Deadly Quake Prompts New Island to Rise Off Pakistan Coastline

Death toll from powerful quake rises to 100, with more than 200 others injured in Pakistan

The quake measuring 7.7Mw struck 66km north-northeast of Awaran, a remote part of the Baluchistan province in southwestern Pakistan.

The quake and its aftershocks destroyed scores of mud houses near the epicenter in sparsely populated Baluchistan region.

EQ Details

• Event Time: 2013-09-24 11:29:48 UTC
• Location: 27.000°N, 65.514°E
• Depth: 20.0km (12.4mi)
• Nearby Cities
  • 66km (41mi) NNE of Awaran, Pakistan
  • 116km (72mi) NW of Bela, Pakistan

New Island Emerges from Arabian Sea

The powerful quake caused the seabed to rise and form a small island in the Arabian Sea, about 500 meters off Pakistan’s coastline.

Powerful earthquake hits Baluchistan, forcing the sea bed to rise and form a new island in the Arabian Sea. Image sourced from news.cn/gmw.cn

EQ Location Map

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Significant Earthquakes Strike PRF

LARGE SCALE TECTONICS LOOM

Earthquakes Strike Ryukyu Islands, East Honshu, Alaska Peninsula,  Guerrero Mexico, Sumatra Indonesia and Fiji Islands

• Magnitude 5.6 – RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN 2011 May 05 at 23:21:22 UTC [USGS]
• Magnitude 6.2 – ALASKA PENINSULA 2011 May 05 at 16:57:38 UTC [GFZ Potsdam]
• Magnitude 5.4 – SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS 2011 May 05 at 16:15:20 UTC

• Magnitude 5.6 – ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA 2011 May 05 at 15:06:11 UTC[GFZ Potsdam]
• Magnitude 6.1 – OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN 2011 May 05 at 14:58:21 UTC [USGS]
• Magnitude 5.8 – ALASKA PENINSULA 2011 May 05 14:13:01 at UTC [USGS]

• Magnitude 5.7 – GUERRERO, MEXICO  2011 May 05 13:24:06 at UTC [USGS]
• Magnitude 5.6 – SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA 2011 May 04 at 17:38:37 UTC [USGS]
• Magnitude 5.6 – FIJI REGION 2011 May 04 at 16:13:28 UTC [USGS]

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M6.7 Quake Strikes Mexico

6.7Mw Earthquake Strikes Chiapas, Mexico

Region: Chiapas, Mexico
Magnitude: 6.7Mw
Date/Time: 2011-04-07 13:11:23.6 UTC
Location: 93.99°W 17.42°N
Depth: 157 km
Status: M – manually revised
Source: GFZ Potsdam – Earthquake Bulletin

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Large Swarm of Quakes Strike Near Honshu, Japan

Earthquake Measuring M5.3 Strikes Eastern Honshu, Japan

The earthquake was preceded by a large swarm of smaller quakes which began striking SSW of Tokyo, near the south coast of Honshu, early Thursday Japan time.

JMA has recorded about 5 dozen quakes measuring 2.0 to 5.3 Mw in the Izu-Hanto region. It appears that submarine volcanic eruptions may be occurring.

The northern Izu Island arc is a tectonically active region, where several destructive interplate [and intraplate] earthquakes, severe earthquake swarms and volcanic eruptions have previously occurred.

Details of the Latest Quake

10-degree Map Centered at 35°N,140°E

Earthquake Location Map. Earthquake location marked in blue also show the area where the swarm is striking. Source of the original map: USGS/EHP. Enhancement: FEWW.

• Magnitude: 5.3
• Date-Time:  Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 20:41:27 UTC  [Friday, December 18, 2009 at 05:41:27 AM at epicenter]
• Location: 36.392°N, 139.487°E
• Depth: 63 km (39.1 miles)
• Region: EASTERN HONSHU, JAPAN
• Distances:
  • 40 km (25 miles) E of Maebashi, Honshu, Japan
  • 85 km (50 miles) NNW of TOKYO, Japan
  • 90 km (55 miles) W of Mito, Honshu, Japan
  • 115 km (70 miles) NE of Kofu, Honshu, Japan
• Location Uncertainty: horizontal +/- 5.3 km (3.3 miles); depth +/- 5.8 km (3.6 miles)
• Parameters NST=159, Nph=159, Dmin=365.5 km, Rmss=0.73 sec, Gp= 97°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=7
• Source: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
• Event ID: us2009qhbf

Earthquake Location Maps. Seismicity since December 17, 2009. Source: JMA. Images may be subject to copyright.

FEWW Comment: Regarding the FEWW Forecast of seismicity in Tokyo Bay Area, on November 20, 2009 Fire Earth said: “A tremendous amount of stress energy is unaccounted for in the area near the forecast epicenter.”

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