Quake Watch 2012

Jebus!

Just happened to catch this

Magnitude
5.7
Date-Time
Saturday, February 04, 2012 at 20:05:32 UTC
Saturday, February 04, 2012 at 12:05:32 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
48.867°N, 127.876°W
Depth
12.8 km (8.0 miles)
Region
VANCOUVER ISLAND, CANADA REGION
Distances
228 km (142 miles) WSW (238°) from Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada
246 km (153 miles) WNW (284°) from Neah Bay, WA
277 km (172 miles) WNW (293°) from Forks, WA
332 km (206 miles) W (279°) from Saanich, British Columbia, Canada
349 km (217 miles) W (264°) from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 14.7 km (9.1 miles); depth +/- 7.8 km (4.8 miles)
Parameters
NST=418, Nph=423, Dmin=171.4 km, Rmss=1.2 sec, Gp= 72°,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=8
Source
Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID
usb0007vx6

earthquake.usgs.gov...

5.7 2012/02/04 20:05:32 48.867 -127.876 12.8 228 km (142 mi) WSW of Campbell River, Canada
3.0 2012/02/04 19:34:45 43.256 -125.010 4.9 51 km ( 32 mi) WNW of Bandon, OR
4.3 2012/02/04 19:34:34 43.203 -126.269 24.7 151 km ( 94 mi) W of Bandon, OR

reply to post by berkeleygal


The quakes are bouncing around like a ball in a pinball machine!!!
Or like Wack-A-Mole for all you too young ones!!!

I have to go to a family thingy in a couple of hours.
I just know I'm going to miss something!

I just hope it isn't anything serious!

reply to post by berkeleygal


It's your fault! Stop playing with that waterphone!

Aftershock

Magnitude mb 5.3
Region VANCOUVER ISLAND, CANADA REGION
Date time 2012-02-04 20:05:30.0 UTC
Location 48.87 N ; 127.91 W
Depth 2 km
Distances 337 km W Victoria (pop 289,625 ; local time 12:05:30.3 2012-02-04)
229 km W Port alberni (pop 21,282 ; local time 12:05:30.3 2012-02-04)
169 km SW Gold river (pop 1,365 ; local time 12:05:30.3 2012-02-04)

EMSC

Was going to post this as I live on a gulf island off Vancouver island. Was in the barn collecting eggs and we didn't feel a thing. Waiting for any reports of anyone feeling this one.

Hope this is the main event, but our family is prepared as well as an island emergency plan in place.

Not liking the looks of this map...

Magnitude
3.0
Date-Time
Saturday, February 04, 2012 at 21:36:28 UTC
Saturday, February 04, 2012 at 01:36:28 PM at epicenter
Location
36.551°N, 121.136°W
Depth
8.6 km (5.3 miles)
Region
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
Distances
2 km (1 miles) NNE (17°) from Pinnacles, CA
22 km (14 miles) NE (53°) from Soledad, CA
27 km (17 miles) NNE (21°) from Greenfield, CA
38 km (24 miles) N (359°) from King City, CA
40 km (25 miles) SE (145°) from Hollister, CA
111 km (69 miles) SE (142°) from San Jose City Hall, CA
Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 0.1 km (0.1 miles); depth +/- 0.3 km (0.2 miles)
Parameters
Nph= 62, Dmin=6 km, Rmss=0.09 sec, Gp= 43°,
M-type=duration magnitude (Md), Version=1
Source
California Integrated Seismic Net:
USGS Caltech CGS UCB UCSD UNR
Event ID
nc71724500

earthquake.usgs.gov...



It's like looking at a RISK board.. red army white army and blue army all converging on the yellow domain!

Magnitude
3.0
Date-Time
Saturday, February 04, 2012 at 21:36:28 UTC
Saturday, February 04, 2012 at 01:36:28 PM at epicenter
Location
36.551°N, 121.136°W
Depth
8.6 km (5.3 miles)
Region
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
Distances
2 km (1 miles) NNE (17°) from Pinnacles, CA
22 km (14 miles) NE (53°) from Soledad, CA
27 km (17 miles) NNE (21°) from Greenfield, CA
38 km (24 miles) N (359°) from King City, CA
40 km (25 miles) SE (145°) from Hollister, CA
111 km (69 miles) SE (142°) from San Jose City Hall, CA
Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 0.1 km (0.1 miles); depth +/- 0.3 km (0.2 miles)
Parameters
Nph= 62, Dmin=6 km, Rmss=0.09 sec, Gp= 43°,
M-type=duration magnitude (Md), Version=1
Source
California Integrated Seismic Net:
USGS Caltech CGS UCB UCSD UNR
Event ID
nc71724500

earthquake.usgs.gov...

Okay - I'm getting creeped out

Magnitude 5.3
Date-Time Saturday, February 04, 2012 at 21:50:51 UTC
Sunday, February 05, 2012 at 01:50:51 AM at epicenter

Location 13.068°N, 57.535°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles)
Region OWEN FRACTURE ZONE REGION
Distances 443 km (275 miles) E (84°) from Qalansiyah, Socotra Island, Yemen
576 km (358 miles) SE (139°) from Salalah, Oman
1179 km (732 miles) S (186°) from MUSCAT, Oman

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 15.8 km (9.8 miles); depth +/- 2.8 km (1.7 miles)
Parameters NST=112, Nph=113, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=1.17 sec, Gp= 72°,
M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=4
Source Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID usb0007vzk

Source

Round and Round we go - it's all over the place

MAP 5.3 2012/02/04 21:50:51 13.068 57.535 10.0 OWEN FRACTURE ZONE REGION
MAP 5.7 2012/02/04 20:05:32 48.867 -127.876 12.8 VANCOUVER ISLAND, CANADA REGION
MAP 5.4 2012/02/04 19:29:22 11.986 125.718 54.9 SAMAR, PHILIPPINES
MAP 5.1 2012/02/04 18:01:47 0.815 -26.709 13.5 CENTRAL MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE
MAP 5.2 2012/02/04 17:45:30 -17.180 167.742 16.4 VANUATU
MAP 5.6 2012/02/04 13:09:23 11.899 125.757 10.7 SAMAR, PHILIPPINES
MAP 5.8 2012/02/04 07:40:13 -20.529 -174.025 10.0 TONGA
MAP 5.4 2012/02/04 04:09:36 42.311 105.608 9.6 CENTRAL MONGOLIA
MAP 5.1 2012/02/04 02:54:23 24.701 122.723 120.6 TAIWAN REGION

Source

reply to post by Anmarie96


Yeah, that's really weird. I can't remember the last time I saw so many bigger ones on one single day and so wide spread.

Maybe one of the pros here can enlighten us a bit more

reply to post by Anmarie96


Wanna hear something really creepy?


This quake:

Magnitude 5.3

Date-Time Wednesday, February 01, 2012 at 21:43:48 UTC Wednesday, February01,2012at 02:43:48PM at epicenter Time of Earthquakein otherTimeZones

Location 31.380°S, 111.416°W

Depth 10.1 km (6.3 miles)

Region EASTER ISLAND REGION

Distances 507 km (315 miles) SSW of Hanga Roa, Easter Island 1957 km (1216 miles) ESE of ADAMSTOWN, Pitcairn Islands 2498 km (1552 miles) ESE of Rikitea, Mangareva, FrenchPolynesia 3816 km (2371 miles) W of SANTIAGO, Region Metropolitana, Chile

Location Uncertainty horizontal+/- 24.4 km (15.2 miles);depth +/- 2.9km (1.8miles)

Parameters NST=145, Nph=145, Dmin=513.2 km, Rmss=0.72 sec, Gp= 94°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=4

Source Magnitude: USGSNEIC (WDCS-D) Location: USGSNEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID usb0007u9a

Is pretty darned close to the antipodal point of the quake you just posted...and has the same magnitude (initially)

It's clustering. As you have watched over the last week or so, you will have noticed there was a lull not to long ago. I was very tense. Because stress was building. We first has PNG speak up followed by Vanuata. Then Japan etc.

If you look mainly at the 5+ list, on average, there's 3-5 per day. Not including aftershocks when you get something around 7M. During that lull, there was only one 5+M at Vanuata on Jan 31. Today there's been nine and as you've all noticed, there popping up in different areas all within a short timeframe. Since I am obsessed with the Eastern US quakes, I've been noticing this clustering for a long while now. The same thing happens globally. I will not even speculate on what I think is the cause. 'Cause I know the cause. Just kidding.

If you look at the Juan De Fuca plate. There were three quakes within roughtly an hour period- on different parts of the big slab of earth they call a plate.

In the Eastern US, it's been still super quiet. Texas the first whiff that a new cluster will start. The quakes left on the shake map are nearly a week old an will dissappear soon. When it's quiet that's when I watch the most. Because then you can follow how the clustering developes.

shh

And the list goes on...

Magnitude M 5.3
Region KEPULAUAN KAI, INDONESIA
Date time 2012-02-05 00:05:56.0 UTC
Location 5.52 S ; 133.86 E
Depth 2 km
Distances 591 km SE Sorong (pop 125,535 ; local time 09:05:56.0 2012-02-05)
125 km E Tual (pop 39,502 ; local time 09:05:56.0 2012-02-05)

EMSC

and on...

Magnitude mb 5.8
Region VANUATU
Date time 2012-02-05 00:15:41.0 UTC
Location 18.91 S ; 169.06 E
Depth 158 km
Distances 992 km W Suva (pop 199,455 ; local time 12:15:41.2 2012-02-05)
152 km SE Vila (pop 35,901 ; local time 11:15:41.2 2012-02-05)
73 km NW Isangel (pop 1,437 ; local time 11:15:41.2 2012-02-05)

EMSC

reply to post by wasobservingquietly


I did....and I usually take these with a grain of salt, However; this was a little cryptic and what have you, so I thought I would jump right into their delusions

But there might be something to that madness!

Hmm, this quake:

Magnitude
5.1
Date-Time
Saturday, February 04, 2012 at 18:01:46 UTC
Saturday, February 04, 2012 at 04:01:46 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
0.815°N, 26.709°W
Depth
13.5 km (8.4 miles)
Region
CENTRAL MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE
Distances
818 km (508 miles) NE of Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Brazil
1194 km (741 miles) NE of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
1337 km (830 miles) NE of Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
1598 km (992 miles) SSW of PRAIA, Cape Verde
Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 22.1 km (13.7 miles); depth +/- 6.8 km (4.2 miles)
Parameters
NST= 92, Nph= 92, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=0.73 sec, Gp=112°,
M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=5
Source
Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID
usb0007vv9

USGS

Is very close to the antipodes for these quakes:

Earthquake List for 10-degree Map Centered at 5°S, 150°E
Update time = Sun Feb 5 05:00:01 UTC 2012

MAP 5.1 2012/02/03 11:26:47  -6.722 150.082 12.6 NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
MAP 5.5 2012/02/02 09:32:15  -6.607 149.813 28.7 NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
MAP 5.0 2012/02/02 09:16:18  -5.294 153.550 74.0 NEW IRELAND REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

USGS

Think I'll stop now...I'm probably wrong anyway

and then

Magnitude 5.0
Date-Time Sunday, February 05, 2012 at 06:10:39 UTC
Sunday, February 05, 2012 at 09:40:39 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 28.568°N, 51.471°E
Depth 10.1 km (6.3 miles)
Region SOUTHERN IRAN
Distances 76 km (47 miles) SE of Bushehr, Iran
111 km (68 miles) WSW of Firuzabad, Iran
117 km (72 miles) S of Kazerun, Iran
788 km (489 miles) S of TEHRAN, Iran

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 14.9 km (9.3 miles); depth +/- 1.6 km (1.0 miles)
Parameters NST= 80, Nph= 84, Dmin=618.9 km, Rmss=0.59 sec, Gp= 58°,
M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=5
Source Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID usb0007w4w

Source

and then, ?

I know what all that means... TOTAL SUPER UBER DOOM, RIGHT???

No? Awwwwwwww

reply to post by Vitchilo


Just a sitting here wondering if those Russian Scientist broke through the ice all that might explain a whole number of things - anyone hearing anything this evening?

Speaking of Russians...

Magnitude 5.2
Date-Time

* Sunday, February 05, 2012 at 07:10:18 UTC
* Sunday, February 05, 2012 at 01:10:18 PM at epicenter
* Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 41.434°N, 74.807°E
Depth 20.9 km (13.0 miles)
Region KYRGYZSTAN
Distances 99 km (61 miles) W of Naryn, Kyrgyzstan
161 km (100 miles) ENE of Jalal-Abad, Kyrgyzstan
161 km (100 miles) S of BISHKEK (Frunze), Kyrgyzstan
197 km (122 miles) ENE of Osh, Kyrgyzstan
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 14.7 km (9.1 miles); depth +/- 5.3 km (3.3 miles)
Parameters NST=133, Nph=133, Dmin=400.8 km, Rmss=0.67 sec, Gp= 65°,
M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=7
Source

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

Event ID usb0007w54

USGS

Magnitude mb 5.7
Region VANUATU
Date time 2012-02-05 16:40:45.8 UTC
Location 17.82 S ; 167.28 E
Depth 40 km
Distances 1180 km W Suva (pop 199,455 ; local time 04:40:45.8 2012-02-06)
109 km W Vila (pop 35,901 ; local time 03:40:45.8 2012-02-06)

EMSC


ETA: Upgraded to 6.3 !!

Magnitude mb 5.5
Region CELEBES SEA
Date time 2012-02-05 16:46:58.0 UTC
Location 5.03 N ; 123.25 E
Depth 212 km
Distances 241 km SW Koronadal (pop 125,502 ; local time 00:46:58.1 2012-02-06)
186 km SW Kiamba (pop 10,979 ; local time 00:46:58.1 2012-02-06)
167 km SW Palimbang (pop 4,858 ; local time 00:46:58.1 2012-02-06)

EMSC

Magnitude mb 5.1
Region MICHOACAN, MEXICO
Date time 2012-02-05 17:01:10.0 UTC
Location 18.62 N ; 101.24 W
Depth 51 km
Distances 122 km S Morelia (pop 592,797 ; local time 11:01:10.1 2012-02-05)
38 km W Huetamo (pop 21,899 ; local time 11:01:10.1 2012-02-05)
33 km NW Zirándaro (pop 3,663 ; local time 11:01:10.1 2012-02-05)

EMSC