Quake Watch 2011

Welcome to Quake Watch 2011

2010 started out with a promise of being one of the busiest earthquake years ever, but towards the end of the year subsided into a definite quiet except for a 6.5 ML in Iran on the Winter solstice. (I hope there are no more biggies between now and 31st). I will be posting a full analysis of the year in terms of numbers and energy release in the first days of the new year.

What will 2011 hold in store? Who knows. I am expecting a moderate sized quake between 6.5 and 7.5 in Greece during the early part of the year, but I am probably wrong! Other than that we should just be building up towards the end of the world inn 2010

Looking back at the 2010 thread and older

2010 First page and last page (261 on 21 Dec)

On the first page you will find links back to previous years

Quake Watch 2009, Quake Watch 2008, Quake Watch 2007, Quake Watch 2006, Quake Watch 2004

Not wishing to blow my own trumpet I have to say that all you ever need in links to Earthquake sites should be found in the link in my signature to my Wordpress Links Site

I would like to say that if anyone has anything to add by way of interesting links and/or educational material I want to hear from you. There is a sticky post on the home page where you can post any links and notify me of broken ones. Please do use it.

Basic essentials are:

European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre

US Geological Survey 7 day listing

Live Internet Seismic Server page

Volcano web cams

Helicorders and seismograms

These and hundreds more from the links on my site.

Don't forget there is a dedicated Volcano Watch 2011 and of course the Yellowstone thread just keeps on a growin'

There was a Solar Activity Watch 2010 thread, but it did not really get as much attention as it should. Maybe there will be a 2011 one?

If you are interested in earthquake connected geophysics then there is an ongoing thread Geophysics - Discussion & Research hosted by Zenius. There are some interesting theories coming up here and it deserves a visit.

To all contributors - keep up the good work. To all lurkers - we know you are there and hope you benefit from our efforts. Please feel free to participate as well.

I got this going as Hellmutt indicated he would not be doing so and we need to be ready for the New Year. I am not into last minute rushes. Once Christmas is upon us things will go to pot (including turkey, beer etc.

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FROM the 2010 thread [added by DontTreadOnMe]:

Previous Threads:

Quake Watch 2010

Quake Watch 2009

Quake Watch 2008

Quake Watch 2007

Quake Watch 2006

Quake Watch 2004

Some Resources:

USGS - U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program

EMSC - European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre

IRIS Seismic Monitor

Recent earthquakes measured by Geoscience Australia

Last month of events located by Earthquakes Canada

ASL DCC TELEMETRY STATIONS

Global Hazards - Earthquakes

 

edit on Sat Jan 1 2011 by DontTreadOnMe because: (no reason given)

nicely done puterman star and a flag for you my friend

to add to your links is the norwegian seismic network ...


www.jordskjelv.no...
and the icelandic metoffice
en.vedur.is...

me expects a 9.5 sometime next year tho ...

reply to post by alysha.angel


I had this link for the Norsar weekly quakes list, but I will add your link as well since it gives the date in normal format whereas the list point to is in Julian format.

Done

Complete mental aberration there. That should of course not be "end of the world inn 2010" - I don't even know where the world inn is - it should have been end of the world in 2012!

I just did it again typing this - typed 2010 instead of 2012. Must be the cold weather getting at my memory banks.

I have started on the comparisons for 2010 to the rest of the years 2000 - 2009. I am thinking of just doing 6+ rather than 5+.

Anyone have any strong feelings on that?

here are the new years first set of quakes --


MAG UTC DATE-TIME
y/m/d h:m:s LAT
deg LON
deg DEPTH
km Region
MAP 2.8 2011/01/01 02:09:59 34.102 -116.943 6.6 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 5.2 2011/01/01 01:56:06 39.502 75.239 10.6 SOUTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA
MAP 3.2 2011/01/01 01:00:47 33.169 -115.641 2.3 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.5 2011/01/01 00:46:01 33.161 -115.654 0.8 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.5 2011/01/01 00:41:07 33.159 -115.656 0.8 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 3.5 2011/01/01 00:34:10 33.161 -115.662 0.2 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 3.2 2011/01/01 00:03:14 19.480 -68.743 10.0 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REGION
MAP 4.9 2011/01/01 00:02:33 27.304 143.183 11.6 BONIN ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION

happy new year everyone..

Happy New Year everyone

I should have been right on top of this, seeing as we had a 12 hour start on UTC Jan 1, but I forgot, it was lunch time by then here in NZ

First quake in Europe, and 3rd in the World for 2011 UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) was;

LAT/LONG: 35.27, 22.61
UTC: 2011-01-01 00:06:07.0
DEPTH: 10 km
MAG: 3.1ML
LOCATION: Mediterranean Sea, W of Crete

First quake in New Zealand for 2011 in UTC (Coordinated Universal Time ) and the 4th in the World was;

REF:3439847
LAT/LONG: -38.37833, 177.77087
UTC: 2011/01/01 00:21:39
NZDT: 2011/01/01 13:21:39
DEPTH: 27km
MAG: 2.378ML
LOCATION: Nr. the Urukokomuka Stream, W of Whatatutu, Gisborne/East Cape
SOURCE: Geonet National Earthquake Information Database

However the first quake of 2011 in NZDT (New Zealand Daylight Saving Time) 2011 was a quake probably related to a swarm offshore Matata which has been going for 5 days now
REF:3439980
LAT/LONG: -37.76998, 176.7373
NZDT: 2011/01/01 03:51:42
UTC: 2010/12/31 14:51:42
DEPTH: 5km
MAG: 2.502ML
LOCATION: NW of Pikowai, Bay of Plenty
SOURCE: Geonet National Earthquake Information Database

The first quake reported as Felt, possibly in the World, for 2011 was;
REF: 3439982/G
UTC: 2011/01/01 00:30:54
NZDT: 2011/01/01 13:30:54
LAT/LON: -43.51, 172.46
DEPTH: 12 km
MAG: 2.825ML
LOCATION: Winstone Quarry, W of Yaldhurst, Christchurch, Darfield Aftershock
Reported Felt as; MM4 Largely observed 1 Bishopdale
SOURCE: Geonet National Earthquake Information Database
www.geonet.org.nz...

NORSAR haven't listed anything for the Arctic and Scandanavia yet, so they may come up with something earlier, they have 2 minutes and 33 seconds to play with

Originally posted by alysha.angel
here are the new years first set of quakes --


MAG UTC DATE-TIME
y/m/d h:m:s LAT
deg LON
deg DEPTH
km Region
MAP 2.8 2011/01/01 02:09:59 34.102 -116.943 6.6 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 5.2 2011/01/01 01:56:06 39.502 75.239 10.6 SOUTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA
MAP 3.2 2011/01/01 01:00:47 33.169 -115.641 2.3 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.5 2011/01/01 00:46:01 33.161 -115.654 0.8 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.5 2011/01/01 00:41:07 33.159 -115.656 0.8 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 3.5 2011/01/01 00:34:10 33.161 -115.662 0.2 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 3.2 2011/01/01 00:03:14 19.480 -68.743 10.0 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REGION
MAP 4.9 2011/01/01 00:02:33 27.304 143.183 11.6 BONIN ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION

happy new year everyone..

And you can tell I have been drinking already... I read your post and said wow a 6.6 in so cal already.... holy %#$%#@ a 10.6 in china.... ohh duh...

Was just sitting here thinking gee South America has gone quiet when


Magnitude 6.9
Date-Time

* Saturday, January 01, 2011 at 09:56:57 UTC
* Saturday, January 01, 2011 at 06:56:57 AM at epicenter

Location 26.843°S, 63.151°W
Depth 562.6 km (349.6 miles)
Region SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO, ARGENTINA
Distances

* 151 km (94 miles) NE (46°) from Santiago del Estero, Argentina
* 208 km (130 miles) E (92°) from San Miguel de Tucuman, Argentina
* 316 km (196 miles) NE (56°) from Catamarca, Argentina
* 576 km (358 miles) WSW (251°) from ASUNCION, Paraguay

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 17.2 km (10.7 miles); depth +/- 1.2 km (0.7 miles)
Parameters NST=551, Nph=553, Dmin=748.1 km, Rmss=0.59 sec, Gp= 50°,
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Event ID usc0000xky


That seems like a strange spot


But if you look at the last 100 years in the area, this size and this deep is not unusual:
neic.usgs.gov... &NDEP1=&NDEP2=&IO1=&IO2=&CLAT=0.0&CLON=0.0&CRAD=0.0&SUBMIT=Submit+Search

reply to post by zenius


Looks a relatively rural area, thank goodness.

Ugh...Southern Cali has been heating up all night....Hope it's not working up to something!


LINK TO MAP

reply to post by muzzy


Hi Muzzy, interesting info there, especially as I used to live a few Km from Matata and having experienced the Edgecumbe Earthquake in the 80's

Regards

reply to post by MoorfNZ


yes thank goodness. I was only thinking of you and your fellow kiwis when I was thinking about South America due to something Westcoast said in her Rumblings thread about how there has been alot of movement on the opposite side of her plate so there should be a balance creating movement on the east. I thought that makes sense as South America has gone quiet but all the movement seems to have transferred to north of you guys. Does that make sense?

reply to post by westcoast


Sure does, 2 just popped up with the S.america one. Hey, what happened with the Wyoming 4.1 then 2.9 then deleted.....

reply to post by zenius


Yes, we've seen a bit of an increase in mag recently - had a 4.4 earlier today with a few other smaller ones...

reply to post by zenius


Yes, I noticed the Wyoming one disappear, too! It's not on the sub 2.5 list either.

For those interested you can keep up with our aftershocks here in Canterbury (New Zealand South Island) on this site: quake.crowe.co.nz...


And all the NZ drums can be seen on this page: www.geonet.org.nz...

reply to post by MoorfNZ


Had a look at the Yellowstone MCID webicorder and it showed something at about that time.
mcid
Actually they're all rumblings so something happened. Surely UGS AND the yellowstone webis can't all be wrong.

reply to post by zenius


Yep - pretty much all over!! Look: www.isthisthingon.org...

reply to post by MoorfNZ


Gee Morf, you've given me 3 great web pages tonight! My earthquake bookmarks are getting outa control!