The Savage Earth: Earthquakes and Volcanos II

[Acts5:41]

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[Shannon9602]

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And you thought you were immuned from earthquake...

[zimmerdesign]

http://www.ktre.com/story/18253128/39-earthquake-hits-east-texas


East Texas outside of Timpson, TX I lived in that area for 13 years. My wife grew up there. Nev er would have thought an earth quake would hit there.

[Shannon9602]

http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/magnitude-60-earthquake-hits-papua-new-guinea/story-e6frfku0-1226357553746

[WILLIAMBEASON1842]

The following is a list of all earthquakes listed by USGS from Jan. 23, 1556 up to the present. I have heard it said, and have seen many reports stateing that great earthquakes greater than 8.0 have remained constant. Look at the following breakdown and see if you think that is true. I will let the data speak for itself. This list is up to date as far as I can tell.

1500's 1
1600's 2
1700's 4
1800's 10
1900's 43
2000's 17

The above numbers are a quick count of the total for each 100 years from 1500 to date. I did not break out the ones over 9.0 but can for the last 200 years if anyone is interested.


1556 01 23 - Shensi, China - M 8.0

1668 08 17 - Anatolia, Turkey - M 8.0
1687 10 20 - Lima, Peru - M 8.5

1700 01 26 - Cascadia Subduction Zone - M 9.0
1730 07 08 - Valparaiso, Chile - M 8.7
1755 11 01 - Lisbon, Portugal - M 8.7
1787 05 02 - Puerto Rico - M 8.0

1821 07 10 - Camana, Peru - M 8.2
1835 02 20 - Concepcion, Chile - M 8.2
1843 02 08 - Leeward Islands - M 8.3
1855 01 23 - Wellington, New Zealand - M 8.0
1868 08 13 - Arica, Peru (now Chile) - M 9.0
1877 05 10 - Offshore Tarapaca, Chile - M 8.3
1891 10 27 - Mino-Owari, Japan - M 8.0
1896 06 15 - Sanriku, Japan - M 8.5
1897 06 12 - Assam, India - M 8.3
1899 09 10 - Yakutat Bay, Alaska - M 8.0

1903 08 11 - Southern Greece - M 8.3
1905 07 09 - Mongolia - M 8.4
1906 01 31 - Off the Coast of Esmeraldas, Ecuador - M 8.8
1906 08 17 - Valparaiso, Chile - M 8.2
1907 10 21 - Qaratog, Tajikistan - M 8.0
1908 12 12 - Off the Coast of Central Peru - M 8.2
1911 06 15 - Ryukyu Islands, Japan - M 8.1
1920 06 05 - Taiwan region - M 8.0
1922 11 11 - Chile-Argentina Border - M 8.5
1923 02 03 - Kamchatka - M 8.5
1931 08 10 - Xinjiang, China - M 8.0
1932 06 03 - Jalisco, Mexico - M 8.1
1933 03 02 - Sanriku, Japan - M 8.4
1934 01 15 - Bihar, India - Nepal - M 8.1
1938 02 01 - Banda Sea, Indonesia - M 8.5
1938 11 10 - Shumagin Islands, Alaska - M 8.2
1940 05 24 - Callao, Peru - M 8.2
1942 08 24 - Off the coast of central Peru - M 8.2
1943 04 06 - Illapel - Salamanca, Chile - M 8.2
1944 12 07 - Tonankai, Japan - M 8.1
1945 11 27 - Makran Coast, Pakistan - M 8.0
1946 04 01 - Unimak Island, Alaska - M 8.1
1946 08 04 - Samana, Dominican Republic - M 8.0
1946 12 20 - Nankaido, Japan - M 8.1
1949 08 22 - Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands), British Columbia, Canada - M 8.1
1950 08 15 - Assam - Tibet - M 8.6
1952 03 04 - Hokkaido, Japan region - M 8.1
1952 11 04 - Kamchatka - M 9.0
1957 03 09 - Andreanof Islands, Alaska - M 8.6
1957 12 04 - Gobi-Altay, Mongolia - M 8.1
1958 11 06 - Kuril Islands - M 8.3
1960 05 22 - Chile - M 9.5
1963 10 13 - Kuril Islands - M 8.5
1964 03 28 - Prince William Sound, Alaska - M 9.2 1965 02 04 - Rat Islands, Alaska - M 8.7
1966 10 17 - Near the Coast of Peru - M 8.1
1968 05 16 - Off the East Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 8.2
1970 07 31 - Colombia - M 8.0
1974 10 03 - Near the Coast of Central Peru - M 8.1
1985 09 19 - Michoacan, Mexico - M 8.0
1994 06 09 - Bolivia - M 8.2
1998 03 25 - Balleny Islands Region - M 8.1

2000 11 16 - New Ireland Region, Papua New Guinea - M 8.0
2001 06 23 - Near the Coast of Peru - M 8.4
2003 09 25 - Hokkaido, Japan Region - M 8.3
2004 12 23 - North of Macquarie Island - M 8.1
2004 12 26 - Sumatra-Andaman Islands - M 9.1
2005 03 28 - Northern Sumatra, Indonesia - M 8.6
2006 05 03 - Tonga - M 8.0
2006 11 15 - Kuril Islands - M 8.3
2007 01 13 - East of the Kuril Islands - M 8.1
2007 04 01 - Solomon Islands - M 8.1
2007 08 15 - Near the Coast of Central Peru - M 8.0
2007 09 12 - Southern Sumatra, Indonesia - M 8.5
2009 09 29 - Samoa Islands region - M 8.1
2010 02 27 - Offshore Bio-Bio, Chile - M 8.8
2011 03 11 - Near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 9.0
2012 04 11 - off the west coast of northern Sumatra - M 8.2
2012 04 11 - off the west coast of northern Sumatra - M 8.6


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[grace-saved]

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=seism_index&rid=246992

Early this morning at a 4.3. :scratch

[Acts5:41]

Agh. I moved here to get away from quakes.

Shannon, the "usual" East Texas Coastal disasters are very predictable: flood, and hurricane. I know it's coming. I have time to run and get my refills. I have time to adjust my medication so I don't go bonkers. :pound

A quake? Well, the big one I experienced, one minute I'm reading a romance novel, lying in bed at home, the next I am balled up under a pillow blubbering at Jesus. The world goes bonkers in a split second.

[shudder] Give me a flood or hurricane (actually experienced more than one, of both), any day.

[$teve]

Four killed in northern Italy earthquake



An earthquake in northern Italy has killed at least four people and caused serious damage to buildings in several towns, local officials say.

The 6.0-magnitude quake struck in the middle of the night, about 35km (22 miles) north of the city of Bologna.

The four victims were killed by falling masonry. Italian media report two more quake-related deaths.

The tremor caused "significant damage to the cultural heritage" of Emilia Romagna region, the government said.

The culture ministry said experts were now examining damaged historic buildings, according to the AFP news agency.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18135898

[lighthouse]

Update time = Mon May 21 9:27:59 UTC 2012


MAG UTC DATE-TIME
y/m/d h:m:s LAT
deg LON
deg DEPTH
km Region
MAP 2.7 2012/05/21 09:25:40 34.496 -119.238 0.2 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.9 2012/05/21 09:07:11 34.493 -119.238 0.2 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 4.6 2012/05/21 08:39:34 -23.308 -175.648 165.0 TONGA REGION
MAP 4.5 2012/05/21 06:30:12 37.029 143.753 27.2 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 3.4 2012/05/21 06:19:59 33.471 -116.499 6.4 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 4.4 2012/05/21 05:15:27 -31.318 -68.555 89.0 SAN JUAN, ARGENTINA
MAP 2.8 2012/05/21 04:00:56 31.778 -116.087 14.0 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
MAP 4.9 2012/05/21 04:00:22 0.641 67.235 10.0 CARLSBERG RIDGE
MAP 4.7 2012/05/21 03:39:45 -15.453 -171.864 9.9 SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
MAP 5.3 2012/05/21 03:18:45 27.183 127.386 84.2 RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN
MAP 2.6 2012/05/21 01:23:13 59.950 -151.484 42.3 KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA
MAP 4.5 2012/05/21 01:11:56 39.451 143.759 28.1 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 4.5 2012/05/21 01:03:18 39.349 144.046 37.2 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 4.8 2012/05/21 00:46:15 39.502 143.449 33.4 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

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MAG UTC DATE-TIME
y/m/d h:m:s LAT
deg LON
deg DEPTH
km Region
MAP 2.5 2012/05/20 22:52:16 33.187 -115.615 0.1 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 4.4 2012/05/20 22:45:25 -20.845 -178.902 591.2 FIJI REGION
MAP 5.2 2012/05/20 22:21:04 39.603 143.602 30.4 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 5.1 2012/05/20 22:15:45 -3.210 143.940 21.1 NEAR NORTH COAST OF NEW GUINEA, P.N.G.
MAP 4.6 2012/05/20 22:14:44 39.471 143.464 25.1 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 5.0 2012/05/20 21:15:18 -19.052 169.392 47.6 VANUATU
MAP 4.3 2012/05/20 20:39:54 -22.174 -68.303 100.1 ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE
MAP 2.8 2012/05/20 20:26:00 40.797 -124.758 1.3 OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.7 2012/05/20 18:28:35 31.879 -94.408 6.1 EASTERN TEXAS
MAP 4.7 2012/05/20 17:37:15 44.885 11.296 21.0 NORTHERN ITALY
MAP 2.8 2012/05/20 17:03:41 32.132 -115.739 5.1 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
MAP 4.8 2012/05/20 16:11:36 2.546 95.870 31.1 SIMEULUE, INDONESIA
MAP 2.6 2012/05/20 15:27:08 61.573 -147.475 13.9 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 4.1 2012/05/20 14:34:47 -15.198 -177.804 407.8 FIJI REGION
MAP 5.1 2012/05/20 13:18:02 44.795 11.440 8.9 NORTHERN ITALY
MAP 2.6 2012/05/20 13:00:49 31.807 -116.023 5.6 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
MAP 4.6 2012/05/20 12:54:48 39.236 144.160 17.0 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 4.8 2012/05/20 12:37:43 -8.177 107.975 53.5 JAVA, INDONESIA
MAP 4.7 2012/05/20 12:36:07 11.272 125.263 94.6 SAMAR, PHILIPPINES
MAP 2.9 2012/05/20 12:19:44 18.945 -68.029 69.9 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REGION
MAP 4.5 2012/05/20 11:44:13 -17.927 -178.238 598.3 FIJI REGION
MAP 2.8 2012/05/20 11:32:48 32.203 -115.267 31.4 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
MAP 2.5 2012/05/20 11:30:09 51.431 -177.303 28.1 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 2.9 2012/05/20 11:16:21 40.248 -124.148 9.8 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.7 2012/05/20 11:02:29 32.189 -115.270 30.9 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
MAP 3.5 2012/05/20 10:21:09 32.210 -115.249 40.9 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
MAP 4.5 2012/05/20 10:12:22 44.849 11.162 10.0 NORTHERN ITALY
MAP 4.7 2012/05/20 09:13:22 44.800 11.176 10.0 NORTHERN ITALY
MAP 3.6 2012/05/20 08:55:53 56.959 -154.961 36.9 KODIAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 5.0 2012/05/20 08:41:45 39.641 143.091 10.0 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 5.1 2012/05/20 08:40:40 39.554 143.208 10.0 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 5.3 2012/05/20 08:20:58 39.641 143.167 10.0 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 3.0 2012/05/20 07:49:38 19.508 -68.520 94.6 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REGION
MAP 6.0 2012/05/20 07:19:55 39.597 143.242 10.0 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 5.1 2012/05/20 06:54:44 44.687 151.807 17.1 EAST OF THE KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 4.4 2012/05/20 06:44:34 -20.168 -68.939 89.7 TARAPACA, CHILE
MAP 4.4 2012/05/20 06:38:35 -24.608 -70.264 46.5 ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE
MAP 4.3 2012/05/20 06:17:30 52.524 160.457 35.6 OFF THE EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA
MAP 4.8 2012/05/20 05:29:46 -6.470 148.831 35.8 NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
MAP 4.8 2012/05/20 05:06:56 -43.573 172.932 10.2 SOUTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND
MAP 4.3 2012/05/20 04:59:58 6.810 -72.990 157.9 NORTHERN COLOMBIA
MAP 3.2 2012/05/20 03:39:03 19.309 -67.206 32.5 PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP 5.1 2012/05/20 03:02:50 44.776 11.090 10.0 NORTHERN ITALY
MAP 6.0 2012/05/20 02:03:52 44.800 11.192 5.1 NORTHERN ITALY
MAP 5.1 2012/05/20 01:55:46 17.016 147.287 7.1 MARIANA ISLANDS REGION

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MAG UTC DATE-TIME
y/m/d h:m:s LAT
deg LON
deg DEPTH
km Region
MAP 4.2 2012/05/19 23:13:28 44.956 11.241 6.3 NORTHERN ITALY
MAP 2.9 2012/05/19 22:35:32 59.876 -153.162 117.4 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 5.0 2012/05/19 22:23:22 52.079 -171.759 32.1 FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
MAP 4.5 2012/05/19 22:15:49 39.509 143.700 32.8 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 4.8 2012/05/19 22:03:50 17.007 147.200 47.1 MARIANA ISLANDS REGION
MAP 2.5 2012/05/19 21:53:15 18.081 -66.928 15.7 PUERTO RICO
MAP 4.5 2012/05/19 21:28:00 -2.788 138.633 35.0 PAPUA, INDONESIA
MAP 3.8 2012/05/19 21:09:42 50.946 178.593 20.0 RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
MAP 4.4 2012/05/19 20:14:27 -24.174 -66.977 188.4 SALTA, ARGENTINA
MAP 5.0 2012/05/19 20:06:02 3.283 128.120 54.0 NORTH OF HALMAHERA, INDONESIA
MAP 4.1 2012/05/19 19:38:56 -29.796 -72.502 30.4 OFF THE COAST OF COQUIMBO, CHILE
MAP 2.9 2012/05/19 19:22:16 32.516 -115.662 10.3 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
MAP 2.9 2012/05/19 19:21:13 32.515 -115.655 12.9 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
MAP 4.7 2012/05/19 19:13:45 39.647 143.447 10.6 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 5.9 2012/05/19 19:05:19 39.709 143.345 5.4 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 4.5 2012/05/19 18:21:32 32.447 47.002 45.5 IRAN-IRAQ BORDER REGION
MAP 4.8 2012/05/19 17:27:04 -17.302 167.259 19.1 VANUATU
MAP 3.6 2012/05/19 14:14:35 65.353 -150.027 18.3 NORTHERN ALASKA
MAP 2.5 2012/05/19 14:09:27 65.320 -150.005 8.5 NORTHERN ALASKA
MAP 3.2 2012/05/19 12:30:30 19.568 -64.195 70.0 VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP 4.8 2012/05/19 12:21:53 -25.284 -175.792 31.2 SOUTH OF TONGA
MAP 4.2 2012/05/19 12:21:07 36.930 27.650 10.2 DODECANESE ISLANDS, GREECE
MAP 3.6 2012/05/19 10:43:17 19.648 -64.070 68.0 VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP 3.7 2012/05/19 10:37:59 19.857 -64.180 18.0 NORTH OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
MAP 4.0 2012/05/19 09:57:43 33.959 87.237 15.0 WESTERN XIZANG
MAP 3.3 2012/05/19 09:01:30 19.664 -68.493 40.1 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REGION
MAP 5.9 2012/05/19 08:35:10 -25.783 -70.793 25.0 OFFSHORE ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE
MAP 4.3 2012/05/19 05:15:07 55.529 166.241 26.1 KOMANDORSKIYE OSTROVA, RUSSIA REGION
MAP 4.9 2012/05/19 05:10:37 -0.037 125.538 41.7 MOLUCCA SEA
MAP 3.4 2012/05/19 03:49:14 19.140 -68.592 101.0 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REGION
MAP 4.1 2012/05/19 02:48:01 -17.151 -179.287 553.0 FIJI REGION
MAP 3.0 2012/05/19 02:23:26 51.790 -171.581 27.7 FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
MAP 4.3 2012/05/19 02:05:14 -4.996 144.385 118.2 NEAR NORTH COAST OF NEW GUINEA, P.N.G.
MAP 4.6 2012/05/19 01:50:01 29.676 129.622 116.5 RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN
MAP 2.8 2012/05/19 01:48:42 19.428 -155.274 1.6 ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII
MAP 4.8 2012/05/19 00:08:44 39.578 143.367 22.1 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.php

[lighthouse]

http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/fuego/news/8932/Fuego-volcano-Guatemala-largest-eruption-in-10-years.html
Fuego volcano (Guatemala): largest eruption in 10 years



http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/view_news/8910/Bagana-volcano-Bougainville-Island-Papua-New-Guinea-active-lava-flow.html
Bagana volcano (Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea): active lava flow

http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/askja/news/8785/Askja-caldera-Iceland-small-earthquake-swarm-near-Herðubreið-volcano.html
Askja caldera (Iceland): small earthquake swarm near Herðubreið volcano

http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/katla/news/8775/Katla-volcano-Iceland-small-glacial-flood-and-earthquake-swarm.html
Katla volcano (Iceland): small glacial flood and earthquake swarm


http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/el-hierro/submarine-eruption-2011.html
The submarine eruption of El Hierro Island (Canary Islands) in 2011-12: updates


http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/santorini/seismic-activity-2011.html
Santorini volcano unrest 2011/12:[greece]
Small earthquake swarm on SW part of Santorini


http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/etna/current-activity.html
Etna volcano current activity: waiting for the next paroxysm
Slowly increasing tremor