Earthquake measuring 7.2 magnitude strikes Irian Jaya, Indonesia-USGS

(Reuters) - An earthquake measuring 7.2 magnitude struck 256 km (159 miles) east of Enarotali in Irian Jaya, Indonesia on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.





Magnitude 7.1
Date-Time

Saturday, April 06, 2013 at 04:42:36 UTC
Saturday, April 06, 2013 at 01:42:36 PM at epicenter

Location 3.532°S, 138.455°E
Depth 75.1 km (46.7 miles)
Region PAPUA, INDONESIA
Distances

239 km (149 miles) E (83°) from Enarotali, Irian Jaya, Indonesia
273 km (170 miles) WSW (246°) from Jayapura, Irian Jaya, Indonesia
328 km (204 miles) WSW (253°) from Vanimo, New Guinea, PNG
1170 km (727 miles) NW (304°) from PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 13.9 km (8.6 miles); depth +/- 9.3 km (5.8 miles)
Parameters NST=120, Nph=121, Dmin=693.5 km, Rmss=0.63 sec, Gp= 14°,
M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=9
Source
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Right in the middle of the island, hope everyone there is ok..

I hope everyone on the island will be okay too.
Do you think there will be anymore of that magnitude or worse?

Looks as though it didn't strike near any big cities or towns.

Big aftershock..my sig is going nutz!

Anyway EQ of M 7.2 + was predicted ..

www.abovetopsecret.com...

Originally posted by MariaLida

Originally posted by MamaJ
reply to post by MariaLida

 

I just noticed that one myself.

The west coast is worth a close watch in the coming days.

I think similar ..

Probably soon in next days we will have stronger activity and EQ of M 7.2+ somewhere worldwide, also more activity on west coast ..

Last one of M 7.2 + was on 2013-02-06 Santa Cruz ..

reply to post by MamaJ

 

Yap ..

edit on 31-3-2013 by MariaLida because: (no reason given)

Originally posted by MariaLida
Anyway EQ of M 7.2 + was predicted ..

www.abovetopsecret.com...

Originally posted by MariaLida

Originally posted by MamaJ
reply to post by MariaLida

 

I just noticed that one myself.

The west coast is worth a close watch in the coming days.

I think similar ..

Probably soon in next days we will have stronger activity and EQ of M 7.2+ somewhere worldwide, also more activity on west coast ..

Last one of M 7.2 + was on 2013-02-06 Santa Cruz ..

reply to post by MamaJ

 

Yap ..

edit on 31-3-2013 by MariaLida because: (no reason given)

I've noticed that the larger earthquakes do seem to come in threes, usually spaced apart by 120 degrees. Almost as if there's a rebalancing process going on.