Quake Watch 2008

reply to post by kattraxx


There has to be a good reason it is getting quiet (the updates and news), since the quakes have slowed down, but not stopped, and the last time we went through a slow down, we had a 3.8, I dont think we even get 1 minute a day anymore on ANY TV or News medium here.

The new geothermal plant is up and running, so obviously there has been an increase in steam, or i would think they wouldv'e built this facility years ago, when nevada had money to spend... now we are in a deficit, and the plant becomes operational... (alleviating steam pressure?)






[edit on 13-5-2008 by damntheptb]

I just posted this same link over on the volcano thread. RSOE Alertmap has always been a great source of info, but they are remodeling their site including excelent info I am sure you will all have a field day with. Its a bit slow right now because they are still working on it, but im sure you will enjoy none the less.

RSOE Alertmap

Prediction,............there wil be a major quake somewhere on a line from exteme southwest arkansas along an arc through austin and san antonio texas down to laredo. This is an ancient fault line that has seen little action in recent geological time. It is a line called the edwards plateau............

There was a 3.? near the line last month, a very unusual location just south of san antonio..........

Earthquake List for Map of Asia Region

5.1 2008/05/14 05:54:59 32.111 104.001 10.0 SICHUAN-GANSU BORDER REGION, CHINA

5.4 2008/05/14 02:54:38 31.332 103.495 10.0 EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA

Still hasn't settled down on that spot in China.

reply to post by RabbitChaser

I don't know what you are hearing in your part of the world but here in Australia they are not saying much about the quakes at all

It's all about the govs new buget

It looks like you are on the quake site 24/7 keep up the good work


On the tv or radio

[edit on 14-5-2008 by duffster]

That's because he decided to take over my thread. And he doesn't seem to ever sleep. And I half suspect he's got the plugin to Firefox that alerts you whenever there's an earthquake. I know I have it, but only set to magnitude 6 ones, rather than 5. And now I've told you all where to get it, I highly doubt I'll catch you all off guard, assuming you have FF open at the time.

And no offence to people but this is the quake watch thread, not the quake prediction thread. If you want a prediction one, make a new one and watch your points go up.


[edit on 14-5-2008 by apex]

reply to post by apex


Well we should thankyou for starting a great post and you should keep up the great work as well

We all need to know whats going on in the world today

reply to post by apex


To clear up any myths... I do sleep and I do not have the plug-in It's just alot of free time on my hands, whether at home or 'work' But, with all the money going to mortgage and food, it doesn't leave much to spend during that free time, so I am often on this damn 'time-sucker' for my entertainment Seems a couple others are trying to nudge me out lately anyway

And speaking of predictions... I knew something didn't look 'right' on the map and I questioned it here and the 7.9 hit within 30 hours after I made that post. Ok... maybe not exactly a 'prediction' but I'm not taking my eye off the other area I circled just yet

Quake numbers.............

For one of you smart types out there.

I have noticed the quantity of quakes is in a cycle from approx 220 up to over 330 in what appears to be a pattern, perhaps waveform. Can anyone track backwards the daily number of quakes on the world USGS map up thru today. It would be interesting to see if the time between peaks is getting shorter.

quake.usgs.gov...


starting up again in reno..... This one felt very different than others... I bet it will be upgraded..

Weird shaking direction, not like all the others since this swarm started.

reply to post by heliosprime


Interesting, helio... I will check my posts and edit in what I can, upon return... however, I popped in to give a recent list of several at the spot in China, from my last post (you lazy bastards )... but also to show the slight anomaly of the 2 in Afghanistan, going back just prior to the 7.9... most recent quakes from that region listed first... earthquake.usgs.gov...

4.8 2008/05/15 09:46:40 36.516 70.569 194.1 HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN
4.9 2008/05/15 05:27:48 31.986 104.440 10.0 EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA
5.1 2008/05/14 21:01:07 31.649 104.113 10.0 EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA
4.8 2008/05/14 17:33:24 31.268 103.702 10.0 EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA
4.5 2008/05/14 17:17:22 31.471 103.962 10.0 EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA
4.2 2008/05/14 13:29:44 32.326 105.179 17.4 SICHUAN-GANSU BORDER REGION, CHINA
4.4 2008/05/14 12:27:59 31.765 104.161 10.0 EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA
4.6 2008/05/14 10:44:37 32.097 104.952 10.0 SICHUAN-GANSU BORDER REGION, CHINA
4.9 2008/05/14 10:00:30 32.438 105.126 10.0 SICHUAN-GANSU BORDER REGION, CHINA
5.2 2008/05/14 09:26:44 31.371 104.036 10.0 EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA

and that earlier anomaly I noted with AFGHANISTAN...

7.9 2008/05/12 06:28:01 31.015 103.365 19.0 EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA
4.9 2008/05/12 02:21:49 46.614 152.537 35.0 KURIL ISLANDS
5.3 2008/05/11 20:57:07 36.479 70.722 202.4 HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN

Some other recent quakes...
Magnitude 5.1 TONGA
Thursday, May 15, 2008 at 14:06:15 UTC
20.801°S, 174.094°W
Depth 35 km (21.7 miles)

Magnitude 5.8 SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION
May 15, 2008 at 14:23:29 UTC
57.922°S, 25.625°W
Depth 35 km (21.7 miles)

Oh... and 277 on the map at 16:23 UTC 5/15/08...

And one in Nevada...
3.2 2008/05/15 13:44:48 39.570 -119.913 2.0 NEVADA

[edit on 5/15/2008 by RabbitChaser]

OK, helio...

4-18-08 330 Quakes over 7 days 14:00 UTC
4-19 336 03:22
4-23 347 01:37
4-24 240 (yes, 240) 01:19 (this may have been after the swarms in Alaska and off Oregon coast were dumped from the 7 day map)
4-30 250 12:35
5-2 291 14:09
5-6 312 17:38
5-7 339 18:00
5-10 288 02:14

To interject here, I questioned a slight anomaly in this post and I circled the Asia area (plus more and another circle on some smaller activity on the other side) simply questioning all the activity in general... moreso, the larger activity... in the 4's and 5's opposed to the swarms that were going on for U.S and the ones in Ill, etc... then the 7.9 hit about 52 hours later. Not saying I predicted it, but it just didn't look right. Then...

5-15 277 quakes 16:23 UTC

That's all I can give ya'... ok... a little more...

4-18 to 4-23 ran high around low to mid 300's
4-24 thru 4-30 slightly above norm, I guess @ mid to high 200's
5-1 thru 5-7 up high again @ low to mid 300's
5-10 thru current slightly above norm, plus the 7.9, dropping about 11 total quakes off the map over that 5 days @ mid to high 200's

So to pop back in... if this pattern holds... the short span that it is, look to get back to 340 or so by 5/21(?) Just a stab.

Oooops! Sorry apex!! Maybe I should go ahead and open that Quake Prediction thread you noted

[edit on 5/15/2008 by RabbitChaser]

I find the 3.3 in Parkfield, CA very interesting. I have been watching that area closely because of the predictions previously by the USGS that finally occurred in 2004.....way off their target time.

I have had an uneasy feeling about that area and believe a big one(close to an 8 or higher) is going to hit there before the end of June, quite possibly before the end of May.

No....I am no scientist, nor do I have any "abilities" to see future events, nor do I speak with god, but I do have weird feelings every now and then and when I began reading about the area and the research and drilling there I had a very uneasy, almost light headed moment.

Just my .02 Really nothing to read, but wanted to post my thoughts anyways.



[edit on 5/15/08 by Vasa Croe]

Another quake 5.2
talk about getting hit when you down and out


Earthquake Details
Magnitude 5.2
Date-Time Friday, May 16, 2008 at 03:34:27 UTC
Friday, May 16, 2008 at 11:34:27 AM at epicenter

Location 31.419°N, 104.051°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA
Distances 66 km (41 miles) W (270°) from Mianyang, Sichuan, China
89 km (56 miles) N (357°) from Chengdu, Sichuan, China
172 km (107 miles) NW (305°) from Suining, Sichuan, China
1171 km (727 miles) N (351°) from HANOI, Vietnam

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 8.1 km (5.0 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters NST= 53, Nph= 53, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=0.76 sec, Gp=104°,
M-type=body magnitude (Mb), Version=7
Source U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center:
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

Event ID us2008scaf

Earthquake Details
Magnitude 5.6
Date-Time Friday, May 16, 2008 at 05:25:48 UTC
Friday, May 16, 2008 at 01:25:48 PM at epicenter

Location 31.337°N, 103.388°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA
Distances 105 km (65 miles) NW (320°) from Chengdu, Sichuan, China
130 km (81 miles) W (266°) from Mianyang, Sichuan, China
199 km (124 miles) N (351°) from Leshan, Sichuan, China
1174 km (729 miles) NNW (348°) from HANOI, Vietnam

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 8.1 km (5.0 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters NST= 89, Nph= 89, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=1.17 sec, Gp= 68°,
M-type=body magnitude (Mb), Version=7
Source U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center:
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

Event ID us2008scam


Earthquake Details
Magnitude 4.9
Date-Time Friday, May 16, 2008 at 05:07:33 UTC
Friday, May 16, 2008 at 02:07:33 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 33.901°N, 136.880°E
Depth 339.8 km (211.2 miles)
Region NEAR S. COAST OF WESTERN HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances 95 km (60 miles) SSE of Tsu, Honshu, Japan
115 km (70 miles) SW of Hamamatsu, Honshu, Japan
135 km (85 miles) S of Nagoya, Honshu, Japan
330 km (205 miles) SW of TOKYO, Japan

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 5.2 km (3.2 miles); depth +/- 7.1 km (4.4 miles)
Parameters NST=152, Nph=152, Dmin=316.9 km, Rmss=0.67 sec, Gp=104°,
M-type=body magnitude (Mb), Version=7
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)


Event ID us2008scaj

Earthquake Details
Magnitude 4.1
Date-Time Friday, May 16, 2008 at 04:51:52 UTC
Thursday, May 15, 2008 at 11:51:52 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 6.655°N, 72.885°W
Depth 164.7 km (102.3 miles)
Region NORTHERN COLOMBIA
Distances 60 km (40 miles) SSE of Bucaramanga, Colombia
115 km (75 miles) ESE of Barrancabermeja, Colombia
135 km (80 miles) NNE of Tunja, Colombia
260 km (160 miles) NNE of BOGOTA, Colombia

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 10.9 km (6.8 miles); depth +/- 6.5 km (4.0 miles)
Parameters NST= 39, Nph= 39, Dmin=255 km, Rmss=0.68 sec, Gp=122°,
M-type=body magnitude (Mb), Version=Q
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)


Event ID us2008scai

reply to post by duffster


That isn't really the best way to do it. If you put in the link and the magnitude location and time/date and then a link it's easier to read, and besides we don't need all of the information.

Like this:

Magnitude 5.5 - EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA
2008 May 16 05:25:48 UTC
Depth 10km
Heh, event id "us2008scam"

Or whatever information you want to link in it, just copy pasting all of it with no link isn't the best method. And strictly speaking, the way you did it needs the [ex][/ex]. And links are always helpful.

Originally posted by RabbitChaser
Oooops! Sorry apex!! Maybe I should go ahead and open that Quake Prediction thread you noted

I think damntheptb and kattraxx beat you to it...

[edit on 16-5-2008 by apex]

reply to post by RabbitChaser


Great the point here is are the peaks (330+) gettting closer together? The does seem to be a waveform in the quakes. Peaks and valleys..........

It would be interesting to see if the time between the peaks is getting shorter...............like "birth pains"...........

reply to post by heliosprime


Gotcha.

Magnitude 4.5 SICHUAN-GANSU BORDER REGION, CHINA
Friday, May 16, 2008 at 06:34:37 UTC
Location 32.476°N, 105.245°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles)

Magnitude 3.1 - ALABAMA
2008 May 16 18:39:14 UTC

and I see the minor quakes continue in Nevada too.

I have been watching and reading this thread for a while now, right along with the USGS earthquake page. I myself live in Western Kentucky, on top of the New Madrid fault. I have had a terrible gut feeling for a while now that something big was brewing, be it here or elsewhere within the US. The funny thing is, a lot of people that I have spoken with have that same feeling and as I have been reading I see that it seems to be people from all over are experiencing it too. Not to ire anyone, but I personally find comfort in praying for the safety of each of us is these uncertain times! Its scary when you see the destruction in our countries and think that we could be next. Of course the soil type is such here that we would experience what is called liquefaction, if you are unfamiliar with the term, look it up, its very interesting! Hang in there people and remember we are all in this together!