Quake Watch 2011

There has only been 2 quakes above Mag 5 since the Apogee/Full Moon GLOBALLY

5.0 2011/03/19 20:08:11 6.680 38.499 14.9 ETHIOPIA
5.3 2011/03/19 18:43:03 -10.206 -13.205 10.0 ASCENSION ISLAND REGION

Doesn't sound unusual at all

Like Is aid on another topic, the "Super" moon looked pretty ordinary from where I am.
I took photos at 4:17am but the moon is tiny.

reply to post by muzzy


Must admit, here in the UK the super moon looks just like, well ... the moon. I feel somewhat let down. Not sure if I was expecting some sort of OMG moment or not to be honest.
Oh well, maybe next time ... if there is a next time

reply to post by Plumbduff


I wonder if I just caught it right. As it rose above the horizon it looked huge. Now it still looks just above average but so bright you can walk about here without a torch. We have very little light polution here. I do wish I had gone down to the sea, 2miles away to take more pictures from the dunes. I think it would have looked very alien.

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Here is a really odd location for one today.

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.
Magnitude 2.5
Date-Time Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 15:00:56 UTC
Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 10:00:56 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 34.836°N, 86.386°W
Depth 9.8 km (6.1 miles)
Region ALABAMA
Distances 9 km (5 miles) SSE (155°) from New Market, AL
12 km (8 miles) E (87°) from Moores Mill, AL
15 km (9 miles) N (357°) from Gurley, AL
24 km (15 miles) NE (54°) from Huntsville, AL
218 km (136 miles) NW (304°) from Atlanta, GA

USGS - Source

Position of moon 0120 am

List of tremors,realitively minor
hisz.rsoe.hu... 4.8 japan 2206hrs
hisz.rsoe.hu... 2.3 turkey 2137hrs
hisz.rsoe.hu... 2.6 greece 2227hrs
hisz.rsoe.hu... 3.4 asia 2249hrs Kyrgyzstan
hisz.rsoe.hu... 4.9 japan 2337hrs
hisz.rsoe.hu... 4.6 new z 0010hrs woodville
hisz.rsoe.hu... 2.5 greece 0021hrs
hisz.rsoe.hu... 2.5 peurto ric0057 hrs
hisz.rsoe.hu... 2.2 peurto ric 0113hrs
hisz.rsoe.hu... 5.3 japan 0109hrs sasu
hisz.rsoe.hu... 5.6 japan 0130hrs Hisanohama
hisz.rsoe.hu... 2.2 calif 0214hrs vineyard
hisz.rsoe.hu... 2.3 greece0212hrs Korithion
hisz.rsoe.hu... 2.1 portugal 0240hrs
hisz.rsoe.hu... 2.7 turkey 0304hrs
hisz.rsoe.hu... 2.1 italy 0314hrs marina
Okayz...moon above and list,noted tremor at new zealand as moon crept over south america,is that a coincidence,theoretically in 0- 8 hours then quakes,tremors in US,I would digress,if not then I would be concerned about that eastern pacific ring again,tomorrows,not unless weak spot in chile ! etc.?

Hope the quakes today aren't another precurser:

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* Reference Number: 3481318
* NZDT: Sun, Mar 20 2011 1:34 pm
* Magnitude: 4.3
* Depth: 5 km
* Details: 10 km south-west of Twizel

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* Reference Number: 3481313
* NZDT: Sun, Mar 20 2011 1:33 pm
* Magnitude: 4.3
* Depth: 5 km
* Details: 20 km south-west of Twizel

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* Reference Number: 3481306
* NZDT: Sun, Mar 20 2011 1:10 pm
* Magnitude: 4.6
* Depth: 9 km
* Details: 10 km south-west of Twizel

www.geonet.org.nz...

Originally posted by Shenon
Maybe our Quake Nerds would like to look into it

Did the Earth Shake in St. Augustine this Morning?

NEW - Oil Spill Reported Near Deepwater Drilling Site in Gulf!!!

Hmmmmmmmm


Edit to clarify: Maybe the shaking in Florida has something to do with this Oil Spill...

reply to post by Shenon

Compasses going crazy

Hmmmmmm

reply to post by zenius


seen it first here
been away out for a while.
First thing I thought when the town Twizel was mentioned was "Hydro Dams"

Hopefully no damage was done, just light quakes so far.
Can't say have seen this precise location before in the last 4 years I've been watching
Checking the NZ Faults Map now


Ostler Fault Zone details

Sorry to dissapoint you Robin...

USGS

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.
Magnitude 2.8
Date-Time Sunday, March 20, 2011 at 02:46:02 UTC
Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 09:46:02 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 35.248°N, 92.342°W
Depth 4.9 km (3.0 miles) (poorly constrained)
Region ARKANSAS
Distances 20 km (12 miles) NNE of Conway, Arkansas
54 km (33 miles) E of Searcy, Arkansas
56 km (34 miles) N of LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas
71 km (44 miles) SSW of Mountain View, Arkansas

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 0.7 km (0.4 miles); depth +/- 10.1 km (6.3 miles)
Parameters NST= 25, Nph= 41, Dmin=5.6 km, Rmss=0.63 sec, Gp= 54°,
M-type="Nuttli" surface wave magnitude (mbLg), Version=7
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)


Event ID usc00027b4

reply to post by muzzy


Was just onto that myself. Why would you build dams there? Potential devastation area if you ask me....Those quakes were in the middle of all those white lines in the middle of the southern half of the south island.



peterbird.name...

reply to post by zenius


The alternative is? ..................... nuclear and we all know NZ is never going down that track

Perfect place for a hydro dam, big valleys, rivers, run off from the Alps etc.
These South Island ones are well designed for quakes. The older ones up in the Waikato, North Island I'd have my doubts about although given the number of bigger than Moderate quakes they get around Mangakino, Whakaramaru you never hear of any issues with that sde of things.

33km from the centre of those 3 quakes to Benmore Dam, I think its the newest one of the lot, strong as

reply to post by muzzy


How bout solar, wind farms.. I hope it's sturdy. I'm a bit worried about another big one hitting you guys over there. Actually I'm possessed with the entire region around Australia right now. Taupo and the Indonesian volcanoes are worth watching I think too.

reply to post by zenius

Yeah we got those too, and geothermal and one coal, but no where near the scale of Hydro

4.4 earthquake on Vancouver island, just on the fault line...

The pressure is making it's way to California... wouldn't surprise me if a big one 6.5+ hit off California in the next week.

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.
Magnitude 4.4
Date-Time Sunday, March 20, 2011 at 04:20:39 UTC
Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 09:20:39 PM at epicenter

Location 49.910°N, 128.216°W
Depth 9.9 km (6.2 miles)
Region VANCOUVER ISLAND, CANADA REGION

USGS Source

reply to post by UtahRosebud


That one scares me for some reason. Cascadia is on the move. Can those with a little more knowledge speculate on the significance of this quake . . . if any?

reply to post by nonnez


If you arent' already, watch this thread as Westcoast does a wonderful job hosting it with lots of information and thoughts about what's happening in that part of the world.

reply to post by nonnez


I for one wouldn't be over concerned about the location of this one.
EQCanada haven't got it listed just yet but the odds are the location description will be "106km SW of Port Hardy, BC"

If you look on the list below you will see there are a dumptruck load of quakes here all the time. In fact along with Tofino its the most common quake location along the island coast
earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca...

Been like that for ever since I started watching 4 years ago

Originally posted by nonnez
reply to post by UtahRosebud

 

That one scares me for some reason. Cascadia is on the move. Can those with a little more knowledge speculate on the significance of this quake . . . if any?

edit on 20-3-2011 by nonnez because: (no reason given)

Scares me too.

You might wanna check out Westcoast's thread where a little bit of discussion is going on about it. You can find that thread here:

ATS Thread - What might really be happening in Washington state...

ETA - Zenius beat me to it. LOL. Thanks, Zenius!