Quake Watch 2013

What's going on with Iran lately...

Btw. I hate the new USGS map, I had my settings: 1.5day 5or great magnitude... now I can't set it to 1.5 days, but have to enter a date, which I don't want to do everyday

Magnitude M 5.8
Region ATACAMA, CHILE
Date time 2013-05-11 15:39:26.3 UTC
local time: 11:39:26.3 2013-05-11
Location 26.11 S ; 69.46 W
Depth 10 km
Distances 822 km N of Santiago, Chile / pop: 4,837,295
164 km NE of Copiapó, Chile / pop: 129,280
65 km NE of Diego de Almagro, Chile / pop: 18,137
Source: EMSC
Source parameters provided by:
GeoForschungsZentrum (GEOFON) -- Potsdam, Germany (GFZ)

20 minutes ago, and USGS still not listing it.!
Will probably go down in size.
Chile's Servicio Sismológico Universidad de Chile have 5.4ML.
Thats another Network that has changed the layout of their web site for the worse, now the individual events don't even have their own pages, so you can't link directly to the details.

Alaska, Y U no have shakey-shakey?

I need to dig up the link I had to whoever it is in AK that monitors, I haven't check it in a long while and may not have it anymore. I'm not sure if USGS is correct in no mainland AK quakes for over 24 hours, or if it's just glitchy.

Aha, found it misplaced in a different bookmark folder:
www.aeic.alaska.edu...

So Alaska is just as hoppin' as it usually is, and the new USGS map is simply not showing them. Glitch or intentional? Probably glitch, I'd assume, judging by the tiny ones they're showing for California.

further too post by muzzy

5.2Mw now geofon.gfz-potsdam.de...
I kept checking to see it come on LISS NZSO but it never did, too small!
LISS SNZO

There was a 6.5 at Tonga




Magnitude: 6.5
DateTime: Saturday May 11 2013, 20:46:59 UTC
Region: Tonga
Depth: 215 km
Source: USGS Feed

11-05-2013 Manujan-Jask, Iran 6,2 Aftershocks

IISEE data mapped (left image) compared to the UselessSiesmicGoofballS throw the darts at the map attempt.
Not only have they (USGS) messed their own web site up, they couldn't even scale their frikin' maps the same as Google or Yahoo so you can compare at the same scale.
And they seem to be down on the flat, whereas IISEE are all but one 20km to the west in the mountains, where it is more likely to have been.

[color=8BB381](click on upper image (scale at 20/20) for interactive map, opens in new tab/window)

I am going to post this here - it was my reply to WOQ about the new UselessSiesmicGoofballS ( another great translation from Muzzy) mobile Interactive mapping thingy and is relevant to your earthquake viewing.

I use Firefox, and it works OK in that. I get all the options and it is possible to get all three sections up at one time.

It is exactly the same in Chrome, Dragon (a Chrome look alike) and Opera. HOWEVER as you might expect it does NOT work in Internet Explorer 8

You cannot get all three sections up at the same time and it is just generally braindead and useless so it probably goes well with USGS.

If you are using Internet Explorer I suggest you change to Firefox or Chrome or Opera. I prefer FF because I make HEAVY use of the scrapbook (add on - free) for saving pages, but that is just my personal choice.

You may have heard many sites slating IE and believe me there is good reason.

reply to post by PuterMan


I just want to reinforce Puterman's advice to ditch Internet Explorer.
Having been a Microsoft devotee for well over 10 years, it was hard to stop. But once I took the plunge and downloaded Chrome, I haven't opened IE once, not once.

Since then, not one headache with my browser. Do it now. Download some other browser and use it.

Potsdam/EMSC have two events on the Galapagos Triple Junction

Prov,Date/Time UTC,Latitude,Longitude,Magnitude,Depth(Km),Location
gfzp,2013-05-12 17:49:41, 1.790, -100.480, 4.9, 10.0, Galapagos Triple Junction Region
gfzp,2013-05-08 01:23:41, 1.500, -101.170, 4.4, 10.0, Galapagos Triple Junction Region

USGS only has one.

Looks as if something is moving there.

For future comparisons on LISS.

GFZ released 5 Mw tensor confirming ocean ridge spread. geofon.gfz-potsdam.de/data/alerts/2013/gfz2013jgsf/mt.txt

Large traces at 07 from Guatemala subduction with GFZ 5.8 Mw tensor that USGS have a low 5.2

earthquake.usgs.gov/monitoring/operations/data/Seismic_Data/telemetry_data/PAYG_24hr.html

www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~ekstrom/Research/SWD/current/RADB_SWD_grd.html

2013 5 12 4 6 8.0 17.75 -46.25 33.0 4.8 NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE

earthquake.usgs.gov/monitoring/operations/data/Seismic_Data/telemetry_data/ANWB_24hr.html

earthquake.usgs.gov/monitoring/operations/data/Seismic_Data/telemetry_data/BBGH_24hr.html

earthquake.usgs.gov/monitoring/operations/data/Seismic_Data/telemetry_data/SJG_24hr.html

Holy cow!!!
I actually heard back from USGS!
Here is the message:

Hello-

I'm sorry that you don't like the new interface, but I encourage you to explore it a bit more since there are new very nice features. Please go to earthquake.usgs.gov... and click on Map in the upper right corner of the page, and then Zoom to... XXX in the top right corner of the map. Also try clicking on the Options link in the top right to explore what is possible in the new interface. The List, Map, and Options links are all toggles to turn on/off the view of these panels in the webpage. Your settings will be automatically saved for your next visit to the webpage.

-Lisa
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lisa Wald, Geophysicist
Web Manager
US Geological Survey
[email protected]


Nope...sorry.
The new features don't make up for what they took away
that I used every day! Bah humbug!
Oh well, at least I tried!
Maybe if everyone who misses the features they discontinued
contacts them, they will reconsider? But I doubt it!
Rats!!!
WOQ

reply to post by wasobservingquietly


Well at least you got a reply , so there really are humans there.

I'm still waiting to get a reply from GeonetNZ as to where they have hidden 20 years of Felt Reports that I was using to compile an archive of New Zealand earthquakes with, that disappeared on the 5th September 2012.
EQC (Earthquake Commission) who are in partnership with GNS to provide this taxpayer funded Geonet service are under intense criticism here since the Christchurch quakes of 2010-2011.
Any independent analysis of individual earthquake events using the Felt Intensity Reports is now not possible, because the data has been deleted.

And it is not because funding has been decreased, in fact it has been increased since Chch.

I suppose they have more important stuff to do, like covering their asses in case there is an enquiry.

Also gone are the Peak Ground Velocity and Peak Ground Acceleration reports, which I notice are gone from USGS's pages as well.

I have a lot of Felt Reports archived on my maps, so all is not lost forever, but what I have is inconsistent.

With the help of Puterman we can still get the Geonet data, and create a list (not available under the new system at Geonet) of Felt Locations/Counts, of post Sept 5th 2012 New Zealand Felt Reports.
Here is one last night. Have a look at Geonets page and the Felt Map here, that is the best you get now, but no list.

But we have the technology (thanks to Putermans little programme he created)

Public ID: 2013p357858
Universal Time May 13 2013 at 9:47:29
NZ Standard Time Monday, May 13 2013 at 9:47:29 pm
Latitude, Longitude: 38.34°N, 176.11°E
Location: 25 km south-west of Rotorua
Depth: 212 Km
Magnitude: 4.8
Felt Reports;
Rather Strong 1
Moderate 129
Slight 71
Total 201
Brooklyn, Cannons Creek, Carterton, Clifton, Eastbourne, Hataitai [2], Lower Hutt [2], Mahia Peninsula, Mairangi Bay, Moana, Muritai, Otaihanga, Otaki Beach, Papakowhai, Raureka, Riwaka, Saint Leonards [2], Stoke, Tahunanui, Taneatua, Taradale, Te Karaka, Whitianga, Annesbrook, Ashhurst [3], Awapuni [3], Bay View [2], Bunnythorpe, Camberley, Feilding [2], Foxton Beach [3], Gisborne [5], Greytown, Hastings [2], Havelock North [3], Hihitahi, Hokowhitu [17], Johnsonville, Kapiti, Karori, Kelvin Grove [2], Kimbolton, Levin [11], Marton [5], Masterton, Miramar, Mount Victoria [3], Naenae, Napier [6], Nelson [2], Newlands [2], Newtown, Ngaio [3], Northland, Ohau, Ohiwa, Ohope, Opotiki [8], Otaki [2], Pahiatua [2], Palmerston [2], Papakura, Papatawa, Paraparaumu Beach, Picton [4], Pohangina [2], Porirua, Rata, Ruby Bay, Stokes Valley [2], Takaka, Taupo, Tauweru, Teddington, Te Horo, Te Kaha, Terrace End [4], Thorndon, Upper Hutt [2], Wainuiomata [2], Waiohiki, Waiouru, Waipawa [2], Wairoa [5], Waiwhare, Wellington [4], West End, Whakaki, Whakatane, Whataupoko [5], Whitemans Valley, Woodville [2], Palmerston North [16]

That one was quite deep

reply to post by muzzy


I almost didn't recognize you!!! But the icons were familiar!

I guess I am lucky to have heard back if you've been waiting since Sept!
It's only frustrating & an inconvenience for me not having the format I liked.
But for you, that would be down right crushing!!!

I wonder why they would have pulled 20 years of felt reports?
It's not like someone could have bumped 'delete'!

I haven't found any place that has everything I want.
They don't all even have the 6.5 near Tonga from yesterday.
I found out about it from my sister!

It just takes all the fun out of watching quakes!
It takes too much time clicking around for what is there!
I told the kids I need Chrome as PuterMan mentioned too.
Don't know when one of them will get time to do it though!

Too bad some of you people on ATS aren't running things!
Then we know it would be done right!!!
WOQ

Another big quake in the Pacific but its deep


Type: Earthquake

Magnitude: 7

DateTime: Tuesday May 14 2013, 00:32:24 UTC
Region: Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands
Depth: 566.3 km
Source: USGS Feed

gimquakesmap1.com...

earthquake.usgs.gov...


No Watch, Warning, or Advisory
For the continental U.S., Canada, Alaska, Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands. For other regions please see PTWC

wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov.../2013/05/14/mmriu1/1/WEAK53

reply to post by dreamfox1

Another big quake in the Pacific but its deep

This is not good,no aftershock yet,until this moment.

reply to post by wasobservingquietly


I'm glad you recognised the icons, its sort of my signature anyway with the maps.
I thought to myself, everyone is having an upgrade, I might as well have one too
I've changed it again just now, its centered on my town with all the earthquakes of 2013 plotted around it.
Like the graffiti sign beside the highway says "nothing to see here, move along please"
I'm not a big fan of our District Council and their policies and have started calling the place Kapitistan.

As I look at USGS 7 day 2.5 + , I see a line of earthquakes from Texas to Tennesee . This is not the first time I have observed a line in that area.

Is this a fault line or just coincidence ?

Originally posted by wasobservingquietly
reply to post by muzzy

 

I guess I am lucky to have heard back if you've been waiting since Sept!
It's only frustrating & an inconvenience for me not having the format I liked.
But for you, that would be down right crushing!!!

I wonder why they would have pulled 20 years of felt reports?
It's not like someone could have bumped 'delete'!

Actually I should have said I sent my query last week, not back in Sept.
I heard back too !

Here is the reply

Good Afternoon Muzzy,
Felt reports are available for all events as described at:
info.geonet.org.nz...
The earthquake ID "2012p564820" can be replaced with an old style number, for example 2839343:
www.geonet.org.nz...
So the same way of using a JSON reader will work for all earthquakes.
Similarly, old earthquake details pages are also constructed by amending the URL appropriately:
www.geonet.org.nz...
Thanks
Sara

Great
So I try that and not only doesn't it work, but it doesn't work for recent events either, like that one I posted 4.8 isn't even listed at all now!.
No Felt Reports anywhere on the Geonet site!
I think they must be loading all the reports back on at this moment


ETA;
Yeah they must be doing some work on the web site, I just switched back to a page I had left open while I typed the above and now the magnitude has changed from 4.2 to 5.1 reviewed
www.geonet.org.nz...
I'll have to come back to this later.

I just popped into say USGS is useless now so I'm deleting it from my bookmarks. Maybe if more folks do that, they'll get the hint?
Oh yeah a 5.7, 50 miles deep in southern Peru.
www.emsc-csem.org...