What's happening in Ethopia with the rise in EQ's?

On a side note Ethopia started construction last week i believe on the largest dam ever built in Africa. Its going up on the Nile river, going to make Ethopia a big electricity supporter. I never new Ethopia was such a earthquake prone region, makes you wonder about the soundess of building a dam there.

OK, got the infos from USGS for this area since 1976.

EQ greater than 4.3

EQ greater than 5.0

Note that it already happened on September 2005 for a week: 19 EQ greater than 5.0 in height days.

Originally posted by elevenaugust
OK, got the infos from USGS for this area since 1976.

EQ greater than 4.3

EQ greater than 5.0

Note that it already happened on September 2005 for a week: 19 EQ greater than 5.0 in height days.

edit on 12-6-2011 by elevenaugust because: (no reason given)

Ok, so not normal.

I'm interested in the Mining going on there.

Perhaps there is a connection.

Damn! What's happening down there?

quakes.globalincidentmap.com...

18 minutes ago
Magnitude: 5.7
DateTime: Sunday June 12 2011, 21:03:23 UTC
Region: Eritrea - Ethiopia region
Depth: 9.9 km

Yikes

Magnitude 5.7
Date-Time

* Sunday, June 12, 2011 at 21:03:23 UTC
* Monday, June 13, 2011 at 12:03:23 AM at epicenter

Location 13.530°N, 41.625°E
Depth 9.9 km (6.2 miles)
Region ERITREA - ETHIOPIA REGION
Distances

* 134 km (83 miles) WNW (296°) from Assab, Eritrea
* 205 km (127 miles) SW (225°) from Al Hudaydah, Yemen
* 233 km (145 miles) E (89°) from Mekele, Ethiopia
* 271 km (168 miles) NW (323°) from DJIBOUTI, Djibouti

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 17.1 km (10.6 miles); depth +/- 2.8 km (1.7 miles)
Parameters NST=113, Nph=114, Dmin=320.6 km, Rmss=0.88 sec, Gp= 72°,
M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6
Source

* U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center:
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

Event ID usc00045xc

reply to post by jude11


is it coming from the same places? like clustered around or different areas

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seems at least the last coupel have come from the same area or around it

Something is really cooking there

Originally posted by ronishia
reply to post by jude11

 

is it coming from the same places? like clustered around or different areas

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seems at least the last coupel have come from the same area or around it

edit on 12/6/11 by ronishia because: (no reason given)

Same area:

Updated map with new 5.7

[atsimg]http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/member/8f0c3823c20a.png[/atsimg]

bigger up tp date map of afric and its eq locations so far anyway

reply to post by jude11


This is what it looks like in IRIS right now...

Link...

Last two weeks of eq's all on the same day?

Originally posted by rstregooski
reply to post by jude11

 

This is what it looks like in IRIS right now...

Link...

Last two weeks of eq's all on the same day?

I don't know what that even means?

What are they trying to say?

Like I said, Ethiopian Rift Valley.
geology.com...

There are many volcanoes nearby. Here is a link to one of the earthquakes in Ethiopia that shows nearby volcanoes:
hisz.rsoe.hu...

Here is the link to the home page - it has a lot of interesting info on earthquakes and other emergencies going on in the world. It also tells you if there are volcanoes, nuclear plants or airports near earthquakes:
hisz.rsoe.hu...

The area of the quakes appears to be volcanic in origin.

There are craters and lava flows everywhere in that region

Africa is spreading apart.
See Ethiopian Rift Valley, Great Rift Valley, etc.

Originally posted by abecedarian
Africa is spreading apart.
See Ethiopian Rift Valley, Great Rift Valley, etc.

If thats happening now i can just imagine the quakes to come

Originally posted by Frank Dinkle
The area of the quakes appears to be volcanic in origin.

There are craters and lava flows everywhere in that region

And there's the answer...maybe?

Good post!

mmm...eruptions soon ?

Originally posted by LaTouffe
mmm...eruptions soon ?

Not likely... possible though.

How many volcanoes are along the Atlantic rift?

Thats pretty scary aye. Might me something bigger to come for this area of the world. Just here in Christchurch NZ we are experiencing large volcanic ash clouds from Chile. Sky looks great at dusk. That must of been some eruption in Chile.