Quake Watch 2008

Magnitude 5.0 KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION
Monday, May 26, 2008 at 04:08:27 UTC
Location 31.370°S, 176.775°W
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles)

Magnitude 5.2 PANAMA-COSTA RICA BORDER REGION
Monday, May 26, 2008 at 15:01:37 UTC
Location 8.484°N, 82.802°W
Depth 35 km (21.7 miles)

Map count at 206

Magnitude 5.9 WEST OF MACQUARIE ISLAND
May 27, 2008 at 05:51:12 UTC
Location 56.594°S, 147.439°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles)

Magnitude 4.9 NORTHWESTERN IRAN
May 27, 2008 at 06:18:08 UTC
Location 36.466°N, 48.707°E
Depth 34.7 km (21.6 miles)

Will it ever end for these poor folks in China?

Magnitude 5.2 SICHUAN-GANSU BORDER REGION, CHINA
Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at 08:03:23 UTC
Location 32.728°N, 105.552°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles)

Magnitude 5.7 SICHUAN-GANSU BORDER REGION, CHINA
Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at 08:37:51 UTC
Location 32.730°N, 105.618°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles)

And to the other side of the map... this is nearly on top of another 5.0 earlier in the week in Guatemala...

Magnitude 5.9 OFFSHORE GUATEMALA
Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at 11:28:01 UTC
Location 13.739°N, 90.917°W
Depth 73.5 km (45.7 miles)

[edit on 5/27/2008 by RabbitChaser]

Magnitude 5.3 LOYALTY ISLANDS
Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at 17:34:18 UTC
Location 20.001°S, 168.752°E
Depth 35 km (21.7 miles)

And the last place anymore are needed...

Magnitude 5.0 SICHUAN-GANSU BORDER REGION, CHINA
Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at 17:35:09 UTC
Location 32.711°N, 105.440°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles)

Count on the map at an even 200

Rabbitchaser,you the wo/man. Right on the ball,thanks for your work.

With all this going on,is there an actual increase in siesmic activity? Or have our ability to detect them improved? Any graph related shnizzle would be cool

reply to post by Acidtastic


Thank you, Acid! Always feels good to catch some kind words for my efforts from a fellow member (and I'm "the man"... lol)

I'll have to see what I can find in regards to your questions/suggestions. I'm guessing apex might know where to find something... the count of 200 noted above is about the usual norm, as I understand. However, I don't think I've seen it this low since I began posting here, about 2 months.

Magnitude 5.0 SOUTH OF THE KERMADEC ISLANDS
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at 09:21:32 UTC
Location 33.130°S, 179.095°W
Depth 40.1 km (24.9 miles)

And a edit in of this one, on top of the world...

Magnitude 4.9 NORTH OF SVALBARD
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at 13:19:52 UTC
Location 84.688°N, 12.737°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles)

And 2 more...

Magnitude 5.0 MOLUCCA SEA
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at 14:53:58 UTC
Location 0.099°S, 125.111°E
Depth 55.2 km (34.3 miles)

Magnitude 5.4 GUAM REGION
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at 16:14:20 UTC
Location 13.398°N, 144.773°E
Depth 49.8 km (30.9 miles)





[edit on 5/28/2008 by RabbitChaser]

Magnitude 5.3 ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at 17:35:29 UTC
Location 21.610°S, 68.317°W
Depth 124.2 km (77.2 miles)

Magnitude 5.4 CENTRAL PERU
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at 21:39:05 UTC
Location 13.058°S, 74.415°W
Depth 81.7 km (50.8 miles)

And where one is least needed...

Magnitude 5.0 SICHUAN-GANSU BORDER REGION, CHINA
Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 04:48:45 UTC
Location 32.711°N, 105.513°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles)

Magnitude 5.0 SOUTH OF THE KERMADEC ISLANDS
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at 09:21:32 UTC
Location 33.130°S, 179.095°W
Depth 40.1 km (24.9 miles)

How are you folks doing in Nevada these days...?

Magnitude 3.2 NEVADA
Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 02:30:36 UTC
Location 38.013°N, 118.195°W
Depth 0 km (~0 mile)

[edit on 5/29/2008 by RabbitChaser]

Magnitude 4.0 FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 15:27:23 UTC
Location 51.095°N, 170.129°W
Depth 12.7 km (7.9 miles)


Magnitude 6.2 ICELAND REGION
Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 15:46:00 UTC
Location 63.951°N, 21.089°W
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles)

Edited after below post -- Thank you, Hellmutt!!

And to throw some stuff up for Acidtastic...
Earthquake Facts and Statistics

Frequency of Occurrence of Earthquakes
Magnitude ------ Average Annually
8 and higher ------- 1 ¹
7 - 7.9 ------------ 17 ²
6 - 6.9 ----------- 134 ²
5 - 5.9 ---------- 1319 ²
4 - 4.9 -------- 13,000(estimated)
3 - 3.9 ------- 130,000(estimated)
2 - 2.9 ----- 1,300,000(estimated)
¹ Based on observations since 1900.
² Based on observations since 1990.

Number of Earthquakes Worldwide for 2000 - 2008
Located by the US Geological Survey National Earthquake Information Center

Magnitude - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 --2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008

8.0 to 9.9 ---- 1 ----- 1 ----- 0 ---- 1 ----- 2 ---- 1 ---- 2 ---- 4 ----- 0
7.0 to 7.9 --- 14 ---- 15 --- 13 ---- 14 --- 14 --- 10 --- 9 ---- 14 ---- 6
6.0 to 6.9 -- 158 --- 126 -- 130 -- 140 -- 141 -- 140 -- 142 -- 176 -- 76
5.0 to 5.9 - 1345 - 1243 - 1218 - 1203 - 1515 - 1693 - 1712 - 2029 -- 560
4.0 to 4.9 - 8045 - 8084 - 8584 - 8462-10888 -13917-12838-12123 - 4230
3.0 to 3.9 - 4784 - 6151 - 7005 - 7624 - 7932 - 9191 - 9990 - 9889 - 3973
2.0 to 2.9 - 3758 - 4162 - 6419 - 7727 - 6316 - 4636 - 4027 - 3599 - 1200
1.0 to 1.9 - 1026 - 944 -- 1137 - 2506 - 1344 - 26 -- 18 ---- 42 ----- 5
0.1 to 0.9 --- 5 ---- 1 ----- 10 -- 134 -- 103 --- 0 ---- 2 ----- 2 ----- 0
No Mag. -- 3120-2938 -- 2937 - 3608 -- 2939 - 864 --- 828 - 1807 -- 594

Graphs

And while I'm here...

Magnitude 3.1 SOUTHERN ALASKA
Friday, May 30, 2008 at 03:04:22 UTC
Location 60.217°N, 141.112°W
Depth 1.1 km (~0.7 mile)

However, I mainly popped in to make note that the quake count for the one week period is way down to 185, as of Fri. May 30 @ 3:20 UTC

[edit on 5/29/2008 by RabbitChaser]

reply to post by RabbitChaser


The Iceland quake has been upgraded to 6.2, and there was a tsunami on Faroe Islands!

There were two aftershocks to the Iceland quake, both small:

Magnitude ML 3.3
Region ICELAND
Depth 2km

Magnitude ML 3.4
Region ICELAND
Depth Unknown

Magnitude 5.7 IZU ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
Friday, May 30, 2008 at 07:25:43 UTC
Location 30.787°N, 141.527°E
Depth 37.7 km (23.4 miles)

Magnitude 5.2 BOUVET ISLAND REGION
Friday, May 30, 2008 at 10:44:11 UTC
Location 54.750°S, 0.869°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles)

Magnitude 5.0 RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN
Friday, May 30, 2008 at 17:43:06 UTC
Location 25.112°N, 127.987°E
Depth 35 km (21.7 miles)

Magnitude 5.1 RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN
Friday, May 30, 2008 at 18:11:47 UTC
Location 25.104°N, 127.980°E
Depth 35 km (21.7 miles)

[edit on 5/30/2008 by RabbitChaser]

4.2 2008/05/30 12:21:04 21.591 142.982 300.3 MARIANA ISLANDS REGION

4.5 2008/05/30 12:38:34 50.677 -130.027 10.0 VANCOUVER ISLAND, CANADA REGION

[edit on 5/30/2008 by Telafree]

4.3 2008/05/30 17:22:52 40.569 14.644 301.6 SOUTHERN ITALY

The above earthquake has been upgraded

4.4 2008/05/30 17:22:53 40.533 14.794 309.2 SOUTHERN ITALY

edited out as it was a duplicate from a thread up above



[edit on 5/30/2008 by Telafree]

[edit on 5/30/2008 by Telafree]

4.5 2008/05/30 20:56:16 25.024 127.981 35.0 RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN

Magnitude 5.0 NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
May 30, 2008 at 23:22:29 UTC
Location 4.297°S, 152.599°E
Depth 74.6 km (46.4 miles)


Magnitude 6.3 MID-INDIAN RIDGE
Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 04:37:56 UTC
Location 41.393°S, 80.408°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles)

Magnitude 4.8 HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 06:23:54 UTC
Location 43.358°N, 145.862°E
Depth 105.8 km (65.7 miles)

Fair warning... someone else can take over. That's probably my last post here. Peace.

[edit on 5/31/2008 by RabbitChaser]

Magnitude 6.4, BATAN ISLANDS REGION, PHILIPPINES
Sunday, June 01, 2008 at 01:57:22 UTC
Location 20.115°N, 121.317°E
Depth 22.4 km (13.9 miles)

@all
I know this is a bit long but this is crazy California had a large ammt of activity not in strength but in numbers look at this
MAP 1.8 2008/06/02 05:59:56 34.023 -117.153 7.2 4 km ( 3 mi) SSE of Redlands, CA
MAP 1.8 2008/06/02 05:50:09 34.022 -117.147 7.9 4 km ( 3 mi) SSE of Redlands, CA
MAP 1.8 2008/06/02 05:38:32 32.994 -115.520 1.9 2 km ( 1 mi) NE of Brawley, CA
MAP 2.7 2008/06/02 05:30:09 34.022 -117.147 7.1 4 km ( 3 mi) SSE of Redlands, CA
MAP 1.9 2008/06/02 05:29:51 51.930 -177.628 20.1 68 km ( 42 mi) W of Adak, AK
MAP 2.7 2008/06/02 05:28:57 34.023 -117.145 7.3 4 km ( 3 mi) SSE of Redlands, CA
MAP 1.4 2008/06/02 05:25:12 33.023 -115.530 9.0 5 km ( 3 mi) N of Brawley, CA
MAP 3.2 2008/06/02 05:13:15 34.026 -117.136 3.9 5 km ( 3 mi) SSW of Mentone, CA
MAP 2.4 2008/06/02 05:08:13 33.040 -115.565 14.5 5 km ( 3 mi) E of Westmorland, CA
MAP 1.5 2008/06/02 05:06:13 32.996 -115.486 15.2 5 km ( 3 mi) ENE of Brawley, CA
MAP 3.0 2008/06/02 04:59:28 33.030 -115.567 10.5 5 km ( 3 mi) E of Westmorland, CA
MAP 2.0 2008/06/02 04:58:38 32.893 -115.571 7.6 6 km ( 4 mi) N of Imperial, CA
MAP 1.7 2008/06/02 04:57:55 32.983 -115.466 14.8 7 km ( 4 mi) E of Brawley, CA
MAP 2.0 2008/06/02 04:57:20 33.025 -115.528 18.2 5 km ( 3 mi) N of Brawley, CA
MAP 2.4 2008/06/02 04:56:39 33.017 -115.543 7.1 4 km ( 3 mi) N of Brawley, CA
MAP 1.6 2008/06/02 04:56:04 39.510 -119.912 0.0 4 km ( 2 mi) E of Verdi-Mogul, NV
MAP 1.5 2008/06/02 04:55:53 33.010 -115.506 13.1 5 km ( 3 mi) NE of Brawley, CA
MAP 2.1 2008/06/02 04:54:44 33.029 -115.587 17.0 3 km ( 2 mi) ESE of Westmorland, CA
MAP 1.3 2008/06/02 04:54:39 35.901 -117.702 30.2 27 km ( 17 mi) SE of Coso Junction, CA
MAP 2.0 2008/06/02 04:53:31 32.962 -115.654 3.8 9 km ( 6 mi) SSW of Westmorland, CA
MAP 2.3 2008/06/02 04:51:59 51.604 -177.806 36.7 86 km ( 53 mi) WSW of Adak, AK
MAP 2.7 2008/06/02 04:51:12 33.030 -115.563 12.2 6 km ( 3 mi) E of Westmorland, CA
MAP 2.2 2008/06/02 04:45:33 33.023 -115.543 13.9 5 km ( 3 mi) N of Brawley, CA
MAP 1.9 2008/06/02 04:43:46 33.028 -115.555 9.3 6 km ( 4 mi) NNW of Brawley, CA
MAP 2.8 2008/06/02 04:42:48 33.028 -115.572 11.8 5 km ( 3 mi) ESE of Westmorland, CA
MAP 2.8 2008/06/02 04:42:22 33.029 -115.567 15.2 5 km ( 3 mi) E of Westmorland, CA
MAP 1.7 2008/06/02 04:42:19 64.656 -148.218 5.1 25 km ( 15 mi) SSW of Ester, AK
MAP 2.6 2008/06/02 04:39:47 33.033 -115.564 13.9 5 km ( 3 mi) E of Westmorland, CA
MAP 2.9 2008/06/02 04:37:51 33.004 -115.548 0.0 3 km ( 2 mi) NNW of Brawley, CA
MAP 1.8 2008/06/02 04:35:57 33.036 -115.551 15.5 7 km ( 4 mi) E of Westmorland, CA
MAP 1.3 2008/06/02 04:32:29 33.032 -115.542 14.2 6 km ( 4 mi) N of Brawley, CA
MAP 1.7 2008/06/02 04:28:59 33.041 -115.567 15.6 5 km ( 3 mi) E of Westmorland, CA
MAP 1.6 2008/06/02 04:27:10 32.973 -115.796 16.1 18 km ( 11 mi) WSW of Westmorland, CA
MAP 1.8 2008/06/02 04:26:53 33.031 -115.552 15.0 6 km ( 4 mi) NNW of Brawley, CA
MAP 1.4 2008/06/02 04:24:27 33.100 -115.624 31.3 7 km ( 4 mi) N of Westmorland, CA
MAP 1.6 2008/06/02 04:23:20 33.034 -115.562 14.6 6 km ( 3 mi) E of Westmorland, CA
MAP 2.0 2008/06/02 04:11:20 33.036 -115.565 16.5 5 km ( 3 mi) E of Westmorland, CA
MAP 1.4 2008/06/02 04:06:45 33.035 -115.558 13.5 6 km ( 4 mi) E of Westmorland, CA
MAP 1.9 2008/06/02 03:59:02 33.032 -115.547 14.3 6 km ( 4 mi) N of Brawley, CA
MAP 1.9 2008/06/02 03:49:01 33.032 -115.551 16.2 6 km ( 4 mi) NNW of Brawley, CA
MAP 1.4 2008/06/02 03:29:41 36.781 -121.375 7.1 5 km ( 3 mi) WSW of Tres Pinos, CA
MAP 1.6 2008/06/02 03:25:33 37.051 -121.789 13.3 7 km ( 4 mi) N of Corralitos, CA
MAP 2.4 2008/06/02 03:24:27 53.370 -167.014 56.9 66 km ( 41 mi) SSW of Unalaska, AK
MAP 1.6 2008/06/02 02:59:48 33.038 -115.558 15.2 6 km ( 4 mi) E of Westmorland, CA
MAP 1.7 2008/06/02 02:56:25 33.033 -115.555 14.8 6 km ( 4 mi) E of Westmorland, CA
MAP 1.6 2008/06/02 02:52:58 33.031 -115.554 13.0 6

MAP 1.6 2008/06/02 02:52:58 33.031 -115.554 13.0 6 km ( 4 mi) NNW of Brawley, CA
MAP 2.0 2008/06/02 02:52:25 36.047 -120.635 6.1 24 km ( 15 mi) E of San Ardo, CA
MAP 1.8 2008/06/02 02:48:58 33.032 -115.552 14.7 6 km ( 4 mi) NNW of Brawley, CA
MAP 1.8 2008/06/02 02:42:02 37.531 -118.827 10.6 13 km ( 8 mi) WSW of Toms Place, CA
MAP 2.8 2008/06/02 02:35:52 63.681 -147.571 11.4 62 km ( 38 mi) E of Denali National Park, AK
MAP 2.3 2008/06/02 02:22:00 58.819 -134.721 3.2 52 km ( 32 mi) SE of Mud Bay, AK
MAP 1.4 2008/06/02 02:05:49 35.806 -120.343 7.3 13 km ( 8 mi) SE of Parkfield, CA
MAP 1.8 2008/06/02 01:57:07 61.368 -147.229 47.8 56 km ( 35 mi) SSE of Glacier View, AK
MAP 3.0 2008/06/02 01:54:27 18.340 -65.223 101.0 9 km ( 6 mi) ENE of Culebra, PR
MAP 1.4 2008/06/02 01:46:42 33.314 -116.747 1.1 8 km ( 5 mi) N of Lake Henshaw, CA
MAP 1.3 2008/06/02 01:46:20 38.807 -122.791 1.8 2 km ( 1 mi) NE of The Geysers, CA
MAP 2.7 2008/06/02 01:45:39 38.805 -122.790 1.5 2 km ( 1 mi) ENE of The Geysers, CA
MAP 1.0 2008/06/02 01:34:32 38.822 -122.790 2.9 3 km ( 2 mi) NNE of The Geysers, CA
MAP 1.2 2008/06/02 01:07:49 38.818 -122.815 2.5 2 km ( 1 mi) NNW of The Geysers, CA
MAP 1.4 2008/06/02 00:49:24 32.932 -115.528 8.2 5 km ( 3 mi) S of Brawley, CA
MAP 1.8 2008/06/02 00:21:24 33.348 -116.364 15.6 11 km ( 7 mi) N of Borrego Springs, CA
MAP 1.6 2008/06/02 00:21:02 53.170 -168.588 25.1 31 km ( 19 mi) NE of Nikolski, AK
MAP 1.5 2008/06/02 00:14:11 33.329 -116.200 10.6 17 km ( 11 mi) WSW of Desert Shores, CA


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