Dang!!!!

It's getting to the point I can't use Firefox today from all the shaking going on!!!

Wish they'd make-up our minds...

5.9 2009/09/30 19:03:16 -15.532 -69.249 250.2 LA PAZ, BOLIVIA

And add this now...

4.1 2009/09/30 19:21:07 53.293 -166.394 17.3 FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA

And more after shocks coming in on GEE now from Samoa region...

[edit on 9/30/2009 by Hx3_1963]

If thats true then why hasnt thier been a 4-5 earthquake yet? All of the medium sized seems to staying in the southern hemisphere of the world, not yet reaching California.

Sill kind of small compared to the other earthquakes that have been reporting around the world the past week.

True but in retrospect its not always the mag of the quake that is the issue,
Its the depth.. In some areas you could have a rather small quake say a 4,9 thats not deep and that would cause major damage in a built up area,

Others that are deep in the ocean can cause tsunamis which as we all know can be worse that the quake itself,

hopefully this one does not result in to much damage which im sure it wont but small damage in area's that are pretty poor structure can cause many deaths,

Seems the ring of fire is a rocking, I would keep a good eye on places like china and japan over the next few weeks and possible Iran and afghanistan,

This recent quiet is deafening!!!

Where will the next ~shot~ come from???

Geez had to mention it...

5.0 2009/09/30 21:22:54 -16.667 -173.827 10.0 TONGA

And like we really need to wake this area up...

5.0 2009/09/30 21:34:31 55.874 162.001 35.0 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA

[edit on 9/30/2009 by Hx3_1963]

5.0 Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia.

2nd line..

Is anyone else out there thinking that one of the reasons we are seeing such a spike in activity around the Pacific rim could be linked to it's unique size, positioning and proportion under sea water? Global warming =Sea level is rising (probably due to ice melt and run-off from polar regions).

Global warming is expected to increase the capacity for the atmosphere to retain moisture, but from what I have read this does not stop sea level rise, it accompanies it.

Therefore, a 1-3 inch rise in sea level, say over past ten years = increased downward force on submerged land/plates, and decreased or even upward pressure on defrosted land/plates, providing a significant catalyst or agitates especially the edges, faults and hot-spots of plates and their boundaries.

The Pacific plate carries all that water mass on just one plate, unlike the Atlantic, and has an enormously large and volatile circumference (the ring of fire).

So if this spike (unprecedented in living memory) of ice-melt and sea level rise were to replicate the mechanics of uplift/downshift of land we know happened at the end of the previous Ice Age (much more dramatically than we have seen this far), it may make sense to see this accompanying spike in reactions around the Ring of Fire in particular or at first?

Thanks for all the great data everyone.

Kamchatka Peninsula "boasts the southernmost expanse of Arctic tundra", hmmm, so if that island's permafrost could be melting or diminishing, running off to sea, it gets somewhat lighter, creating slight destabilization/tension locally, plus reaction to pacific plate downshift, plus agitations from other recent/major pacific plate events and perhaps it was it's time to readjust a bit?

heres some food for thought , ever since the most recent line of quakes started there , HAS ANYONE NOITCED THE MORE FEQUENT QUAKES IN MIDWESTERN US ?

Last 24 hours in the Samoa Island Area. Pretty active shaking going on.

DATE MAG REGION
01-OCT-2009 00:30:22 5.0 SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
30-SEP-2009 21:22:54 5.0 TONGA ISLANDS
30-SEP-2009 19:43:53 5.2 TONGA ISLANDS
30-SEP-2009 18:04:46 5.2 FIJI ISLANDS REGION
30-SEP-2009 17:47:17 5.2 TONGA ISLANDS
30-SEP-2009 15:20:16 5.1 TONGA ISLANDS
30-SEP-2009 13:57:11 5.4 SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
30-SEP-2009 13:31:08 4.6 TONGA ISLANDS
30-SEP-2009 09:05:13 5.0 SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
30-SEP-2009 08:24:58 5.3 SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
30-SEP-2009 07:32:15 4.9 SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
30-SEP-2009 07:13:46 4.7 SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
30-SEP-2009 05:24:51 5.3 TONGA ISLANDS
30-SEP-2009 04:46:22 4.8 SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
30-SEP-2009 04:03:11 5.0 TONGA ISLANDS
30-SEP-2009 03:18:10 4.6 SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
30-SEP-2009 02:47:27 5.0 TONGA ISLANDS
30-SEP-2009 02:39:08 4.7 SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
30-SEP-2009 02:29:34 5.0 TONGA ISLANDS
30-SEP-2009 01:39:50 5.1 TONGA ISLANDS
30-SEP-2009 01:30:40 4.9 SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
30-SEP-2009 01:16:18 4.9 SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
30-SEP-2009 01:09:29 5.1 SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
30-SEP-2009 01:05:34 5.2 SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
30-SEP-2009 00:40:52 5.1 SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
30-SEP-2009 00:27:53 4.8 TONGA ISLANDS
30-SEP-2009 00:22:38 4.9 TONGA ISLANDS
30-SEP-2009 00:11:38 5.0 SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
29-SEP-2009 23:51:43 4.9 SAMOA ISLANDS REGION