Earthquake Activity Thread

[Snow Queen one]

Lol thanks for that Mokidug way. I will bear that in mind for the next one. Besides I am moving later this year so it will be someone else's prob.

Edited May 22, 2015 by Snow Queen one

[Mokidugway]

Lol thanks for that M ok I dug way. I will bear that in mind for the next one. Besides I am moving later this year so it will be someone else's prob.

lol ,I don't think it would be a problem till you hit mag 7 anyway ..

[cyclonic happiness]

Funny, coz we had a tremor in Warwickshire last night at around 11pm.

A loud noise was heard and books fell off shelves and general shaking.

I need to get a confirmation though.

Even in my house books fell off my book shelf.

It scared the hell out of me.

Could it be linked with Kent earthquake?

[Love Snow]

@SkyNewsBreak: U.S. Geological Survey says a 5.4 magnitude #earthquake has hit the U.S. state of #Nevada northeast of Las #Vegas

[Snowyowl9]

Earthquake in Kent overnight? Just heard it on the news, first thing I did was checks here, can't believe no one's mentioned it x

There was no mention of this earthquake this morning on the radio,I`ve only just heard about it!!!!

[Methuselah]

There was no mention of this earthquake this morning on the radio,I`ve only just heard about it!!!!

Yes there was! LBC and Five Live...

[Daniel*]

Funny, coz we had a tremor in Warwickshire last night at around 11pm.

A loud noise was heard and books fell off shelves and general shaking.

I need to get a confirmation though.

Even in my house books fell off my book shelf.

It scared the hell out of me.

Could it be linked with Kent earthquake?

Yes possibly despite the UK not being on any plate margins, we do get quite a lot of tremors most of which are unnoticeable. I seem to recall a tremor in 2007 which was out the blue.

[Mokidugway]

Yes possibly despite the UK not being on any plate margins, we do get quite a lot of tremors most of which are unnoticeable. I seem to recall a tremor in 2007 which was out the blue.

glacial settlement has a lot to do with it imo ..

[Daniel*]

glacial settlement has a lot to do with it imo ..

Definitely as a result of the glacial period it is causing the northern half of Britain to tilt up gaining elevation asl it is said Scotland could add 10cm by when this century is out! and the southern half we're sinking into the sea. Not to fear it is a slow process! Ben Nevis is gaining altitude whilst Southern England we're descending closer to the sea. Not good with the polar caps receding, alright for you

:: Areas of falling land and rising sea levels:

Somerset, Cornwall and Devon

Dorset, Hampshire and Sussex

Kent and Essex

Suffolk and Norfolk

The Wash

Humberside and North Lincolnshire

Shetland Islands.

South Wales

Southern Ireland

Western Ireland

:: Areas with little land-level change:

North Yorkshire; Cleveland

Mid Wales

:: Areas of rising land levels include:

Tyne and Wear

Northumberland coast, Berwickshire, East Lothian,

The Firth of Forth and the Moray Forth

Fife, Aberdeenshire, Caithness

Minch and the Western Isles

Argyll, Ayrshire and the Solway Firth

Northern Irish coast

Isle of Man

Cumbria, Lancashire and Merseyside

North Wales

Edited May 22, 2015 by Daniel*

[Snowyowl9]

Two 6.8-magnitude quakes strike off Solomon Islands.

Flippin heck.

http://www.rappler.com/world/regions/asia-pacific/94081-usgs-may-23-earthquake-solomon-islands

Yes there was! LBC and Five Live...

Didn`t here a thing on radio 2 about it huh.

[Polar Maritime]

[Snowyowl9]

 At a depth of 677 km, this is the deepest large magnitude earthquake ever recorded. It was originally measured as an 8.5 magnitude event – something that was previously thought impossible. The planet is beginning to see more of these deep quakes- We had one just 2 years ago on May 24, 2013 in the Sea of Okhotsk, a 8.3 magnitude quake at 609 km and it astounded scientists – as large magnitude earthquake don’t usually occur at such depths. Tremors from today’s earthquake were felt all the way to Nepal and India. Think about it – New Delhi is 5,834 km (3,625 miles) from Tokyo.

http://www.livescience.com/34671-russian-earthquake-deepest-ever.html

 

Strong 7.8 magnitude earthquake strikes off Japan’s coast – shakes buildings in Tokyo.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-32943904

Edited May 31, 2015 by Snowyowl9

[Snowyowl9]

The MSN news gets weirder and weirder.

British woman arrested for 'stripping naked' on sacred mountain and 'causing deadly earthquake'

http://www.itv.com/news/2015-06-10/british-woman-arrested-for-stripping-naked-on-mountain-in-malaysia/

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/british-woman-arrested-stripping-naked-5855782

A British woman has been arrested for 'stripping naked' on a sacred Malaysian mountain which locals believe caused one of the country's deadliest earthquakes.

At least 16 people died on Friday when a 5.9 magnitude quake rocked the capital Kuala Lumpur.

 

 

[Snowyowl9]

A very rare (and rather large) magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck Northern Egypt near the Jordan / Israel border along the Dead Sea Fault zone.

In an ironic twist of fate, the earthquake occurred at the exact reported location where Moses crossed in Exodus from Egypt when God parted the waters of the sea.

Read more.

http://dutchsinse.com/6272015-rare-m5-2-earthquake-strikes-egypt-israel-dead-sea-fault-system/

[jonboy]

Nothing to exciting but a large uptick in activity to the SW of Iceland overnight

 

http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/earthquakes/#view=map

[jonboy]

here is a bit more detail including a mag 5.0 which we haven't seen for a while in Iceleand

 

 

Wednesday
01.07.2015 11:33:39 63.820 -22.810 8.4 km 4.0 50.5 5.6 km WNW of Reykjanestá Wednesday
01.07.2015 11:33:29 63.616 -23.422 8.9 km 3.4 90.01 9.6 km SW of Geirfugladrangur Wednesday
01.07.2015 10:02:08 63.750 -23.271 8.4 km 3.7 99.0 6.7 km NNW of Geirfuglasker Wednesday
01.07.2015 10:02:07 63.705 -23.351 9.0 km 3.2 90.01 4.3 km NW of Geirfugladrangur Wednesday
01.07.2015 10:01:06 63.720 -23.318 12.6 km 3.3 99.0 4.8 km NNW of Geirfugladrangur Wednesday
01.07.2015 05:01:11 63.768 -23.318 0.1 km 3.8 99.0 9.6 km NW of Geirfuglasker Wednesday
01.07.2015 05:00:02 63.731 -23.387 5.2 km 3.2 87.63 7.6 km NW of Geirfugladrangur Wednesday
01.07.2015 04:59:23 63.719 -23.476 4.8 km 3.9 99.0 10.4 km WNW of Geirfugladrangur Wednesday
01.07.2015 02:36:04 63.699 -23.453 8.7 km 3.4 99.0 8.5 km WNW of Geirfugladrangur Wednesday
01.07.2015 02:25:35 63.622 -23.747 3.5 km 5.0 99.0 14.9 km N of Eldeyjarboði Wednesday
01.07.2015 02:23:54 63.728 -23.453 10.4 km 4.4 99.0 9.9 km NW of Geirfugladrangur

[snowdog]

Not sure if this link will work.An explanation of the steam over the lavafield

http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/articles/nr/3158

[saharmohamedali]

I quite like this site as it shows some in the UK that even the BGS site does not show, let alone the USGS site which hardly shows the UK at all, because of its high cut off rate outside the USA. (Sorry about all the abbreviations

 

[Beverley Lass]

Reports of a 4.0 mag quake in San Francisco Bay area of California.

 

BL.

[lfcdude]

Tsunami warnings have been issued for Chile, Peru, Ecuador and Hawaii after a powerful earthquake measuring 8.3.

The quake's epicentre was located 144 miles northwest of Chile's capital Santiago.

 

 

http://news.sky.com/story/1553972/tsunami-warnings-issued-after-major-earthquake

Edited September 16, 2015 by lfcdude

[Midlands Ice Age]

On BBC News this morning. 3 Meter Tsunami waves reported on the coast.

5 deaths reported so far.

 

I expect more..

 

MIA

[Allseasons-Si]

There was a 7.5 earthquake in Afghanistan on monday,i didn't know about this until this afternoon.

 

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us10003re5#general_summary

 

http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=466583#summary

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-34644125

Edited October 27, 2015 by Allseasons-si

[Snowyowl9]

I heard this yesterday,BBC/ITV gone all quiet today though typical.

RT covered it though.

At least 280 killed, more than 1000 injured as 7.5 quake hits Afghanistan, Pakistan, India.

https://www.rt.com/news/319674-earthquake-hits-north-pakistan/

Edited October 27, 2015 by Snowyowl9

[PeteG]

I heard this yesterday,BBC/ITV gone all quiet today though typical.

RT covered it though.

At least 280 killed, more than 1000 injured as 7.5 quake hits Afghanistan, Pakistan, India.

https://www.rt.com/news/319674-earthquake-hits-north-pakistan/

There were reports from Afghanistan and Pakistan on the BBC this morning, on the lunchtime news, and the 6 o'clock news this evening.

[Snowyowl9]

There were reports from Afghanistan and Pakistan on the BBC this morning, on the lunchtime news, and the 6 o'clock news this evening.

Nothing heard about it since like it never happened.

A 6.3 magnitude earthquake has struck East Timor, west of the capital Dili.

http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/11/04/east-timor-hit-68-magnitude-earthquake

This I found most impressive though.

Massive crack 7 football fields long open up in Wyoming mountain range.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/11/01/mysterious-gash-forms-on-wyoming-ranch-unleashing-fears-of-hidden-volcanoes-and-earthquakes/

I`ve got a close up pic of it much more impressive but can`t post it never mind.

Edited November 4, 2015 by Snowyowl9