I just looked at the reports from the Yellowstone earthquake system, it looks like for a couple of months at least there is daily activity of small quakes, 1.0 and less, but what stood out to me is that even though the strength is only increased to a 2.0 or so, it is the depth of them that bothers me, they are becoming extremely shallow, that is what causes the most damage when a quake hits, larger quakes usually hit very shallow.

Man that quake in Greece happened just a few km's from Patras where some friends of mine Mom lives.

They are on a plane on there way to Europe for the Euro's so I can't call or message them to find out if she's ok. They wouldn't even know that it happened since they are somewhere over the Atlantic right now.

Magnitude 4.5 - BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO

Earthquake Details
Magnitude 4.5
Date-Time

* Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at 06:50:25 UTC
* Tuesday, June 17, 2008 at 11:50:25 PM at epicenter
* Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 31.832°N, 116.376°W
Depth 0.2 km (~0.1 mile) (poorly constrained)
Region BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
Distances

* 22 km (14 miles) NE (56°) from Maneadero, Baja California, Mexico
* 23 km (15 miles) E (100°) from Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
* 76 km (47 miles) NW (308°) from Lázaro Cárdenas, Baja California, Mexico
* 99 km (61 miles) SE (142°) from Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 3.3 km (2.1 miles); depth +/- 3.9 km (2.4 miles)
Parameters Nph=022, Dmin=95 km, Rmss=0.26 sec, Gp=284°,
M-type=local magnitude (ML), Version=E
Source

* California Integrated Seismic Net:
* USGS Caltech CGS UCB UCSD UNR

Event ID ci14375776

Well it sure is quiet recently, only about 19 or 20 magnitude 5 or bigger in the last week. And Yellowstone only has 4 very small quakes in the last week.

Yep, based on recent activity, the world sure is doomed...

I believe it to be the calm before the storm myself. I deeply feel disaster on the brink, I dream it nearly every time I lay down my head. I sense it, I cannot even call it a feeling 'of impending doom', it is a surety, only I also know it is not going to happen in my area, but I am sensing events to come for others.

hey, apex, how's business? These poor creatures here think that there are more earthquakes than ever, that something big is happening. But, apex is here to calm everyone down. Voice of reason.

He will just tell you the same thing as official media will also tell you. No speculation, pure official science.

Pleasure to work with a predictable person like that.

Keep up the good work, apex!

Originally posted by greshnik
He will just tell you the same thing as official media will also tell you. No speculation, pure official science.

Do you have proof to the contrary, that we should be worried?

It is interesting that there haven't been many large quakes recently, so a larger one may be coming.

Though that is also just statistically likely anyway considering the frequency of them in any case.

moderator, you are protecting the right guy, apex is a valuable, scientific minded member.
...I was talking about his earthquakes commentaries. I said it is nice to know that we have a trustworthy person here, that relies on science. A lot of people speculate that there are far too many earthquakes, compared to any statistics we ever had. But, apex is always here to quiet things down. He is always here, and deservers credit. And moderators are here to protect him. This shows that ATS is well organized.

That's all.

PRELIM: M6.0 02:53 6/25 1.4N 97.2E 180 km W of Sibolga, Sumatra,
Indonesia NIAS REGION, INDONESIA Z=35km US 2008tsam 32e20

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-Kdial1