Earthquakes around the world
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This is of interest:
"Appin earthquake shakes homes within 56km radius, south of Sydney"
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-04/appin-earthquake-shakes-homes-of-more-than-100-residents/8160178
"A magnitude-3.9 earthquake has hit homes in Appin and surrounding suburbs, south of Sydney, just after 1:00am.
GeoScience Australia reported that the earthquake could have been felt in a 56-kilometre radius, which includes Wollongong, parts of the southern highlands and most of southern and western Sydney."
Although 3.9 is not a large quake, it is very unusual to get an earthquake on the Australian mainland, this one is between Sydney and Wollongong, which is a large population centre.
"Appin earthquake shakes homes within 56km radius, south of Sydney"
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-04/appin-earthquake-shakes-homes-of-more-than-100-residents/8160178
"A magnitude-3.9 earthquake has hit homes in Appin and surrounding suburbs, south of Sydney, just after 1:00am.
GeoScience Australia reported that the earthquake could have been felt in a 56-kilometre radius, which includes Wollongong, parts of the southern highlands and most of southern and western Sydney."
Although 3.9 is not a large quake, it is very unusual to get an earthquake on the Australian mainland, this one is between Sydney and Wollongong, which is a large population centre.
angelburst29
The Living Force
Britain has been hit by its biggest earthquake in a decade - but no one felt it.
Big Earthquake Strikes Britain Under the Sea
https://sputniknews.com/europe/201701041049259480-north-england-earthquake-tremors/
The tremor struck the UK 100 miles off the coast of Scarborough, in the north east of England, shaking the depths of the North Sea.
The British Geological Survey (BGS) confirmed that the 3.8 magnitude earthquake did occur.
Prelim EQ data: UK Earthquake alert: M 3.8: SOUTHERN NORTH SEA http://dlvr.it/N1w97X
However, there are still no reports that it was felt on land, suggesting a sense of apathy towards the quake, or a sense of humor?
According to the BGS, earthquakes remain a relatively rare occurrence on land — but less so at sea.
"Earthquakes are almost completely absent from eastern Scotland and north east England. Similarly, Ireland is almost completely free of earthquakes."
In 2015, two earthquakes in two days occurred in the UK, first in Hampshire and after in the East Midlands.
Fracking, which involves blasting rocks underground with water, sand and chemicals to fracture rock to reveal gas was initially blamed for causing the tremor. But the blame swayed when anti-fracking group Frack Off said it was "unlikely." However, tremors that struck Lancashire in the north west of England in 2011 were blamed on fracking tests.
Energy firm Cuadrilla admitted that shale gas test drilling had triggered earthquakes in the area — an admission that was particularly unpopular in Blackpool.
Britain's North Sea coast isn't necessarily an earthquake prone area either — but it is "more active than the mainland," according to the BGS.
Big Earthquake Strikes Britain Under the Sea
https://sputniknews.com/europe/201701041049259480-north-england-earthquake-tremors/
The tremor struck the UK 100 miles off the coast of Scarborough, in the north east of England, shaking the depths of the North Sea.
The British Geological Survey (BGS) confirmed that the 3.8 magnitude earthquake did occur.
Prelim EQ data: UK Earthquake alert: M 3.8: SOUTHERN NORTH SEA http://dlvr.it/N1w97X
However, there are still no reports that it was felt on land, suggesting a sense of apathy towards the quake, or a sense of humor?
According to the BGS, earthquakes remain a relatively rare occurrence on land — but less so at sea.
"Earthquakes are almost completely absent from eastern Scotland and north east England. Similarly, Ireland is almost completely free of earthquakes."
In 2015, two earthquakes in two days occurred in the UK, first in Hampshire and after in the East Midlands.
Fracking, which involves blasting rocks underground with water, sand and chemicals to fracture rock to reveal gas was initially blamed for causing the tremor. But the blame swayed when anti-fracking group Frack Off said it was "unlikely." However, tremors that struck Lancashire in the north west of England in 2011 were blamed on fracking tests.
Energy firm Cuadrilla admitted that shale gas test drilling had triggered earthquakes in the area — an admission that was particularly unpopular in Blackpool.
Britain's North Sea coast isn't necessarily an earthquake prone area either — but it is "more active than the mainland," according to the BGS.
Aeneas said:
This earthquake was extremely deep at 617 km (380 miles) according to USGS; in fact it may be the deepest ever recorded. According to Wikipedia:
Because it was so deep there was little effect on the surface, so it wasn't that 'news worthy' as such, but perhaps it was a significant marker event?
A comment on this sott article (https://www.sott.net/article/339148-Strong-7-3-magnitude-undersea-earthquake-strikes-near-the-Philippines) quotes dutchsinse, who seems to have quite a decent record of earthquake forecasting:
casper said:This earthquake is not reported by any serious geological institute.But it registered
http://imgur.com/D1Xir2c
http://i.imgur.com/r5vgxLJ.jpg
Maybe a reporting error or a bug?
Does the magnitude represent the Richter scale? I would be surprised that a 10+ magnitude earthquake in Cairo would go unreported if it actually happened.
Eboard10 said:casper said:This earthquake is not reported by any serious geological institute.But it registered
http://imgur.com/D1Xir2c
http://i.imgur.com/r5vgxLJ.jpg
Maybe a reporting error or a bug?
Does the magnitude represent the Richter scale? I would be surprised that a 10+ magnitude earthquake in Cairo would go unreported if it actually happened.
No sign of this quake on USGS or earthquake tracker or Google - and only 1 post on twitter which claims it occurred but provides no link.
Recent quakes:
USG said:
A few of which feature on the quoted source _http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/ -- which does not show a M10 in Cairo as of right now. So i would assume it's a false alarm of some kind.
Eboard10 said:casper said:This earthquake is not reported by any serious geological institute.But it registered
http://imgur.com/D1Xir2c
http://i.imgur.com/r5vgxLJ.jpg
Maybe a reporting error or a bug?
Does the magnitude represent the Richter scale? I would be surprised that a 10+ magnitude earthquake in Cairo would go unreported if it actually happened.
It looks more likely like a bug. Notice that the depth is negative. Also such a powerful earthquake (besides killing millions in such a populated area) would be felt all around the Mediterranean.
casper
The Living Force
Eboard10 said:casper said:This earthquake is not reported by any serious geological institute.But it registered
http://imgur.com/D1Xir2c
http://i.imgur.com/r5vgxLJ.jpg
Maybe a reporting error or a bug?
Does the magnitude represent the Richter scale? I would be surprised that a 10+ magnitude earthquake in Cairo would go unreported if it actually happened.
Definitely strange, may sound funny, the depth of the earthquake was recorded in the positive, is this something that maybe happened contrary, means not in the interior of the Earth, more in the universe?mkrnhr said:
Let's say that this is so, it means that something happened at that height of 116.084833km over Cairo ?
Also, I've googled little , this is not the first such recorded data, the same thing happened 09/01/2017. in Syria
https://s30.postimg.org/kux75w5c1/Capture.png
USGS said:
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/severeweatherEU/status/821654469956005889 said:severe-weather.EU @severeweatherEU 52m52 minutes ago
Magnitude 5.4 earthquake hit central Italy, N of L'Aquila half an hour ago! Tha same area is getting massive snowfall (2m+). Map: EMSC
The first quake is up on Sott: 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits central Italy, tremors felt in Rome
Eboard10 said:
Four 5+ quakes in three hours it's a "new phenomenon in recent history" as described by INGV, and at least seven 4+ quakes and several threes too.
Yesterday there was a huge fire in Genoa, then this morning Pescara (Abruzzo) got flooded by rain, strong winds in Trieste, heavy snow Center-Sud Italy, a sweep of "hot" winds on the Adriatic Sea side, then the quakes. :O