Quake Watch 2013

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Geophysical Journal International setup on Oxford Journals this year, and there it's not paywalled.

Free access via gji.oxfordjournals.org/content/113/3/684.abstract

Magnitude mb 4.8
Region GREECE
Date time 2013-02-15 14:42:54.0 UTC
Location 40.35 N ; 23.98 E
Depth 10 km
Distances 264 km N Athens (pop 729,137 ; local time 16:42:54.5 2013-02-15)
94 km E Thessaloníki (pop 354,290 ; local time 16:42:54.5 2013-02-15)
75 km SW Kavála (pop 59,240 ; local time 16:42:54.5 2013-02-15)
2 km N Ouranópolis (pop 1,047 ; local time 16:42:54.5 2013-02-15)

EMSC

Magnitude ? (uncertain or not yet determined) - URAL MOUNTAINS REGION, RUSSIA
2013 February 15 03:22:00 UTC

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc000f7rz.php

M0.0 - Meteor Explosion Near Chelyabinsk, Russia 2013-02-15 03:20:26 UTC

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usc000f7rz

Additional Commentary

Chelyabinsk, Russia meteor explosion which occurred at approximately 03:20:26 UTC or 9:20:26 am local time. At least 1000 people were injured and windows of many buildings in the region were blow out or damaged by the shock waves. Location and times are approximate. Magnitude cannnot be accurately determined as this an atmospheric event.

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Muzzy, we now have seen what a small piece of rock can do when it explodes over a populated area. Kind of reminded me of the Movie "Meteor". I'm sure that the people who saw and experienced that thing thought the world was coming to an end.

No let us take and multiply that by a few hundred feet and imagine where we are at.

M3.3 - 85km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands

What is significant about this quake?

Nothing in particular other than that is the latest, a few minutes ago, in a small stream of Virgins that have been sneaking in under the radar, yet it is dated the 9th.

ETA: just noted the date at the bottom of the page

Page Last Modified: February 09, 2013 13:57:22 UTC

It has gone again,and now I find this particular quake has been added and deleted over 50 times today 231 times in total - that is what I have been seeing. I was just noting the location and not the times.

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from that updated web page I linked to on the last page re 2012 DA14 (the asteroid)

“No Earth impact is possible,” said Donald Yeomans, manager of NASA’s Near-Earth Object program at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. “No one has raised a red flag, nor will they,” Yeomans told reporters. “I certainly don’t anticipate any problems whatsoever.”
"Although they wouldn't (cause) a global catastrophe if they impact the Earth, they still do a lot of regional destruction," said Lindley Johnson, who oversees the Near-Earth Object Observations Program at NASA headquarters in Washington DC.

and the Meteor in the Urals

NASA scientists said that the incident is not connected to the approach of 2012 DA14, which measures 45 to 95 meters in diameter and will be passing by Earth tonight at around 19:25 GMT, at the record close distance of 27,000 kilometers.

not really earthquake related, but kind of USGS to list it anyway.

geez time flies , there was a meteor flew over Canterbury NZ in 2006 www.nzherald.co.nz..., perhaps a forewarning of the devastating earthquakes to come in 2010/2011?

I don't believe that kind stuff, people need to get on with their lives
Que Sera, Sera

Long time since my last post here.
Just a thought.

Would we "soon" be in for a magnitude 8 to 9 earthquake in the Main Himalayan Thrust?
I'm asking because there have been detection of magma and water around the MHT and data has showed a thrust dipping in two to four degrees northward, and also revealed a segment of thrust that dips 15 degrees downward.

I guess a ramp such as that one could be a nucleation point for a massive earthquake?

A meteor explosion in the skies above Russia this morning also walloped the Earth, triggering shaking as strong as an earthquake, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reports.

Today's early morning blast, centered on the Chelyabinsk region, sent massive tremors through the ground, which were recorded on seismic monitoring instruments around the world.

Initial reports pegged the explosion as similar to a magnitude [color=lime]2.7 shaker, according a seismograph released by the USGS. For comparison, the 1908 Tunguska meteor blast's shock waves, which flattened 80 million trees in Siberia, produced the equivalent of an estimated 5.0 temblor.

www.space.com...

6.2 Philippines


earthquake.usgs.gov...

6.2 Date-Time Saturday, February 16, 2013 at 04:37:36 UTC Saturday, February 16, 2013 at 12:37:36 PM at epicenter Location 5.759°N, 125.838°E Depth 98.2 km (61.0 miles) Region MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES Distances 83 km (51 miles) ESE (119°) from General Santos, Mindanao, Philippines 149 km (93 miles) S (171°) from Davao, Mindanao, Philippines 240 km (149 miles) SE (133°) from Cotabato, Mindanao, Philippines 975 km (606 miles) W (260°) from KOROR, Palau Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 14.6 km (9.1 miles); depth +/- 8.5 km (5.3 miles) Parameters NST=238, Nph=239, Dmin=148.1 km, Rmss=1.4 sec, Gp= 32°, M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=A Source Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) Event ID usc000f8be

Just having an earthquake here, strongish wobbling, and I don't think its the Philippines
details soon

Not sure if this is it

Public ID 2013p124917
Universal Time February 16 2013 at 5:16:09
NZ Daylight Time Saturday, February 16 2013 at 6:16:09 pm
Latitude, Longitude -36.34, 178.39
Focal Depth 283 km
Magnitude 5.9
Location 145 km north of Te Araroa
Agency WEL(GNS_Primary)
www.geonet.org.nz...

geez took a while to get here ................... 4 minutes

Originally posted by muzzy
Just having an earthquake here, strongish wobbling, and I don't think its the Philippines

details soon

Be safe muzzy! Awaiting details.

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You Getting Your Socks Rocked Off there Mr. Muzzy?? Be Safe My Friend!

== PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT ==



Region: OFF E. COAST OF N. ISLAND, N.Z.
Geographic coordinates: 36.130S, 178.045E
Magnitude: 6.0
Depth: 204 km
Universal Time (UTC): 16 Feb 2013 05:16:18
Time near the Epicenter: 16 Feb 2013 17:16:18
Local standard time in your area: 16 Feb 2013 00:16:18

Location with respect to nearby cities:
271 km (168 miles) NE (36 degrees) of Rotorua, New Zealand
282 km (175 miles) N (1 degrees) of Gisborne, New Zealand
304 km (189 miles) ENE (75 degrees) of Auckland, New Zealand
639 km (397 miles) NNE (27 degrees) of WELLINGTON, New Zealand


ADDITIONAL EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
________________________________
event ID : us c000f8cd

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist at NEIC
For subsequent updates, maps, and technical information, see:
earthquake.usgs.gov...
or
earthquake.usgs.gov...

National Earthquake Information Center
U.S. Geological Survey
earthquake.usgs.gov...

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Originally posted by muzzy
Just having an earthquake here, strongish wobbling, and I don't think its the Philippines

details soon

Not sure if this is it

Public ID 2013p124917
Universal Time February 16 2013 at 5:16:09
NZ Daylight Time Saturday, February 16 2013 at 6:16:09 pm
Latitude, Longitude -36.34, 178.39
Focal Depth 283 km
Magnitude 5.9
Location 145 km north of Te Araroa
Agency WEL(GNS_Primary)
www.geonet.org.nz...

geez took a while to get here ................... 4 minutes

edit on 15-2-2013 by muzzy because: (no reason given)

Hope you all are safe over there!
It sure seems to be active around the whole planet recently.... or maybe its just me being more aware... with all this activity im surprised nothin here in cali has gone off??? strange.....

Been watching this.

Be safe Muzzey

Magnitude upgraded to 6.3 by Geonet, that will be ML.
yeah I would agree it was a big quake .......... "far field" as the Japanese say
roughly about 648km away from me.
No damage, but the house was wobbling good and open doors "tapping" against the walls.

Its just coming on LISS SNZO now, quite a small trace, that would be becasue of the depth.
earthquake.usgs.gov...

I'm amazed at the Travel Time though.
I felt it about 6:19 (the time I looked at the clock), must have been the S wave I felt as I didn't hear or feel any separate sounds or movement like you do with closer quakes
this from the USGS Travel Time Calculator

Earthquake Latitude and Longitude: -35.91 178.80
Earthquake Depth (km): 293.
Earthquake Time: 6 16 4
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.30000019
Compute travel times for all branches
Expected 1s period body wave amplitude [ 4.13E+00 µm] [ 2.60E+01 µm/
travel arrival time
# code time(s) dy hr mn sec
[color=aqua]1 Pn 86.85 0 6 17 30
2 sPn 143.05 0 6 18 27
3 sPb 150.58 0 6 18 34
4 sPg 153.39 0 6 18 37
5 S 157.19 0 6 18 41
6 PcP 475.78 0 6 23 59
7 ScP 658.63 0 6 27 2
8 PcS 688.43 0 6 27 32
9 ScS 871.69 0 6 30 35
10 PKiKP 957.82 0 6 32 1
11 pPKiKP 1032.13 0 6 33 16
12 sPKiKP 1061.91 0 6 33 45
13 SKiKP 1140.21 0 6 35 4
14 PKKPdf 1880.12 0 6 47 24
15 SKKPdf 2062.50 0 6 50 26
16 PKKSdf 2092.28 0 6 50 56
17 SKKSdf 2274.67 0 6 53 58
18 P'P'df 2391.27 0 6 55 55
19 S'S'df 3210.19 0 7 9 34

after I posted on ATS here there was nothing else so it was all over by 6:20

something coming up ????????

gathering of 100.000 Dolphins for san Diego

www.nbcbayarea.com...

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Sashimi dinner? I got the impression that schools of fishes attracted the attention of schools of dolphins and, from there, it turned into a giant picnic

Marine mammal expert Sarah Wilkin said the reason the large pod might be there is because there’s plenty of food in the area, including sardines, herring and squid. “They’re attracted to kind of the same thing, they might wind up in the same place,” she said.

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sea world is nearby.....they could have well reacting on distress signals of the Dolphins living there.....to help them

Originally posted by ressiv
something coming up ????????

gathering of 100.000 Dolphins for san Diego

www.nbcbayarea.com...

< mouth agape >

I really am at a loss for words. That's...wow, I have no words. 100k dolphins. Food or omen, that's beyond stunning.

I am not sure, why the Dolphins should have anything to do with earthquakes...