Quake Watch 2014

reply to post by aLLeKs

That confirms what I added to my earlier post about the MTL, same "Fault" as the quake in Awaji Island, Osaka Bay in April last year.

Oita, Kyushu update @ the 4hr mark, NIED data
interactive map
I have defined the search area to within 90km east and west and 50km north and south of the Mainshock, basically the Inland Sea.

further to post by muzzy

With the magic of GPS Visualizer and Google Earth I have created the Japan Median Tectonic Line, that USGS managed to overlook.
It is now showing on that previous Map file , along with the updated 4hr plots of the Inland Sea 6.6ML today (or yesterday, depending which side of the Meridian you are in.) Admire the smooth MTL transition into the Plate Boundries each end!
I have saved the short link of that map, so I will update it with new data as time goes on, saves having to code a whole load of extra new lines every time.
* another acronym to remember ......... MTL
I wonder how many others there are worldwide???

I've got 15 potential M6+ quakes withing the boundries of the MTL, (approx 100km each side of the Line), since 1970, off IRIS, some of them may be bigger on JMA, largest IRIS have is a 6.8 in 1995. JMA only goes back to 2002 though. Will see.

A couple of 4.7 earthquakes

M4.7 - 69km SW of Sary-Tash, Kyrgyzstan 2014-03-14 08:15:11 UTC

M4.7 - 47km NNE of Puquio, Peru 2014-03-14 06:56:04 UTC

USGS

That 6.3Mw (6.6ML) Kyushu quake has been upgraded on NIED to 7.0ML!!
Aqua are still saying 6.3Mw, so not sure what this means, except a difference of TTNT energy released based on the 7.0 number, (7.0=476,879TTNT ~ 6.6=119,787TTNT), so what they are saying is, it was 4 times as powerful as they first thought!!!


A couple of early aftershocks have been removed, incl. the first one, a 4.1ML. Now showing the first a/s , a 3.5ML, at the 3:59 (mm:ss) mark.
Still only 25 aftershocks in 19 hours, that is not many at all for a J quake, could be more to come to this area yet.
Won't know for sure whats really going on until the JMA Unified Hypocenter Catalog releases the reviewed data later today for the 14th.
screenshot of the NIED download page (just to prove what I say, you have to register to get these JMA pages)



Oita,Kyushu/Inland Sea, Japan 7.0ML and aftershocks 14/03/2014 intercative map







must be where this event is headed, even the Focal parameters of the event page has changed too.





still time to edit....
I found this new page on NIED
deep low-frequency tremor in southwest Japan

just clicking through the dates backwards and found this on 2 days map images



maybe this had something to do with the (now) 7.0ML??
cross referencing those with the interactive maps I do ........ bingo!!
22/03/2014
23/03/2014

We have debated the plate tectonic theory. And, the alternatives. I'm not saying that "other" things don't cause earthquakes (solar, moon, weather, weather, water, magnetism, etc...), it's just that I see the plates and would have to say it's the best model.

We humans will believe what we see over what we hear, every time. We're hard-wired.

www.delhidailynews.com...

I've seen plate tectonics in the skin of cream in my coffee mug. And elsewhere.

I'll leave this new study about water in diamonds. If the findings help in the proof that water exists deep within the earth, it begs the question, how did it get there. The idea of slabs of plate being pushed deep into the mantle would do the trick. I don't think water would be present there from earth's origin. All the water within the planet would have surfaced billions of years ago. No, the water found in the diamonds is relatively new.

The world wide quakes seem to be picking up slightly. We had Northern California, down through Mexico, along with Central America, and now South America. The whole spine seems to be tingling.


Oops, forgot the diamond article.

www.nature.com...

Olivine

The little Mag 3.3 that followed 28 seconds after the 5.2, near the water's edge at Crescent City, CA, is interesting.
It was most likely triggered by the larger offshore quake.

This 3.3 must have been a "phantom" quake, because it has gone missing from the USGS listings.

What is goofy, is that USGS changed the 3.3 link to show the Mag 5.2 data. Here is what you get if you do a search on USGS
for event ID# NC72184461

M3.3 - 22km S of Bertsch-Oceanview, California 2014-03-13 19:12 ...
1 day ago ... Minimum Distance, 38.0 km (0.34°). Travel Time Residual, 0.19 sec. Azimuthal Gap, 227°. Review Status, AUTOMATIC. Event ID, nc72184461 ...
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc72184461

Anyway, there are still quite a few small aftershocks occurring near the mag 6.8 epicenter, they just aren't all being posted.

Plate Boundary station 046 shows them nicely.
source

Just had an earthquake here in So Cal!. Don't know where yet. Just a jolt where I am in the High Desert.
ABC7.com showing a pretty big one on their quake cam.

reply to post by SunnyDee


Ugh! That is a nasty spot for one: Mag 4.4 Right on the San Andreas near where the Garlock intersects.


Not good.

Stay safe, Sunny Dee!

ETA: Phantom quakes removed (subject to change, of course):

4.0 2km SE of Weldon, California
2014-03-15 15:12:35 UTC0.0 km

3.9 13km N of Castaic, California
2014-03-15 15:12:19 UTC0.6 km

4.4 8km ESE of Maricopa, California
2014-03-15 15:12:09 UTC15.1 k

source

reply to post by Olivine


Is that where it was located? Yes we are on a pressure point on the San Andreas around here. ABC7 that has the quake cam is not even mentioning it. Ok husband reading that 4.4 near taft. Then at one at 3.9 at Castaic dam, just south of the first one, and then a third one of 4.0 at lake Isabella, just east of taft.

Hmmm. I only felt one.

reply to post by SunnyDee


ETA: What a clusterfoook!

The first second and third quakes have now disappeared, leaving just the Mag 4.4 ESE of Maricopa Mag 3.9 N of Castaic.

Give it 5 minutes; the details will change again....

update on post by muzzy

IYONADA SETONAIKAI, KYUSHU, JAPAN (official name for it now)
at the 30hr mark only 19 aftershocks!!

There are quite a few different magnitudes for the quake now;
6.6ML from NIED preliminary data on the day and the Backnumber of Recent Large Earthquake page (showed the pdf)
7.0ML from NIED preliminary data the next day and the Backnumber of Recent Large Earthquake page (showed you the 2nd pdf of that)
*the NIED preliminary data doesn't show whether its from displacement or velocity
6.3Mw from AQUA based on the CMT
6.3Mw from IRIS/GCMT

latest data from JMA has
6.2ML from JMA calculated on the displacement
6.1ML from JMA calculated using velocity


the JMA public site says 6.1, so at least we know now that that figure when posted is based on velocity.
www.jma.go.jp...

* note on that image the first aftershock has changed ( again) now a 2.3 at the 6 minute mark
(rolling eyes smiley here)

M 6.3 - 6km W of Sechura, Peru

Time
2014-03-15 18:51:30 UTC-05:00
Location
5.566°S 80.879°W
Depth
9.8km

earlier today

M 6.1 - 27km SSW of Paracas, Peru

Time
2014-03-15 03:59:20 UTC-05:00
Location
14.107°S 76.324°W
Depth
15.0km

graphic for the post by muzzy

19 hrs of aftershocks preliminary versus reviewed (animated)



nothing new in yet, not sure what time they post the reviewed data...............
stuck with the preliminary data for now, and that is proving unreliable.

Magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes northwestern Peru: USGS

(Reuters) - A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck northwestern Peru on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The quake's epicenter was 26 miles south-southwest of Piura and it occurred at a depth of 7.2 miles, the USGS said. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

M6.3 - NEAR THE COAST OF NORTHERN PERU

Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude 6.3
Date-Time
15 Mar 2014 23:51:30 UTC
15 Mar 2014 18:51:31 near epicenter
15 Mar 2014 15:51:30 standard time in your timezone
Location 5.566S 80.879W
Depth 9 km
Distances
6 km (3 mi) W of Sechura, Peru
19 km (11 mi) SSW of Vice, Peru
23 km (14 mi) SW of La Union, Peru
39 km (24 mi) SSW of Catacaos, Peru
645 km (399 mi) SSW of Quito, Ecuador
Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 0.0 km; Vertical 4.2 km
Parameters Nph = 124; Dmin = 695.7 km; Rmss = 1.00 seconds; Gp = 90°
Version =
Event ID us c000nd0c
For updates, maps, and technical information, see: Event Page or USGS Earthquake Hazards Program
National Earthquake Information Center
U.S. Geological Survey
earthquake.usgs.gov...

never heard of the place before ..............

KERGUELEN ISLANDS REGION
(French Southern and Antarctic Lands)
2014/3/15 14:20:56.0
-49.00, 69.00
33.0km
5.0 Ms

AND
2014/3/15 14:57:04
-49.00, 69.00
33.0km
5.1 Ms
www.ldeo.columbia.edu...


Useless have 4.7mb for that first one??
earthquake.usgs.gov...

How Rare?
ANSS
0 km to 500 km from (-49.00,69.00)
Date, Time, Lat, Lon, Depth, Mag, Magt
1973/05/03 23:11:05.70 -46.1020, 73.2020 33.00 5.5 Ms
1980/04/24 23:44:39.60 -48.7410, 69.2400 10.00 5.0 Mb
1980/04/25 01:54:19.60 -48.7100, 69.1860 10.00 4.8 Mb
1980/04/25 15:50:05.60 -48.7940, 69.4820 10.00 5.0 Mb
1994/05/15 03:44:57.52 -48.9930, 73.6660 10.00 5.8 Mb
2007/07/28 15:32:50.85 -49.1390, 68.9770 10.00 5.3 Mw
2014/03/12 18:15:10.53 -49.3281, 69.6089 14.37 4.9 Mb
2014/03/15 14:20:59.38 -49.3807, 69.4336 10.00 4.7 Mb

reply to post by muzzy

0 km to 500 km from (-49.00,69.00) Date, Time, Lat, Lon, Depth, Mag, Magt

1973/05/03 23:11:05.70 -46.1020, 73.2020 33.00 5.5 Ms
1980/04/24 23:44:39.60 -48.7410, 69.2400 10.00 5.0 Mb
1980/04/25 01:54:19.60 -48.7100, 69.1860 10.00 4.8 Mb
1980/04/25 15:50:05.60 -48.7940, 69.4820 10.00 5.0 Mb
1994/05/15 03:44:57.52 -48.9930, 73.6660 10.00 5.8 Mb
2007/07/28 15:32:50.85 -49.1390, 68.9770 10.00 5.3 Mw
2014/03/12 18:15:10.53 -49.3281, 69.6089 14.37 4.9 Mb
2014/03/15 14:20:59.38 -49.3807, 69.4336 10.00 4.7 Mb

Hey Muzzy, seems to be one missing from 1986/7.

Everything else is around every 7 years.

P

No Mag 6's in Chile since 31 Oct 2013 ......
just sayin'
s'pose they deserved a break
actually there were only two the whole of 2013
five in 2012

reply to post by muzzy

Magnitude 7.0 - Near Coast Of Northern Chile (122) [F]

Location in Google Maps

• Date-Time: Sunday, March 16, 2014 @ 21:16:31 UTC
  
• Earthquake location: 19.902°S, 70.659°W,
  
• Earthquake depth: 33.0 km
  
• Distances:
  64km (39mi) WNW of Iquique, Chile
  162km (100mi) SSW of Arica, Chile
  214km (132mi) SSW of Tacna, Peru
  247km (153mi) N of Tocopilla, Chile
  460km (285mi) SW of La Paz, Bolivia
  
• Event ID: pt14075001
  

Derived from Event Data Source: USGS
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EMSC showing 6.5 at present

Magnitude M 6.5
Region OFFSHORE TARAPACA, CHILE
Date time 2014-03-16 21:16:30.0 UTC
Location 19.97 S ; 70.65 W
Depth 10 km
Distances 466 km SW of La Paz, Bolivia / pop: 812,799 / local time: 17:16:30.0 2014-03-16
60 km NW of Iquique, Chile / pop: 227,499 / local time: 17:16:30.0 2014-03-16

www.emsc-csem.org...

reply to post by PuterMan


EMSC has now 7.0 too

Magnitude Mw 7.0
Region OFFSHORE TARAPACA, CHILE
Date time 2014-03-16 21:16:30.0 UTC
Location 19.85 S ; 70.57 W
Depth 10 km
Distances 451 km SW of La Paz, Bolivia / pop: 812,799 / local time: 17:16:30.0 2014-03-16
61 km NW of Iquique, Chile / pop: 227,499 / local time: 17:16:30.0 2014-03-16

EMSC