Quake Watch 2006

Magnitude 5 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands

Depth 2.4km

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Missed one...

Magnitude 5.5 Turkmenistan

Depth 42.2km

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5.9 NEAR COAST OF CENTRAL CHILE
Depth 10 km
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5.1 KEPULAUAN BARAT DAYA, INDONESIA
Depth 136.9 km
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5.2 KURIL ISLANDS
Depth 10 km
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5.1 LA PAZ, BOLIVIA
Depth 133.2 km
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6.0 KURIL ISLANDS
Depth 10 km
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I've just received a tsunami message that there has been a 6.5 in Hawaii.

Currently there seems to be a swarm of earthquakes in hawaii, but when i try to get the information, they do not appear on the hawaii island specific maps.

using world maps, I found this
Magnitude 4.9 - MAUI REGION, HAWAII

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[edit on 15-10-2006 by apex]

ok it's on now.

Magnitude 6.3 - HAWAII REGION, HAWAII

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Why did this take so long to be put on?

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This seems to perhapsbe an aftershock

[edit on 15-10-2006 by apex]

Power is all knocked out in Hawaiian Islands,

no tsunami has happened,


www.thehawaiichannel.com...
live stream from hawaiian news

This is an odd place for this to have happened??

Yahoo news link

Yahoo! News
Magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes Hawaii

By GREG SMALL, Associated Press Writer 2 minutes ago

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 struck was felt across Hawaii early Sunday, causing a landslide that blocked a major highway on Hawaii Island, the Pacific Tsunami Center said.

Power outages were reported across the state and there were unconfirmed reports of injuries, according to the State Civil Defense. Problems with communication prevented more definite reports.

Gov. Linda Lingle said in a radio interview with KSSK from Hawaii Island that she had no report of any fatalities. She said boulders fell on highways, rock walls fell down and television had been knocked off of stands, she had no reports of building damage.

The quake occurred at 7:07 a.m. local time, 10 miles north-northwest of Kailua Kona, a town on the west coast of the Big Island, said Don Blakeman, a geophysicist at the National Earthquake Information Center, part of the U.S. Geological Survey......

[edit on 15-10-06 by DJDOHBOY]

Originally posted by asala
Power is all knocked out in Hawaiian Islands,

no tsunami has happened,


www.thehawaiichannel.com...
live stream from hawaiian news

This is an odd place for this to have happened??

No it's not that odd.
The Hawaiian islands are active volcanoes so earthquakes now and then are not uncommon. I can't recall any recent ones this strong though...

ThatsJustWeird- as meaning odd as in size, Last time there was a quake that large there was in 1989,

I wonder what has caused this,

been interesting to see the data in the coming days,

Ok, gottcha!


I think "rare" is a better word than "odd"
But earthquakes that large are rare anywhere....

Here's a list of past major Hawaiian quakes:
www.breitbart.com...

_ 6.6 preliminary, Kailua Kona, Oct. 15, 2006. Caused power outages, landslides and some property damage, according to early reports.

_ 5.2, Naalehu, July 17, 2005

_ 5.3, Paauilo, July 15, 2005

_ 6.1, off coast near Volcano, Jun. 25, 1989.

_ 6.7, Kaoiki, Nov. 16, 1983

_ 7.2, Kalapana, Nov. 29, 1975. Tsunami killed two people in Halape.

_ 6.9, Kona, Aug. 21, 1951

_ 6.8, Maui, Jan. 22, 1938

_ 6.5, Holualoa, Oct. 6, 1929

_ 6.8, Lanai, Feb. 19, 1871

_ 7.9, Ka'u district, April 2, 1868. Hawaii's largest earthquake, caused 77 deaths and knocked down homes made of stone, wood or straw. Landslides buried homes, and a tsunami drowned dozens of the victims.

_ 7.0, Ka'u district, March 28, 1868. A foreshock of the April 2 earthquake.

_ 7.0, south flank of Kilauea, June 2, 1823

There was a swarm of about 30 earthquakes all in the same place in Yellowstone yesterday.

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This is one of the most recent ones.

[edit on 16-10-2006 by apex]

A 6,9 - PAPUA NEW GUINEA


Magnitude 6.9 - NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

2006 October 17 01:25:15 UTC

Magnitude 5.4 - NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Aftershock of the last one,

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5.3 KURIL ISLANDS
Depth 139.2 km
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5.2 VANUATU
Depth 44.6 km
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5.7 POTOSI, BOLIVIA
Depth 139.7 km
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5.1 ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
Depth 10 km
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Plus several 5.1 and higer aftershocks for Papua, New Guinea

There was one in Winston-Salem, North Carolina last night around 4. It was only a 2.6 but it still was enough to wake me.

5.3 CENTRAL ALASKA
Depth 115 km
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5.1 NORTHERN SUMATERA, INDONESIA
Depth 36 km
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5.8 VANUATU ISLANDS
Depth 33 km
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5.0 SOUTH OF PANAMA
Depth 37.3 km
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5.0 ALBANIA
Depth 10 km
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5.1 SOUTHEASTERN SAKHA, RUSSIA
Depth 40 km
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There was about three more small ones in NC