Quake Watch 2015

a reply to: crappiekat

If anyone has been watching, it has started to slow down.

I just think swarms are interesting. Doesn't mean there's going to be a major earthquake.

I try to study the area, and most of the time I can understand why they might happen in the area.

Kinda scary, Most likely part of the big picture. Lessening tense is a good thing.

a reply to: crappiekat

1.4
1km NNE of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 23:49:05 UTC-07:007.4 km
1.6
1km NNE of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 23:19:11 UTC-07:007.3 km
1.7
1km N of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 23:14:08 UTC-07:006.1 km
1.9
2km NE of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 22:05:13 UTC-07:007.0 km
2.8
1km NNE of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 21:33:52 UTC-07:007.5 km
2.9
1km NW of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 21:33:03 UTC-07:001.3 km
1.4
1km NNE of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 20:37:56 UTC-07:007.2 km
1.9
1km N of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 20:30:57 UTC-07:007.2 km
1.4
2km NNE of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 20:17:41 UTC-07:007.0 km
1.4
2km NE of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 20:00:40 UTC-07:007.0 km
1.9
2km NE of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 19:31:07 UTC-07:007.9 km
1.9
2km NNE of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 19:30:00 UTC-07:008.1 km
1.8
2km NNE of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 18:48:06 UTC-07:006.9 km
2.5
2km NNE of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 18:20:51 UTC-07:007.2 km
1.7
2km N of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 17:59:58 UTC-07:007.1 km
1.3
1km NE of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 17:46:17 UTC-07:006.8 km
2.5
1km NE of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 17:44:25 UTC-07:007.5 km
1.9
2km N of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 17:42:30 UTC-07:006.6 km
1.8
1km NE of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 17:36:17 UTC-07:007.2 km
1.6
2km N of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 17:31:18 UTC-07:006.1 km
1.2
2km NNE of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 17:27:59 UTC-07:007.3 km
2.4
0km WNW of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 17:22:38 UTC-07:003.8 km
2.2
2km NNE of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 17:17:01 UTC-07:007.0 km
2.1
2km NNE of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 17:16:28 UTC-07:007.9 km
1.2
1km NNE of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 17:16:03 UTC-07:005.1 km
2.1
2km NNE of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 17:06:13 UTC-07:006.0 km
2.2
2km NNE of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 16:54:46 UTC-07:007.6 km
1.9
2km NNE of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 16:51:01 UTC-07:007.4 km
1.3
1km NE of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 16:41:14 UTC-07:006.3 km
2.0
2km NNE of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 16:40:47 UTC-07:006.3 km
1.5
2km NE of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 16:40:14 UTC-07:007.7 km
1.5
2km NE of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 16:34:33 UTC-07:007.0 km
1.6
1km NE of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 16:24:37 UTC-07:007.5 km
3.6
1km NE of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 16:21:17 UTC-07:007.4 km
2.3
1km NE of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 16:21:11 UTC-07:007.2 km
2.8
1km ENE of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 16:02:30 UTC-07:008.7 km
1.9
1km NE of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 14:48:12 UTC-07:006.6 km
1.3
1km NNE of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 14:25:03 UTC-07:006.6 km
2.0
2km NE of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 14:24:29 UTC-07:006.9 km
1.4
1km NNE of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 14:15:39 UTC-07:006.5 km
2.2
1km NE of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 13:42:57 UTC-07:006.9 km
1.9
1km ENE of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 13:22:06 UTC-07:007.1 km
1.2
1km ENE of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 12:13:51 UTC-07:007.6 km
1.9
1km NE of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 12:10:20 UTC-07:007.7 km
1.2
1km NE of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 12:02:44 UTC-07:007.0 km
1.9
1km NNE of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 12:00:46 UTC-07:006.8 km
2.4
2km NE of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 11:11:27 UTC-07:006.8 km
2.0
1km NNE of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 10:53:35 UTC-07:007.4 km
1.4
1km NE of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 10:22:29 UTC-07:008.2 km
2.1
1km NNE of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 09:36:12 UTC-07:006.9 km
1.6
1km NNE of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 09:35:59 UTC-07:006.8 km
2.2
1km NNE of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 09:17:40 UTC-07:006.6 km
1.6
2km NE of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 08:29:38 UTC-07:006.9 km
1.3
1km ENE of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 03:06:35 UTC-07:008.3 km
2.0
1km ENE of San Ramon, California
2015-10-19 01:03:24 UTC-07:008.7 km

I got info that may not be good news...
I remember watching some video on youtube days ago. I don't remember the channel but he sounded quite confident while speaking meaning there could be something to what he said.

He said something like: once we would see bigger movement/Magnitude in the carribean plate it may be a sign that a big EQ that triggers a possible tsunami and puts the East coast at risk, may not be far off because Puerto Rico had EQ's for quite some times and it could mean that it is a huge buildup.

Look what just happened:

Magnitude 4.7
Region NE OF BARBUDA, LEEWARD ISLANDS
Date time 2015-10-20 13:57:39.4 UTC
Location 18.71 N ; 60.42 W
Depth 10 km

www.emsc-csem.org...

a reply to: Eagleyedobserver

Thanks for posting.

USGS has nothing on this at the time. I guess that's why we call them useless. LOL!!!!!

They just put it up.
earthquake.usgs.gov...

I would love to see that video, if ya find it.

a reply to: crappiekat

no problem.

And it should be real. It's on other sites too > quakes.globalincidentmap.com...

further to post yesterday by: muzzy
EASTERN TOTTORI PREF SWARM 17-19/10/2015UTC
At 19/10/2015 14:58:22
54 hrs into it;
mag~1= 336
mag1= 69
mag2= 7
mag3= 1
mag4= 2
total= 415
TTNT= 73.888
try the link again;
interactive Bing Map
With so many events it is impossible to make a complete Bing map to cover this, because of the 200 icon limit. So that link only shows the first 200.
I will do a NZ Topo map later, which will show them all. Will post on :japanearthquaes1: as a special, with it's own pie.
here is the best I can do right now;
location in Japan

closer

closer

if you follow :japanearthquakes2: you can see from the pies that something important is going on


I got a bit confused this morning with JST/UTC and then breaking out EASTERN TOTTORI PREF to cover 2 days worth, did the downloads and processing 3 times to get it into order.

Mt. Rainier continues its few days of movement.

Mag Time (Local) Depth (Km)
1.2 2015/10/19 13:46:43 PDT 2.6
0.8 2015/10/19 13:30:36 PDT 3.1

Source

The question is: Will it continue to rumble around or is this the end for another two weeks? It seems to come in two week spurts.

Bishop

Here is the latest cross-section of activity for Mt. Ranier:



Source

Bishop

M7.3 - 43km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu

earthquake.usgs.gov...



files.abovetopsecret.com...

Time
2015-10-20 21:52:02 (UTC)
2015-10-20 14:52:02 (UTC-07:00) in your timezone
Times in other timezones
Nearby Cities
34km (21mi) NE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu
75km (47mi) NNE of Luganville, Vanuatu
335km (208mi) NNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
670km (416mi) N of We, New Caledonia
810km (503mi) N of Paita, New Caledonia

M7.3 - 46km NE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu

Time

2015-10-20 21:52:03 (UTC)

Nearby Cities

46km (29mi) NE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu
84km (52mi) NNE of Luganville, Vanuatu
339km (211mi) NNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
677km (421mi) N of We, New Caledonia
818km (508mi) N of Paita, New Caledonia

earthquake.usgs.gov...

a reply to: dreamfox1

Beat me to it.
lol

a reply to: Darkblade71

its all good . At least some are watching

Just saw that one.

biggest magnitude in quite some time.

Been downgraded to a 7.1

earthquake.usgs.gov...

From USGS.gov

Magnitude: 5.4
17km SSE of Namie, Japan
2015-10-21
06:04:49 UTC
Depth: 28.2 km

Link to pushback.us

BREAKING: M5.5 quake, 4 on Japanese shindo scale, hits Fukushima & Miyagi prefectures at 3:04 JST; no tsunami warning issued — The Japan Times (@japantimes) October 21, 2015

No further damage is currently being reported by TEPCO as a result of this most recent quake. (For whatever THAT is worth)

I have redone the Eastern Tottori page, and extended it out to 3 days
mag~1= 365, mag1= 87 , mag2= 9 , mag3= 3 , mag4= 2 , total= 466 , total energy released= 82.225 TTNT

The confusion yesterday was over a 3.8 that initially showed in the data, but when I processed it 2nd and 3rd time it didn't show.
Started from scratch this morning and it now shows.
Seems this "swarm" did start with that 3.8 at 17/10/2015 17:53:54JST (17/10/2015 08:53:54 UTC) and was a "normal" quake with aftershocks for 14.5 hours, then the 4.2 hit, and 4.3 shortly ( 6:17 minutes) after.
All quite shallow, average depth of 8.3km.
With so many earthquakes within such a small area (4kx2km) many events are on top of each other now.
tottori-pref-swarm

edit: I still haven't figured out how to show that many events on Bing, it would take 3 maps @ 200 per map to show this one.

a reply to: Aqualung2012

The quake shook skyscrapers in the Japanese capital and temporarily halted the city’s high-speed train service, according to AFP. The trains soon resumed after a track inspection. www.rt.com...

It was just another earthquake in Japan.
As you might have noticed I follow whats happening in Japan quite closely.
Most of that Pushback site is scaremongering
as is the link by Gilbert Davis in the comments

Couple of Moderate quakes New Zealand (been quiet lately)
One for each island;
Public ID 2015p792999
Intensity severe
Universal Time October 21 2015, 9:49:40
NZ Daylight Time Wed, Oct 21 2015, 10:49:40 pm
Depth 13 km
Magnitude 5.1
Location 145 km west of Tuatapere
Latitude, Longitude -46.16, 165.78
www.geonet.org.nz...

1 hour ago;
Public ID 2015p794154
Intensity strong
Universal Time October 21 2015, 20:05:45
NZ Daylight Time Thu, Oct 22 2015, 9:05:45 am
Depth 18 km
Magnitude 4.8
Location 20 km north of Opunake
Latitude, Longitude -39.28, 173.88
www.geonet.org.nz...
1176 felt reports

Bit of a repeat of the 13th M5.7 over on the Wairarapa east coast, but a lot closer.
Had just gone to bed, and was in the twilight zone, almost asleep, bit of a sudden thump , and then the house shook a bit. P wave then S wave.
Public ID 2015p795690
Intensity strong
Universal Time October 22 2015, 9:43:59
NZ Daylight Time Thu, Oct 22 2015, 10:43:59 pm
Depth 6 km
Magnitude 4.4
Location 30 km east of Wellington (Whitemans Valley)
Latitude, Longitude -41.20, 175.08
2948 felt reports
www.geonet.org.nz...

interesting that the Felt Reports map shows no reports from Whitemans Valley itself, which is a small lifestyle blocks/farms area, you would think at 6km depth they would have been shaken to pieces.
Also 5MM "damaging" at Paraparaumu !!!????, not sure about that, didn't seem that violent, could just be some crockery fell off a shelf.
Too bad they don't have a comments page like EMSC has, would be interesting reading.
As it happens I had just watched a documentary on TV about the Nepal 7.8.

M 4.4 - 165km W of Port Hardy, Canada

Time
2015-10-22 14:07:41 UTC-09:00
Location
50.896°N 129.742°W
Depth
12.0 km
Nearby Cities

165km (103mi) W of Port Hardy, Canada
333km (207mi) WNW of Campbell River, Canada
364km (226mi) WNW of Courtenay, Canada
382km (237mi) S of Prince Rupert, Canada
535km (332mi) WNW of Victoria, Canada

earthquake.usgs.gov...