Quake Watch 2006

A moderate earthquake occurred - magnitude 5.1 located in TONGA.

Yes, Tonga again

Depth: 87 km (54 miles).

Location 15.967°S, 173.893°W
Depth 86.9 km (54.0 miles)

Distance
15 km (10 miles) W of Hihifo, Tonga
295 km (185 miles) N of Neiafu, Tonga

Tonga is again very active...

I usually do not mention microearthquakes, but this one got my interest and I just wanted to share it with you. Maybe you have felt it. Who knows?

The microquake occured in WASHINGTON 2.7 magnitude

Location 46.709°N, 120.782°W
Depth 8.2 km (5.1 miles)

Distance
2 km (1 miles) WNW (288°) from Tieton, WA
7 km (4 miles) WSW (250°) from Naches, WA
12 km (7 miles) WNW (290°) from Eschbach, WA
140 km (87 miles) ESE (114°) from Tacoma, WA
155 km (97 miles) SE (130°) from Seattle, WA

Moderate earthquake - magnitude 5.4

SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS.

Location 22.458°S, 173.801°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles)

Distance
110 km (70 miles) SW of Ceva-i-Ra, Fiji
180 km (110 miles) E of Ile Hunter, Loyalty Isl., New Caledonia

Magnitude 5.1

MINAHASA, SULAWESI, INDONESIA

Location 0.087°N, 124.240°E
Depth 146.1 km (90.8 miles) set by location program

Distances
140 km (85 miles) ESE of Gorontalo, Sulawesi, Indonesia
170 km (105 miles) SSW of Manado, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Magnitude 5.8

NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE

Location 31.054°N, 41.383°W
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program

Distance
1320 km (820 miles) SW of Santa Cruz das Flores, Azores, Portugal
1425 km (890 miles) WSW of Horta, Azores, Portugal

5.4

SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS

Location 22.458°S, 173.801°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program

Distances
110 km (70 miles) SW of Ceva-i-Ra, Fiji
180 km (110 miles) E of Ile Hunter, Loyalty Isl., New Caledonia

This sounds as if the plates are moving again... Let´s see what happens next.

At 20:26:51 (UTC) on Friday, January 20, 2006.

The hypocentral depth was estimated to be around 575 km

Location 6.122°S, 113.088°E
Depth 575.2 km (357.4 miles)

Distances:

130 km (80 miles) NNE of Surabaya, Java, Indonesia
210 km (130 miles) N of Malang, Java, Indonesia

Source, USGS

Moderate earthquake - magnitude 5.8 - located in the earthquake.usgs.gov..." target="_blank" class="postlink" rel="nofollow"> ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION

Depth was estimated to be 43 km (26 miles).

Location 12.966°N, 93.251°E
Depth 42.6 km (26.5 miles)

Distances
155 km (95 miles) NNE of Port Blair, Andaman Islands, India
450 km (280 miles) SSW of Pathein (Bassein), Myanmar

5.2 event located in VANUATU


Location 13.151°S, 166.942°E
Depth 177.1 km (110.0 miles) set by location program

Distances
265 km (165 miles) N of Luganville, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu
295 km (185 miles) SSE of Lata, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Isl.

5.0 ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE



35 km (20 miles) S of Taltal, Chile
185 km (115 miles) N of Copiapo, Chile

Location 25.695°S, 70.495°W
Depth 31.8 km (19.8 miles) set by location program

I read in this months spirit and destiny mag that Michele Knight predicts 3 major earth quakes this year, one being in America.

Of coursr it doesn't mean it is a fact it is a bit vauge really no mention of location. It will be interesting to see if she is right or wrong as the case may be!

This is a good thread

5.5
SOUTHEAST OF LOYALTY ISLANDS

Location: 22.462°S, 173.871°E
Depth: 32,2 km

Distances:

110 km. - Ceva-i-Ra, Fiji
185 km. - Hunter Island, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia



If you check back, you will be able to compare yesterday´s quake in Loyalty Islands...
It was located: 22.458°S, 173.801°E
With 10 km. depth.

That´s close, isn´t it?

Moderate earthquake today - magnitude 5.1 located in the TAIWAN REGION

Location 24.039°N, 122.271°E
Depth 36.4 km (22.6 miles) set by location program

Distances
70 km (45 miles) E of Hua-lien, Taiwan
75 km (45 miles) SE of Su-ao, Taiwan

And SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS again

A moderate earthquake - magnitude 5.2



Location 22.420°S, 173.605°E
Depth 66.2 km (41.1 miles) set by location program

Distances
125 km (80 miles) SW of Ceva-i-Ra, Fiji
160 km (100 miles) E of Ile Hunter, Loyalty Isl., New Caledonia

6.6 in Vanuatu Islands

EARTHQUAKE DATA
PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE - 6.6
LOCATION - 17.1S 167.8E
- VANUATU ISLANDS
TIME - 2103 AST 01/22/2006
2203 PST 01/22/2006
0603 UTC 01/23/2006

I wonder if the volcano blew up!

Originally posted by Valhall

- VANUATU ISLANDS
TIME - 0603 UTC 01/23/2006

ABC Asia Pacific - News - Strong quake hits Vanuatu

Geoscience Australia says it is not expected to generate a destructive tsunami or cause other major damage.

The quake struck about 100 kilometres north of the capital, Port Vila.

USGS: 2006 January 23 06:02:59 UTC

USGS: Map

Strong earthquake occurred at 20:50:47 (UTC) on Monday, January 23, 2006.

Magnitude 6.0 - located in NEAR THE WEST COAST OF COLOMBIA



Location 6.842°N, 77.792°W
Depth 26.2 km (16.3 miles)

Distances
175 km (110 miles) SSE of La Palma, Panama
180 km (110 miles) NW of Quibdo, Colombia

That was a strong one. Even though it has not been exactly on earth, I am sure they felt it and scared to death. I hope no tsunami is generated.

Even though there is no tsunami warning for the Pacific Coast (with regard to the Vanuatu quake), earthquakes of such a magnitude are able to generate local tsunamis within the coasts 100 km. from the centre.

I hope nothing happens in Colombia and close to Vanuatu.
We´ll keep a close eye to it.

4.3 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA
2.6 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
4.7 SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS
4.4 SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS
3.6 GULF OF ALASKA
2.6 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
5.3 SOUTH OF THE MARIANA ISLANDS
2.9 CENTRAL ALASKA
5.5 PACIFIC-ANTARCTIC RIDGE
4.6 NEAR THE SOUTH COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
4.9 NEAR THE WEST COAST OF COLOMBIA
5.1 VOLCANO ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION

Source USGS, recent quakes

Though some of these are microquakes, most of the activity seems meaningful to me. No idea what you think about it, but too many tectonic plates are moving and generating seismic activity.

www.abc.net.au...
Residents in the Eyre Peninsula town of Yeelanna had a rude awakening last night when a series of earthquakes shook the town.
The quakes took place between 10:20pm yesterday and 1:00am today, with the largest measuring 3.7 on the richter scale.
Primary Industries and Resources seismologist David Love says while the earthquakes were not big by international standards, they could have been felt up to 80 kilometres away.
He says residents can expect more aftershocks to follow.

Unusual area for quakes. One to watch as I have noticed when Australia has quakes there can be a big quake somewhere else shortly after

Updates on quakes greater than Magnitude 5, the whole of 25th and what has happened so far on the 26th...

USGS, quakes greater than mag. 5


Update time = Thu Jan 26 7:00:04 UTC 2006

5.2 2006/01/26 01:16:17 KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND

5.0 2006/01/25 15:34:48 LUZON, PHILIPPINES

Magnitude 7.5!!!

In the Banda Sea near Indonesia.

I hope this doesn't cause another horrible Tsunami. As if those poor people haven't been through enough.

www.iris.edu...