Quake Watch 2010

reply to post by PuterMan


Picked up where you left off. What the heck is going on here - there getting stronger!

4.9 2010/11/14 15:15:07 12.300 43.641 13.2 NEAR THE COAST OF YEMEN
5.3 2010/11/14 15:06:30 11.894 43.666 11.5 NEAR THE COAST OF DJIBOUTI
5.1 2010/11/14 14:55:26 12.134 43.748 15.3 NEAR THE COAST OF YEMEN
5.3 2010/11/14 14:33:19 12.023 43.924 9.6 NEAR THE COAST OF YEMEN
5.0 2010/11/14 14:04:30 11.931 43.921 8.3 NEAR THE COAST OF DJIBOUTI
5.0 2010/11/14 13:50:07 12.172 43.874 19.1 NEAR THE COAST OF YEMEN
4.9 2010/11/14 12:49:55 11.810 43.773 10.0 NEAR THE COAST OF DJIBOUTI
4.7 2010/11/14 12:48:34 12.108 43.721 10.1 NEAR THE COAST OF YEMEN
4.8 2010/11/14 12:41:49 11.999 43.865 10.1 NEAR THE COAST OF DJIBOUTI
4.7 2010/11/14 12:38:59 12.169 43.971 10.0 NEAR THE COAST OF YEMEN
4.7 2010/11/14 12:17:16 11.950 43.756 9.9 NEAR THE COAST OF DJIBOUTI
4.6 2010/11/14 12:00:46 11.801 43.967 10.0 NEAR THE COAST OF DJIBOUTI

I assume these are not aftershocks - I am sure they are feeling these stronger quakes now.

Well it looks like some major shifting right in a fault.
well at least they shouldn't have a very big tsunami.

Someone must be concerned these quakes - the beginning quakes were all depth set by default - now, They jumped right on it and now we are getting more accurate depth readings.

And another 5.3 - appearing to me to be foreshocks

5.3 2010/11/14 17:02:50 12.055 43.735 15.4 NEAR THE COAST OF YEMEN

reply to post by remymartin


There's a triple junction there isn't there?
I tend more towards the 'quakes being associated with that than a stargate opening.

I wouldn't be too concerned until the number of quakes gets into the hundreds.

The location of the quake swarm is significant in that the Tadjoura Trough runs right into Tagiura Bay off Djibouti and then Ghoubet Kharab, if you follow the geography south west then comes Lake Abbe and the first volcano Dama Ali.
Heading further on SW is a chain of volcanos that eventually joins up with the African Rift Valley, and going NW a mass of volcanos run up to Masowa in Eritrea.
This is probably part of the predicted opening up of the Horn of Africa where the land will spread and depress through Tagiura Bay/ Ghoubet Kharab, creating a new sea there.
I think I have the spot right, seen it on a TV documentary.
Someone has probably done a paper on this, just a matter of finding it.
It will be interesting to see if there is any new activity from the Ethiopian Volcanos in the near future.

Using Google Earth anyone can be an expert . For those that don't have it heres what it looks like, with the white text and arrows by me.

reply to post by aorAki


Who said anything about a stargate, i certainly did not

remy

I am the one who mentioned star gate (with tongue in cheek)

Like the dummie I am, I set my alarm to get me up at 9 to listen to the Chandra press conference, and got up too late, and its not even until tomorrow. Now I am po'd at myself and I see that there are even more Yemen/Djbooti quakes, getting bigger. I am going back to bed for a while. There is going to be a biggie over there soon.

Live Earthquake Mashup has a nice view of where the quakes are located at right now. EMSC seem to have them more widespread and down to lower magnitudes.

Did any one else see the build up fpr this?
You have to look at the big picture, and its along the lines of what I was saying a week or so ago about how the quake in the Red Sea and the Serbia quake could have been related as they were both on the boundry of the African Plate.
Heres another map, lifted from Live earthquakes showing the usgs events for last 7 days.


Ooooooooo ! a hexagon

reply to post by muzzy


Hmm...that is interesting.. Nice research!

reply to post by Anmarie96


Thanks - yes I noticed that. Quite a few on EMSC that are not on USGS.

Still wondering if these are indeed foreshocks.

Date/Time UTC,Latitude,Longitude,Magnitude,Depth(Km),Location
2010-11-14T10:34:28.000Z,12.13710,44.01410,4.8000,10.1000,near the coast of Yemen
2010-11-14T10:37:25.000Z,11.74960,44.08000,4.5000,10.0000,Gulf of Aden
2010-11-14T10:37:47.000Z,11.87440,44.02310,4.9000,10.0000,Gulf of Aden
2010-11-14T11:14:12.000Z,11.71500,43.99430,4.8000,10.0000,near the coast of Djibouti

The middle two are odd because the location is different and they are only appearing on USGS whereas normally that would be the other way round for quakes < 5.0

Spreading a bit now:
[atsimg]http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/member/cf0728fcc088.png[/atsimg]

Well, one thing I know is that if I lived anywhere along the coast near that cluster I would taking a little trip inland!

Originally posted by remymartin
reply to post by aorAki

 

Who said anything about a stargate, i certainly did not

remy

edit on 14-11-2010 by remymartin because: doh

Yeah, sorry, was tired too and had read it just previously to your post.
Apologies!

Also:

Earthquake Swarm at Afar Triple Junction

reply to post by muzzy


I can see the connection to the Red Sea quakes, but whilst I still have my doubts about Serbia how did Iran suddenly get roped in on this one?

Plate tectonics..........time out......

reply to post by muzzy

muzzy fill in the hexagon the now active vulcano in Nigeria ... makes an interresting picture...
I would think next event = congo

Originally posted by ressiv
reply to post by muzzy

 

muzzy fill in the hexagon the now active vulcano in Nigeria ... makes an interresting picture...
I would think next event = congo

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could you post what you are compiling?
I 'd like to see what you are talking about

I've only had time for some quick research. Here is a passage from a 2001 article:

Structural and microtectonic analyses of the basins along the continental margin of Yemen reveal that these basins, formed during the Jurassic and the Cretaceous, have been reactivated from Late Oligocene to Early Miocene with an average stretching direction trending N20jE. However, a late syn-rift, N160jE trending extensional event also occurs along the margin over more than 1000 km between Oman and Djibouti. We interpret this extension, which is perpendicular to the overall trend of the gulf of Aden, as induced by the westward propagation of the oceanic ridge, following a mechanism similar to a tension crack, but of lithospheric scale (Manighetti et al., 1997, 1998; Courtillot et al., 1999).

reply to post by zenius


Linky winky

Pretty please!

Originally posted by PuterMan
reply to post by zenius

 

Linky winky

Pretty please!

Quite possibly this one?

Also have included this google search page as there are what look like some more interesting and pertinent links!