Significant Quakes Strike Chile, Indonesia, PNG

SEISMIC HAZARD
HEIGHTENED GLOBAL SEISMICITY
SCENARIOS 08, 07
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M6.6 Strikes S of Taron, Papua New Guinea

The quake preceded by a foreshock measuring 5.6Mw and two aftershocks measurin6 4.9 and 4.8Mw, as of posting.

EQ Details

PNG
Magnitude: 6.6Mw
Event Time: 2014-07-04 15:00:26 UTC
Location: 6.205°S 152.821°E depth=10.0km (6.2mi)
Nearby Cities:

• 193km (120mi) S of Taron, Papua New Guinea
• 214km (133mi) SSE of Kokopo, Papua New Guine

Indonesia
Magnitude: 6.0Mw
Event Time: 2014-07-05 09:39:30 UTC
Location: 1.995°N 97.015°E depth=30.0km (18.6mi)
Nearby Cities:

• 88km (55mi) SE of Sinabang, Indonesia
• 198km (123mi) W of Sibolga, Indonesia
• 204km (127mi) SW of Kabanjahe, Indonesia
• 241km (150mi) SW of Binjai, Indonesia
• 534km (332mi) WSW of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Chile
Magnitude: 4.4Mw
Event Time: 2014-07-05 11:00:47 UTC
Location: 20.709°S 70.806°W depth=23.8km (14.8mi)
Nearby Cities:

• 87km (54mi) SW of Iquique, Chile
• 165km (103mi) NNW of Tocopilla, Chile
• 252km (157mi) SSW of Arica, Chile
• 274km (170mi) NW of Calama, Chile
• 543km (337mi) SSW of La Paz, Bolivia

 

M5.9 Quake Strikes Sick Japan

SEISMIC HAZARD
HEIGHTENED GLOBAL SEISMICITY
SCENARIOS 08, 07
.

Significant earthquake strikes near Miyako, Japan

Centered at 39.675°N 142.034°E the quake struck off Iwate Pref., near east coast of Honshu, Japan, according to USGS/EHP.

The seismicity registered up to 5 (lower) on the 7-level local scale.

Earthquake Details
Magnitude: 5.9 [GEOFON Program]
Event Time: 2014-07-04 22:42:04 UTC
Location: 39.675°N 142.034°E depth=44.9km (27.9mi)
Nearby Cities:

• 8km (5mi) ENE of Miyako, Japan
• 24km (15mi) NNE of Yamada, Japan
• 36km (22mi) NNE of Otsuchi, Japan
• 47km (29mi) NNE of Kamaishi, Japan
• 488km (303mi) NNE of Tokyo, Japan

FIRE-EARTH Earthquake Forecasts for Japan

FIRE-EARTH Science Team has suspended its research on Japan seismicity, California ditto.

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 Related Links

• M6.2 Quake Strikes Japan Region July 1, 2014