Earthquake Activity Thread

[john pike]

MAP

6.1

2013/03/19 03:29:01

-58.915

-24.410

31.3

SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION

[john pike]

MAP 6.1 2013/03/24 04:18:35 50.718 160.155 9.7 EAST OF THE KURIL ISLANDS

no tsunami warning raised at present

http://ptwc.weather.gov/

[john pike]

MAP

6.0

2013/03/24 08:13:45

-20.777

173.407

10.0

VANUATU REGION

[john pike]

MAP 6.2 2013/03/25 23:02:14 14.599 -90.428 200.5 GUATEMALA

http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=309861

very populated area

awaiting reports however at least it was very deep

[Coast]

Strong quake strikes Taiwan

March 27 2013 at 11:13am

Cracks are seen on the facade of a building after an earthquake in Dali district in Taichung, central Taiwan on March 27, 2013.

Taipei - A strong earthquake killed one person and injured 19 others in Taiwan on Wednesday as violent shock waves damaged buildings and triggered a blaze, emergency officials said. The US Geological Survey measured the quake at magnitude 6.0 and said it struck at 10.03am (02.03 GMT), 48 kilometres east of Nantou county in central Taiwan at a depth of 20.7 kilometres. Taiwan's central weather bureau put the magnitude at 6.1, saying it was the largest quake in 2013 and was felt across the island. Five aftershocks measured from 3.7-4.3 in magnitude occurred in two hours after the main tremor, it said.

The national fire agency said a 72-year-old woman at a temple in Nantou was struck by a wall that crumbled during the quake and died on the spot. Nineteen others were slightly injured in the same county and the nearby Changhua and Taichung counties. The quake also triggered a fire in a house in Nantou that injured one person and had since been extinguished, it said.

The agency received five reports of people trapped in lifts during the quake but they had all found their way to safety. Cable news channel SET TV showed footage of one woman in Nantou being carried to an ambulance after she was hit in the head by fragments of a ceiling that came loose during the quake. “I was scared and nervous as the quake reminded me of the deadly September 21 earthquake in 1999, and luckily this one stopped quickly,†said Chen Shao-sheng, who works for private Show Chwan hospital in Nantou.

More than 80 people who were at the hospital's lobby at the time of the quake all rushed out of the building as the contents of cabinets were flung out during the quake, Chen told AFP. Nantou county was the epicentre of a 7.6-magnitude quake in September 21, 1999 that killed around 2 400 people in the deadliest natural disaster in the island's recent history. Taiwan's high speed rail company had suspended all trains for more than four hours for safety checks after the quake while the metro system in the capital Taipei was also temporarily suspended.

Many buildings in Taipei swayed while television footage showed some school children in Nantou fleeing their classrooms during the quake as well as supermarket staff cleaned up contents fell from sales racks.

http://www.iol.co.za/news/world/strong-quake-strikes-taiwan-1.1492542#.UVLI7BdQaHc

[Coast]

Earthquake Shakes Taiwan, Kills One

The Central Weather Bureau said the 6.1-magnitude quake struck at 10:03 a.m. local time (0203 GMT) and was centered in Nantou County at a depth of 15.4 kilometers. Aftershocks as strong as 4.3 in magnitude rattled the area for the next 2½ hours. The initial temblor shook buildings in the capital, Taipei, 120 kilometers to the north.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324789504578385324278567356.html

[john pike]

MAP 5.6 2013/03/29 05:01:12 43.460 86.836 35.9 NORTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA

http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=310309

would not normally post this but location of quake only 72km away from a population of 1.5 million

will wait to see if any damage is reported

[john pike]

Strong earthquake in the greater Urumqi area, Xinjiang, China – 72 buildings damaged

http://earthquake-report.com/2013/03/29/strong-earthquake-northern-xinjiang-china-on-march-29-2013/

[john pike]

http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/map_detail.php?id=440418

Papua mag 7 60 km deep

Not sure re damage etc

Will update later if any

[jonboy]

6.3 in Iran close to their nuclear facility

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22077834

[john pike]

http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=311828

quite populated at 60km away

also another aftershock

MAP 5.4 2013/04/09 12:05:40 28.491 51.685 10.0 SOUTHERN IRAN

awaiting damage reports

[john pike]

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/09/world/meast/iran-earthquake/?hpt=hp_t3

(CNN) -- At least three people were killed Tuesday afternoon in a powerful earthquake that struck southern Iran, in the vicinity of a key nuclear facility, Iranian state TV announced.

[picog]

A bit more on the effects of the aftershocks felt in Saudi

http://www.emirates247.com/news/emirates/earthquake-shakes-uae-many-buildings-evacuated-2013-04-09-1.501973?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=dlvr.it

[john pike]

Death toll after Iran earthquake keeps rising; 30 dead, 800 injured

http://www.emirates247.com/death-toll-after-iran-earthquake-keeps-rising-30-dead-800-injured-2013-04-09-1.501978

[john pike]

A strong earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale has struck the town of Kaki near the southern Iranian city of Bushehr, killing at least 33 people and leaving more than 850 injured. The quake was followed by at least four aftershocks which jolted Kaki and the nearby city of Khour-Mowj.

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_update_read&edis_id=EQ-20130409-38795-IRN&uid=13569

expect info to slowly drip out on this

[Jan_Bromley]

Poor people

[john pike]

MAP 5.6 2013/04/10 01:58:27 28.450 51.608 10.0 SOUTHERN IRAN

quakes still ongoing

heres a full list of 4 plus quakes

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/10/50_30_eqs.php

best updated info

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22089449

[Coast]

Iran earthquake death toll rises

Three days of mourning declared after magnitude 6.1 quake hits country's south, while nuclear plant in region is declared safe

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake killed at least 37 and injured hundreds more in a sparsely populated area in southern Iran on Tuesday, Iranian officials said, adding that it did not damage a nuclear plant in the region. The report said the earthquake struck the town of Kaki, 60 miles (96km) south-east of Bushehr on the Persian Gulf and home of Iran's first nuclear power plant, built with Russian help.

"No damage was done to Bushehr power plant," the Bushehr provincial governor, Fereidoun Hasanvand, told state TV. He said 37 people had died so far and 850 were injured, including 100 who had been taken to hospital. The plant's chief, Mahmoud Jafari, confirmed the site's condition to semi-official Mehr news agency, saying that it could resist earthquakes of up to magnitude eight.

Water and electricity were cut to many residents, said Ebrahim Darvishi, governor of the worst-hit district, Shonbeh. The International Atomic Energy Agency indicated it was satisfied there was little danger. The UN's nuclear watchdog said it had been informed by Iran that there was no damage to the plant and no radioactive release and, based on its analysis of the earthquake, was not seeking additional information. Shahpour Rostami, the deputy governor of Bushehr province, told state TV that rescue teams had been sent to Shonbeh. Three helicopters surveyed the damaged area, said Mohammad Mozaffar, the head of Iran's Red Crescent rescue department. He said damage was particularly bad in the village of Baghan.

Kaki resident Mondani Hosseini told the Associated Press that people had run into the streets out of fear. Dozens of aftershocks were reported by the official IRNA news agency. Iran has announced three days of mourning. The quake was felt across the Gulf in Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, where workers were evacuated from high-rise buildings as a precaution. Earlier on Sunday a lighter earthquake jolted the nearby area. Iran is located on seismic faults and it experiences frequent earthquakes.

In 2003, about 26,000 people were killed by a 6.6 magnitude quake that flattened the historic south-eastern city of Bam. In Russia, the head of the state agency responsible for the Bushehr project said the reactor was not producing fission by chain reaction when the quake hit. "Personnel at the station are continuing to work in a normal regime, the radiation conditions are within the norms of natural background," Igor Mezenin was quoted as saying by the Itaar-Tass news agency

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/apr/10/iran-earthquake-death-toll-rises

[john pike]

MAP 5.5 2013/04/10 19:14:01 15.520 -87.240 1.0 HONDURAS

not over 6 but posted due to location and depth and close population

will update if changes or if damage reports come in

[john pike]

MAP 6.1 2013/04/10 20:20:28 20.852 122.121 15.9 BATAN ISLANDS REGION, PHILIPPINES

will update if any more info

[john pike]

MAP  6.0   2013/04/12 20:33:16   34.413    134.827  5.3   NEAR S. COAST OF WESTERN HONSHU, JAPAN

awaiting more info

Edited April 12, 2013 by john pike

[john pike]

http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=312418#summary

 

13km away from a fairly large populated area

[john pike]

2013-04-13  22:49:52.056min ago 19.10  S 169.61  E 300 6.0  VANUATU

[john pike]

MAP  6.6   2013/04/14 01:32:23   -6.479    154.584  35.3   BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

[SteveB]

Big quake

 

 

16-APR-2013 10:44:13 28.06 62.08 7.8 15 SOUTHWESTERN PAKISTAN

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22168202