Quake Watch 2010

reply to post by berkeleygal




happy birthday wishes from holland berkeleygal :-)

Crikey its a busy day for 6's on our side on berkeleygal's b'day
congratulations by the way

European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre
Magnitude Mw 6.4
Region TONGA
Date time 2010-10-16 20:08:31.0 UTC
Location 20.31 S ; 173.88 W
Depth 10 km
Distances
843 km E Suva (pop 199,455 ; local time 08:08 2010-10-17)
167 km NE Nuku'alofa (pop 23,611 ; local time 09:08 2010-10-17)
75 km SE Pangai (pop 1,738 ; local time 09:08 2010-10-17)
www.emsc-csem.org...

confirmed by

Geoscience Australia
Date: 16/10/2010
Time (UTC) hh:mm:ss: 20:08:28
Latitude: -20.270
Longitude: -173.403
Depth (km): 8
Magnitude: 6.2
Felt radius: 560 km (approx)
Damage radius: 44 km (approx)
www.ga.go.au

and

GFZ Potsdam - Earthquake Bulletin
Region: Tonga Islands
Time: 2010-10-16 20:08:33.2 UTC
Magnitude: 6.2
Epicenter: 173.86°W 20.29°S
Depth: 28 km
Status: manually revised

and

Russian Academy of Sciences
date= 16-Oct-2010 20:08:30.3
lat= -20.36
lon= -173.87
depth= 15km
mb: 6.1/13
www.ceme.gsras.ru...

and .......................... (always the lowest it seems)

Preliminary Earthquake Report U.S. Geological Survey,
National Earthquake Information Center World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
16 OCT 2010 (289)
utc = 20:08:31.79 +/- 1.93
lat = -20.331 +/- 11.0
lon = -173.737 +/- 10.2
dep = 12.6 +/- 4.5
MAGNITUDE Mw =5.9 mb = 6.0 ( 93) ML = 5.6 ( 4) mblg = 4.2 ( 2) md = 0.0 ( 0) MS = 5.3 ( 3)
TONGA
175 km (110 miles) ENE of NUKU`ALOFA, Tonga
190 km (115 miles) S of Neiafu, Tonga
485 km (300 miles) S of Hihifo, Tonga
2145 km (1330 miles) NE of Auckland, New Zealand
neic.usgs.gov...

Charters Towers Station in Queensland is the best position between these two areas to get a idea about energy, but its damaged and all over the place. The next best station that shows a good reading for all three of those 6's is SNZO Wellington NZ. That last one the biggest.

reply to post by sickofitall2012


This is Mr. Lee;

This eruption will not have a physical impact on the continental USA and Alaska. However in December 2012 if heavy rains break the drought on the Big Island of Hawaii especially on the south coast on Mauna Loa volcano there is a high probability of a earth slide event generating a Tsunami which would have an effect on the South Pacific and not on the continental USA and Alaska.

Aloha from Ewa Beach, Oahu Hawaii;

Michael Kumukauoha Lee
ps if you put Michael Kumukauoha Lee on Google search you can catch up to speed what I have been doing in my retirement from teaching High School. I also have been busy perfecting a prediction method for Coronal Mass Ejections from solar flares for space weather.

reply to post by Mr. Lee


Mr. Lee,

You are, I'm sure, looking at what's going on here
www.abovetopsecret.com...

the sun is acting up again.

reply to post by berkeleygal


This is Mr. Lee;

NASA should know that the sun has streams of plasma that move via gravity from a higher to lower level with in the sun itself.Gravity is the key for opening sun spots which are like our tornadoes and Hurricanes on earth creating
hollow vortices beneath the surface of the sun and creates a land of hollow depths on the sun.
This same gravity force is revealing it can combine and unit these solar storms vorticies we call sun spots seen
there on the surface of the sun as sunspots 1112, 1113 and 1115. The gravity force of the sun is combining and uniting sun spots 1112 and 1113 and 1115 in order to gather plasma which is hidden at the solar equator.

The solar core annually gathers plasma which is a elemental truth a large and deep storehouse of plasma like a barn.The gravity bands moving in a circular wheel like motion move currents or streams and fountains of superheated plasma also via the suns very strong North and South magnetic pole gravitational system.
This plasma escapes rushing back and forth in a circular wheel like motion from the sun's core to its surface.
These interwoven highways of super heated plasma combining with sun spots 1113, 1115 and 1112 on the southeaster quadrant has caused this huge magnetic swollen elevated spot on the sun similar to a massive sun quake. As seen by NASA,s Solar Dynamic Observatory picture of the sun on October 15, 2010 sun spots 1112, 1113, 1115 this is the sun's natural protective shield process for its age.

Aloha for your update to me;

Michael Kumukauoha Lee
Ewa Beach Oahu Hawaii

reply to post by Mr. Lee


Super typhoon Megi? could this have anything to do with recent activity?
www.hurricanezone.net
Also is there any volcanoes active in the region?

reply to post by jazz10


This is Mr. Lee;

Yes to your Question.

So I don't have a scientific basis for this, but I'm just wondering if my friends here are also having a 'feeling' that things are building up again? Seems like we are due for another 8.0-9.0 sometime soon...

reply to post by westcoast


aye aye... I feel something is about to break, as to what that might be I dunno. I feel very anxious and am glad I am prepared for almost anything except a big tsunami, and I don't have a floaty.

reply to post by berkeleygal


HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY!!! Sorry in the delay on your special day - I was out in the far back woods camping for the weekend. Cheers to you and Hope your feeling okay today. I'll have one for you belated of course.

Mr. Lee Thanks for the heads up I will be sure to keep an eyeball or two on that area.

Originally posted by westcoast
So I don't have a scientific basis for this, but I'm just wondering if my friends here are also having a 'feeling' that things are building up again? Seems like we are due for another 8.0-9.0 sometime soon...

Well, I dunno about the 9, but yeah, I have been waiting on that 8 for a while now. There have been some years though where one never happened, and another where four in one year happened. Hard to say. But FWIW, in a meditative session I was downloaded "Japan" as the next 8+. We'll see.

reply to post by TrueAmerican


Interesting. I have been peeking in on the alternative method thread for EQ predictions and I find it fascinating.

This feeling I have though is, I think, based on the 'big picture'. You know how it is after you observe things for years and years....you pick up on patterns without even trying to after awhile.

Is anyone else having problems with the usgs.gov site?
I have not been able to get it to load all day.

reply to post by Cherryontop


No problems with access to USGS web page here on my end. Did you try and reboot your computer?

3.2 2010/10/18 08:52:45 44.468 -114.539 14.7 25 km ( 16 mi) W of Challis, ID

reply to post by Anmarie96


I did Anmarie, thanks. Guess it must just be a server issue.

Magnitude 4.7 - SOUTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND
2010 October 18 22:32:13 UTC

Location
43.630°S, 172.560°E
Depth
9 km (5.6 miles) set by location program
Region
SOUTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND
Distances
12 km (8 miles) SW (224°) from Christchurch, New Zealand
221 km (137 miles) SSE (160°) from Westport, New Zealand
297 km (185 miles) NE (34°) from Dunedin, New Zealand
318 km (198 miles) SW (214°) from WELLINGTON, New Zealand
Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 28.2 km (17.5 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters
Nph= 0, Dmin=0 km, Rmss=1.37 sec, Gp= 0,
M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=4
Source
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center:
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
Event ID
usb00004bs

reply to post by berkeleygal

Admittedly thats 4.7Mw, and the phase page says mb = 4.5 ( 3) ML = 4.5 ( 40) mblg = 4.4 ( 18)
But its too low.
Our guys say it was a 5.033ML and I think the Felt Reports confirm that.
www.geonet.org.nz...

Not nice, that one.

The panic and terror in the malls was described to me by a friend. I think this showed just how "lucky" we were the 7.1 was in the early hours of the morning.

Lyttelton Tunnel closed until further notice. Wharf evacuated. High rise buildings evacuated and malls evacuated.

People wandering the street looking dazed.

www.stuff.co.nz...

reply to post by MoorfNZ


Glad you're OK. were you at home when it happened?

reply to post by MoorfNZ


That was very significant! Keeping a close eye on earthquakes as the sun is very active now. Hope this is not the beginning of a series of larger quakes. Not sure what your take is on sun activity with quakes, have you noticed more significant quakes when the sun is more active? Thanks for the updates and take good care.