6.0 off northern california coast

Magnitude 6.0
Date-Time Thursday, February 04, 2010 at 20:20:21 UTC
Thursday, February 04, 2010 at 12:20:21 PM at epicenter

Location 40.431°N, 124.929°W
Depth 11.2 km (7.0 miles)
Region OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
Distances 56 km (35 miles) WNW (282°) from Petrolia, CA
59 km (36 miles) WSW (254°) from Ferndale, CA
68 km (42 miles) WSW (256°) from Fortuna, CA
76 km (47 miles) WSW (239°) from Eureka, CA
363 km (225 miles) NW (306°) from Sacramento, CA

5.4 Ml - OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
Preliminary Earthquake Report Magnitude 5.4 Ml
Date-Time 4 Feb 2010 20:20:21 UTC
4 Feb 2010 12:20:21 near epicenter
4 Feb 2010 12:20:21 standard time in your timezone

Location 40.431N 124.929W
Depth 11 km
Distances 56 km (35 miles) WNW (282 degrees) of Petrolia, CA
59 km (36 miles) WSW (254 degrees) of Ferndale, CA
68 km (42 miles) WSW (256 degrees) of Fortuna, CA
76 km (47 miles) WSW (239 degrees) of Eureka, CA
363 km (225 miles) NW (306 degrees) of Sacramento, CA

Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 1.4 km; Vertical 2.0 km
Parameters Nph = 101; Dmin = 50.0 km; Rmss = 0.35 seconds; Gp = 226°
M-type = Ml; Version = 2
Event ID NC 71348851

www.thaindian.com...

A strong earthquake struck Humboldt County, California on Thursday afternoon, seismologists said.

The earthquake, which struck about 35 miles west-northwest of the small unincorporated community of Petrolia, had a preliminary magnitude of 6.0.

“The magnitude is such that a tsunami is not expected,” the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center said in a statement. “However, in coastal areas of intense shaking, locally generated tsunamis can be triggered by underwater landslides.”

There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties from the earthquake, which happened at 12.20 p.m. local time

typical first press release about this i suppose, very little actual info.. stay tuned.

Just saw this on BBC. Monitoring twitter and a little bit worries that no posts are actually coming out of the area. Early still though so hope it's all ok. Fingers crossed no one was hurt.

Any ATS members in the area?

earthquake.usgs.gov...
USGS just listed it...any word of Tsunami warnings?

EDIT: no tsunami warning issued

wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov...

To: U.S. West Coast, Alaska, and British Columbia coastal regions
From: NOAA/NWS/West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center
Subject: Tsunami Information Statement issued 02/4/2010 at 12:23PM PST

At 12:20 PM Pacific Standard Time on February 4, an earthquake with preliminary magnitude 6.0 occurred 50 miles/80 Km southwest of Eureka, California.

The magnitude is such that a tsunami IS NOT EXPECTED. However, in coastal areas of intense shaking, locally generated tsunamis can be triggered by underwater landslides. This will be the only WCATWC message issued for this event.

The location and magnitude are based on preliminary information. Further information will be issued by the United States Geological Survey or the appropriate regional seismic network.

[edit on 4-2-2010 by Aggie Man]

Originally posted by Aggie Man
earthquake.usgs.gov...
USGS just listed it...any word of Tsunami warnings?

SEUS71 PAAQ 042023EQIWOC TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENTNWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK1223 PM PST THU FEB 4 2010 ...

THIS IS AN INFORMATION STATEMENT... EVALUATIONAN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH A MAGNITUDE SUCH THAT A TSUNAMIIS NOT EXPECTED.
IN COASTAL AREAS OF INTENSE SHAKING LOCALLYGENERATED TSUNAMIS CAN BE TRIGGERED BY UNDERWATER LANDSLIDES.

THIS WILL BE THE ONLY WCATWC MESSAGE ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT. PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERSMAGNITUDE - 6.0TIME - 1120 AKST FEB 04 20101220 PST FEB 04 20102020 UTC FEB 04 2010LOCATION - 40.3 NORTH 124.9 WEST50 MILES/80 KM SW OF EUREKA CALIFORNIA220 MILES/354 KM NW OF SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIADEPTH - 11 MILES/18 KM

reply to post by Aggie Man


Doesn't look like it. Wrong type of quake apparently although they said that underwater landslides could cause local tsunamis....

Uh-oh spaghettios. Hopefully it released some tension.


Sure have been a lot of quakes lately.

Oh, and strange solar activity.

89101 is the nearest recorder to the Epicenter, gives Max Velocity of the waves generated at 2.5cm/s.
No doubt buildings close to the shoreline could have some slight-moderate damage due to Liquifaction with this event.

A few tweets coming out of the area now. People saying they felt the shaking. No reports of damage as yet so it looks like this was a relatively harmless. Thankfully.

if you want more info, the event was posted in the 2010 Quake watch thread already, as well

@least it wasnt the tsunami causing 10.0 hope there werent any deaths.

[edit on 2/4/10 by Ophiuchus 13]

Did any of you know this is the location of where the first oil well in California was drilled?

"1861 First oil well in California is drilled manually in Humboldt County "

www.sjgs.com...

Drilling down to and draining out the oil from the earth's mantle is one of the theories behind some of the brutally intense weather and earth weather events we've had in the past two decades.
That and HAARP.
My fellow alternative thinkers, think about how much oil has been drained from California since then and that is ON TOP OF the massive fault lines that are already there.

That's so screwed up it's not even funny.



[edit on 4-2-2010 by dragonsmusic]

Just read a KTLA report saying no injuries have been reported

This sucks.

They just replaced the bulbs on their grow-lights from the last EQ.

Those bulbs are expensive.

reply to post by Chonx


Yep I'm Humboldt County for life!
It was apparently a ways off coast, but I felt the house shake for about 15sec.
It only felt like about a 3.5-4 mag.

I live near Eureka, that 6.5 last month was pretty big! If anyone is interested in my personal experience with that quake, and some related info check out this thread, my post is last, or near the bottom. 6.5 hits Northern Calif thread

Cheers
NEXUS

reply to post by dragonsmusic


So yea dragonsmusic check out the link in i posted in my earlier post, about the 6.5 last month.

This defintely has nothing to do with HAARP and everything to do with plate tectonics and the Mendecino Triple Junction, where the Pacific, North American, and Gorda plates come together off the coast of Cape Mendecino.
The Pacific plate is subducting under the North American plate, and the Gorda plate is kinda getting squished and smashed in between them. It makes for some very interesting quakes...

NEXUS

are you saying my name at the end of every post or is that your signature, im confused

Originally posted by TheCoffinman

20:20:21
12:20:21

Nice

reply to post by l neXus l


Haha nice. Nah i just use it as a little acronym if you look at my name the capitalized letters spell NEXUS (I didn't just randomly capitalize or do every other like that stupid username fad). sorry for the confusion lol

Regards,
NoEXcUseS / NEXUS?