Quake Watch 2011

Movement down South:

Magnitude
4.7
Date-Time
Thursday, October 06, 2011 at 13:59:27 UTC
Friday, October 07, 2011 at 01:59:27 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
29.122°S, 176.944°W
Depth
69.9 km (43.4 miles)
Region
KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION
Distances
91 km (56 miles) E (81°) from Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands
903 km (561 miles) S (191°) from NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga
3067 km (1906 miles) WSW (240°) from PAPEETE, Tahiti, French Polynesia
Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 21 km (13.0 miles); depth +/- 6.2 km (3.9 miles)
Parameters
NST= 34, Nph= 34, Dmin=96.8 km, Rmss=0.59 sec, Gp=115°,
M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=6
Source
Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID
usc00065fg

Be Well.

This one follows the 6.2 this morning which was near by:

Magnitude
5.1
Date-Time
Thursday, October 06, 2011 at 14:56:34 UTC
Thursday, October 06, 2011 at 10:56:34 AM at epicenter
Location
19.642°S, 69.067°W
Depth
98.1 km (61.0 miles)
Region
TARAPACA, CHILE
Distances
130 km (81 miles) ENE (59°) from Iquique, Chile
184 km (114 miles) SE (134°) from Arica, Chile
221 km (137 miles) SE (146°) from Tacna, Peru
1196 km (743 miles) SE (136°) from LIMA, Peru
Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 19 km (11.8 miles); depth +/- 9.4 km (5.8 miles)
Parameters
NST=122, Nph=169, Dmin=63.5 km, Rmss=1.04 sec, Gp= 58°,
M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=5
Source
Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID
usc00065fr

Be Well.

reply to post by Bishop2199


Is this the same one? If not 6.2 Earthquake hits Argentina:

reply to post by Bishop2199


But...would that be considered an aftershock? Hmmmm? I don't think so.....

AnonymousFem: No, the 6.2 happened earlier today and a bit south of this quake. This was reported by Puterman here.

MamaJ: I don't think this was an aftershock as it is quite a distance from the 6.2 this morning. Although, being in the same part of the world, these 2 quakes could be the start of a shift in the area. Time will tell.

Be Well.

MamaJ: I don't think this was an aftershock as it is quite a distance from the 6.2 this morning. Although, being in the same part of the world, these 2 quakes could be the start of a shift in the area. Time will tell.

reply to post by Bishop2199


Ok...good deal. That is why I asked as I thought you were referencing it was indeed an aftershock.

What kind of shift are you thinking? Like a bigger EQ?

This one prior to the Argentina 6.2 was missed.
Yap, W Caroline Islands, Micronesia
Geo Au - 6.2
Geofon - 6.0
USGS - 5.8
EMSC - 5.8 (used NEIC data)

Witness Location : Colonia (Micronesia) (34 km SW from epicenter)

It lasted around 10-12 seconds. The shaking was very abrupt. Everything was rumbling and shaking. I had felt several tremors prior to this (3 months, and 5 months ago) but nothing anywhere close to this one. It was very scary...I was about to run my ass outside.

We have one more JUJUY, ARGENTINA M 5.3 ..


Magnitude mb 5.3
Region JUJUY, ARGENTINA
Date time 2011-10-06 17:05:29.2 UTC
Location 23.12 S ; 66.44 W
Depth 213 km
Distances 166 km NW Jujuy (pop 305,891 ; local time 14:05:29.2 2011-10-06)
144 km SW Villazón (pop 30,253 ; local time 13:05:29.2 2011-10-06)

www.emsc-csem.org...



Think we entering in stronger Geo-activity in next 20 days, probably we will see M 7.8+ ..

JUJUY is first M 6+ after 15 days ..

Yesterday we have very strong and frequent swarm ..


2011-10-06 01:03:34.0 58.07 N 32.53 W 10 4.5 REYKJANES RIDGE
2011-10-06 00:39:33.0 57.95 N 32.58 W 10 5.6 REYKJANES RIDGE
2011-10-06 00:03:04.0 57.99 N 32.42 W 10 5.0 REYKJANES RIDGE
2011-10-05 23:52:20.0 57.97 N 32.59 W 10 5.3 REYKJANES RIDGE
2011-10-05 23:02:12.0 58.00 N 32.66 W 10 4.7 REYKJANES RIDGE
2011-09-05 08:22:46.0 59.03 N 30.85 W 10 4.6 REYKJANES RIDGE
2011-09-05 07:19:04.0 59.10 N 30.87 W 10 4.8 REYKJANES RIDGE
2011-09-05 07:15:51.0 59.03 N 30.63 W 10 4.6 REYKJANES RIDGE
2011-09-05 05:44:08.0 59.14 N 30.86 W 10 4.6 REYKJANES RIDGE
2011-09-05 05:05:37.0 59.16 N 30.89 W 10 4.9 REYKJANES RIDGE

More Alaska activity:

Magnitude
3.1
Date-Time
Thursday, October 06, 2011 at 18:38:38 UTC
Thursday, October 06, 2011 at 10:38:38 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
63.227°N, 150.623°W
Depth
105.7 km (65.7 miles)
Region
CENTRAL ALASKA
Distances
88 km (55 miles) W (259°) from Cantwell, AK
94 km (58 miles) NNW (343°) from Chase, AK
95 km (59 miles) N (4°) from Petersville, AK
228 km (142 miles) SW (220°) from Fairbanks, AK
Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 1 km (0.6 miles); depth +/- 2.9 km (1.8 miles)
Parameters
Nph= 11, Dmin=0 km, Rmss=0.55 sec, Gp= 0,
M-type=local magnitude (ML), Version=1
Source
Alaska Earthquake Information Center
Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Event ID
ak10329452

Be Well.

Think we entering in stronger Geo-activity in next 20 days, probably we will see M 7.8+ ..

reply to post by Dalke07


Why do you think it will be that magnitude and where do you think it may be? I have seen over the past two days the swarm in Arkansas again and I really hope if we get a big one somewhere it is in the ocean and not on land here in the US....or anywhere on land for that matter!!

reply to post by MamaJ


Very probably it happened on sensitive places over "Ring of Fire" ..

There are many reasons, most important for me in next days is gravitationally and kinetic energy between Earth and Moon ..

Moon be in very short period two time in year closes (Perigee) and farthest (Apogee) from Earth ..

Think M 7.8+ happened in max 20 days and probably in ocean because water-tide pressure and movement ..


www.fourmilab.ch...

en.wikipedia.org...

en.wikipedia.org...

en.wikipedia.org...

Peace ..

Everywhere strong activity last 24 h ..

2011-10-06 23:03:11.7 27.65 N 18.04 W 15 3.3 CANARY ISLANDS, SPAIN REGION
2011-10-06 21:34:59.5 27.65 N 18.03 W 13 2.7 CANARY ISLANDS, SPAIN REGION
2011-10-06 17:59:08.1 27.69 N 18.03 W 15 2.7 CANARY ISLANDS, SPAIN REGION
2011-10-06 16:42:11.1 27.66 N 18.03 W 12 2.9 CANARY ISLANDS, SPAIN REGION
2011-10-06 12:27:35.1 27.67 N 18.04 W 13 3.1 CANARY ISLANDS, SPAIN REGION
2011-10-06 10:47:31.9 27.69 N 18.04 W 14 2.8 CANARY ISLANDS, SPAIN REGION
2011-10-06 10:38:24.5 27.67 N 18.04 W 12 2.5 CANARY ISLANDS, SPAIN REGION
2011-10-06 10:35:53.0 27.66 N 18.02 W 14 2.7 CANARY ISLANDS, SPAIN REGION
2011-10-06 10:30:10.7 27.68 N 18.03 W 16 2.5 CANARY ISLANDS, SPAIN REGION
2011-10-06 10:28:05.0 27.67 N 18.03 W 12 2.6 CANARY ISLANDS, SPAIN REGION
2011-10-06 10:24:34.7 27.69 N 18.03 W 16 2.5 CANARY ISLANDS, SPAIN REGION
2011-10-06 10:21:02.0 27.69 N 18.02 W 16 2.5 CANARY ISLANDS, SPAIN REGION
2011-10-06 10:16:11.0 27.68 N 18.03 W 16 2.6 CANARY ISLANDS, SPAIN REGION
2011-10-06 06:34:04.3 27.69 N 18.05 W 13 2.6 CANARY ISLANDS, SPAIN REGION
2011-10-06 05:43:12.3 27.69 N 18.04 W 12 2.8 CANARY ISLANDS, SPAIN REGION
2011-10-06 05:03:17.0 27.67 N 18.04 W 12 3.2 CANARY ISLANDS, SPAIN REGION


www.emsc-csem.org...


2011-10-06 23:53:04.7 57.83 N 32.27 W 33 4.6 REYKJANES RIDGE
2011-10-06 20:58:43.9 58.26 N 32.19 W 30 4.4 REYKJANES RIDGE
2011-10-06 19:46:30.9 58.11 N 32.34 W 100 4.4 REYKJANES RIDGE
2011-10-06 01:03:34.0 58.07 N 32.53 W 10 4.5 REYKJANES RIDGE
2011-10-06 00:39:33.0 57.95 N 32.58 W 10 5.6 REYKJANES RIDGE
2011-10-06 00:03:04.0 57.99 N 32.42 W 10 5.0 REYKJANES RIDGE
2011-10-05 23:52:20.0 57.97 N 32.59 W 10 5.3 REYKJANES RIDGE
2011-10-05 23:02:12.0 58.00 N 32.66 W 10 4.7 REYKJANES RIDGE
2011-09-05 08:22:46.0 59.03 N 30.85 W 10 4.6 REYKJANES RIDGE
2011-09-05 07:19:04.0 59.10 N 30.87 W 10 4.8 REYKJANES RIDGE
2011-09-05 07:15:51.0 59.03 N 30.63 W 10 4.6 REYKJANES RIDGE
2011-09-05 05:44:08.0 59.14 N 30.86 W 10 4.6 REYKJANES RIDGE
2011-09-05 05:05:37.0 59.16 N 30.89 W 10 4.9 REYKJANES RIDGE

So,wow.
Alot of activity at Reykjanes Ridge.
A sign of something to come?
Are those foreshocks?
It seems that it has become active,after the lull.
I will be keeping an eye on it.

Magnitude 6.5 - SOUTH OF THE KERMADEC ISLANDS
2011 October 07 08:58:29 UTC

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc00065x2.php

* This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude 6.5
Date-Time

* Friday, October 07, 2011 at 08:58:29 UTC
* Friday, October 07, 2011 at 08:58:29 PM at epicenter

Location 32.387°S, 178.916°W
Depth 34.6 km (21.5 miles)
Region SOUTH OF THE KERMADEC ISLANDS
Distances

* 363 km (226 miles) SSW (196°) from Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands
* 1302 km (809 miles) SSW (196°) from NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga
* 3371 km (2095 miles) SW (235°) from PAPEETE, Tahiti, French Polynesia

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 16.1 km (10.0 miles); depth +/- 5.9 km (3.7 miles)
Parameters NST=277, Nph=282, Dmin=361.8 km, Rmss=0.93 sec, Gp= 47°,
M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=8
Source

* Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID usc00065x2

UTC

First 11 hours 10.07 ..


2011-10-07 10:48:34.0 29.18 N 130.41 E 37 mb 4.7 M RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN NEIR

2011-10-07 09:25:52.0 34.64 N 141.91 E 37 M 4.6 M OFF EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

2011-10-07 08:58:25.8 32.39 S 178.84 W 10 Mw 6.5 M+ SOUTH OF KERMADEC ISLANDS INFO

2011-10-07 09:05:49.9 21.05 N 140.29 E 31 mb 5.7 A WEST OF MARIANA ISLANDS BEO

2011-10-07 06:39:27.5 62.83 N 140.42 E 33 mb 5.5 A SOUTHEASTERN SAKHA, RUSSIA LDG

2011-10-07 06:30:16.7 22.14 S 171.14 E 100 mb 5.6 M SOUTHEAST OF LOYALTY ISLANDS GSRC

2011-10-07 06:19:51.1 2.92 S 100.99 E 67 mb 4.8 M+ KEP. MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA INFO

2011-10-07 02:51:21.4 41.73 N 141.91 E 72 mb 5.2 M+ HOKKAIDO, JAPAN



2011-10-07 10:21:55.3 ... 19min ago 27.68 N 18.04 W 13 2.5 CANARY ISLANDS, SPAIN REGION
2011-10-07 09:29:08.91hr 02min ago 27.66 N 18.03 W 12 3.1 CANARY ISLANDS, SPAIN REGION
2011-10-07 09:08:41.91hr 22min ago 27.68 N 18.03 W 14 2.8 CANARY ISLANDS, SPAIN REGION
2011-10-07 09:07:00.01hr 24min ago 27.68 N 18.03 W 15 2.9 CANARY ISLANDS, SPAIN REGION
2011-10-07 09:05:17.11hr 25min ago 27.65 N 18.03 W 12 2.7 CANARY ISLANDS, SPAIN REGION
2011-10-07 06:31:04.14hr 00min ago 27.65 N 18.03 W 15 2.6 CANARY ISLANDS, SPAIN REGION
2011-10-07 06:24:54.14hr 06min ago 27.66 N 18.03 W 14 2.5 CANARY ISLANDS, SPAIN REGION
2011-10-07 02:30:05.98hr 01min ago 27.65 N 18.02 W 14 3.6 CANARY ISLANDS, SPAIN REGION
2011-10-07 02:19:41.88hr 11min ago 27.66 N 18.03 W 11 3.1 CANARY ISLANDS, SPAIN REGION



Magnitude 4.1
Date-Time

Friday, October 07, 2011 at 06:35:20 UTC
Thursday, October 06, 2011 at 11:35:20 PM at epicenter

Location 27.734°N, 111.572°W
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles)
Region GULF OF CALIFORNIA

Kermadec downgrade of 0.4 to 6.1

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc00065x2.php

* This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude 6.1
Date-Time

* Friday, October 07, 2011 at 08:58:29 UTC
* Friday, October 07, 2011 at 08:58:29 PM at epicenter
* Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 32.389°S, 178.902°W
Depth 40 km (24.9 miles)
Region SOUTH OF THE KERMADEC ISLANDS
Distances 106 km (65 miles) S of L'Esperance Rock, Kermadec Islands
359 km (223 miles) SSW of Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands
762 km (473 miles) NE of Auckland, New Zealand
1136 km (705 miles) NNE of WELLINGTON, New Zealand
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 15.2 km (9.4 miles); depth +/- 6.2 km (3.9 miles)
Parameters NST=398, Nph=432, Dmin=360.7 km, Rmss=1.12 sec, Gp= 29°,
M-type="moment" magnitude from initial P wave (tsuboi method) (Mi/Mwp), Version=B
Source

* Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID usc00065x2

reply to post by kdog1982


Reykjanes is normal as I posted earlier. Always happens around this time of year and usually a batch of 3 or 4 mag 5 or thereabouts.

Jujuy on another subject may be downgraded to a 6.1 later I think, or possibly a 6.0 but I think 6.1 more likely. Time will tell.

reply to post by jjjtir


Why do they always manage to do that on a day when I rush the details out on my blog, and on other days when I don't nothing changes!

Drinking emporium serving attendants!!!!!

I knew I should not have trusted it until the tensor solutions were available.

Originally posted by muzzy
This one prior to the Argentina 6.2 was missed.
Yap, W Caroline Islands, Micronesia
Geo Au - 6.2

I think they sank your boat Muzzy

Mwp: 5.6 (Preferred)

It has been downgraded, or did you point at the wrong one?

Never mind. Geofon still have it as a 6.0

USGS have it 5.8 still on 2 of the tensor solution, but 5.9 on the centroid.

reply to post by Bishop2199


You comment about the shift. I think it would be fair to say that 'often' the quakes in the Argentina are deep - subduction zone quakes as they are called. In this list I have marked the one that are NOT deep in orange.

Date/Time UTC,Latitude,Longitude,Magnitude,Depth(Km),Location
2011-10-06 11:12:29, -24.181, -64.250, 6.2, 9.5, Jujuy. Argentina
2011-09-02 13:47:11, -28.422, -63.146, 6.7, 592.8, Santiago Del Estero. Argentina
2011-07-23 02:56:53, -29.338, -69.774, 5.5, 120.6, San Juan. Argentina
2011-04-17 01:58:50, -27.589, -63.250, 5.9, 562.7, Santiago Del Estero. Argentina
2011-02-21 06:58:36, -27.204, -64.763, 5.6, 10.6, Santiago Del Estero. Argentina
2011-01-01 09:56:58, -26.794, -63.078, 7.0, 576.8, Santiago Del Estero. Argentina
2010-07-26 17:31:31, -24.193, -67.033, 5.6, 192.2, Salta. Argentina
2010-04-09 22:23:00, -28.528, -68.024, 5.8, 87.4, La Rioja. Argentina
2010-03-08 17:03:18, -25.707, -66.599, 5.7, 19.3, Salta. Argentina
2010-02-27 15:45:36, -24.674, -65.403, 6.3, 9.5, Salta. Argentina
2010-02-12 12:03:40, -33.492, -68.555, 5.8, 144.7, Mendoza. Argentina
2010-02-07 17:09:49, -23.168, -66.142, 5.6, 247.5, Jujuy. Argentina
2010-01-28 08:04:08, -23.404, -66.627, 5.9, 161.8, Jujuy. Argentina
2009-11-14 19:44:30, -22.803, -66.438, 6.1, 220.7, Jujuy. Argentina
2009-11-06 08:49:53, -23.268, -64.342, 5.5, 10.0, Salta. Argentina
2009-08-12 18:00:51, -27.821, -66.569, 5.5, 156.1, Catamarca. Argentina

Basically the point of this was to suggest that perhaps your activity theory would possibly be enhanced if the Argentina one had been deep - suggesting a slab movement. I am not quite sure what to make of the shallow ones except that perhaps they are settlement after deep movement.


Edit to add: I was looking at 5.5+ but I see there was a deeper 5.3 (posted by Dalke07)

Magnitude mb 5.3
Region JUJUY, ARGENTINA
Date time 2011-10-06 17:05:29.2 UTC
Location 23.12 S ; 66.44 W
Depth 213 km

Perhaps the two combined may be suggesting a slab move.