Quake Watch 2009

There's a belief in Mexico that whenever temperatures are unusually high, there is an earthquake.
So, they are going through a weird increase of temperatures, therefore, I'm guessing that there will be a seismic event, +5.0 somewhere along the Pacific coast of the Mexican territory, but near the central/southern Pacific states.

It is only based on the coincidence of high temps/ increased seismic activity.

Oh, and maybe between Apr. 6-14.

Magnitude 3.0
Date-Time

* Sunday, April 05, 2009 at 05:42:04 UTC
* Saturday, April 04, 2009 at 10:42:04 PM at epicenter

Location 40.309°N, 124.561°W
Depth 20.9 km (13.0 miles)
Region OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
Distances

* 23 km (15 miles) W (266°) from Petrolia, CA
* 39 km (24 miles) SW (220°) from Ferndale, CA
* 44 km (27 miles) WSW (242°) from Rio Dell, CA
* 63 km (39 miles) SSW (212°) from Eureka, CA
* 329 km (205 miles) NW (307°) from Sacramento, CA

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 0.9 km (0.6 miles); depth +/- 0.4 km (0.2 miles)
Parameters NST= 87, Nph= 87, Dmin=23 km, Rmss=0.08 sec, Gp=234°,
M-type=local magnitude (ML), Version=2
Source

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

Event ID nc40234325


Not huge but they just keep on coming over there

reply to post by whoshotJR

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For some reason I keep looking at the S-A/Garlock Fault area...

quake.usgs.gov...

Salton Sea to the south leading up to a knot up by Eureka...but few in the S-A/G area...

quake.usgs.gov...
quake.usgs.gov...

Earthquake Details
Magnitude 5.9 (Preliminary magnitude — subject to revision)
Date-Time

* Sunday, April 05, 2009 at 09:36:28 UTC
* Sunday, April 05, 2009 at 06:36:28 PM at epicenter

Location 31.967°N, 131.761°E
Depth 40 km (24.9 miles) set by location program
Region KYUSHU, JAPAN
Distances

* 30 km (18 miles) E (83°) from Miyazaki, Kyushu, Japan
* 122 km (76 miles) ENE (70°) from Kagoshima, Kyushu, Japan
* 139 km (86 miles) SE (134°) from Kumamoto, Kyushu, Japan
* 753 km (468 miles) SE (143°) from SEOUL, South Korea
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Earthquake Details
Magnitude 4.8
Date-Time

* Sunday, April 05, 2009 at 08:00:25 UTC
* Sunday, April 05, 2009 at 05:00:25 PM at epicenter
* Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 42.441°N, 142.839°E
Depth 49.2 km (30.6 miles)
Region HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
Distances 140 km (85 miles) WSW of Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan
140 km (90 miles) ESE of Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
800 km (495 miles) NNE of TOKYO, Japan
7065 km (4390 miles) NE of MOSCOW, Russia

[edit on 4/5/2009 by Hx3_1963]

Mag 6.3 in Central Italy, 53 miles from rome...

USGS - Central Italy Quake

I felt it at home at about 3:34 AM in the night (local time), about 120 Km from the epicenter, while I was in my bed half-awake, but I didn't think it was so strong.

Earthquake Details
Magnitude 4.8
Date-Time

* Monday, April 06, 2009 at 02:37:06 UTC
* Monday, April 06, 2009 at 04:37:06 AM at epicenter

Location 42.512°N, 13.397°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region CENTRAL ITALY
Distances

* 68 km (42 miles) W (276°) from Pescara, Italy
* 102 km (63 miles) NE (46°) from ROME, Italy
* 107 km (66 miles) SE (129°) from Perugia, Italy
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Earthquake Details
Magnitude 4.4
Date-Time

* Monday, April 06, 2009 at 03:56:48 UTC
* Monday, April 06, 2009 at 05:56:48 AM at epicenter

Location 42.387°N, 13.322°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region CENTRAL ITALY
Distances

* 74 km (46 miles) W (265°) from Pescara, Italy
* 88 km (55 miles) NE (50°) from ROME, Italy
* 112 km (69 miles) SE (136°) from Perugia, Italy

[edit on 4/5/2009 by Hx3_1963]

I made this about an hour ago while I was discussing about the earthquake in a local forum. It's an audio file made from seismic data from a seismic station located in central Italy. Since seismic waves are of very low frequency (infrasounds), I have sped them up by 100 times to make them audible. The file is 55 seconds long (= 5500 real seconds = about about one and half hour of time since the occurral of the main earthquake). Many aftershocks can be heard:

Link to download the audio file

Wave and spectrum view of the file:



[edit on 2009/4/5 by Shirakawa]

reply to post by Shirakawa

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Shirakawa, are you feeling any of the aftershocks? Are you getting more news of damage in the area? I guess it's around 6:30 AM there now and maybe people are just starting to get a look at things to assess any damage that might have occurred. We aren't getting many details here yet.

reply to post by ChrisCrikey

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I haven't felt any as I'm south of Rome near the sea (about 120 Km from the actual event location), but chances are that I haven't because I was at the computer writing, etc. Anyway, I probably wouldn't have felt the first big one if I was sleeping instead of lying on the bed half-awake.

What I find interesting is that I was actually sleeping, but I woke up just two minutes before the first earthquake. It could be a concidence though.

About damage in the area, yes, there are many bad news of victims. Many wounded, some deaths (including children) and collapsed buildings.
Here are a few images:

www.repubblica.it...

Computer translated page of events occurred:
Link


[edit on 2009/4/5 by Shirakawa]

Thanks for the link, Shirakawa.. I am trying to find info online, and have not been able to find much. In addition to being concerned about the people, I am wondering what the status of the buildings is... particularly the significant historical buildings, there are so, so, so many in the Ravenna area.

reply to post by Tadarida

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Ravenna is more distant from the EQ than Rome, but I hear that is was felt in Naples too (of course not in destructive intensity).
All the damage occurred mainly in L'Aquila province, and probably parts of Teramo province too.
The problem is that that zone around the epicenter has many small mountain towns with old buildings which were not made to withstand strong earthquakes, let alone one this big.

Here's a video from RaiNews24:
www.rainews24.it...

[edit on 2009/4/6 by Shirakawa]

Check out all the quakes in Europe. The red dots are the quakes for the last 24 hours.




Click here for updated map

Earthquake Details
Magnitude 5.7 (Preliminary magnitude — subject to revision)
Date-Time

* Monday, April 06, 2009 at 12:16:03 UTC
* Tuesday, April 07, 2009 at 12:16:03 AM at epicenter

Location 22.890°S, 174.250°W
Depth 33 km (20.5 miles) set by location program
Region TONGA REGION
Distances

* 218 km (136 miles) SSE (153°) from NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga
* 472 km (294 miles) S (183°) from Neiafu, Tonga
* 2640 km (1640 miles) WSW (253°) from PAPEETE, Tahiti, French Polynesia

earthquake.usgs.gov...

would it be possible for me to get a link to the webcorder that shows the 6.3.

reply to post by alysha.angel

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What about this?

umm thanks that will work. something to further my brain food .

reply to post by Shirakawa

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I've seen, first hand, a person who could sense an earthquake right before it happened so I doubt if it was a concidence that you woke up... Interesting.. very reasonable since many animals have the same capability and must sense some vibrational noise one way or another. Glad you are well sound man - my sympathy to such a lovely country..

EQ ID,Network Src,Version,Date/Time UTC,Latitude,Longitude,Magnitude,No Of Rept Stns,Depth(Km),Location,Revised
2009fcb2,us,7,06/04/2009 23:15:37,42.4667,13.3916,4.90,118,2.00,central Italy,False

Another in Central Italy

Wake the dead now...and lock up the moonshine!!!

earthquake.usgs.gov...

Earthquake Details
Magnitude 7.0
Date-Time

* Tuesday, April 07, 2009 at 04:23:34 UTC
* Tuesday, April 07, 2009 at 04:23:34 PM at epicenter

Location 46.141°N, 151.420°E
Depth 39.1 km (24.3 miles)
Region KURIL ISLANDS
Distances 295 km (180 miles) ENE of Kuril'sk, Kuril Islands
615 km (380 miles) SW of Severo-Kuril'sk, Kuril Islands, Russia
1515 km (940 miles) NE of TOKYO, Japan
7140 km (4440 miles) NE of MOSCOW, Russia
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Earthquake Details
Magnitude 4.5
Date-Time

* Tuesday, April 07, 2009 at 05:29:46 UTC
* Tuesday, April 07, 2009 at 05:29:46 PM at epicenter
* Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 46.331°N, 151.897°E
Depth 35 km (21.7 miles) set by location program
Region KURIL ISLANDS
Distances 335 km (210 miles) ENE of Kuril'sk, Kuril Islands
575 km (360 miles) SW of Severo-Kuril'sk, Kuril Islands, Russia
1560 km (970 miles) NE of TOKYO, Japan
7155 km (4440 miles) NE of MOSCOW, Russia

[edit on 4/7/2009 by Hx3_1963]