Quake Watch 2010

Indonesia

Magnitude: 4.5
Mercalli scale: 4
Date-Time [UTC]: 08 May, 2010 at 20:42:34 UTC
Local Date/Time: Saturday, May 08, 2010 at 20:42 in the evening at epicenter
Location: 9° 50.400, 118° 37.200
Depth: 67 km (41.63 miles)
Region: Indonesian archipelago
Country: Indonesia
Distances: 153.1 km (95.13 miles) W of Bima, Propinsi Nusa Tenggara Barat
Source: RSOE-EMSC

reply to post by muzzy


You`re not talking about me, are you?

Another Earthquake in UTAH

4.9
Date-Time

* Thursday, April 15, 2010 at 23:59:39 UTC
* Thursday, April 15, 2010 at 05:59:39 PM at epicenter
* Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 41.703°N, 111.094°W
Depth 7.9 km (4.9 miles)
Region UTAH
Distances

* 9 km (5 miles) ENE (60°) from Randolph, UT
* 21 km (13 miles) NNE (16°) from Woodruff, UT
* 23 km (14 miles) SE (125°) from Laketown, UT
* 125 km (78 miles) NNE (32°) from Salt Lake City, UT

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 0.6 km (0.4 miles); depth +/- 0.8 km (0.5 miles)
Parameters Nph= 29, Dmin=29 km, Rmss=0.23 sec, Gp= 86°,
M-type=local magnitude (ML), Version=5
Source

* University of Utah Seismograph Stations

Event ID uu00002715

[I] Antwort auf [url = # www.abovetopsecret.com... pid8761774] Beitrag von Herrn Nullpunktschnellspannzylinder [/ url] [/ i]
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??? i didnt see the EQ on this map... www.seis.utah.edu...

In answering a earlier question on ~our~ dedication on following the ~patterns~:

Earthquakes travel across the globe and exert stress in surrounding faults...

By following ~patterns~ and watching trends we ~might~ be able to see where the next one occurs...

As slim as the chances are it's better than none?

Keep a eye on the mantle/faults..

Ile tell you what i think is happening, judging from the USGS world earthquake map right now, that line of 5.5 ish's that curve around, it looks like the antartic plate is pulling all the other plates to the right resulting with the curve from left to right from the two on the australian plate, then the ones in the pacific plate look like they are crushing the nazca plate between itself and the south american platecreating the large 6 magnitude on the west side of the south american plate.

From the USGS website you can see smaller earthquakes curve around the top edge of the south american plate and have a large earthquake on the other side 4 or 5, cant remember, this could explain why we had small earthquakes in even england recently?, seems like the antartic plate is having a nice tug on all the other plates to the right. Just an idea.

www.freewebs.com...
earthquake.usgs.gov...

[edit on 8-5-2010 by Mr Zeropoint]

Originally posted by sandri_90
reply to post by muzzy

 

You`re not talking about me, are you?

Ummmm could be, why?

My humblest apologies for getting the name wrong, I had already typed half the reply and couldn't remember your name, but I was close eh!

No personal offense intended in what I said in the post either, the quake was downgraged after you posted it, by a whole 1 magnitude, thought someone should say so.

I think if people are going to bother to post quakes that are automatically generated by computer and not checked by a geologist then they should keep an eye on any upgrades and alter their post or make a new post when it happens.

You wouldn't want the French to get in a panic over a 4.7 when it was really just a 3.6 would you.

reply to post by Mr Zeropoint
Good eye...

Watch the Caribbean/Mid-American/West Coast/South American major fault lines as well as equal action along the ~Ring of Fire~...

Equal/Opposite reaction...for every...physics...

[edit on 5/8/2010 by Hx3_1963]

reply to post by Mr Zeropoint


I disagree, my take is that the 3 Southern Ocean 5's are on spreading ridges, there are no subduction zones where they are, the ridges are upthrusting causing the Pacific Plate to expand outwards in all directions. Throw in the Hawaii activity and you see the drift?
Same is happening with that 5.2 Mid-Indian ridge quake, nudging the Indian Plate under Indonesia and against Africa [see that Tanzania 4.5]

[edit on 8-5-2010 by muzzy]

reply to post by muzzy

~there are no subduction zones~ where they are, the ridges are upthrusting causing the Pacific Plate to expand outwards in all directions.

Same is happening with that 5.2 Mid-Indian ridge quake, nudging the Indian Plate under Indonesia and against Africa...

Which is it???

Elaberate?

[edit on 5/8/2010 by Hx3_1963]

Magnitude 5.7 (Preliminary magnitude — update expected within 15 minutes)
Date-Time Sunday, May 09, 2010 at 02:02:38 UTC
Sunday, May 09, 2010 at 11:02:38 AM at epicenter

Location 8.730°S, 128.990°E
Depth 56 km (34.8 miles) set by location program
Region TIMOR SEA
Distances 274 km (170 miles) WSW (252°) from Saumlaki, Tanimbar Islands, Indonesia
375 km (233 miles) E (93°) from DILI, East Timor
462 km (287 miles) NNW (334°) from Darwin, Australia

Location Uncertainty Error estimate not available
Parameters NST= 13, Nph= 15, Dmin=0 km, Rmss=1.18 sec, Gp= 79°,
M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=A
Source NOAA Pacific Tsunami Warning Center

Event ID pt10129000

Map

[edit on 8-5-2010 by Anmarie96]

down grade 5.6

[edit on 8-5-2010 by Anmarie96]

Originally posted by Hx3_1963
reply to post by muzzy

 

~there are no subduction zones~ where they are, the ridges are upthrusting causing the Pacific Plate to expand outwards in all directions.

Same is happening with that 5.2 Mid-Indian ridge quake, nudging the Indian Plate under Indonesia and against Africa...

Which is it???

Elaberate?

I mean the Antarctic Plate has no subduction zones and all those 5's he mentioned are on spreading ridges.
If you have Google earth you can see it clearly, Maps don't really show it.

All you need to get set up and checking out the Plate Boundries is here;
Feeds & Data from USGS

reply to post by muzzy
No problems mate...

I have Google Earth & all the fault/map/Eq plug-ins...

Was just tryng to clarify your ~subduction~ statement...

Cheers!



[edit on 5/8/2010 by Hx3_1963]

I'm wondering what role the smaller plates such as Cocos and Nazca and Caribbean have in the scheme of things - two in particular due to their closeness to recent Haiti / Baja events.

Originally posted by muzzy
Reference Number 3303572/G
Universal Time May 8 2010 at 14:14
NZ Standard Time Sunday, May 9 2010 at 2:14 am
Latitude, Longitude 36.66°S, 177.10°E
Focal Depth 5 km
Richter magnitude 5.006ML
Region Raukumara Plain, New Zealand
Location

* 100 km north of White Island
* 130 km east of Whitianga
* 140 km north-east of Tauranga
* 210 km east of Auckland

An earthquake struck near White Island and was felt in Auckland and Bay of Plenty early this morning. The quake, which measured five on the Richter Scale, was five kilometres deep and located 100km north of White Island. It occurred at 2.14 am today.

www.stuff.co.nz...

reply to post by MoorfNZ
IMHO I think this is adding to the current instability across the mid-North American Latitudes...

Look close at the faults from the Caribbean/Mexico/West Coast Fault/South America Faults...

...Just me ~peeking~...

Hmm, Mr I'mADinnerJacket's nation been getting their boobs out again?

Mag 4.1 - Southern Iran

www.emsc-csem.org...

Magnitude 7.4 - NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
earthquake.usgs.gov...

Magnitude 7.4 (Preliminary magnitude — update expected within 15 minutes)
Date-Time

* Sunday, May 09, 2010 at 05:59:43 UTC
* Sunday, May 09, 2010 at 12:59:43 PM at epicenter

Location 3.597°N, 96.044°E
Depth 45 km (28.0 miles) set by location program
Region NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
Distances

* 226 km (140 miles) SSE (160°) from Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia
* 289 km (180 miles) W (270°) from Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia
* 372 km (231 miles) NW (305°) from Sibolga, Sumatra, Indonesia
* 630 km (391 miles) W (275°) from KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia

[edit on 5/9/2010 by Hx3_1963]

reply to post by Hx3_1963

Magnitude 7.4 - NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA

That one's a doozy.

Are there any Tsunami warnings?

twitter.com...

Tsunami warning issued after magnitude 7.4 quake near Aceh, Indonesia - National Quake Agency