May 24, 2014 Earthquakes in Siberia and China

My translation:

4.9 earthquake has been registered in Muisk region of Buryatia Republic, Siberia, says Russia's regional Emergencies Ministry. The epicenter was 10 kilometers deep and 15 kilometers away to the East from Severomuisk town.

First it was reported as 5.5 strong, but later this magnitude was corrected. Preliminary data indicate no victims or damage. Three working groups of Muisk fire guard garrison were sent to inspect the state of constructions.

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Source in Russian: http://lenta.ru/news/2014/05/24/earthquake/.

The map: http://earthquaketrack.com/p/russia/buryat/recent.

News from another Russian source (my translation):

Almost at the same time [as in Buryatia] another 5.6 earthquake was registered Yunnan Province of China. The epicenter was 15 kilometers from Myanmar borders. No information re possible victims as of yet, says ITAR TASS.

Source in Russian: http://www.ntv.ru/novosti/985776/#ixzz32cywvUgn

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Chinese sources report at least 12 injured by now:

http://english.cri.cn/11354/2014/05/24/3561s828186.htm.

Also Greece: http://rt.com/news/161260-greece-earthquake-aegean-sea/

.. and Mexico: http://rt.com/news/line/2014-05-24/

all in one day

Coming along with the new meteor shower. Interesting, eh?

Laura said:

Coming along with the new meteor shower. Interesting, eh?

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I wanted to see the meteor shower, but is cloudy!! ---not that it would had been visible in the city, but still.

A dread exciting interesting situation? I am going back to work :P
... There had been also two ones of consideration in the Atlantic's Ridge, from USGS:
M 5.2 - Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Time: 2014-05-23 18:41:49 UTC-05:00
Location: 45.009°N 27.867°W
Depth: 10.0km

M 5.2 - Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Time: 2014-05-24 06:49:26 UTC-05:00
Location: 0.727°N 26.348°W
Depth: 10.0km

Added: another one saw it just recently, from RSOE EDIS website:
Earthquake report
Report date: 11:49:25 AM 24.05.2014
Magnitude: 5.2
Depth: 2 km
Continent: South-America
Country: Brazil
State: Estado de Pernambuco
Location: Fernando de Noronha (Distrito Estadual)

I had read somewhere that when an earthquake occurs at a certain point in the world, another one happens almost 180 degrees in the opposite direction. I don't know whether this is plausible scientifically but it is an interesting notion. Like a ping pong, first on the west side then on the east side.

Today's Earthquakes, along with the 6.9m one in the Aegean sea, happened right after a geomagnetic storm and a sudden drop in solar activity. The meteor shower was far below expectations but who knows what electromagnetic effect were in play while all of this was happening. I noticed that the zones where important earthquakes happened were also experiencing unusual weather, there might be some local electrical phenomena at play.
Last night's/today's meteor shower is related to Comet 209P/LINEAR, a very faint one and almost extinct. However, it is making a close approach to earth. The closest distance will be on May 29th at ~0.05AU, which puts it within the ten closest known in recent history _http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/ClosestComets.html So whether it experiences an outburst or not remains to be seen.

aurora said:

I had read somewhere that when an earthquake occurs at a certain point in the world, another one happens almost 180 degrees in the opposite direction. I don't know whether this is plausible scientifically but it is an interesting notion. Like a ping pong, first on the west side then on the east side.

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I'm a nobody in terms of physics, it's too complex for me, so I can only try to grasp this concept using my imagination and some basic knowledge. As I see it, when two (or more) bodies come into close electromagnetic interaction (like the Earth and Camelopardalids in this case), their metal cores mutually influence each other producing electric effects (such as earthquakes, thunderstorms, etc.). The Earth core probably discharges in all directions at once, but while our surface is heterogeneous in its structure, the effects differ depending on their location.

I picture it as something like this in my mind :)



In this case the major seismic activity occurred in the Northern hemisphere probably due to the fact that Camelopardalids were flying over the North America.

mkrnhr said:

Today's Earthquakes, along with the 6.9m one in the Aegean sea, happened right after a geomagnetic storm and a sudden drop in solar activity.

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This is very interesting. Also, the SoTT article suggests that Jupiter is one of the major players in this drama:

And just as heavy celestial bodies influence a comet's trajectory, so do they influence the trajectory of the ensuing gas cloud i.e. the meteor shower.

Because Jupiter is one of our solar system's most heavyweight decision-makers in that respect, its immense gravitational pull will only allow us just this once to see the May Camelopardalids rain down. As Cooke puts it, "By next year, Jupiter's gravity will have pulled it away again."

http://www.sott.net/article/279587-First-time-meteor-shower-may-light-up-skies-over-North-America-this-weekend

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Maybe it's worth changing the title of this thread to "May 24, 2014 Earthquakes and Camelopardalids"?

Earthquakes with at least magnitude 4 on 2014-05-24
(source _http://geofon.gfz-potsdam.de/eqinfo/eqinfo.php)

Origin Time UTC Mag Latitude Longitude Depth km Region Name
2014-05-24 23:00:38 4.3 40.43°N 25.88°E 10 Aegean Sea
2014-05-24 22:08:47 4.2 40.08°N 24.39°E 10 Aegean Sea
2014-05-24 21:20:07 4.3 2.96°N 128.09°E 125 Halmahera, Indonesia
2014-05-24 20:58:05 4.9 6.38°S 104.07°E 46 Sunda Strait, Indonesia
2014-05-24 19:55:51 4.6 7.00°S 129.56°E 163 Banda Sea
2014-05-24 17:25:35 4.0 40.10°N 24.32°E 10 Aegean Sea
2014-05-24 17:05:34 4.1 6.87°S 125.33°E 524 Banda Sea
2014-05-24 16:50:03 4.3 40.04°N 24.39°E 10 Aegean Sea
2014-05-24 16:34:52 4.4 40.24°N 25.57°E 10 Aegean Sea
2014-05-24 16:09:50 4.1 40.38°N 26.16°E 10 Turkey
2014-05-24 15:01:34 4.3 40.41°N 26.10°E 10 Turkey
2014-05-24 14:49:17 4.5 40.46°N 25.97°E 10 Aegean Sea
2014-05-24 14:40:24 4.3 40.03°N 24.34°E 10 Aegean Sea
2014-05-24 12:46:01 4.3 40.23°N 25.19°E 10 Aegean Sea
2014-05-24 11:49:26 5.1 0.73°N 26.29°W 10 Central Mid Atlantic Ridge
2014-05-24 11:33:09 4.6 40.32°N 25.59°E 10 Aegean Sea
2014-05-24 10:19:14 4.3 40.07°N 24.16°E 10 Aegean Sea
2014-05-24 10:11:42 4.6 40.43°N 26.05°E 10 Turkey
2014-05-24 09:55:00 4.4 40.41°N 26.17°E 10 Turkey
2014-05-24 09:25:03 6.8 40.28°N 25.38°E 10 Aegean Sea
2014-05-24 08:24:49 5.5 16.69°N 98.16°W 10 Near Coast of Guerrero, Mexico
2014-05-24 07:50:16 4.5 15.25°S 71.90°W 111 Southern Peru
2014-05-24 07:27:29 4.1 30.50°N 35.27°E 13 Dead Sea Region
2014-05-24 06:47:33 5.0 15.30°S 73.74°W 85 Southern Peru
2014-05-24 06:13:41 4.4 33.21°S 179.72°E 241 South of Kermadec Islands
2014-05-24 06:02:24 4.6 25.46°N 126.14°E 72 Ryukyu Islands, Japan
2014-05-24 02:29:32 4.3 15.79°S 70.13°W 243 Southern Peru
2014-05-24 00:58:35 4.2 36.70°N 71.03°E 208 Afghanistan-Tajikistan

Great map to see the earthquakes around the world:

Gandalf said:

Great map to see the earthquakes around the world:

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Maybe is my non accurate mouse (quite an old one that takes it own decisions sometimes) but there is a wrong tab with this text in Mexico country: "Sismo de 6 grados en el golfo de Bengala ( Bay of Bengal? in India?), Topic: Earthquakes, Thu, 22 May 2014 18:16".

By the way, why the icon with the little house with the crack? I suppose, I would prefere the marbles/little balls. :)