Quake Watch 2016

Puterman, I think it's about time you wrote a scientific paper on the earthquakes that occur in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Those reoccurring earthquakes associated with Reykjanes Ridge.


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Just to check our hypothesis, (the one where you and I agree the weather is responsible) I looked at he weather satellites and sure enough, a massive storm just passed over the area. Hmmm. And Iceleand was acting up a bit earlier. Maybe. No. Let's stick the obvious thing due to observation. When big storms pass over Reykjanes Ridge, the pressure change - or sumtin' like dat, stresses the faults and we get a reaction. Again I come back to my bigger idea, water is once again, the catalyst.

I only suggest the paper because you said at one time you were trying to match the weather to the earthquakes. I have watched and they follow the pattern. And, they are even seasonal as you once stated. I'd have enough evidence by now, but I am so very lazy.

a reply to: PuterMan

Awww! Look at your smiley face Uncle Puters!

....as you were everybody.....

Jane

Unusual location

Public ID 2016p041491
Intensity moderate
Universal Time January 16 2016, 8:26:41
NZ Daylight Time Sat, Jan 16 2016, 9:26:41 pm
Depth 3 km
Magnitude 3.7
Location 85 km south-east of Balclutha (off the Catlin Coast, SI, NZ)
Latitude, Longitude -46.97, 170.09
www.geonet.org.nz...

Do get some rare ones sometimes offshore further north near Dunedin

Cuba is wanting to get into the mix.

Here is the lastest one that happen around 2:45am CST.

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a reply to: crappiekat

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We have some interesting activity going on in Cuba area.

Here is some more Info from someone who Knows his stuff.

www.abovetopsecret.com...

a reply to: ericblair4891

I will get round to it one day, but just at the moment I have other things to take care of.

Scientific paper? Me? Mmm don't know about that, but I tell you what it would be published in the NCGT Journal possiblly.

Here's something you don't see often. An earthquake in West Virginia:

M 3.0 - 4km SSE of Bolivar, West Virginia

Time 2016-01-17 19:12:48 UTC
Location 39.282°N 77.732°W
Depth 5.0 km

Source

Bishop

2016-01-21 01:13:13.0 CST
37.7 101.6
10
Ms6.4
天然地震
青海海北州门源县
(Qinghai Haibei door Source County)
data.earthquake.cn...

GFZ say 5.9Mw geofon.gfz-potsdam.de...

further to: muzzy
I made an error of sorts in following the N Philippine Basin M5.6 earthquake aftershocks, missing 90 of them in the series, now causing the total number of to all but double.
It wasn't until I clicked on one of the icons on the daiy Japan map in the group that I realized SHIKOKU BASIN (another JMA region) is also part of the series, the border of the two regions must run through the center of the series, I had only been processing "N PHILIPPINE BASIN"
So I have updated the page with those and changed the name to N Philippine/Shikoku Basins M5.6 a/s 5-19Jan 2016

Energy wise the brunt is being bourne by the Philippine Basin in the west, the largest of the 90 quakes in the Shikoku Basin to the east so far are 3.5 and 3.3

the maps screenshots below show;
1 by magnitude (now including the Shikoku ones too)

2. the two regions (Orange is N Philippine Basin, Magenta is Shikoku Basin)

Just saw this occur in Morocco:

M 5.1 - 41km NNE of Al Hoceima, Morocco

Time 2016-01-21 13:47:19 UTC
Location 35.565°N 3.696°W
Depth 10.0 km

USGS

Bishop

further to: muzzy
another screenshot from that series, showing the latest aftershocks (3 days old!), trending towards the underlying Plate, Shikoku Basin side
light grey icons are all the aftershocks, the star 5.6 main shock, and the coloured ones are the latest data, coloured by magnitude


Also, IRIS WIlber3 for some reason still haven't done the energy readings for the main shock,
but GCMT have come out with 5.9Mw and NIEC at 5.8MB
ds.iris.edu...

a reply to: muzzy
I have also made some adjustments to the NR AMAMI-OSHIMA IS aftershock series parameters. The "NR AMAMI-OSHIMA IS" JMA area is huge and was starting to include micro quakes that were 280km+ away, and clearly not part of the M5.4 aftershock series. So I have trimmed the coverage area down to a 30km radius. Not doing so was skewing the numbers, making the 5.4 aftershocks look even more out of proportion when compared to the N Philippine Basin series, which had a bigger main shock.
This change has taken 44 events off the latest data list, incl. losing a M4.0 (near Kikai-shima Is) and and a M3.8
NR AMAMI-OSHIMA IS @10.4days

M6.9 - 235km SW of Tomatlan, Mexico

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Time
2016-01-21 18:07:00 (UTC)
2016-01-21 10:07:00 (UTC-08:00) in your timezone
Times in other timezones
Nearby Cities
235km (146mi) SW of Tomatlan, Mexico
265km (165mi) WSW of Cihuatlan, Mexico
286km (178mi) W of Manzanillo, Mexico
290km (180mi) SW of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
833km (518mi) W of Mexico City, Mexico

a reply to: dreamfox1

Potsdam have it significantly lower.

2016-01-21 18:06:58, 18.800, -107.040, 6.1, 10.0 Off Coast Of Jalisco. Mexico

Live Quakecam acting very strange now just after that large quake. Pressure must be extremely high.


abc7.com...

M3.0 - 8km SSE of Yucca Valley, California


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Time
2016-01-21 18:13:41 (UTC)
2016-01-21 10:13:41 (UTC-08:00) in your timezone
Times in other timezones
Nearby Cities
8km (5mi) SSE of Yucca Valley, California
12km (7mi) SW of Joshua Tree, California
14km (9mi) NE of Desert Hot Springs, California
17km (11mi) E of Morongo Valley, California
28km (17mi) NNE of Palm Springs, California

a reply to: PuterMan

Just found this: Tsunami in Washington State. www.youtube.com...
thought it belonged here

www.tsunami.gov...

There is no tsunami threat involved with the earthquake that happened off shore in Mexico.

This information has the earthquake magnitude at 6.9. It was downgraded to a 6.6.

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a reply to: GrantedBail

Hi Granted.

Did alittle more digging, and found this article. This event happened last weekend according to the article.

They say the tide was coming in, and a rogue wave came in too.

www.king5.com...