Earthquake Activity Thread

[john pike]

MAP 4.8 2011/08/12 20:26:18 2.305 -101.202 35.1 GALAPAGOS TRIPLE JUNCTION REGION

map http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/10/260_0.php

http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=232082

out at sea but very deep

http://www.mundoandino.com/ecuador/galapagos-islands

interesting reading and i bet they would not want to see a

bigger and shallow quake

[john pike]

MAP 5.6 2011/08/13 07:33:10 14.467 -94.702 28.5 OFF THE COAST OF CHIAPAS, MEXICO

MAP 5.2 2011/08/13 07:14:51 -30.493 -177.939 31.5 KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND

MAP 4.6 2011/08/13 07:04:56 -30.942 -65.485 178.1 CORDOBA, ARGENTINA

all fairly big and within half an hour of each other

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/10/270_15_eqs.php

seems to be a fault line problem here

[john pike]

Magnitude mb 5.3

Region SOUTH OF MARIANA ISLANDS

Date time 2011-08-13 12:16:22.0 UTC

Location 11.56 N ; 142.73 E

Depth 2 km

http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=232129#summary

very shallow according to this but out at sea

http://ptwc.weather.gov/

no tsnumani warnings given

[john pike]

Magnitude: 5.7

Mercalli scale: 6

Date-Time [uTC]: 13 August, 2011 at 21:31:21 UTC

Local Date/Time: Friday, August 12, 2011 at 21:31 in the evening at epicenter

Location: 6� 45.000, 129� 49.200

Depth: 169 km (105.01 miles)

Region: Indonesian Archipelago

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/read/index.php?pageid=seism_read&rid=207413

Magnitude: 5.0

Mercalli scale: 5

Date-Time [uTC]: 13 August, 2011 at 20:22:13 UTC

Local Date/Time: Friday, August 12, 2011 at 20:22 in the evening at epicenter

Location: 4� 47.400, 102� 52.800

Depth: 63 km (39.15 miles)

Region: Indonesian Archipelago sumatra

Country: Indonesia

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/read/index.php?pageid=seism_read&rid=207409

MAP 4.5 2011/08/13 21:58:13 5.590 -77.353 57.5 NEAR THE WEST COAST OF COLOMBIA

MAP 4.6 2011/08/13 20:30:57 5.620 -77.312 62.6 NEAR THE WEST COAST OF COLOMBIA

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/degree10/285_5.php

2 fairly big quakes in exactly the same spot

Magnitude: 4.6

Mercalli scale: 4

Date-Time [uTC]: 13 August, 2011 at 00:53:50 UTC

Local Date/Time: Friday, August 12, 2011 at 00:53 at night at epicenter

Location: 12� 54.000, 88� 34.200

Depth: 74 km (45.98 miles)

Region: Middle-America

Country: El Salvador

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/read/index.php?pageid=seism_read&rid=207392

interesting location

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Ring_of_Fire

please read this link if you want a better understanding

of world plates and locations of volcanoes etc to them

[john pike]

MAP 4.6 2011/08/14 00:45:32 -33.362 -72.394 35.0 OFFSHORE VALPARAISO, CHILE

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/10/290_-35.php

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/10/290_-35_eqs.php

http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/map_detail.php?id=128075

plate movement along south america

MAP 4.2 2011/08/14 00:55:46 16.870 -94.909 95.5 OAXACA, MEXICO

http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/map_detail.php?id=128076

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/10/265_15_eqs.php

are we seeing a possible problem about to arise with the san andreas fault?

time will tell

Sunday August 14 2011, 01:05:03 UTC 16 minutes ago southern Greece 4.6 10.0

http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/map_detail.php?id=128077

hope this is not a damaging quake

[john pike]

Magnitude: 4.8

Mercalli scale: 5

Date-Time [uTC]: 14 August, 2011 at 01:05:04 UTC

Local Date/Time: Sunday, August 14, 2011 at 01:05 at night at epicenter

Location: 37� 16.200, 22� 1.200

Depth: 10 km (6.21 miles)

Region: Europe

Country: Greece

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/read/index.php?pageid=seism_read&rid=207430

http://www.enewspf.com/latest-news/science-a-environmental/26082-magnitude-43-earthquake-rattles-crete-greece.html

http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/

list of quakes today

[john pike]

MAP 4.5 2011/08/14 14:57:00 51.883 -31.572 10.0 NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/read/index.php?pageid=seism_read&rid=207503

http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=232249

not huge but interesting location

http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/map_detail.php?id=128164

[john pike]

2011-08-14 18:13:12.2 50.67 N 24.28 W 10 mb 3.9 A NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE LDG

http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/seismologist.php

to add to above post

[john pike]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/10/235_40.php

MAP 4.1 2011/08/14 19:27:03 41.027 -125.326 2.5 OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/map_detail.php?id=128188

san andreas fault

and only 2.5 km deep

[john pike]

2011-08-15 03:00:32.0 28.00 N 51.00 W 1 mb 5.1 A NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN LED

http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/seismologist.php

not showing anywhere else

[john pike]

2011-08-15 07:00:37.4 27.32 N 15.36 W 33 mb 4.2 A CANARY ISLANDS, SPAIN REGION LDG

http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/seismologist.php

will find more info on this later

[john pike]

MAP 5.8 2011/08/16 11:03:58 -2.296 128.041 37.2 CERAM SEA, INDONESIA

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/10/130_0.php

fairly deep and out at sea

http://ptwc.weather.gov/

no tsunami warnings given

[john pike]

MAP 5.5 2011/08/16 17:33:07 -5.599 147.169 172.2 EASTERN NEW GUINEA REG, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/degree10/145_-5.php

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/10/145_-5_eqs.php

[john pike]

Magnitude: 3.7

Mercalli scale: 2

Date-Time [uTC]: 16 August, 2011 at 22:14:18 UTC

Local Date/Time: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 22:14 in the evening at epicenter

Location: 63� 51.000, 22� 24.000

Depth: 2 km (1.24 miles)

Region: Europe

Country: Iceland

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/read/index.php?pageid=seism_read&rid=207696

Iceland-SW Reykjanes Crater rows 3.68 km

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

http://www.jonfr.com/volcano/ updated blog

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

[john pike]

Magnitude: 5.3

Mercalli scale: 5

Date-Time [uTC]: 16 August, 2011 at 20:23:56 UTC

Local Date/Time: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 20:23 in the evening at epicenter

Location: 52� 0.600, 175� 2.400

Depth: 10 km (6.21 miles)

Region: North-America

Country: United States

http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1101-01-

http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/region.cfm?rnum=1101

interesting area and very shallow quake

no tsunami reported

[john pike]

Magnitude: 3.3

Mercalli scale: 1

Date-Time [uTC]: 17 August, 2011 at 01:34:23 UTC

Local Date/Time: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at 01:34 at night at epicenter

Location: 63� 51.000, 22� 23.400

Depth: 6 km (3.73 miles)

Region: Europe

Country: Iceland

Iceland-SW Reykjanes Crater rows 3.93 km

http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1701-02=

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

http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/earthquakes/reykjanesridge/#view=map

fair amount of quakes could be tectonic but time will tell.

[john pike]

MAP 6.2 2011/08/17 11:44:08 36.776 143.773 10.0 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

area map http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/10/145_35.php

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/10/145_35_eqs.php

out at sea but very shallow

http://ptwc.weather.gov/

no tsunami warnings given

please note this quake was from earlier today

[john pike]

MAP 2.6 2011/08/17 21:09:33 38.441 -118.729 5.6 NEVADA

MAP 3.9 2011/08/17 21:04:38 38.445 -118.721 3.7 NEVADA

MAP 2.7 2011/08/17 20:32:36 36.030 -117.768 3.4 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

MAP 2.8 2011/08/17 19:57:20 36.586 -121.182 4.2 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

MAP 2.5 2011/08/17 09:04:53 38.797 -122.734 1.4 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

MAP 2.8 2011/08/17 09:04:19 38.809 -122.776 0.0 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

MAP 3.5 2011/08/17 09:02:51 38.791 -122.748 2.5 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/degree10/240_40.php

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/read/index.php?pageid=seism_read&rid=207793

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/read/index.php?pageid=svolcano_index&svid=15

nothing huge here but 3.7 and 3.5 are noticeable with shallow depths

all located near to long valley caldera

see links above

http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqscanv/FaultMaps/Long_Valley.html

[john pike]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/10/230_50_eqs.php

MAP 4.6 2011/08/18 15:37:40 51.746 -130.794 10.0 QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS REGION

MAP 4.5 2011/08/18 15:35:46 51.652 -130.741 10.7 QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS REGION

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/10/230_50_eqs.php

san andreas fault area

DATE/TIME REGION MAGNITUDE DEPTH (in km) DETAIL

Thursday August 18 2011, 11:57:43 UTC Georgia (Sak'art'velo) 5.1 10.0

http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/map_detail.php?id=128921'>http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/map_detail.php?id=128921

http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/

no report of injuries or damage

http://earthquake-report.com/2011/earthquakes-list-august-18-2011/

[evil monkey]

http://earthquake.us.../230_50_eqs.php

MAP 4.6 2011/08/18 15:37:40 51.746 -130.794 10.0 QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS REGION

MAP 4.5 2011/08/18 15:35:46 51.652 -130.741 10.7 QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS REGION

http://earthquake.us.../230_50_eqs.php

san andreas fault area

Actually these tremors appear to be closer to the junction of the Queen Charlotte Fault and the Cascadia subduction zone; gotta wonder how much load this activity is transferring...

[EMids WeatherWatcher]

A small quake of 3.2 in the Greater Los Angeles area

showing up very well on the live ABC7 quake camera.

[john pike]

hi evil monkey

your correct about the plates where this happened

i should have said near the san andreas fault

The west coast of Canada (click here for cartoon) is one of the few areas in the world where all three of these types of plate movements take place, resulting in significant earthquake activity. Earthquakes in this region occur along the faults in the offshore region (e.g., the M=8.1 Queen Charlotte Island earthquake of 1949

http://earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/zones/westcan-eng.php

by all accounts these were not big.

All Earthquakes in California-Nevada Map Area

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

[john pike]

MAP 6.3 2011/08/19 05:36:32 37.673 141.716 43.6 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/10/140_40_eqs.php

are we heading for another big quake here? i hope not

http://ptwc.weather.gov/ no tsunami warning given although local watch advised

MAP 5.3 2011/08/19 11:39:47 46.550 153.246 31.1 KURIL ISLANDS

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/10/155_45.php

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/10/155_45_eqs.php

MAP 6.2 2011/08/19 03:54:28 -16.526 -176.905 413.2 FIJI REGION

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/10/185_-15.php

some big ones today but overall fairly quiet

[john pike]

Very strong aftershock out of the Honshu coast, Japan – tsunami advisory lifted

http://earthquake-report.com/2011/very-strong-aftershock-out-of-the-honshu-coast-japan/

from earlier

Earthquakes list August 19, 2011

http://earthquake-report.com/2011/earthquakes-list-august-19-2011/

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

yellowstone some parts look busy others look quiet

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

iceland. A few quakes as per normal and nothing big to be of concern

[john pike]

1084786 19/08/2011 20:50:56 28.0597 -16.1696 30 2.2 mbLg TENERIFE-GRAN CANARIA

thought i would look at Gran Canaria again

have a look at this link http://www.02.ign.es/ign/layoutIn/sismoListadoTerremotos.do?zona=1&cantidad_dias=10

seems to have picked up again