Earthquakes
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- Automatic GEOFON Global Seismic Monitor
- European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre
- Earthquake Hazards Program – USGS
- Central Weather Bureau Taiwan
- Japan Meteorological Agency
Links Pages
FEWW Earthquake Links
Oregon: Seismic Cluster Strike Offshore Oregon Posted on May 8, 2010
California [Research Suspended: SEE California Earthquake Forecast – Update 4]
- California Earthquake Forecast – Update 4
- Strong Earthquake Strikes Offshore N Calif
- Strong Earthquake Strikes Baja California
- California Earthquake Forecast – Update 3
- California Earthquake Forecast – Update 2 [August 11, 2009]
- California Earthquake Forecast 2009 – UPDATE [August 4, 2009]
- Magnitude 6.9 Quake Strikes Gulf of California [August 4, 2009]
- California Earthquake Forecast 2009
Kermadec Islands/Tonga Region/ Samoan Islands
- Magnitude 8.3 Quake Strikes Samoa Islands Region [September 29, 2009]
- Magnitude 7.9 Quake Strikes Tonga Region [March 20, 2009]
- Magnitude 7 Earthquake Hits Kermadec Islands
- Magnitude 6.8 Quake strikes Kermadec Isls Region
Alaska
- Two Poweful Quakes Strike Fox Islands, Alaska
- Alaska: Magnitude 6.6 Quake Strikes Fox Islands [Oct 2, 2009]
- Alaska Earthquake Forecast: Update 3 (Aug 29, 2009)
- Alaska Earthquake Forecast: Update 2 [August 11, 2009]
- Alaska Earthquake Forecast
- FEWW: Alaska Earthquake Warning
- Magnitude MW 5.7 Quake Hits Southern Alaska
Mexico
- BAJA California
Italy
- Earthquake Forecast: Southern Italy, Sicily
- The Ghost of L’Aquila Quake
- Italy Quake Update
- Images of the deadly quake near Rome
- Magnitude 6.3 quake strikes Italy
Arabia
- Arabian Subcontinent Earthquake Forecast 2009
- FEWW Saudi Quake Swarm Forecast 100 pct Correct!
- Saudi Quakes Oil Drilling Activity Related?
- Global Travel Warning!
Japan
- Japan Earthquakes: FIRE-EARTH Forecasts and Recent History [The page includes all recent history as well as Blog forecasts]
- An animated schematic presentation of earthquakes in Japan January 1 – October 15, 2011.
- Threat of Nuclear Leak at Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant
- JAPAN MEGA QUAKE UPDATE #2
- JAPAN M8.9 MEGA QUAKE UPDATE
- MEGA QUAKE STRIKES NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU
- Japan 7.2 Quake Strikes Off the Coast of Honshu March 9, 2011
- Japan’s Shinmoedake volcano erupts for a 2nd day
- M 7.4 Quake Strikes Japan Region
- Powerful 6.9Mw Quake Strikes Bonin Islands, Japan
- M6.5 Strikes East Coast of Honshu, Japan
- Strong Earthquake Strikes East of Honshu, Japan
- M6.2 Quake Strikes Izu Islands, Japan Region
- Japan Region Earthquake Warning
- Powerful Quake Strikes E Coast of Honshu Japan
- The 9th Powerful Quake Strikes Japan Region
- 8th Strong Quake Strikes Ryukyu Islands, Japan
- Submarine Volcano Erupts Near Japan
- Seventh Powerful Quake Hits Japan Region
- 6th Strong Quake Strikes Near Ryukyu Isles, Japan
- 6 to 8 more EQs may yet strike region
- Strong Quake Strikes Near Shizuoka, Japan
- 5th Strong Quake Strikes Japan Region
- 4th Powerful Quake Strikes Japan Region
- 3rd Powerful Quake in 3 Days Strikes Japan Region
- Strong Quake Strikes Near Shizuoka, Japan [August 10, 2009]
- Powerful Earthquake Strikes Near Izu Islands, Japan [August 9, 2009]
- M 6.4 Quake Strikes SW Ryukkyu Isls, Japan [August 5, 2009]
- Earthquake Forecast: Tokyo, Japan
Taiwan
China
- Strong EQ Strikes Northern Qinghai, China (Aug 28, 2009)
Indonesia
- Powerful Earthquake Strikes Southern Sumatra, Indonesia
- More Megaquakes May Strike PRF Anytime
- Deadly Earthquake Strikes Java, Indonesia
- Deadly Quake Strikes Indonesia – UPDATE [September 3, 2009]
- Deadly Earthquake Strikes Java, Indonesia [Sept 2, 2009; includes FEWW Forecast for a Great Earthquake in the region]
- Magnitude 6.8 EQ Strikes BANDA SEA (August 28, 2009)
- FEWW Earthquake Forecast: Timor Sea (August 27, 2009)
- Powerful Quake Strikes Seabed Off W Indonesia (August 16, 2009)
Kermadec Islands/ Fiji Islands/ New Zealand
- Strong Quake Strikes Off Coast of NI, NZ (Sept 1, 2009)
- New Round of Geo-Assualt at Kermadec Trench
- Powerful 7.8 M Quake Strikes New Zealand Region
- http://newzeelend.wordpress.com/2009/05/09/a-warning-to-new-zealand-visitors/
Philippines
UK
Other Significant Earthquakes
- Large Quake Could Strike Near Padang, Sumatra [23 Dec 09]
- Powerful Quake Strikes Queen Charlotte Islands Region [November 18, 2009]
- Powerful Quake Strikes Chile November 13, 2009
- Powerful Quake Strikes Fiji [November 9, 2009]
- Powerful quake shakes Sumbawa, Indonesia [November 8, 2009]
- Seventh Powerful Quake Hits Japan Region [October 30, 2009]
- Hindu Kush Rattled by Another Strong Quake [October 30, 2009]
- Powerful Earthquake Strikes Banda Sea [October 25, 2009]
- Strong Quake Strikes Sunda Strait, Indonesia Posted on October 16, 2009
- Two Powerful Quakes Strike Fox Islands, Alaska Posted on October 14, 2009
- Recent Earthquakes ≥ 6.0 Mw Posted on October 13, 2009
- Earth undergoing significant geophysical disturbances Posted on October 8, 2009
- Latest Earthquakes Magnitude 5.5 + [Sept 18, 2009]
- Strong Earthquake Strikes Offshore N Venezuela [Sept 13, 2009]
- Deadly Earthquake Strikes Java, Indonesia [Includes FEWW Forecast]
- Another Busy Day for Earthquakes [Includes FEWW Forecast]
- FEWW Earthquake Forecast: Timor Sea
- The Largest Earthquake
- Powerful 7.8 M Quake Strikes New Zealand Region
- http://newzeelend.wordpress.com/2009/05/09/a-warning-to-new-zealand-visitors/
- Magnitude 6.3 quake strikes Taiwan region
- Magnitude 6.1 quake strikes southern Peru
- Yunnan Quake Injures 300
- Arctic sea ice has thinned dramatically
- Strong Quake Strikes Baffin Bay
- VolcanoWatch Weekly [2 July 2009] + Yellowstone quakes
- Magnitude 6.7 quake strikes south of Crete
- Chaitén: A New Phase of Activity? M 5.3 quake strikes off the coast of Isen, Chile
- Magnitude 6.3 Quake Strikes Hokkaido Japan
- Magnitude 4.0 quake hits Utah near gas fields
- Another Quake Swarm to Strike Al-Ais, Arabia
- Image of the Day: Honduras Quake
- Mag 7.1 Offshore Quake Rattles Honduras
- N Korea Nuke Test Confirms ‘GigaTrends’
- North Korea Nuclear Test Causes 4.7 Mw Quake
- NY Quakes Probably Gas Drilling Related
- Oil Drilling Likely Caused Texas Earthquake
- China Quake 1st Anniversary
- Magnitude 4.5 Quake Hits France-Germany Border
- Magnitude 4.2 Quake Strikes W. Montana
- Mw 7.2 quake, aftershocks rock Indonesian island
- Japan’s Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor
- Magnitude MW 5.7 Quake Hits Southern Alaska
- Magnitude 7.4 Earthquake Strikes East of the Kuril Is.
- Magnitude 6.1 Quake Strikes N Coast of Papua
- Powerful Quake Cluster Strikes Papua, Indonesia
- Papua Quakes Damge Report
Other Links:
Entries posted in 2008
- New Zealand Hit by another Quake
- Mag 5.3 Earthquake Rattles North Island, NZ
- A New Era of Intense Volcanic Unrest May Have Begun
- Major Earthquakes Increase 47% in 3 Decades
- Landslides continue wreaking havoc in Colombia, Indonesia…
- Magnitude 6.8 Quake strikes Kermadec Isls Region
- Another fire at TEPCO nuclear plant
- Magnitude 6.2 Quake Hits Honshu, Japan
- Human Enhanced World Disasters: A Quick Scan
- Another large quake strikes NZ
- Mount Soputan volcano erupts again!
- Kyrgyzstan Earthquake Kills 72
- Earthquake Cluster Zone Closing in on New Zealand
- Magnitude 7 Earthquake Hits Kermadec Islands
- Powerful Quake, Strong Aftershocks Hit China’s W. Xizang
- Another Deadly Earthquake Cluster Hits China
- Magnitude 5.4 Quake Hits Los Angeles Area
- Magnitude 6.8 Quake Hits Japan
- Powerful Offshore Quake Strikes Japan’s Eastern Coast
- Earthquakes in Alaska
- Powerful Earthquake Strikes Honshu, Japan
- Colombian Town Hit by Earthquake
- No End Seen to China Quake Aftershocks
- Chinese paratroopers rescuing survivors or preventing plague?
- How Many More Survivors?
- Why Was the Girl Removed from Family?
- Chinese Leaders Incapable of Handling Quake Aftermath
- Radioactive Leak at TEPCO Unit Near Tokyo
- Mt Ruapehu Eruption Alert
- Mining Sets Off Earthquake in Germany
- China “Frankenstein”
- China Quake Casualties May Rise Sharply
- Quake Aftershocks Hit China
- China Quake Death Toll Nearly 10,000
- China Quake Kills 9,000
External Links:
- Official worries over possible plague at Sichuan quake epicenter
- Chinese Leaders Incapable of Handling Quake Aftermath
- China rushes to fix dams as 9,000 sq miles flooded
- China earthquake: Teacher left students behind as he ran to safety
- China’s grieving quake parents start to voice anger
- Beijing’s quick response to disaster won’t cover cracks of corruption
- Almost five million left homeless, China says
- Corruption blamed for rising death toll in China
- Parents’ grief turns to anger at shoddily built deathtrap schools
- Earthquake Predictions In China Are Also Political
- China “quake lake” fears force new evacuation
- Swelling China lakes a danger 2 weeks after quake
- Big aftershock causes more misery in China
List of other earthquake data providers:
- National Institute for Earth Physics, Bucharest, Romania (BUC)
- Centre de Recherche en Astronomie, Astrophysique et Géophysique, Algiers, Algeria (CRAA)
- GeoForschungsZentrum (GEOFON), Potsdam, Germany (GFZ)
- Geophysical Survey. Russian Academy of Sciences, Obninsk, Russia (GSRC)
- Institute of Geophysics, University of Tehran, , Tehran, Iran (IGUT)
- Instituto de Meteorologia, Seismologia, Lisbon, Portugal (IMP)
- Romanian Institute for Applied Seismology, Bucharest, Romania (IRSA)
- Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, Istanbul, Turkey (KAN)
- Laboratoire de Détection et de Géophysique, Bruyères-le-Châtel, France (LDG)
- Landesamt fuer Geologie, Rohstoffe und Bergbau, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany (LED)
- Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia, Seismological Office, Ljubljana, Slovenia (LJU)
- Instituto Geografico Nacional, Madrid, Spain (MAD)
- Montenegro Seismological Observatory, Podgorica, Montenegro (MSO)
- USGS/NEIC, Denver, USA (NEIR)
- Norwegian Seismic Array, Kjeller, Norway (NEWS)
- Norwegian Seismic Array, Kjeller, Norway (NOR)
- Réseau National de Surveillance Sismique, Strasbourg, France
- Bureau Central de la Sismologie Francaise (BCSF) Strasbourg, France (RNS)
- Department of Geophysics, University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece (THE)
- Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland (WAR)
- Badan Meteorologi & Geofisika Djakarta, Indonesia
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feww said
California Earthquake Forecast – Update 2
http://feww.wordpress.com/2009/08/11/california-earthquake-forecast-update-2/
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feww said
Magnitude 7.0 – SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO, ARGENTINA
2011 January 01 09:56:59 UTC
Earthquake Details
This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.
Magnitude: 7.0
Date-Time: Saturday, January 01, 2011 at 09:56:59 UTC
Location: 26.758°S, 63.103°W
Depth: 583.6 km (362.6 miles) set by location program
Region: SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO, ARGENTINA
Distances:
+160 km (100 miles) NE of Santiago del Estero, Argentina
+185 km (115 miles) SSE of El Quebrachal, Salta, Argentina
+190 km (120 miles) N of Anatuya, Santiago del Estero, Argentina
+960 km (600 miles) NNW of BUENOS AIRES, D.F., Argentina
Location Uncertainty: horizontal +/- 14.7 km (9.1 miles)
Parameters: NST=679, Nph=709, Dmin=577.7 km, Rmss=0.78 sec, Gp= 14°,
M-type=centroid moment magnitude (Mw), Version=9
Source: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID: usc0000xky
feww said
Magnitude 7.1 – ARAUCANIA, CHILE
2011 January 02 20:20:18 UTC
- NO injuries reported.
- A destructive Pacific-wide tsunami has not occurred.
- Power and communications services have been disrupted.
- No major damage caused, according to initial reports.
Earthquake Details
This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.
Magnitude: 7.1
Date-Time: Sunday, January 02, 2011 at 20:20:18 UTC
Location: 38.354°S, 73.275°W
Depth: 25.1 km (15.6 miles)
Region: ARAUCANIA, CHILE
Distances:
+70 km (45 miles) NW of Temuco, Araucania, Chile
+90 km (55 miles) SSE of Lebu, Bio-Bio, Chile
+130 km (80 miles) SW of Los Angeles, Bio-Bio, Chile
+595 km (370 miles) SSW of SANTIAGO, Region Metropolitana, Chile
Location Uncertainty: horizontal +/- 13 km (8.1 miles); depth +/- 0.5 km (0.3 miles)
Parameters: NST=407, Nph=411, Dmin=352.9 km, Rmss=1.13 sec, Gp= 22°,
M-type=”moment” magnitude from initial P wave (tsuboi method) (Mi/Mwp), Version=G
Source: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID: usc0000y49
Ed D. said
The British Geological Survey (BGS) said the 3.6-magnitude quake struck 9km north-west of Ripon in North Yorkshire just after 2100 GMT on Monday.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-12109625
feww said
Latest significant earthquakes
Region: Loyalty Islands
Time: 2011-01-13 16:16:42.0 UTC
Magnitude: 7.1
Epicenter: 168.52°E 20.58°S
Depth: 10 km
Status: manually revised
Source: GFZ Potsdam – Earthquake Bulletin
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Magnitude 6.5 – BONIN ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
2011 January 12 21:32:55 UTC
Magnitude: 6.5
Date-Time: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 21:32:55 UTC
Location: 26.944°N, 140.006°E
Depth: 520.4 km (323.4 miles)
Region: BONIN ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
Distances:
+ 220 km (135 miles) W of Chichi-shima, Bonin Islands, Japan
+ 275 km (170 miles) NNW of Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, Japan
+ 975 km (600 miles) S of TOKYO, Japan
Location Uncertainty: horizontal +/- 14.4 km (8.9 miles); depth +/- 10.7 km (6.6 miles)
Source: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
feww said
Submitted by Lana on: Jan 18, 2011 @ 23:18 – moved to this section by Moderator
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Major 7.2 earthquake hits SW Pakistan
[thanks for update; were just working on that one. Moderator]
feww said
More volcanic activity in ICELAND could occur. FIRE-EARTH
JAN MAYEN ISLAND REGION
Magnitude: 6.1
Date-Time: Saturday, January 29, 2011 at 06:55:26 UTC
Location: 70.965°N, 6.778°W
Depth: 9.5 km (5.9 miles) set by location program
Region: JAN MAYEN ISLAND REGION
Distances:
560 km (350 miles) ENE of Ittoqqortoormiit (Scoresbysund), Greenld
710 km (440 miles) NNE of Neskaupstadur, Iceland
975 km (600 miles) WNW of Tromso, Norway
2010 km (1250 miles) NE of NUUK (GODTHAB), Greenland
Location Uncertainty: horizontal +/- 13.4 km (8.3 miles)
Source: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID: usb00015y3
feww said
Magnitude 5.2 – Strikes Off the Coast of OREGON
Magnitude: 5.2
Date-Tim: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 at 22:02:01 UTC
[Tuesday, February 08, 2011 at 02:02:01 PM at epicenter]
Location: 43.405°N, 127.119°W
Depth: 10.1 km (6.3 miles)
Region: OFF THE COAST OF OREGON
Distances:
+ 235 km (145 miles) W of Coos Bay, Oregon
+ 275 km (170 miles) NW of Brookings, Oregon
+ 280 km (175 miles) WSW of Newport, Oregon
+ 370 km (230 miles) WSW of SALEM, Oregon
Location Uncertainty: horizontal +/- 22.3 km (13.9 miles); depth +/- 0.8 km (0.5 miles)
Source: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID: usb0001atx
feww said
VANUATU Significant Earthquakes
Magnitude: 7.0
Date-Time: Saturday, August 20, 2011 at 18:19:24 UTC
Location: 18.287°S, 168.132°E
Depth: 28.5 km (17.7 miles)
Distances 69 km (42 miles) SSW of PORT-VILA, Efate, Vanuatu
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Magnitude: 7.1
Date-Time: Saturday, August 20, 2011 at 16:55:02 UTC
Location: 18.260°S, 168.069°E
Depth: 40.6 km (25.2 miles)
Distances: 63 km (39 miles) SSW of PORT-VILA, Efate, Vanuatu
Source: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
feww said
Magnitude 6.7 – EASTERN NEW GUINEA REG, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Date-Time: Friday, October 14, 2011 at 03:35:15 UTC
Location: 6.626°S, 147.927°E
Depth: 45.4 km (28.2 miles)
Region: EASTERN NEW GUINEA REG, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Distances:
103 km (64 miles) E of Lae, New Guinea, PNG
184 km (114 miles) WSW of Kandrian, New Britain, PNG
323 km (200 miles) NNE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea
Sources: NOAA, Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, Honolulu, Hawaii
and USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
feww said
Magnitude 7.4 – KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION
2011 October 21 17:57 UTC
Location: 28.998°S, 176.183°W
Depth: 32.9 km (20.4 miles)
Distances:
+ 169 km (105 miles) E of Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands
+ 375 km (233 miles) NE of L’Esperance Rock, Kermadec Islands
Source: USGS NEIC
Event ID: usb0006b6p
feww said
Magnitude 7.2 – EASTERN TURKEY
Date-Time: Sunday, October 23, 2011 at 10:41 UTC
Location: 38.628°N, 43.486°E
Depth: 20 km (12.4 miles) set by location program
Distances:
+17 km (10 miles) NNE (32°) from Van, Turkey
+117 km (72 miles) N (349°) from Hakkari, Turkey
+128 km (80 miles) SSE (163°) from Karakose (Agri), Turkey
+194 km (120 miles) SSW (207°) from YEREVAN, Armenia
Source: USGS/NEIC
Event ID: usb0006bqc
feww said
GFZ Potsdam – Earthquake Bulletin
F-E Region: Near Coast of Peru
Mw: 6.9
Time: 2011-10-28 18:54:35.7 UTC
Magnitude: 6.9 (Mw)
Epicenter: 75.99°W 14.50°S
Depth: 30 km
Status: M – manually revised
feww said
Magnitude 6.3 – REVILLA GIGEDO ISLANDS REGION
Date-Time: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 at 12:32:00 UTC
Location: 19.891°N, 109.216°W
Depth: 5 km (3.1 miles)
Distances:
227 km (141 miles) NE of Socorro Island, Mexico
333 km (206 miles) SSE of Cabo San Lucas, Baja Calif. Sur, Mexico
419 km (260 miles) W of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico
1050 km (652 miles) W of MEXICO CITY, D.F., Mexico
Source: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID usb0006hfg
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FIRE_EARTH Models show that the quake may have primed
one or both of the Socorro and Bárcena volcanoes for eruption.
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feww said
Magnitude 6.7 – GUERRERO, MEXICO
2011 December 11 01:47:26 UTC
Location 18.038°N, 99.796°W
Depth 64.9 km (40.3 miles)
Distances
+ 42 km (26 miles) SW of Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico
+ 166 km (103 miles) SSW of MEXICO CITY, D.F., Mexico
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 14.5 km (9.0 miles); depth +/- 9.8 km (6.1 miles)
Source: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID usc000753u
feww said
Magnitude 7.1 – EASTERN NEW GUINEA REG, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
2011 December 14 05:04:57 UTC
Location: 7.518°S, 146.767°E
DepthP: 121.2 km (75.3 miles)
Distances:
++89 km (55 miles) SSW of Lae, New Guinea, PNG
+123 km (76 miles) ENE of Kerema, New Guinea, PNG
Source: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
feww said
Earthquake Information : JMA [Issued at 14:34 JST 01 Jan 2012]
Occurred at: 14:28 JST 01 Jan 2012
Magnitude: 7.0
Location: 31.4N, 138.6E
Depth: 370 km
Region: Torishima Kinkai
IZU ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION ~ 480 km (300 miles) SSW of TOKYO
feww said
Magnitude 7.3 – OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA
Date-Time: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 18:37:01 UTC
Location: 2.396°N, 93.175°E
Depth 29.1 km (18.1 miles)
Distances:
+ 423 km (262 miles) SW of Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia
+ 537 km (333 miles) SW of Lhokseumawe, Sumatra, Indonesia
+ 951 km (590 miles) W of KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia
Location Uncertainty: horizontal +/- 16.3 km (10.1 miles); depth +/- 8.1 km (5.0 miles)
Source: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
“earthquake … occurred as a result of strike-slip faulting within the oceanic lithosphere of the Indo-Australia plate, approximately 100 km to the southwest of the major subduction zone that defines the plate boundary between the Indo-Australia and Sunda plates offshore Sumatra. At the location of this earthquake, the Indo-Australia plate moves north-northeast with respect to the Sunda plate at a velocity of approximately 52 mm/yr.”
“Since the massive M 9.1 earthquake that ruptured a 1300 km long segment of the Sumatran megathrust plate boundary in December of 2004, two Mw 6.2 strike-slip events have occurred within 50 km of the January 10 2012 event…”
feww said
Magnitude 6.9 Strikes VANUATU
Date-Time: Thursday, February 02, 2012 at 13:34:38 UTC
Location: 17.810°S, 167.149°E
Depth: 10.1 km (6.3 miles)
Distances:
+ 124 km (77 miles) W of PORT-VILA, Efate, Vanuatu
+ 251 km (155 miles) S of Luganville, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu
+ 294 km (182 miles) NW of Isangel, Tanna, Vanuatu
+1,803 km (1120 miles) ENE of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
Location Uncertainty: horizontal +/- 15 km (9.3 miles); depth +/- 2.8 km (1.7 miles)
Source: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID usb0007uiv
feww said
Magnitude: 7.1 – VANUATU
Date-Time: Friday, March 09, 2012 at 07:09:54 UTC
Location: 19.109°S, 169.625°E
Depth: 36.8 km (22.9 miles)
Distances:
61 km (37 miles) NE of Isangel, Tanna, Vanuatu
206 km (128 miles) SE of PORT-VILA, Efate, Vanuatu
Source: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
feww said
Magnitude 7.1 – MAULE, CHILE
Quake struck about 110 km SW of the February 2010 Chile’s 8.8Mw Megaquake.
Date-Time: Sunday, March 25, 2012 at 22:37:06 UTC
Location: 35.183°S, 71.792°W
Depth: 34.8 km (21.6 miles)
Distances:
+27 km (16 miles) NNW of Talca, Maule, Chile
+55 km (34 miles) WSW of Curico, Maule, Chile
+99 km (61 miles) NNE of Cauquenes, Maule, Chile
+219 km (136 miles) SSW of SANTIAGO, Region Metropolitana, Chile
Location Uncertainty:
horizontal +/- 17.2 km (10.7 miles); depth +/- 3.5 km (2.2 miles)
Source: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
feww said
Magnitude 6.8 strikes EASTERN NEW GUINEA REG, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Date-Time: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at 07:13:50 UTC
Location: 5.474°S, 147.097°E
Depth: 208.2 km (129.4 miles)
Distances: 139 km (86 miles) N of Lae, New Guinea, PNG
Source: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
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Magnitude 6.7 strikes OFFSHORE VALPARAISO, CHILE
Date-Time: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at 03:50:16 UTC
Location: 32.701°S, 71.484°W
Depth: 37 km (23.0 miles)
Distances: 42 km (26 miles) NNE of Valparaiso, Valparaiso, Chile
Source: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)