Quake Watch 2011

Magnitude
3.4
Date-Time
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at 01:37:19 UTC
Monday, September 12, 2011 at 07:37:19 PM at epicenter
Location
36.976°N, 104.849°W
Depth
6.8 km (4.2 miles) (poorly constrained)
Region
NEW MEXICO
Distances
28 km (17 miles) SW (227°) from Cokedale, CO
33 km (20 miles) WSW (242°) from Starkville, CO
37 km (23 miles) SW (235°) from Trinidad, CO
145 km (90 miles) S (188°) from Pueblo, CO
306 km (190 miles) S (178°) from Denver, CO
Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 10.2 km (6.3 miles); depth +/- 12.5 km (7.8 miles)
Parameters
NST= 24, Nph= 43, Dmin=22.3 km, Rmss=1.38 sec, Gp= 65°,
M-type=local magnitude (ML), Version=A
Source
Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID
usc0005tey

earthquake.usgs.gov...

There's that Cokedale again...

Two in quick succession nr west coast of Columbia

Mag 5.0 followed by a deeper 5.1

MAP 5.1 2011/09/13 04:49:38 5.633 -77.502 25.7 NEAR THE WEST COAST OF COLOMBIA MAP 5.0 2011/09/13 04:38:49 5.635 -77.534 18.9 NEAR THE WEST COAST OF COLOMBIA

earthquake.usgs.gov...

Another one in Colorado.
4.0 in Cokedale. There was a 3.4 in the same spot earlier.
Fracking?

reply to post by berkeleygal




Need I say more?


reply to post by ColoradoMom




From the 4.0 quake area. If you're curious about any quake, grab the coordinates form the USGS report, google it, then switch over to satellite view and look around, if there are frack pads, they're pretty obvious.


reply to post by don rumsfeld


Pretty sure the one you found is the one I have circled in yellow, the others I indicated in red.


ETA, I think those light colored spotes between the two bottom most right red circles are sand blows

reply to post by jadedANDcynical


Don't be too hasty to label everything a fracking pad. For example the one on the right hand side of the A in the bottom image is clearly an oil well not a gas well as you can see the nodding donkey and the storage tanks. So this is no-pressure oil or low-pressure oil that is being pumped. I don't know if pumping has an effect but I would imagine the extraction of any gas/liquid would lead to settlement/movement of some kind.

Fracking pads are easily identifiable by the 'puddle' beside then. They need the pond to hold fracking water.

Take a look at the co-ordinates of the 3.4. That looks like a fracking pad possibly on the left hand side but it is difficult to tell on GE if it is a pond or a building. I tried tilt view and it does look like a depression.

ETA:

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Did not see this posted yet. Oklahoma is adding a voice to the chorus:

Magnitude
3.3
Date-Time
Monday, September 12, 2011 at 15:35:28 UTC
Monday, September 12, 2011 at 10:35:28 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
35.629°N, 97.244°W
Depth
3.4 km (2.1 miles) set by location program
Region
OKLAHOMA
Distances
31 km (19 miles) NE of OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma
32 km (19 miles) SSE of Guthrie, Oklahoma
44 km (27 miles) NW of Shawnee, Oklahoma
48 km (29 miles) NNE of Norman, Oklahoma
Location Uncertainty
Error estimate not available
Parameters
NST= 23, Nph= 23, Dmin=171.6 km, Rmss=0 sec, Gp= 83°,
M-type=local magnitude (ML), Version=3
Source
Oklahoma Geological Survey, Leonard, USA
Event ID
us2011qtbp

Be Well.

California is rockin'

Magnitude
3.5
Date-Time
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at 12:27:13 UTC
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at 05:27:13 AM at epicenter
Location
35.727°N, 121.109°W
Depth
8 km (5.0 miles)
Region
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
Distances
12 km (7 miles) NE (38°) from San Simeon, CA
19 km (12 miles) N (354°) from Cambria, CA
21 km (13 miles) W (267°) from Lake Nacimiento, CA
40 km (25 miles) WNW (286°) from Paso Robles, CA
193 km (120 miles) SSE (158°) from San Jose City Hall, CA
Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 0.1 km (0.1 miles); depth +/- 0.5 km (0.3 miles)
Parameters
Nph= 72, Dmin=4 km, Rmss=0.1 sec, Gp= 90°,
M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=5
Source
California Integrated Seismic Net:
USGS Caltech CGS UCB UCSD UNR
Event ID
nc71645681

Be Well.

Japan just won't stop shaking:

Magnitude
4.8
Date-Time
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at 14:14:31 UTC
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at 11:14:31 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
38.901°N, 142.305°E
Depth
30.4 km (18.9 miles)
Region
NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances
133 km (82 miles) SE of Morioka, Honshu, Japan
143 km (88 miles) ENE of Sendai, Honshu, Japan
186 km (115 miles) ENE of Yamagata, Honshu, Japan
422 km (262 miles) NNE of TOKYO, Japan
Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 21.8 km (13.5 miles); depth +/- 8.7 km (5.4 miles)
Parameters
NST= 93, Nph= 93, Dmin=446.4 km, Rmss=0.72 sec, Gp=133°,
M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=5
Source
Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID
usc0005tl7

Be Well.

It looks like on top of all the other earthquake prone areas we are concerned about, now we can add Nevada to that list.

"It's not a smart idea to build a structure right across a fault," added Price, who also is director of the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology.

Wow, really... you don't say?

Nevada is the third most-active state for earthquakes behind Alaska and California.

A highly destructive earthquake of the 7.0 or greater magnitude generally occurs every 30 years in Nevada, but one of 6.0 to 7.0 range occurs each decade.

The largest Clark County earthquake in the last 10 years was one of 3.5 magnitude in 2001. But even in recent days two small tremors were recorded near Indian Springs by the Nevada Seismological Laboratory at UNR.

Las Vegas does not have earthquakes nearly as often as Reno or other parts of Northern Nevada. But a 2002 study found eight faults in Clark County, including one under the Strip. Strong earthquakes, meaning of 6.0 or greater magnitude, are expected to occur in Southern Nevada every 1,000 years to 10,000 years.

The most intriguing find in the Southern Nevada study, done by geoscientists from Lawrence Livermore and Nevada's two universities, was that soils under Las Vegas are subject to liquefaction in an earthquake.

That means big buildings could be toppled as the earth under them turns to liquid.

A fault line running right under the strip? Soils under Vegas subject to liquefaction? Whoa boy!

There are faults all over Nevada, and they and the earthquakes have created the mountains and valleys of Nevada.

Price said the Earth's crust literally has been pulling against itself for the last 16 million years. Each year Reno moves a couple of inches farther away from Salt Lake City.

There is a lot more information in this article that is really quite fascinating. I just pulled out the parts that were intriguing to me.

ETA - I am attempting to link the source of the above article I have quoted, however ATS is not allowing me to. As I do not wish to get into trouble for posting a possible violation of TOS, if you wish to read the article for yourselves, please feel free to U2U me and I will share the link that way. It is from a credible news/newspaper source.

reply to post by UtahRosebud


ATS is being sued by Las Vegas Review-Jour*nal/Righthaven/Stephens Media(www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/07/copyright-trolling-for-dollars/)...

Any material from them will get "restricted" banner.

helps to type main URL, copy and append or just google text news/scientists-trenches-hold-clues-to-quakes-129652183.html

Bishop.....lets add Mount Rainier to the cracka lackin too.


Magnitude
2.6
Date-Time
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at 16:29:28 UTC
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at 09:29:28 AM at epicenter
Location
46.850°N, 121.755°W
Depth
0.8 km (~0.5 mile) set by location program
Region
MOUNT RAINIER AREA, WASHINGTON
Distances
23 km (14 miles) ENE (62°) from Ashford, WA
34 km (21 miles) SE (138°) from Carbonado, WA
34 km (21 miles) SSW (198°) from Greenwater, WA
69 km (43 miles) SE (129°) from Tacoma, WA
97 km (60 miles) SSE (153°) from Seattle, WA
Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 0.1 km (0.1 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters
NST= 31, Nph= 34, Dmin=2 km, Rmss=0.16 sec, Gp= 65°,
M-type=duration magnitude (Md), Version=1
Source
Pacific Northwest Seismograph Network
Event ID
uw09131629

They tried to sneak this one in on me....too bad Im much more clever.


Magnitude
5.0
Date-Time
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at 16:19:29 UTC
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at 07:19:29 PM at epicenter
Location
34.409°N, 23.704°E
Depth
24.2 km (15.0 miles)
Region
CRETE, GREECE
Distances
126 km (79 miles) SSW (193°) from Chania, Crete, Greece
171 km (106 miles) SW (233°) from Iraklion, Crete, Greece
260 km (162 miles) N (354°) from Tubruq, Libya
399 km (248 miles) S (180°) from ATHENS, Greece
Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 5.6 km (3.5 miles); depth +/- 13.3 km (8.3 miles)
Parameters
NST=146, Nph=146, Dmin=146 km, Rmss=1.13 sec, Gp= 58°,
M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=6
Source
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center:
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
Event ID
us2011qubi

Originally posted by MamaJ
Bishop.....lets add Mount Rainier to the cracka lackin too.

I used to live in the shadow of Mount Rainier. I never thought that I would see the day that it blew. Fortunately, I am no longer near it and it still may not blow, just grumble from time to time...the mountain, not me.

Be Well.

So what do you guys make of this? StealthyKat has been watching it and asked me to look. This is pretty much in the middle of Louisiana. These are pretty constant and go up into the 400 range. I was thinking it must be local noise, or perhaps explosives....but darn, they look like quakes:

(scroll to right for bigger spike)



This screen shot was captured just a few minutes ago. Station TA.243A On GEE

Baja is bouncing:

Magnitude
4.0
Date-Time
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at 20:18:08 UTC
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at 01:18:08 PM at epicenter
Location
32.014°N, 115.146°W
Depth
6.9 km (4.3 miles) (poorly constrained)
Region
BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
Distances
31 km (19 miles) S (186°) from Guadalupe Victoria, Baja California, Mexico
61 km (38 miles) SW (215°) from San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora, Mexico
64 km (40 miles) SW (214°) from San Luis, AZ
185 km (115 miles) ESE (108°) from Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 5.1 km (3.2 miles); depth +/- 13.9 km (8.6 miles)
Parameters
Nph= 13, Dmin=82 km, Rmss=0.44 sec, Gp=266°,
M-type=local magnitude (ML), Version=1
Source
California Integrated Seismic Net:
USGS Caltech CGS UCB UCSD UNR
Event ID
ci11005933

Be Well.

reply to post by westcoast


Still seeing that, and it went up to 600....I also checked the surrounding stations, and they look crazy...we don't have earthquakes here (well last year we had one in Clinton Louisiana) I don't ever remember hearing of any others and I have lived here all my life. Just a thought here.....what HAS been going on a LOT are those eeire sounds (the roar) I have recorded it several times myself....I am wondering if there could be a connection between these sounds and the action on the siesmos (whether it's earth movement or caused by something else) If anyone has thoughts on the pic Westcoast posted above, I would love to hear it. Better yet, go check it out...and the surrounding stations too....they were all crazy.

Yep...still showing that on all three views....2 are on 400 and one is on 600. Waterproof Louisiana TA243A I think

reply to post by westcoast


I haven't opened up these stations in GEE yet, but do these events register on any surrounding stations? That would potentially answer the question right there. Just from looking at the wave signatures, it looks like man made activity. I see some man made activity as high as 600 microns/sec on some stations. Remember, always try to monitor with at least 2 stations for an area, if not 3 to 5. Helps resolve questions quickly.

reply to post by westcoast


Mmm - 234A.TA..BHZ.2011.256

Don't know what that is. Going to go have a listen.

reply to post by PuterMan


Ok, after seeing that, you convinced me.

Now monitoring 4 stations in GEE in the area. But am curious what the audio conversion reveals. Do tell!