Quake Watch 2008

Hey Anon,
I was just reaing up about liquefaction and for some reason its something i have thought about when thinking of a US quake,

I could not imagin the damage that could cause,

I think alot of people feel like a quake in the US will happen sometime soon, Even the scientists are saying that it will happen, just a case of when.

Talking about liquefaction in Kentucky, I came across this video on youtube a couple of weeks back:
Liquefaction of thixotropic sediments in Kentucky 2

YouTube Link

This is another one from the same poster: Liquefaction of thixotropic sediments in Kentucky

YouTube Link

Earthquakes in Kentucky




image source: http://www.uky.edu/KGS/geologichazards/NEHRP_soil.jpg


Kentucky's Earthquake Record Book

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Magnitude 6.0 SICHUAN-GANSU BORDER REGION, CHINA
May 17, 2008 at 17:08:25 UTC
Location 32.273°N, 104.984°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles)

That's the biggest one since the initial aftershock in this area, 5-12-08 @ 06:43 UTC, also a 6.0.

And to note: Quake count on the World map is 266 @ 17:41 UTC 5-17-08

Edit in 2 smaller ones around CA coast...

3.0 2008/05/17 17:10:18 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
2.5 2008/05/17 17:25:13 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

[edit on 5/17/2008 by RabbitChaser]

Thank you for posting the videos! Its very scary to me and hard to imagine that happening on a large scale. I remember my father in law telling me of an earthquake in the area when he was young and he described the ground as moving like waves on the river, and that wasn't even a very big quake. I have read some stories from folks that survived the quakes in 1811-1812 and one man mentioned the roar being deafening, but also the sound of wild animals screaming...I, like a lot of other posters from all over just pray that if a big one hits here that my family is all together. Me, my husband, and my two children. We all work in different towns...the thought of not knowing if they are okay would be the hardest thing.

This one happend just a lil while ago and is rather deep .. 40 k along with the ones in california in the same day.. hmmmm
Joe
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4.9
Date-Time

* Saturday, May 17, 2008 at 20:04:14 UTC
* Saturday, May 17, 2008 at 03:04:14 PM at epicenter

Location 16.671°N, 97.725°W
Depth 40.5 km (25.2 miles)
Region OAXACA, MEXICO
Distances

* 50 km (31 miles) NE (39°) from Pinotepa Nacional, Oaxaca, Mexico
* 67 km (42 miles) S (184°) from Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca, Mexico
* 74 km (46 miles) E (91°) from Ometepec, Guerrero, Mexico
* 115 km (71 miles) WSW (249°) from Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
* 235 km (146 miles) E (95°) from Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 10.3 km (6.4 miles); depth +/- 17.4 km (10.8 miles)
Parameters NST= 94, Nph= 94, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=1.08 sec, Gp=187°,
M-type=body magnitude (Mb), Version=6
Source

* U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center:
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

And the idiots build their nuclear bombs there, Great Idea. Oh and a dam how pleasant. One good thing the quake has shown is that their chopper force is not up to par.

Magnitude 3.1 - NEVADA

3.1
Date-Time Saturday, May 17, 2008 at 09:25:25 UTC
Saturday, May 17, 2008 at 02:25:25 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 41.883°N, 116.768°W
Depth 0 km (~0 mile) set by location program
Region NEVADA
Distances 53 km (33 miles) W (262°) from Owyhee, NV
72 km (45 miles) E (97°) from McDermitt, NV
78 km (48 miles) NW (324°) from Tuscarora, NV
129 km (80 miles) NE (38°) from Winnemucca, NV
426 km (265 miles) WNW (289°) from Salt Lake City, UT

Location Uncertainty Error estimate not available
Parameters Nph= 14, Dmin=0 km, Rmss=0 sec, Gp= 0,
M-type=local magnitude (ML), Version=1

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3.0
Date-Time Sunday, May 18, 2008 at 08:44:20 UTC
Sunday, May 18, 2008 at 01:44:20 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones


Location 39.551°N, 119.916°W
Depth 2 km (1.2 miles) set by location program
Region NEVADA
Distances 5 km (3 miles) NE (41°) from Verdi-Mogul, NV
9 km (5 miles) WNW (288°) from Reno, NV
13 km (8 miles) WSW (247°) from Sun Valley, NV
174 km (108 miles) NE (50°) from Sacramento, CA

Location Uncertainty Error estimate not available
Parameters Nph= 35, Dmin=0 km, Rmss=0 sec, Gp= 0,
M-type=local magnitude (ML), Version=2
Source Seismological Laboratory, University of Nevada, Reno

earthquake.usgs.gov...

How did that one feel? Let me know when you wake up if you are even sleeping out there.

Hey folks... I'm glad to see people into this thread lately... I'm sure apex, the OP, is too, but how about a little respect to him... this is simply constructive criticism, but how about some effort with making your post a bit more decipherable at a glance... he did ask a few posts back... ALL the info is not needed... Mag, place, depth, time, and maybe location (long. and lat.)... the rest is just clutter... and linking it using "[url=" with the link and info between the code /url] is also the preferred method... just make a small effort to make it neat and dicipherable...

**Tip -- if you want to know how to do something that you see done in a post, just hit "quote" on that post and it will appear to you within that text.

I'm not bitchin'... I'm not telling ya' how do do things... it's just a constructive suggestion...

Like this...

Magnitude 5.6 SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
Sunday, May 18, 2008 at 12:17:24 UTC
Location 3.077°S, 101.485°E
Depth 35 km (21.7 miles)

[edit on 5/18/2008 by RabbitChaser]

I definitely like others posting here, but posting with the entire details isn't easy on the eyes.

Anyway I thought I'd have a look at European quakes a bit. There was one around the start of the Etna eruption, but that's not that big.

PYRENEES
Western Pyrenean Fault Zone
Depth 5km
10 km W Lourdes (pop 15,786 ; local time 03:57 2008-05-18)


Edit, not entirely sure how often they are around there.

[edit on 18-5-2008 by apex]

reply to post by RabbitChaser

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Negative Ghost rider. I'm taking 5, 30mg Oxycodone pills and others a day just to be able to function because of my excruciating back pain. I am soon to be going under the knife for that so please bear with me as it wont be perfect but I will limit what it shows.

I will figure out how you do it later. Just wait till I post from the hospital if they let me bring in my lap top. It may look like Chinese.

Sounds about like what I need Sky, my back is so bad I havent been online in 3 weeks, and truthfully, I am about ready to get off the computer now because the pain is so bad. Good luck with the Hospital stay. I pray all goes well.

Hilda

Magnitude 5.5 SOUTH OF AFRICA
Monday, May 19, 2008 at 03:16:14 UTC
Location 47.784°S, 31.828°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles)

Magnitude 5.1 SICHUAN-GANSU BORDER REGION, CHINA
Monday, May 19, 2008 at 06:06:54 UTC
Location 32.434°N, 105.343°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles)

And quake count 5-19-08 07:41 UTC @ 272

Magnitude 5.6 EASTERN RUSSIA-N.E. CHINA BORDER REGION
Monday, May 19, 2008 at 10:08:35 UTC
Location 42.536°N, 131.860°E
Depth 494.8 km (307.5 miles)

[edit on 5/19/2008 by RabbitChaser]

A report via the New York Times that China State TV is reporting a strong possibility of an large aftershock in Chengdu. Any data to back up this possibility?

reply to post by hildar

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Thanks and find a good doctor with great credentials before you have any surgery, Trust me on that. I hope you get better. I heard that in China the frogs are running for the hills so China may be in store for another one.

6.0
Date-Time Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 13:53:39 UTC
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 04:53:39 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 51.344°N, 178.650°E
Depth 52.1 km (32.4 miles)
Region RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA

Magnitude 7.9 EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA May 12, 2008
Magnitude 6.7 GUAM REGION May 09, 2008
Magnitude 6.8 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN May 07, 2008
Magnitude 6.6 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA May 02, 2008

This the past history of the resent big quakes. Now that we have had another decent size 6.0 quake in Alaska on the same ring of fire today are we going to watch the wave travel to China again and land there in 10 days with another quake?

I saw on CNN this morning that they had pictures of quake clouds taken right before the big one hit in China that were a nice pretty rainbow color because of all the pollution there.

Link, USGS


[edit on 20-5-2008 by apex]

english.sina.com...

The clouds had nothing to do with quake, scientists say so and I agree

reply to post by OzWeatherman

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LoL, The members here who live in or near Reno have been seeing them before the bigger quakes out there so you may want to think about that more.

Do you not remember the animals running for the hills in Indonesia just before the tsunami of 2004? And now we have thousands of frogs running away from the epicenter just before the big one hit on the 12th. The frogs are running away again so I believe that we will see a huge after shock or a bigger quake in the same area.