Earthquake Activity Thread

[john pike]

further quakes at santa cruz today

full list here

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/10/165_-10_eqs.php

MAP 6.8 2013/02/08 11:12:13 -10.904 165.895 18.0

SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS

MAP 7.0 2013/02/08 15:26:40 -10.910 165.964 27.0

SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS

[john pike]

santa cruz update

Aid workers struggled to reach remote, tsunami-ravaged villages in the Solomon Islands on Thursday, as the death toll rose with more bodies found in wrecked homes and debris in the South Pacific island chain. At least nine people, including a child, were killed when a powerful earthquake set off a small tsunami that sent 4 foot, 11-inch waves roaring inland on Santa Cruz Island, in the eastern Solomons, on Wednesday. Around 100 homes across five villages were damaged or destroyed. The waves proved deadly for five elderly villagers and a child who weren't fast enough to outrun the rushing water, said George Herming, a spokesman for the prime minister. Three more bodies were found Thursday, but Herming said details of how those victims died were not immediately available.

Several others are missing and dozens of strong aftershocks were keeping frightened villagers from returning to the coast, Herming said. "People are still scared of going back to their homes because there's nothing left, so they are residing in temporary shelters on higher ground," Herming said. The tsunami was generated by an 8.0-magnitude earthquake that struck near the town of Lata, on Santa Cruz in Temotu, the easternmost province in the Solomons. Disaster officials were en route to the isolated area Thursday after the local airport, which was flooded by the tsunami, was finally cleared of debris.

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_update_read&edis_id=TS-20130206-38125-SLB&uid=13421

[john pike]

MAP 6.9 2013/02/09 14:16:09 1.167 -77.384 153.8

COLOMBIA

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=seism_map&rid=304401

very deep

update if any damage later

[john pike]

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/strong-deep-quake-colombia-18449866

[john pike]

MAP 6.6 2013/02/09 21:02:23 -10.964 165.792 15.7

SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS

and on it goes

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=tsunami_message&id=894

tsunami advisory issued none noted

heres a link of the current quakes in this area

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/10/165_-10_eqs.php all over 4.5

[john pike]

MAP 6.3 2013/02/10 18:39:36 -10.978 165.444 35.0 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS

[john pike]

MAP 5.1 2013/02/12 02:57:51 41.301 129.066 1.0

NORTH KOREA

this is what the nuclear test showed on the seismic graphs

pretty powerful

[john pike]

MAP 6.2 2013/02/16 04:37:36 5.759 125.838 98.2

MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES

16-FEB-2013 05:16:18 -36.13 178.04 6.0 204

OFF E. COAST OF N. ISLAND, N.Z.

no reports of damage or tsunamis for the above quakes

[john pike]

no damage or tsunami noted at present

MAP 6.1 2013/02/18 12:19:19 -30.682 -178.127 34.1 KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND

[john pike]

2013-02-18 12:26:46.52hr 20min ago 30.17 N 149.72 E 33 6.0

EAST OF THE IZU ISLANDS

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=seism_map&rid=306315

no tsunami or damage reported

[john pike]

Eight people were injured in an earthquake near the border area of China's southwestern Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, local authorities said today. The 4.9-magnitude quake, which occurred at 10:46 a.m. yesterday with an epicenter 6 km deep, toppled 72 houses and damaged 949 others in Yunnan's Qiaojia County, the county government said. The injured, including two people in serious condition, have been sent to local hospitals. "Many people ran out of buildings when the quake came, but there was no falling debris. The shopping mall resumed business shortly after," a mall shopper in the county said. Rescue work is underway and local civil affairs authorities have dispatched relief materials such as tents and quilts to the area, the county government said. The quake was followed by two more in Sichuan Province that both registered above magnitude 4. A 4.5-magnitude quake jolted Yibin City, Sichuan Province, at 3:55 p.m., and another 4.7-magnitude quake hit Mianyang City at 10:17 p.m., according to the China Earthquake Networks Center. Casualties and damages from the two quakes are not yet known.

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EQ-20130220-38265-CHN

shows that these quakes do not have to be large to cause damage

[john pike]

MAP 6.1 2013/02/22 12:01:59 -27.993 -63.195 585.8

SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO, ARGENTINA

reports to follow

[john pike]

On Monday afternoon the Japan Meteorological Agency confirmed that a fairly strong earthquake hit eastern Japan’s Tochigi Prefecture, with an early magnitude rating of 6.2. The quake struck at 4:23 PM local time, and the government quickly confirmed that there was no need for a tsunami alert and no reports of serious injuries or damages.

http://japandailypress.com/magnitude-6-2-earthquake-strikes-eastern-japan-north-of-tokyo-no-tsunami-warning-2524021

[john pike]

MAP 6.1 2013/02/28 03:09:44 -17.771 167.341 15.1

VANUATU

[john pike]

MAP 6.9 2013/02/28 14:05:52 50.934 157.339 52.5

KURIL ISLANDS

tsunami warning raised but none noted

note the area

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=seism_volcano&rid=308302

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=seism_map&rid=308302

a few volcanoes not too far away

Edited February 28, 2013 by john pike

[john pike]

MAP 6.5 2013/03/01 12:53:52 50.938 157.511 40.9 KURIL ISLANDS

[john pike]

MAP 6.7 2013/03/01 13:20:51 50.945 157.476 31.7 KURIL ISLANDS

[john pike]

re kuril islands

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=tsunami_message&id=901

tsunami advisory raised but none spotted

see link below for close volcanoes

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=seism_volcano&rid=308494

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=seism_map&rid=308494

[john pike]

http://www.voanews.com/content/hundreds-of-homes-flattened-in-china-quake/1614192.html

Chinese officials say a shallow, 5.5 magnitude earthquake has hit southwest China, causing hundreds of homes to collapse and injuring about 20 people.

[EMids WeatherWatcher]

Just looked through the posts on this thread and was suprised

nobody had commented on the 2.5 earthquake that was felt in

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire last wednesday just before midnight,

only a small one i know but relevant because its England.

http://earthquakes.b..._uk_events.html

Edited March 6, 2013 by EMids WeatherWatcher

[john pike]

MAP 6.7 2013/03/10 22:51:57 -6.748 148.242 84.3

NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

waiting info

[john pike]

posted for interest purposes only

Friday March 15 2013, 10:43:51 UTC CENTRAL NORTH SEA 3.1 14.0 British Geological Survey

http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/map_detail.php?id=433557

[Snowkissed]

Thanks John for the posting the above information. Is this an unusual area to experience an earthquake?

[john pike]

Thanks John for the posting the above information. Is this an unusual area to experience an earthquake?

hi snowkissed

its not unusual but anything over 3 is

not a concern but was interesting due to location

[john pike]

http://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/20130316070218.html#page=summary

small quake in norfolk 2.1 and 4km deep

again no concerns are fairly normal

just posting for interest and location