7.4 Earthquake just occured near Papua, Indonesia. Multiple Big Quakes.

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

* Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 03:16:29 UTC
* Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 12:16:29 PM at epicenter

Location 2.270°S, 136.560°E
Depth 20 km (12.4 miles) set by location program
Region NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA
Distances

* 172 km (107 miles) N (9°) from Enarotali, Irian Jaya, Indonesia
* 316 km (196 miles) ESE (119°) from Manokwari, Irian Jaya, Indonesia
* 461 km (286 miles) W (274°) from Jayapura, Irian Jaya, Indonesia
* 1093 km (680 miles) SSE (168°) from KOROR, Palau

Location Uncertainty Error estimate not available
Parameters NST= 12, Nph= 12, Dmin=0 km, Rmss=0.98 sec, Gp= 86°,
M-type="moment" magnitude from initial P wave (tsuboi method) (Mi/Mwp), Version=A
Source

* NOAA Pacific Tsunami Warning Center

Event ID pt10167003

earthquake.usgs.gov...

This is another in a series of strong to very strong earthquakes in this area. No tsunami threat currently and Hawaii isn't said to be in danger. Still breaking....



[edit on 15-6-2010 by webpirate]

There have been at least 3 in the last 30 minutes. A 5.8 an 6.4 at about the same time, then a 7.4 10 minutes later just slightly north of the other 2.

MAP 7.0 2010/06/16 03:16:30 -2.141 136.460 28.8 NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA

MAP 6.4 2010/06/16 03:06:05 -2.450 136.497 25.1 NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA

Some reports say two quakes - waiting to see if updated but current listed as two separate events.

I think it's been downgraded to a 7.0. Any Tsunami alerts?

Another 7.0 just occured!

Earthquake Details
Magnitude 7.0
Date-Time

* Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 03:16:29 UTC
* Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 12:16:29 PM at epicenter

Location 2.141°S, 136.460°E
Depth 28.8 km (17.9 miles)
Region NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA
Distances 195 km (125 miles) N of Enarotali, Papua, Indonesia
300 km (185 miles) ESE of Manokwari, Papua, Indonesia
1305 km (810 miles) NNE of DARWIN, Northern Territory, Australia
3315 km (2060 miles) E of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 15.1 km (9.4 miles); depth +/- 7.1 km (4.4 miles)
Parameters NST=124, Nph=124, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=1.16 sec, Gp= 25°,
M-type="moment" magnitude from initial P wave (tsuboi method) (Mi/Mwp), Version=6
Source

* USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID us2010xpai

earthquake.usgs.gov...

reply to post by webpirate


If Hawaii was in danger from this, then we are all in serious trouble. It was just north of Australia.

MM

Not sure yet, but the 7.0 and the 7.4 have different quake ID's as well as very different depths.

Still checking this out. The bigger ones happened after the smaller 5.8 and 6.4

Originally posted by MissMegs
reply to post by webpirate

 

If Hawaii was in danger from this, then we are all in serious trouble. It was just north of Australia.

MM

That's what i was thinking - Hawaii wouldn't really be in any danger from a quake like this!

It's not two 7's - it's a 6.4 (first quake Papua) and a 7.0 (2nd quake Papua).

earthquake.usgs.gov...

MAP 5.0 2010/06/16 03:33:59 58.271 -139.141 19.0 OFF THE COAST OF SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA

5.0 in Alaska. I'll be keeping my open for more.

This just seems to be getting stronger and stronger from the alert map Im looking at. Those numbers jump up much more I can't imagine what the cause and effect is going to be. Something has to give somewhere.

Originally posted by webpirate
Not sure yet, but the 7.0 and the 7.4 have different quake ID's as well as very different depths.

Still checking this out. The bigger ones happened after the smaller 5.8 and 6.4

when i click on your link in the first post, it takes me to the 7.0 quake, so i think it must have been downgraded.

One was just offshore, the other not far away onshore.

No tsunami info yet, but I'm pretty sure at least locally the water's sloshing high.

OK. Now the 7.0 and 7.4 have apparently been condensed into 1 quake. The depths are showing the same and the 7.4 has been downgraded into a 7.0. They now share the same quake ID. There has still been at least 2 other quakes in the last 45 mins there though:

Here is the data on the 6.4 that happened about 10 mins before the larger one:

Earthquake Details
Magnitude 6.4
Date-Time

* Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 03:06:05 UTC
* Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 12:06:05 PM at epicenter
* Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 2.450°S, 136.497°E
Depth 25.1 km (15.6 miles)
Region NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA
Distances 165 km (100 miles) N of Enarotali, Papua, Indonesia
320 km (200 miles) ESE of Manokwari, Papua, Indonesia
1275 km (790 miles) NNE of DARWIN, Northern Territory, Australia
3315 km (2060 miles) E of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 16.6 km (10.3 miles); depth +/- 6.7 km (4.2 miles)
Parameters NST= 91, Nph= 92, Dmin=475.3 km, Rmss=1.25 sec, Gp= 47°,
M-type="moment" magnitude from initial P wave (tsuboi method) (Mi/Mwp), Version=6
Source

* USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID us2010xpag

earthquake.usgs.gov...

Originally posted by apacheman
One was just offshore, the other not far away onshore.

No tsunami info yet, but I'm pretty sure at least locally the water's sloshing high.

EVALUATION

BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA A DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS
NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII. REPEAT. A
DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO
TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII.

No threat.

Tsunami Warning

I'm not seeing the Alaska one yet but there is a small one in N Cali Round Valley that just popped up.
Might be another busy night looks like.

This may seem like a weird question, but do you think the sun has something to do with all these earthquakes? I mean it is approaching it's peak sun cycles. Not my opinion just a question.

Well there's no threat to Australia according to whoever was manning the Tsunami desk at my work, and I doubt there will be any risk of a Tsunami for the rest of the pacific

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology


MEDIA:

NO USE OF STANDARD EMERGENCY WARNING SIGNAL (SEWS)

PLEASE BROADCAST THIS INFORMATION IF REFERRING TO THE EARTHQUAKE IN NEWS

REPORTS.

********************************************************************************


NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO AUSTRALIA


Issued by the Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre (JATWC) at 1:42 PM EST on

Wednesday 16 June 2010


********************************************************************************

SUMMARY:


An undersea earthquake of magnitude 7.2 has occurred at 1:16 PM EST on

Wednesday 16 June 2010 near IRIAN JAYA, INDONESIA.


THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO THE AUSTRALIAN MAINLAND, ISLANDS OR TERRITORIES.


For further details visit the Bureau web site www.bom.gov.au.


No further updates will be issued unless the situation changes.

Looks like the earthquake predictions in this video are coming to pass. They state it is due to the recent solar activities. I've followed several earthquake monitors on Twitter and I've not seen the activity that I've seen in the last 24 hours before.

Props to member Zeta Reticulan for bringing this video to my attention. This chilling video also states the full effect won't be felt for another day or two so maybe we are seeing the build up to something greater. I sure hope not but something is definatly happening and this video gives a very crediable explaination to me.

why is it that CNN website only reports a 6.4 magnitude earthquake off of Indonesia?