Nepal Earthquakes

[Laura]

The following was posted in the Strange Sounds in the Sky thread:

And I've just saw (on FB) this 'line' made by earthquakes on the same hour:



Definitevely interesting times!

 

[Siberia]

I've just read a new article dated May 4, 2015:

India drift

In the history of continental drift, India has been a mysterious record-holder.

More than 140 million years ago, India was part of an immense supercontinent called Gondwana, which covered much of the Southern Hemisphere. Around 120 million years ago, what is now India broke off and started slowly migrating north, at about 5 centimeters per year. Then, about 80 million years ago, the continent suddenly sped up, racing north at about 15 centimeters per year — about twice as fast as the fastest modern tectonic drift. The continent collided with Eurasia about 50 million years ago, giving rise to the Himalayas.

Don't know if it's related, fwiw.

Also, right after the first Nepal earthquake, there was an article where scientists predicted other powerful ones in that area:

The powerful earthquake that devastated Nepal late in the morning on 25 April, causing at least 3200 deaths, could be a fuse that ignites other powerful quakes in a region of the Himalayas that had been seismically quiet for centuries, experts say.

 

[Eboard10]

The following was posted in the Strange Sounds in the Sky thread:

And I've just saw (on FB) this 'line' made by earthquakes on the same hour:



Definitevely interesting times!

Most interesting indeed! I wonder if this sequence of earthquakes could have been induced by overhead cometary explosions.

If that were true, it would have to be a big one though. It might be fragments or companions of the 1 mile wide asteroid brushing past the Earth this Thursday.

http://www.sott.net/article/296334-Near-miss-with-gigantic-asteroid-coming-this-Thursday

Btw, are the times on the map from the same time zone (Indian Standard Time)? If so, they all happened within 1 hour of each other.

 

[MichaelM]

The FB post (epicenters in a straight line) might be a hoax.

Checking the USGS website, I don't see the 5.1 in Indonesia reported in the FB post/picture.
Even checking quakes 2.5+ in the past 30 days:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/#{%22feed%22%3A%2230day_m25%22%2C%22search%22%3Anull%2C%22listFormat%22%3A%22default%22%2C%22sort%22%3A%22newest%22%2C%22basemap%22%3A%22grayscale%22%2C%22autoUpdate%22%3Atrue%2C%22restrictListToMap%22%3Atrue%2C%22timeZone%22%3A%22utc%22%2C%22mapposition%22%3A[[-4.8282597468669755%2C52.91015625]%2C[46.55886030311719%2C143.26171875]]%2C%22overlays%22%3A{%22plates%22%3Atrue}%2C%22viewModes%22%3A{%22map%22%3Atrue%2C%22list%22%3Atrue%2C%22settings%22%3Atrue%2C%22help%22%3Afalse}}

 

[Laura]

The FB post (epicenters in a straight line) might be a hoax.

Checking the USGS website, I don't see the 5.1 in Indonesia reported in the FB post/picture.
Even checking quakes 2.5+ in the past 30 days:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/#{%22feed%22%3A%2230day_m25%22%2C%22search%22%3Anull%2C%22listFormat%22%3A%22default%22%2C%22sort%22%3A%22newest%22%2C%22basemap%22%3A%22grayscale%22%2C%22autoUpdate%22%3Atrue%2C%22restrictListToMap%22%3Atrue%2C%22timeZone%22%3A%22utc%22%2C%22mapposition%22%3A[[-4.8282597468669755%2C52.91015625]%2C[46.55886030311719%2C143.26171875]]%2C%22overlays%22%3A{%22plates%22%3Atrue}%2C%22viewModes%22%3A{%22map%22%3Atrue%2C%22list%22%3Atrue%2C%22settings%22%3Atrue%2C%22help%22%3Afalse}}

Might want to point it out in the other thread where it was originally posted.

 

[Human]

The FB post (epicenters in a straight line) might be a hoax.

Checking the USGS website, I don't see the 5.1 in Indonesia reported in the FB post/picture.
Even checking quakes 2.5+ in the past 30 days:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/

It seems not.
Checked the map on the link provided and there it is. See attached image and the list on the image left, all shown earthquakes are magnitude 4+.
And there were additional ones that seem to lie on the same "line".

Added: Maybe it wasn't entered into the database at the time of previous post, as the map has been constantly updating itself.

 

[MK Scarlett]

The FB post (epicenters in a straight line) might be a hoax.

Checking the USGS website, I don't see the 5.1 in Indonesia reported in the FB post/picture.
Even checking quakes 2.5+ in the past 30 days:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/

It seems not.
Checked the map on the link provided and there it is. See attached image and the list on the image left, all shown earthquakes are magnitude 4+.
And there were additional ones that seem to lie on the same "line".

Added: Maybe it wasn't entered into the database at the time of previous post, as the map has been constantly updating itself.

Indeed, the information for the Afghanistan one is here:

May 12 2015 08:10 AM 4.7 Asia Afghanistan Takh?r Yangi Qal`ah Vulkán 0 Vulkán 0 Vulkán 0 USGS-RSOE Details

And the Malaysian one:

May 12 2015 08:27 AM 5.1 Indonesian Archipelago Indonesia Central Java Kroya Vulkán 0 Vulkán 0 Vulkán 0 USGS-RSOE Details

Can be viewed here: http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php?lang

If you look at several datas recording websites as those:
http://www.emsc-csem.org/#2
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.php
http://earthquake-report.com/fr/
http://anf.ucsd.edu/recenteqs/
http://research.dlindquist.com/quake
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php?lang
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/
http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/

you can see that some have datas than others do not have; I am pretty sure that something along those lines has already been shared elsewhere on the forum. FWIW.

edit: Add hisz.rsoe.hu Website url

 

[trendsetter37]

The FB post (epicenters in a straight line) might be a hoax.

Checking the USGS website, I don't see the 5.1 in Indonesia reported in the FB post/picture.
Even checking quakes 2.5+ in the past 30 days:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/#{%22feed%22%3A%2230day_m25%22%2C%22search%22%3Anull%2C%22listFormat%22%3A%22default%22%2C%22sort%22%3A%22newest%22%2C%22basemap%22%3A%22grayscale%22%2C%22autoUpdate%22%3Atrue%2C%22restrictListToMap%22%3Atrue%2C%22timeZone%22%3A%22utc%22%2C%22mapposition%22%3A[[-4.8282597468669755%2C52.91015625]%2C[46.55886030311719%2C143.26171875]]%2C%22overlays%22%3A{%22plates%22%3Atrue}%2C%22viewModes%22%3A{%22map%22%3Atrue%2C%22list%22%3Atrue%2C%22settings%22%3Atrue%2C%22help%22%3Afalse}}

Yea I think you are right, I couldn't find it either. Also, that third way-point isn't even in Indonesia...

 

[mkrnhr]

For the record, the 7.3 earthquake in Nepal happened on 2015-05-12 at 07:05:19 UTC

It seems that it was triggered by space-weather if we consider these graphs from today:

The first is high energy proton flux and the second is interstellar magnetic field as measured by the NASA Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) satellite:

Added: Recent plots can be viewed at _http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/ace-real-time-solar-wind
Edit: photon -> proton

 

[Human]

For the record, the 7.3 earthquake in Nepal happened on 2015-05-12 at 07:05:19 UTC

It seems that it was triggered by space-weather if we consider these graphs from today:

The first is high energy photon flux and the second is interstellar magnetic field as measured by the NASA Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) satellite:

Added: Recent plots can be viewed at _http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/ace-real-time-solar-wind

You probably mean proton (hydrogen nuclei) flux (if I read correctly from the plot), meaning in principle cosmic rays (HE Solar ones).
And I find that sudden drop just after the time of the Nepal earthquake interesting, like something "vacuumed" a part of that HE Solar cosmic ray flux.

The FB post (epicenters in a straight line) might be a hoax.

Checking the USGS website, I don't see the 5.1 in Indonesia reported in the FB post/picture.
Even checking quakes 2.5+ in the past 30 days:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/#

Yea I think you are right, I couldn't find it either. Also, that third way-point isn't even in Indonesia...

Well, the earthquake is there, but on FB image is not shown in correct location (probably instead of S they went N on FB image).

NB. on that map (Michael Martin's link) just popped up a 6.8 one in Japan

6.8
33km SE of Ofunato, Japan
2015-05-12 21:12:58 UTC 38.9 km

 

[MK Scarlett]

I just would like to try to clarify some things:

For Nepal, a first seism occured (according to RSOE EDIS http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php?lang) at 07:05 AM UTC:

May 12 2015 07:05 AM 7.1 Asia Nepal Kodari Vulkán 0 Vulkán 0 Vulkán 0 EMSC

A second one occured at 09:05 AM UTC:

May 12 2015 09:05 AM 7.4 Asia Nepal Kodari

Around this last one, occured those included in the map showing some kind of line:

May 12 2015 09:22 AM 5.4 Indonesian Archipelago East Timor Distrito Lautm Lospalos Vulkán 0 Vulkán 0 Vulkán 0 USGS-RSOE Details
May 12 2015 09:21 AM 3.5 South-America Chile Coquimbo Ovalle Vulkán 0 There are airport(s) nearby the epicenter. Vulkán 0 EMSC Details
May 12 2015 09:17 AM 5.6 Asia Nepal Kodari Vulkán 0 Vulkán 0 Vulkán 0 USGS-RSOE Details
May 12 2015 09:15 AM 4.6 Asia Afghanistan Takh?r Yangi Qal`ah Vulkán 0 There are airport(s) nearby the epicenter. Vulkán 0 EMSC

Could there be a mistake making that we cannot fit the times on the map with the times on the previous datas? Just above, it is early in the morning, while on the map, it is midday. I do not know what to think about this map anymore, but datas say that this line exists, just, it does not exist at the time showing on the map, but earlier...

The following was posted in the Strange Sounds in the Sky thread:

And I've just saw (on FB) this 'line' made by earthquakes on the same hour:



Definitevely interesting times!

Oh, and I've just seen that on the map, it is written 11:40 AM IST. Does anyone knows what does mean the IST sigle?

Edit: Clarity

 

[mkrnhr]

You probably mean proton (hydrogen nuclei) flux (if I read correctly from the plot), meaning in principle cosmic rays (HE Solar ones).

Yes, proton. Thanks for detecting the typo. Photons are just light.

 

[MK Scarlett]

I've got it: IST, means:

India Standard Time (IST) is 5:30 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). This time zone is a standard time zone and is used in: Asia. India Standard Time is a half-hour time zone. Its local time differs by 30 minutes from the usual one-hour time zone interval.

This time zone is often called Indian Time.

http://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/ist

I cannot do the maths right now as it is late here, but I will give a try on tomorrow if not already done by someone else.

 

[Human]

You probably mean proton (hydrogen nuclei) flux (if I read correctly from the plot), meaning in principle cosmic rays (HE Solar ones).

Yes, proton. Thanks for detecting the typo. Photons are just light.

Welcome.
Well, MeV photons are not really light (at least not visible one, to us), they are called gamma rays (if I remember correctly X-rays are in keV region - excitation/deexcitation of atomic levels, and MeV region are gammas - photons from nuclei).

Could there be a mistake making that we cannot fit the times on the map with the times on the previous datas? Just above, it is early in the morning, while on the map, it is midday. I do not know what to think about this map anymore, but datas say that this line exists, just, it does not exist at the time showing on the map, but earlier...

It's not the time, it's the location on FB map. The quake in Indonesia is not showing in Indonesia at all on that map, but in Vietnam (more or less).

 

[Mr.Cyan]

Re: ANOTHER earthquake has hit Nepal, magnitude 7.3

It already looked like earth changes might have been getting a lot worse in the near future with everything that has been happening, but two major earth quakes in the same place over the space of two and half weeks? It seems like things are progressing and are probably soon going to get a lot worse.

Was thinking along similar lines yesteday when i read the news about this...:( - 2 earthquakes magnitude 7+, in Nepal, two weeks apart, and both involving incidents in the viccinity of the tallest point/mountain on the BBM....lots of death and destruction, in a country that is struggling to cope with a disaster of this scale - sigh ! I think on Sott radio's Behind the headlines show 2 weeks ago, it was mentioned by Perceval, "why are these earthquakes happening in places/countries that are least prepared to cope with it, and will suffer the most ?" (can't remember the exact words, but along this line...). Im not sure myself of the exact message that universe is trying to tell us, but it sure looks like its going to get a lot worse...