Earthquake Activity Thread

[john pike]

23-JUN-2012 04:34:52 3.02 97.91 6.3 91.4 NORTHERN SUMATERA, INDONESIA

http://www.iris.edu/seismon/last30.html

Indonesia's Meteorological and Geophysics Agency put the magnitude at 6.6.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j-rGOq6GDvaaq4Zfn4eAEVMaS8rw?docId=CNG.20ee3504d9eec8d82b5df31a940c19f7.541

no tsunami or damage reported

[john pike]

MAP

6.1

2012/06/24 03:15:03

57.601

163.218

17.4

NEAR THE EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA

[john pike]

BEIJING — An earthquake hit a mountainous area of southwest China on Sunday, killing at least four people and injuring more than 100, state media reported.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hpUbefZFYe4kUKerGArQ55A22P8A?docId=CNG.1241e77710e237912069bc2d8c6497ae.571

[john pike]

2012-06-29 15:31:45.026min ago 24.75 S 9.64 W 2 6.0 SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

no tsunami shown at present

Edited June 29, 2012 by john pike

[john pike]

MAP 6.3 2012/06/29 21:07:33 43.444 84.725 18.0 NORTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA

http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=275952

waiting updates

http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/strong-quake-hits-remote-western-china-usgs

thankfully looks a remote area

but awaiting updates

Edited June 29, 2012 by john pike

[john pike]

http://earthquake-report.com/2012/06/29/extremely-dangerous-earthquake-in-a-sparsely-populated-area-in-xinjiang-china/

china has rated this quake as 6.6 and only 7km deep

things to look at are very weak buildings and landslides

please use above link for updates as they come in

[john pike]

update on the China quake

More than 155,000 people had been affected as of late Sunday, after a 6.6-magnitude quake jolted northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region early Saturday morning, local authorities said Sunday. As of 7 p.m. Sunday, the number of injured people climbed to 52 and 48,000 people had been evacuated after the earthquake hit a mountainous area along the border of Hejing and Xinyuan counties at 5:07 a.m., followed by several aftershocks of 3-to-4 magnitude, said authorities of the government of Ili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture. The quakes also tore down 7,500 houses and damaged another 64,000 houses. China's National Disaster Reduction Committee and the Ministry of Civil Affairs responded to the quakes and dispatched relief goods to quake-hit areas. The ministry allocated 2,000 tents, 10,000 quilts and 10,000 cotton coats to the areas. The regional governments also dispatched 5.1 tonnes of flour and 480 kilograms of edible vegetable oil as well as 230 tents and 120 quilts. The county's government had organized 2,470 people to the disaster relief work and had been trying to repair the damaged main roads. Experts said the quake-hit region, located about 3,500 meters above sea level, has been geologically active throughout history. Two earthquakes measuring higher than 7 on the Richter scale have jolted the region since 1900.

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_update_read&edis_id=EQ-20120630-35604-CHN&uid=12712

[Love Snow]

: Latest: Earthquake that struck off west coast of New Zealand's North Island 'downgraded' to 6.2 magnitude - @USGS http://t.co/qN3ByufX

[picog]

: Latest: Earthquake that struck off west coast of New Zealand's North Island 'downgraded' to 6.2 magnitude - @USGS http://t.co/qN3ByufX

Would there be any effect of the quake at ground level if it was 200+ Km deep?

[Kiwi]

Would there be any effect of the quake at ground level if it was 200+ Km deep?

Apparently fairly widely felt in Wellington etc . Night time in NZ....but no reports of significant damage

[picog]

Apparently fairly widely felt in Wellington etc . Night time in NZ....but no reports of significant damage

Lucky — let's hope it is not an ominous sign

[john pike]

http://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/quakes/3732830g.html

Last night's widely-felt magnitude-7.0 earthquake was the largest in the area for up to 120 years, says a seismologist.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/7215025/Deep-7-0-earthquake-hits-New-Zealand

geonet has rated this quake as a 7

thankfully no reports of injuries

http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/7214948/Earthquake-rattles-Wellington

[john pike]

MAP 6.3 2012/07/06 02:28:23 -14.664 167.357 162.7 VANUATU

no damge or tsunami reported

[john pike]

MAP 6.0 2012/07/08 11:33:04 45.544 151.287 23.2 KURIL ISLANDS

awaiting info

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/10/150_45.php

Edited July 8, 2012 by john pike

[john pike]

2012-07-20 06:32:56.0 49.42 N 156.19 E 10 6.3 KURIL ISLANDS

2012-07-20 06:10:23.0 49.43 N 156.06 E 10 6.0 KURIL ISLANDS

no reports of damage or tsunami

[john pike]

MAP 6.6 2012/07/25 00:27:48 2.654 96.191 45.9 SIMEULUE, INDONESIA

no info re injury or damage or tsunami

http://ptwc.weather.gov/ptwc/text.php?id=indian.TIBIOX.2012.07.25.0034

no tsunami warning

Edited July 25, 2012 by john pike

[picog]

6.5/6.5 in the Solomon Islands, a couple not that deep. There is no tsunami warning.

http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/

Edited July 25, 2012 by picog

[john pike]

MAP 6.7 2012/07/26 05:33:32 -17.593 66.363 9.8 MAURITIUS - REUNION REGION

no damage or tsunami reported

[john pike]

update on solomon island earthquake

A strong earthquake struck the main island of the Solomon Islands on late Wednesday evening, destroying an unknown number of houses and causing injuries, seismologists and local officials said on Thursday. No tsunami warning was issued. The 6.5-magnitude earthquake at 10:20 p.m. local time (1120 GMT) was centered about 39 kilometers (24 miles) southwest of Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands. It struck about 22.9 kilometers (14.2 miles) deep, making it a shallow earthquake, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). Emergency management officials in Honiara said they have received reports that a number of houses in settlements near the epicenter were destroyed and damaged, injuring at least one person. But the extent of the damage in the remote area was not immediately clear, and officials were still working to determine if there were other victims. The USGS estimated that some 137,000 people on Guadalcanal island may have felt moderate to strong shaking, while 348,000 others may have felt light shaking. The tremors caused scores of people to run out of their homes and flee inland or to higher ground in fear of a tsunami, which was not generated. Both the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) and the Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Center (JATWC) said there was no threat of a tsunami and did not issue a warning. "A destructive tsunami was not generated based on earthquake and historical tsunami data," PTWC said in a bulletin.

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EQ-20120726-35937-SLB

[john pike]

MAP 6.6 2012/07/28 20:04:00 -4.733 153.173 66.7 NEW IRELAND REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

location

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=seism_map&rid=262510

http://ptwc.weather.gov/ptwc/text.php?id=pacific.TIBPAC.2012.07.28.2011

no major tsunami warning but local advisory raised

[john pike]

MAP 6.0 2012/07/29 12:22:15 14.339 -92.364 35.5 OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO

map

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=seism_map&rid=262623

no damage or tsunami reported

[john pike]

MAP 6.3 2012/08/02 09:56:45 -4.706 153.228 70.6 NEW IRELAND REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

MAP 6.1 2012/08/02 09:38:31 -8.379 -74.245 143.3 CENTRAL PERU

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4263796,00.html

no tsunami warnings

or damage reported

[john pike]

MAP 6.2 2012/08/10 18:37:45 52.695 -167.469 19.0 FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA

no tsunami or damage reports

[john pike]

MAP 6.3 2012/08/11 12:34:35 38.324 46.759 9.8 NORTHWESTERN IRAN MAP 6.2 2012/08/11 12:23:18 38.378 46.873 9.7 NORTHWESTERN IRAN

http://www.emsc-csem...e.php?id=281303

high local population and very shallow quakes

info will probably take a while to come through

http://earthquake-report.com/2012/08/10/major-earthquakes-list-august-11-2012/

for updates

Edited August 11, 2012 by john pike

[john pike]

Two strong earthquakes have struck north-western Iran, leaving at least 50 people dead and hundreds more injured, officials say. The quakes struck near the city of Tabriz and the town of Ahar, but most of the casualties are thought to be in outlying villages. Reports say phone lines to many villages have been cut off, making rescue efforts harder. The US Geological Service measured the quakes at magnitude 6.4 and 6.3. "The quake has created huge panic among the people," one resident of Tabriz told the BBC. "Everyone has rushed to the streets and the sirens of ambulances are everywhere."

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EQ-20120811-36139-IRN