5 2011, 11:51:12 UTC 20 minutes ago west of Macquarie Island 6.3 10.0

i wonder if tsunami could be generated

only 10k deep

update

M 6.3 2011/06/05 11:51 Depth 10.0 km WEST OF MACQUARIE ISLAND

09:51:12 PM at epicenter

Harmless very strong ridge earthquake (2 separating tectonic plates) in the subantarctic Ocean

NO tsunami danger because too weak to generate tsunami waves.

As you can see on the map below, the greater epicenter area (hundreds of km) is human being free.

794 km (493 miles) WSW of Macquarie Island, Australia

That's a fascinating map — I'm amazed how many earthquakes there are each day. Thanks for posting!

[john pike]

That's a fascinating map — I'm amazed how many earthquakes there are each day. Thanks for posting!

hi picog

i find all this fascinating as well

Sunday June 5 2011, 16:35:04 UTC 50 minutes ago Fiji region 5.8 1.0

http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/

only 1 km deep http://nwstatic.co.uk/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.gif

Edited June 5, 2011 by john pike

[john pike]

Sunday June 5 2011, 21:09:55 UTC 73 minutes ago South Island of New Zealand 5.0 3.8

only 3.8km deep

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/christchurch-earthquake/5104254/Sixth-largest-shake-rocks-Canterbury

fair amount of largeish quakes today

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-13661394

[john pike]

http://aslwww.cr.usgs.gov/Seismic_Data/heli2.shtml

another link

http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/earthquakes/

iceland link which shows a bit more activity again

http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/

japan seems to be waking up again

plus california seems to be on the map

with a few more but not too big

[john pike]

http://www2.nict.go.jp/y/y223/simulation/realtime/index.html

m2 class flare hitting us at present.

be interesting to see if there is some sort of link

between solar flares and earthquake or volcanic eruptions.

allow within 24-48 hours.

http://www.isthisthingon.org/Yellowstone/daythumbs.php

still looks busy

[john pike]

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/read/index.php?pageid=seism_read&rid=200855

http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/read/index.php?pageid=seism_read&rid=200901

Edited June 8, 2011 by john pike

[john pike]

Wednesday June 8 2011, 21:46:04 UTC 22 minutes ago Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia 5.3 47.4

Wednesday June 8 2011, 22:11:17 UTC 31 minutes ago near the east coast of Honshu, Japan 5.0 39.6

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.html

a lot of quakes today

http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/

Edited June 8, 2011 by john pike

[Ja23]

Yeah its 2012.

[john pike]

MAP 4.5 2011/06/09 15:22:12 32.615 -115.742 2.3 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.html

2.3km deep

Edited June 9, 2011 by john pike

[john pike]

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/read/index.php?pageid=seism_read&rid=201008

chile again

[john pike]

Friday June 10 2011, 14:45:26 UTC 30 minutes ago Antofagasta, Chile 4.9 79.5

http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/read/index.php?pageid=seism_read&rid=201066

[john pike]

http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqscanv/Quakes/quakes_all.html

with all the earthquakes showing up at California (small at present)

i thought i would attach the video link below

http://www.voanews.com/english/news/usa/places/Californians-Urged-to-Get-Ready-for-Earthquakes-123540149.html

glad i do not live near the san andreas fault

Edited June 11, 2011 by john pike

[picog]

http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/

http://earthquake.us...quakes_all.html

with all the earthquakes showing up at California (small at present)

i thought i would attach the video link below

http://www.voanews.c...-123540149.html

glad i do not live near the san andreas fault

Has the number, size or depth of the quakes in California changed recently? I didn't realise how many they were getting each day — I'd find that unnerving I think.

[Will storm]

12 earthquakes above mag4 with greatly varying depths in the past 5 hours in the Ethiopia-Eritrea region. Possible volcanic activity?

http://www.emsc-csem.org/#2

Edited June 12, 2011 by Will storm