Official Earthquake Thread

[LadyStanley]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20005hqz

6.9 Burma

 

[LadyStanley]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20005hzl

6.0 Vanuatu


http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20005hzn

6.2 Japan

 

[LadyStanley]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20005i1a
6.0 Japan


http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20005i6p
6.4 Vanuatu

 

[LadyStanley]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20005ih9

6.2 Guatemala

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20005iis#general

7.0 Quake hits Kumamoto , Japan

 

[LadyStanley]

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/20...hocks-in-japan-following-magnitude-6-5-quake/

9 dead and hundreds injured after yesterday's 6.5 quake in Japan.



http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2016/04/15/southern-japan-magnitude-7-1-earthquake/

Today's 7.0 quake hit mid-morning.

 

[LadyStanley]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20005j32

7.8 Ecuador


Circle of Fire is definitely active!

 

[LadyStanley]

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2016/04/16/powerful-quake-hits-ecuador-central-coast/

Dozens reported dead after Ecuador quake

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20005j32

7.8 Ecuador


Circle of Fire is definitely active!

You have to imagine its only a matter of time until one of the NA faults goes as rest of the ring of fire has been active the past 16 years

Also New Madrid fault in Midwest is always a risk to go as well at anytime

 

[LadyStanley]

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/110-years-later-a-ticking-tectonic-timebomb-SF-6922034.php

Today is the 110th anniversary of the 1906 Great San Francisco Earthquake. (Plus the fire, which did more damage, especially with the military using dynamite to demolish blocks of buildings in advance of the flames.)

Estimated 7.7-8.3 on the Richter scale and lasted up to 45 seconds.

 

[LadyStanley]

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2016/04/17/deadly-ecuador-earthquake-devastation/

238+ dead, 1500+ injured in Ecuador quake (biggest since 1979)

 

[LadyStanley]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20005k37

6.1 Ecuador (aftershock)

 

[LadyStanley]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20005kqh

6.0 Ecuador (another aftershock)

 

[LadyStanley]

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/20...s-staggering-potential-losses-in-nevada-utah/

A new report raising the likelihood of a destructive earthquake striking Salt Lake City in the next half century has underscored the urgency to retrofit more than 30,000 older brick homes and other unreinforced buildings at high risk of collapsing.

It’s also getting attention in neighboring Nevada where a significant quake is overdue along the Sierra. Nevada officials are anxious to see if Utah succeeds in a first-in-the-nation attempt to secure federal disaster funds for private homeowners to aid in such efforts.

Not just California faces the earthquake damage issue in continental 48.

 

[hm1223*]

Science Class

I'm learning about this stuff in science.

 

[LadyStanley]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/at00o6cznp

7.3 Vanuatu

 

[LadyStanley]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us10005cc4

6.8 North Eastern Pacific Rise (middle of ocean off coast of Central America)

 

[LadyStanley]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us10005cpd

6.0 Vanuatu

 

[yukoner88]

is there a place that pops up more than Vanuatu? If we did a tally for how times a place comes up, I think that area will have a healthy lead

 

[LadyStanley]

is there a place that pops up more than Vanuatu? If we did a tally for how times a place comes up, I think that area will have a healthy lead

If you include under 6, perhaps somewhere else.

But Vanuatu definitely seems to have a lot of big ones.

 

[LadyStanley]

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2016/05/05/earthquake-san-andreas-fault-overdue/

San Andreas fault overdue for major quake. Mainly on SoCal section.

 

[LadyStanley]

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Recently-uncovered-photos-of-little-known-1933-7446271.php

Snapshot of history... 1933's 2nd most deadly earthquake in 48 contiguous US states: 115 dead. Metro LA area (Compton, Long Beach, Laguna Beach, etc.). 6.4, on Newport-Ingelwood fault line. Found in engineer's scrapbook at flea market.

(#1 was 1906 San Francisco Great Quake)

 

[LadyStanley]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us10005i5t
6.7 Ecuador


http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us10005i9n
6.8 Ecuador


Hearing on TWC these are "aftershocks" of last months 7.x quake

 

[LT]

Those are some late, powerful aftershocks...

 

[LadyStanley]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20005yd7

6.4 Fiji