Earthquake Activity Thread

[john pike]

further info coming in

http://armenpress.am/eng/news/690110/armenia-felt-the-earthquake-shocks-of-iran.html

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gCWeFdSBva5RoI2Rkwh-18UFJSbA?docId=CNG.0a4e52814bdbb17f662d0a35c58373db.611

Sixty villages... have been heavily damaged and are in need of help," a lawmaker in the hard-hit town of Ahar, Abbas Fallah, told the Mehr news agency.

[john pike]

http://earthquake-report.com/2012/08/11/extremely-dangerous-shallow-earthquake-in-the-greater-tabriz-iran-area/

Update 22:59 UTC :

182 people have been killed in today’s earthquake (intermediate toll as this number will certainly climb further tomorrow)

29 afterschocks of M4 or more have added to the misery of the earthquake. Aftershocks are very dangerous for further collapses of unstable buildings.

Darkness has impeded the rescue effort and the number of injured has surpassed 1500.

Update 21:31 UTC :

Labor news agency ILNA reports that Rescue services admitted tonight that 10 to 20 villages in the epicenter area have not been reached yet. We have to fear that the number of fatalities will go up in the morning hours. It is after midnight in Iran at the moment and as the power is down in the earthquake stricken area and as many roads are blocked Search and Rescue work will be very difficult.

Iranian officials have announced that the figures from the death and wounded will increase due to the critical condition of the wounded.

does not look good

[john pike]

MAP

6.3

2012/08/12 10:47:06

35.681

82.516

11.0

XINJIANG-XIZANG BORDER REGION

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hN8LibaQ32DDHMxAxOdiutllCQWA?docId=CNG.4c48ced992b0b19ea4208b7a3ff09d55.3a1

http://earthquake-report.com/2012/08/11/major-earthquakes-list-august-12-2012/

Edited August 12, 2012 by john pike

[john pike]

MAP 7.7 2012/08/14 02:59:42 49.784 145.126 625.9 SEA OF OKHOTSK

no damage reported

http://ptwc.weather.gov/ptwc/text.php?id=pacific.TIBPAC.2012.08.14.0309

no main tsunami

[Love Snow]

@BreakingNews: 6.6-magnitude earthquake reported 35 miles southeast of Palu on Indonesian island of Sulawesi - USGS, @Reuters http://t.co/u2KehVkt

[john pike]

Saturday August 18 2012, 15:31:46 UTC 2 hours ago Halmahera, Indonesia, Borneo-Celebes. 6.4 54.0 GeoScience Australia Detail

http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/map_detail.php?id=215303

[john pike]

Saturday August 18 2012, 17:44:59 UTC 99 minutes ago Samoa Islands Region. 6.1 0.0 GeoScience Australia Detail

http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/

[john pike]

MAP 6.2 2012/08/19 22:41:51 -4.849 144.583 77.3 NEAR NORTH COAST OF NEW GUINEA, P.N.G

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=seism_population&rid=266638

no reports of damage at present

[BornFromTheVoid]

Magnitude 6.6 near Jan Mayen Island, 71.5N 10.7W

30/8/12 at 13:43:24 UTC

[Gray-Wolf]

Magnitude 6.6 near Jan Mayen Island, 71.5N 10.7W

30/8/12 at 13:43:24 UTC

Don't we have lot of methane cathrates perched on the continental slope in that area?

[BornFromTheVoid]

Don't we have lot of methane cathrates perched on the continental slope in that area?

Apparently so, but I think a landslide would more likely trigger mass destabilisation. Whether one has occurred or not probably won't be known about for quite a while!

[BARRY]

• Universal Time:August 30 2012 at 19:38:36
• NZ Standard Time:Friday, August 31 2012 at 7:38:36 am
• Latitude, Longitude:-44.10, 168.82
• Focal Depth:3 km
• Magnitude:5.2
• Location: 30 km south-west of Haast
• Agency: WEL(GNS_Primary)
• Status: reviewed
• Quality: best

[Staffordshire]

USGS: Magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes off 139km (86mi) E of Sulangan, Philippines

Reaulting in...

Tsunami warning: Philippines, Indonesia, Taiwan, Japan, Guam, N. Marianas, Papua New Guinea.

[lfcdude]

MAP 7.9 2012/08/31 12:47:35 10.828 126.677 34.9

PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION

Message Type: Expanding Regional Tsunami Warning Warning:

Indonesia, Philippines, Belau, Yap, Taiwan, Japan, Guam, N. Marianas, Papua New Guinea A Tsunami Watch is in Effect For Chuuk, Marcus Is., Kosrae, Pohnpei, Marshall Is., Wake Is., Solomon Is., Russia, Nauru

http://ptwc.weather....2012.08.31.1255

Edit... Ahh beaten to it

Edited August 31, 2012 by lfcdude

[Staffordshire]

Aha sorry lfc, i may have data wrong because i got of twitter, so yes more likely to be a 7.9!

[lfcdude]

been rolled back to 7.6... sky news coverage is poor... cnn is good tho if anyone is wanting to watch

[Staffordshire]

been rolled back to 7.6... sky news coverage is poor... cnn is good tho if anyone is wanting to watch

cheers mate

[Manchester_Sunset]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19435229

[Love Snow]

@BreakingNews: 6 inch (16 centimeter) tsunami hits eastern Philippines; officials warn higher waves possible - @AJELive http://t.co/m69qH0Od

[john pike]

http://earthquake-re...sunami-warning/

for updates

some fairly big aftershock as well

http://earthquake.us.../125_10_eqs.php

Edited August 31, 2012 by john pike

[john pike]

not big but posted for interest purposes only

2012/08/29 12:12:59.2 50.272 1.024 10 2.2 ENGLISH CHANNEL 75KM SE EASTBOURNE 2012/08/28 16:24:36.2 50.243 1.235 10 2.3 ENGLISH CHANNEL 90KM SE EASTBOURNE 2012/08/26 20:37:40.6 50.552 -2.278 9 2.0 ENGLISH CHANNEL 13KM SE OF WEYMOUTH

http://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_uk_events.html

[john pike]

worth a watch

[john pike]

MAP 6.4 2012/09/03 18:23:04 -10.785 113.880 8.8 SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA

no tsunami or damage reported

[john pike]

MAP 7.9 2012/09/05 14:42:09 9.931 -85.462 20.0 OFF THE COAST OF COSTA RICA

awaiting updates

[john pike]

http://ptwc.weather.gov/ptwc/text.php?id=caribe.TSUCAX.2012.09.05.1447

A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR

BRAZIL / BARBADOS / TRINIDAD TOBAGO / FRENCH GUIANA /

SAINT LUCIA / MARTINIQUE / ST VINCENT / DOMINICA / BARBUDA /

GUADELOUPE / MONTSERRAT / ANTIGUA / SAINT KITTS / ANGUILLA /

GRENADA / SAINT MARTIN / SAINT MAARTEN / DOMINICAN REP /

TURKS N CAICOS / BONAIRE / CURACAO / BAHAMAS / VENEZUELA /

HAITI / BERMUDA / SURINAME / ARUBA / CUBA / GUYANA / COLOMBIA /

JAMAICA / GRAND CAYMAN / CAYMAN BRAC / PANAMA / MEXICO /

HONDURAS / COSTA RICA / BELIZE / NICARAGUA / GUATEMALA