Earthquake Activity Thread

[Keraunic]

Does anyone know if there were reports of any kind of seismic activity in the Ipswich area around July/August 2011 at approx' 05:00 in the morning.

My niece felt a very strong vibration that morning and items rattling and moving in the house.

[john pike]

Does anyone know if there were reports of any kind of seismic activity in the Ipswich area around July/August 2011 at approx' 05:00 in the morning.

My niece felt a very strong vibration that morning and items rattling and moving in the house.

hi k

 

there was a 3.5 quake in the north sea 21st  july 2011 with a depth of 11.5km

 

that probably would have been felt around ipswich

 

http://mapapps2.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/home.html

 

click on 2011 and you will see it showing

 

hope that helps

[john pike]

Strong earthquake near Sao Miguel (and Santa Maria Island), Azores Islands, Portugal

 

MAP  5.9   2013/04/30 06:25:24   37.655    -25.007  10.0   AZORES ISLANDS, PORTUGAL

 

 

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/10/335_40_eqs.php

 

near these volcanoes

 

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=seism_volcano&rid=322596

 

 

it looks like the quake was felt but no damage reported

[Keraunic]

hi k

 

there was a 3.5 quake in the north sea 21st  july 2011 with a depth of 11.5km

 

that probably would have been felt around ipswich

 

http://mapapps2.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/home.html

 

click on 2011 and you will see it showing

 

hope that helps

Ah, thank you, John. That was most probably what she felt. It was early morning and it was light so July fits. And she was pregnant at the time so I suppose she would be a tad more sensitive to things.

[john pike]

 

Two persons were killed, 69 others were injured and scores of buildings damaged in Jammu and Kashmir when an earthquake of moderate intensity shook parts of North India on Wednesday.

Twin districts of Kishtwar and Doda in Jammu region were the hardest hit. Nearly 400 structures in the two districts, including schools, hospitals and houses, developed cracks.

The quake, measuring 5.8 magnitude, struck Jammu and Kashmir and other parts of North India at around 12-27 p.m.

The tremors were felt in Punjab and Haryana but there were no immediate reports of casualty or damage from the two States.

In Himachal Pradesh, the quake lasted nearly 30 seconds and was felt from tribal Lahaul and Spiti valley to foothills of Una. A few houses were damaged in Chamba as frightened people scampered out of their houses on to the streets in the hill State.

 

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/quake-felt-in-north-india-including-delhi-and-jk/article4673523.ece

[john pike]

earthquake 

Wednesday
08.05.2013 21:45:53 66.440 -17.341 8.5 km 6.4 70.9 31.7 km ESE of Grímsey

 

 

 

http://en.vedur.is/e...uakes/#view=map

[john pike]

http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/map_detail.php?id=450841

Southern iran

6.2. 30km deep info to follow

[john pike]

TEHRAN, May 11 (Xinhua) -- At least one person was killed and 17 people injured when an earthquake jolted southern Iran early Saturday, general director of Crisis Management of Hormozgan province was quoted as saying by semi-official Mehr news agency.

 

 

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-05/11/c_132375257.htm

[john pike]

2013-05-11  20:46:56.02hr 28min ago 17.94  S 175.12  W 200 6.4  TONGA

 

tsunami advisory raised but none noted

 

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=tsunami_message&id=918

 

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/6.5-magnitude-quake-strikes-off-tonga-say-us-seismologists/1/270592.html

 

no damage likely as a fair way from land

[john pike]

2013-05-14  00:32:26.033min ago 18.79  N 145.23  E 610 7.0  PAGAN REG., N. MARIANA ISLANDS

 

 

Magnitude Mw 7.0 Region PAGAN REG., N. MARIANA ISLANDS Date time 2013-05-14 00:32:26.0 UTC Location 18.79 N ; 145.23 E Depth 610 km Distances 1950 km S of Tokyo, Japan / pop: 8,336,599 / local time: 09:32:26.0 2013-05-14
2540 km E of Taipei, Taiwan / pop: 7,871,900 / local time: 08:32:26.0 2013-05-14
2625 km E of Manila, Philippines / pop: 10,444,527 / local time: 08:32:26.0 2013-05-14

 

 

volcanoes in close proximity

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=seism_volcano&rid=325595

 

 

http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/southeast_asia/mariana/agrigan.html

 

http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/pagan.html

 

 

 

 

 

tsunami not noted

http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/alert/?id=NWU34;PTWC&date=2013-05-14

 

will update if anymore info comes in

Edited May 14, 2013 by john pike

[john pike]

Bhaderwah (J&K), May 15:

Three moderate intensity tremors shook Bhaderwah valley and the adjoining areas of Doda-Kishtwar belt of Jammu in the wee hours today, prompting authorities to once again shut schools in the region rattled by a series of quakes this month.

 

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/fresh-tremors-in-bhaderwah-valley/article4717313.ece

[john pike]

Date Time (UTC) Lat Lon Depth (km) Mag Int Region Comment 2013/05/15 17:43:48.6 57.668 -5.581 7 2.8 3 GAIRLOCH,HIGHLAND FELT GAIRLOCH... 2013/05/15 06:43:00.7 57.269 -4.758 7 1.4   CANNICH,HIGHLAND 8KM SOUTH OF CANNICH

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

 

for interest purposes only

[john pike]

Magnitude Mw 6.0 Region NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN Date time 2013-05-18 05:48:01.0 UTC Location 37.79 N ; 141.51 E Depth 52 km Distances 284 km NE of Tokyo, Japan / pop: 8,336,599 / local time: 14:48:01.0 2013-05-18

77 km SE of Sendai-shi, Japan / pop: 1,037,562 / local time: 14:48:01.0 2013-05-18

56 km NE of Namie, Japan / pop: 21,866 / local time: 14:48:01.0 2013-05-18

Source parameters reviewed by a seismologist

http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=317602

[john pike]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb000gy8m#summary

 

 couple of quakes again in iran

 

5.5 and 5.6 and very shallow

 

will update if any damage reported later

[john pike]

2013/05/18 19:18:02.6 56.776 -5.748 12 2.9 3 ACHARACLE,HIGHLAND FELT...

 

http://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/20130518191651.html#page=summary

 

For interest purposes only

[john pike]

  52.30  N 160.20  E 10 6.0  OFF EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA

[john pike]

M6.5 - Off the coast of Aisen, Chile 2013-05-20 09:49:04 UTC

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb000gzlm#summary

 

Tsunami Information Bulletin in West Chile Rise, Pacific Ocean

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=tsunami_message&id=921

 

no tsunami noted

[john pike]

M6.0 - 139km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia

PAGER - GREENShakeMap - VIDYFI? - IV

Time 2013-05-21 02:55:05+01:00 Location 52.469°N 160.486°E Depth 15.1km

M6.0 - 122km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia

PAGER - GREENShakeMap - VDYFI? - I

Time 2013-05-21 05:59:37+01:00 Location 52.325°N 160.023°E Depth 37.1km

M6.0 - 122km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia

PAGER - GREENShakeMap - VDYFI? - I

Time 2013-05-21 06:43:21+01:00 Location 52.307°N 159.986°E Depth 36.7km

[Snowkissed]

Hi John are the Kamchatskiy earthquakes volcano related at all?

[john pike]

hi snow kissed

 

i think its the pacific plate shifting about at present

 

A massive earthquake swarm has occurred in the region of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia. More than 20 earthquakes have struck the region in the last 22 hours- the strongest of which was a 5.9 magnitude earthquake, which rattled the seafloor at a depth of 16.5 km deep. The latest seismic flare-up along this region reflects growing agitation on one of the planet’s largest tectonic plates- the Pacific plate. Increasing seismic volatility along this region of Kamchatka could have serious ramifications for every tectonic plate that comes into contact with the Pacific plate- from the South Pacific to South America. A similar, more intense earthquake swarm occurred along the periphery of the Pacific Plate near the Santa Cruz Islands in February of this year. Is the Pacific plate on the verge of a large-scale change?

The geology of the region: The Kuril-Kamchatka arc extends approximately 2,100 km from Hokkaido, Japan, along the Kuril Islands and the Pacific coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula to its intersection with the Aleutian arc near the Commander Islands, Russia. It marks the region where the Pacific plate subducts into the mantle beneath the Okhotsk micro-plate, part of the larger North American plate. This subduction is responsible for the generation of the Kuril Islands chain, active volcanoes located along the entire arc, and the deep offshore Kuril-Kamchatka trench. Relative to a fixed North America plate, the Pacific plate is moving towards the northwest at a rate that increases from 75 mm/year near the northern end of the arc to 83 mm/year in the south. Plate motion is predominantly convergent along the Kuril-Kamchatka arc with obliquity increasing towards the southern section of the arc.

 

not sure whether these are pre or aftershocks at present

 

can only watch and see how this unfolds

[Snowkissed]

Thank you John, very interesting reading!

[john pike]

M7.4 - 282km SW of Vaini, Tonga

PAGER - GREENShakeMap - VDYFI? - I

Time 2013-05-23 18:19:04+01:00 Location 23.025°S 177.109°W Depth 171.4km

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/

 

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=tsunami_message&id=924

 

tsunami warning issued but none spotted

 

will update if damage caused

 

is at sea so hopefully should be ok

Edited May 23, 2013 by john pike

[john pike]

M6.5 - 49km NNW of Nuku`alofa, Tonga

Time 2013-05-23 22:07:46+01:00 Location 20.700°S 175.300°W Depth 144.0km

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/at00mn9s0x#summary

[Coast]

 

Ring Of Fire Earthquake: Tremors Felt In Moscow

 

Tremors are felt from 4,000 miles away as two earthquakes strike in the turbulent Ring Of Fire region, in Russia and the US.

 

Two earthquakes have hit the Ring of Fire area, registering magnitudes of 8.2 and 5.7 and prompting a tsunami warning. Moscow felt tremors from the more powerful quake, causing some people to evacuate buildings despite the epicentre being more than 4,000 miles to the east. The US Geological Survey said the epicentre of Thursday's quake was in the Kuril-Kamchatka arc, one of the most seismically active regions in the world.

 

Marina Kolomiyets, from the Russian Academy of Sciences, said it originated 375 miles under the sea bed in the Sea of Okhotsk, just off Russia's east coast and north of Japan. A tsunami warning for the Sakhalin and the Kuril islands was issued, but lifted soon afterwards. Tremors are extremely rare in Moscow, with the last recorded instance in 1977. Witnesses also reported feeling the tremors across Siberia. "There were repercussions of the quake in Nizhny Novgorod, Moscow and Europe, in particular Romania," said Anatoly Tsygankov from Russia's Rosgidromet environmental monitoring service. "Practically the whole continent shook."

 

No casualties have been reported. A second, smaller 5.7 magnitude quake also struck the US. It hit northern California's Plumas County at 8.47pm local time and was centred six miles west of Greenville. Sacramento television station KCRA-TV said the tremors were felt in the city, some 145 miles south of the epicentre. Eight aftershocks ranging from 2.6 to 3.5 magnitude were also recorded. So far, no injuries or damage have been reported.

 

The Ring of Fire is a horseshoe-shaped area located around the edge of the Pacific Ocean. The vast majority of the world's volcanoes and earthquakes occur in the area because of the movement and collisions of the Earth's tectonic plates.

 

 

http://news.sky.com/story/1095035/ring-of-fire-earthquake-tremors-felt-in-moscow

[john pike]

2013-05-24  11:10:48.03hr 27min ago 24.32  S 175.02  W 2 6.0  SOUTH OF TONGA

 

http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=318765