Earthquake Activity Thread

[Jax]

Woke up around that time but think I am on the cusp of the area affected  and noticed nothing myself.

[john pike]

http://m.emsc.eu/earthquake/earthquake.php?evid=373103

Mexico 7.3

10 km deep

Update if needed

[Mokidugway]

And another this morning for Oakham, 3.5 this time! http://earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/20140418065001.html#page=summary

is the area heavily mined ??.......

[Snowyowl9]

Second earthquake in 24 hours hits UK: Experts warn of a hidden fault line - and say there could be bigger tremors in the future

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2607657/Second-earthquake-24-hours-hits-UK-Experts-warn-hidden-fault-line-say-bigger-tremors-future.html#ixzz2zKh14q85

Edited April 19, 2014 by Snowyowl9

[Jax]

Second earthquake in 24 hours hits UK: Experts warn of a hidden fault line - and say there could be bigger tremors in the futureRead more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2607657/Second-earthquake-24-hours-hits-UK-Experts-warn-hidden-fault-line-say-bigger-tremors-future.html#ixzz2zKh14q85

that is from the daily fail, so could have been caused by a magpie having a fart.

[john pike]

http://m.emsc.eu/earthquake/earthquake.php?evid=373317

Png

7.5. 30km deep

Will update if needed

[john pike]

http://m.emsc.eu/earthquake/earthquake.php?evid=373228

This was from last night

6.6. 10km deep

[john pike]

Sorry guys away so updates are sketchy

Re the mining question

As far as I'm aware the

The oakham area quakes are not mining related

There are plates around the uk

How these can effect us later is a million dollar question

I will do more info on this but not for a few days

[john pike]

http://m.emsc.eu/earthquake/earthquake.php?evid=374306

Canada region

M6.5. 10km deep

[john pike]

http://m.emsc.eu/earthquake/earthquake.php?evid=374719

[john pike]

Rutland hit by third earthquake in two weeks

A third earthquake in two weeks has shaken parts of Rutland in the East Midlands.

Residents around Oakham reported feeling the 1.7 magnitude quake at about 23:05 BST on Monday

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-27207858

[Beverley Lass]

Rutland hit by third earthquake in two weeks

A third earthquake in two weeks has shaken parts of Rutland in the East Midlands.

Residents around Oakham reported feeling the 1.7 magnitude quake at about 23:05 BST on Monday

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-27207858

 

 

Yes, just watching a feature on this on BBC Breakfast TV news.

They say it's unusual.  Doesn't seem to be because of man's activity.

 

B.

[john pike]

M6.6 - 201km WNW of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia2014-05-01 06:36:35 UTChttp://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb000q66s#summary

 

http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/eastern-gemini-seamount.html

Edited May 1, 2014 by john pike

[john pike]

[john pike]

Moderate mag. 5.8 earthquake - 81km WSW of Onan Ganjang, Indonesia on Thursday, 1 May 2014

 

http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=375678#summary

 

near

 

http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcanoes/indonesia/sumatra/toba/

 

will update if needed

[swebby]

Interesting to see the build op to the Chilean earthquake.

[john pike]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb000q6wt#summary

M6.0 - 70km SSE of Namlea, Indonesia

2014-05-02 08:43:37 UTC

Edited May 2, 2014 by john pike

[john pike]

M 3.8 - NORTH SEA - 2014-05-02 18:12:56 UTC

 

http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=375912#summary

 

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=seism_map&rid=403990

Edited May 2, 2014 by john pike

[john pike]

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

South of fidji

6.1 and a 6.6

Both very deep

[john pike]

M 5.8 - NEAR S. COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN - 2014-05-04 20:18:25 UTC

 

http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=376313#summary

 

not a great place to get this

 

will update when more info comes in

 

 

Tectonic Summary Seismotectonics of Japan and Vicinity

Japan and the surrounding islands straddle four major tectonic plates: Pacific plate; North America plate; Eurasia plate; and Philippine Sea plate. The Pacific plate is subducted into the mantle, beneath Hokkaido and northern Honshu, along the eastern margin of the Okhotsk microplate, a proposed subdivision of the North America plate. Farther south, the Pacific plate is subducted beneath volcanic islands along the eastern margin of the Philippine Sea plate. This 2,200 km-long zone of subduction of the Pacific plate is responsible for the creation of the deep offshore Ogasawara and Japan trenches as well as parallel chains of islands and volcanoes, typical of Circumpacific island arcs. Similarly, the Philippine Sea plate is itself subducting under the Eurasia plate along a zone, extending from Taiwan to southern Honshu that comprises the Ryukyu Islands and the Nansei-Shoto trench.

Subduction zones at the Japanese island arcs are geologically complex and produce numerous earthquakes from multiple sources. Deformation of the overriding plates generates shallow crustal earthquakes, whereas slip at the interface of the plates generates interplate earthquakes that extend from near the base of the trench to depths of 40 to 60 km. At greater depths, Japanese arc earthquakes occur within the subducting Pacific and Philippine Sea plates and can reach depths of nearly 700 km. Since 1900, three great earthquakes occurred off Japan and three north of Hokkaido. They are the mate.4 1933 Sanriku-oki earthquake, the mate.3 2003 Tokachi-oki earthquake, the M9.0 2011 Tohoku earthquake, the mate.4 1958 Etorofu earthquake, the mate.5 1963 Kuril earthquake, and the mate.3 1994 Shikotan earthquake.

 

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb000q9sv#summary

 

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=seism_volcano&rid=404558

 

volcanoes nearby in link above

 

 

http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=376313#summary

 

quake upgraded to 6

Edited May 4, 2014 by john pike

[Muffelchen]

Big ongoing swarm near Herdubreid in Iceland, possibly relating to rising magma, although the wave forms are not available at present.

 

You can follow the action here.

[john pike]

http://m.emsc.eu/earthquake/earthquake.php?evid=376447

Thailand

Mag 6 only 2km deep

[john pike]

A strong, shallow 6.0-magnitude earthquake rattled northern Thailand on Monday afternoon, geologists said, shaking tall buildings in Bangkok hundreds of miles to the south. The quake, at a shallow depth of 7.4 kilometers (4.5 miles), struck just after 6 pm local time (1100 GMT), around 27 kilometers (17 miles) from the mountainous northern city of Chiang Rai, the US Geological Survey said in a statement. There were no immediate reports of damage. The area is a remote mountain retreat popular with foreign tourists near to the border with Myanmar and Laos. The quake was felt as far south as Bangkok, 800 kilometers (500 miles) to the south, where tall buildings shook for several seconds. It was also felt in the Myanmar capital of Yangon, an AFP reporter there said. Major earthquakes are rare in Thailand, although tremors frequently strike the northern portion of the country.

 

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EQ-20140505-43635-THA

[john pike]

quake from last night

 

Earthquake in Japan on Monday, 05 May, 2014 at 13:37 (01:37 PM) UTC.

 

On Monday Tokyo residents woke up to the strongest earthquake felt since the Fukushima quake and tsunami over three years ago. At 5:18 AM, local time, the 6.0-magnitude quake struck in the seabed near an island south of Tokyo. At least 17 people are reported to be injured with no reports of major damage. The March 2011 magnitude-9.0 earthquake and tsunami left over 18,500 people dead or missing and created a disaster zone at the the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant. Meanwhile over in Thailand a magnitude 6.0 earthquake also shook that country causing minor damage to buildings and roads. No immediate casualties or injuries were reported.

 

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EQ-20140505-43633-JPN

[john pike]

M 6.2 - WEST CHILE RISE - 2014-05-06 20:52:34 UTC

 

http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=376748#summary