Strong Quake Strikes SE of the Loyalty Islands
Posted by feww on December 9, 2009
New Episodes of Intense Seismicity Before Year End Highly Probable
Earthquake Measuring Up to 6.7 Mw Strikes Southeast of the Loyalty Islands
Strong Earthquake Measuring up to Magnitude 6.7 struck 120 km west of Ile Hunter, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia, at a depth of about 60km on December 09, 2009 at 09:46 UTC.
The earthquake occurred about 42 km NNW of the Matthew Island volcano. Since November 2008 at least a half dozen strong quakes measuring between 6.1 and 6.8Mw have struck close to the volcano.
Special Interest: Sumatra’s Mt Kerinci Erupts
10-degree Map Centered at 20°S,170°E
Earthquake location Map. Source: USGS/EHP. Enhanced by FEWW.
Earthquake Details:
- Magnitude: [Maximum quake magnitude estimated at 6.7 Mw by FEWW]
- GFZ Potsdam – Earthquake Bulletin
- Region: Southeast of Loyalty Islands
- Time: 2009-12-09 09:46:05.7 UTC
- Epicenter: 170.96°E 22.24°S
- Depth: 59 km
- Status: manually revised
Historic Seismicity (Source: USGS/EHP)
Seismic Hazard Map (Source: USGS/EHP)
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feww said
2009-12-17 20:01:23.5 51.56 N 179.94 E 51km 6.1Mw RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS
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2009-12-18 07:33:00.3 18.00 S 65.62 E 2Km 6.2Mw MAURITIUS – REUNION REGION
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2009-12-19 23:19:21.7 10.12 S 33.81 E 40Km 6.3Mw MALAWI
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Strong earthquake measuring 6.7 Mw strikes off the coast of Taiwan
The M6.7 earthquake struck about 25 km (15 miles) SSE of Hua-lien, Taiwan, at a depth of about 40 km on Saturday 19 December 2009 at 13:02 UTC.
https://feww.wordpress.com/2009/12/19/another-strong-quake-strikes-taiwan/
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Large Quake Could Strike Near Padang, Sumatra
Strong Earthquake Measuring 6.2 Mw Strikes Kepulauan Mentawai Region, Indonesia
An earthquake measuring 6.2 Mw struck Kepulauan Mentawai Region, about 115 km (70 miles) WSW of Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia, at a depth of about 22km. The mainshock was followed by at least one aftershock measuring 5.3Mw.
https://feww.wordpress.com/2009/12/23/large-quake-could-strike-near-padang-sumatra/
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2009-12-24 00:23:29.2 42.26 N , 134.83E 365Km 6.5Mw PRIMOR’YE, RUSSIA
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Region: Banda Sea
Time: 2009-12-26 08:57:26.2 UTC
Magnitude: 6.3
Epicenter: 131.26°E 5.54°S
Depth: 76 km
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2009-12-24 14:01:59 6.0Mw 15.80 S 74.06 W 54km Near Coast of Peru
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NOTE: Maximum earthquake magnitude estimated by FEWW
feww said
Magnitude 6.0 – BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
2009 December 14 08:54:05 UTC
Location: 6.004°S, 154.382°E
Depth: 73.8 km (45.9 miles)
Region: BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Distances:
130 km (80 miles) W of Arawa, Bougainville, PNG
225 km (140 miles) SE of Taron, New Ireland, PNG
885 km (550 miles) ENE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea
2385 km (1480 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
Location Uncertainty: horizontal +/- 7.3 km (4.5 miles); depth +/- 18.3 km (11.4 miles)
Source: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID:us2009qeam
feww said
Magnitude 6.1 – SEA OF OKHOTSK
2009 December 10 02:30:51 UTC
Date-Time: Thursday, December 10, 2009 at 01:30:51 PM at epicenter
Location: 53.459°N, 152.675°E
Depth : 641.8 km (398.8 miles)
Region: SEA OF OKHOTSK
Distances:
390 km (240 miles) NW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Kuril Islands, Russia
400 km (250 miles) W of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia
2220 km (1380 miles) NNE of TOKYO, Japan
6540 km (4060 miles) NE of MOSCOW, Russia
Location Uncertainty: horizontal +/- 4.4 km (2.7 miles); depth +/- 7.7 km (4.8 miles)
Source: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID: us2009qaaf
feww said
Magnitude: 5.9 – SIMEULUE, INDONESIA
Date-Time: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 at 21:29:05 UTC
[Thursday, December 10, 2009 at 04:29:05 AM at epicenter]
Location: 2.745°N, 95.968°E
Depth: 35 km (21.7 miles) set by location program
Region SIMEULUE, INDONESIA
Distances:
310 km (195 miles) WSW of Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia
310 km (195 miles) SSE of Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia
335 km (210 miles) WNW of Sibolga, Sumatra, Indonesia
1545 km (960 miles) NW of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia
Source: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID: us2009pzbm