WORLDWIDE EARTHQUAKE REPORT NOVEMBER 02
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck off the coast of California in the North Pacific Ocean on Tuesday night, November 1, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
The quake, about 6 miles deep, was recorded about 743 miles west-southwest of Monterey. People on social media from as far away as San Diego and San Francisco reported feeling the tremor, however, the quake was "too small and too far away" tweeted the National Weather Service Bay Area office.
So far, the USGS has not reported any aftershocks from the earthquake. This situation has generated speculation on social networks that it was an
explosion. It should be noted that
intraplate earthquakes are very rare in that region.
An ‘oddball’ 6.0 earthquake is recorded almost 800 miles off Southern California’s coast
A 6.0 magnitude earthquake was recorded almost 800 miles off the Southern California coast Tuesday night, an “oddball” event that made little impact but
drew intrigue from scientists because of its location.
“It’s a decent size, but that’s a location that is just not common,” said Susan Hough, a seismologist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Pasadena
. “I’ve been watching earthquakes for going on 40 years, and I don’t remember anything that big in that location.” The temblor occurred roughly in line with San Diego.
Since 1900, there have been only 10 other recorded earthquakes in the north Pacific Ocean off Southern California’s coast — and of the temblors more than 500 miles from the coast, all measured under 5.0 magnitude, according to the USGS.
Tuesday’s earthquake occurred just before 10 p.m., and as of Wednesday morning, no aftershocks had been recorded, Hough said. She said because of its location, the seismic activity is unlikely to have caused any damage or had any other effects, though she said nearby boats could have felt the movement.
The earthquake’s location is considered odd because it did not fall near or along tectonic plate boundaries, but in the middle of a large plate — a phenomenon known as an “intraplate earthquake,” Hough said. The vast majority of earthquakes occur along plate boundaries, like along California’s San Andreas fault, though intraplate earthquakes do sometimes occur.
“It’s a weird earthquake,” Hough said. “There really isn’t an overarching explanation for intraplate earthquakes, except that they happen.”
“There’s stresses in the crust for all sorts of reasons, so you can have these oddball events that pop up,” Hough said. “It’s not unprecedented to have an intra-plate oceanic earthquake in an oddball location.”
“The expectation is that it’s just an oddball, kind of black swan event that’s in the middle of the Pacific,” Hough said. “But people will be keeping an eye on it.”
She said in 2018 oceanic seismic activity off the east coast of eastern Africa led to scientists finding an underwater volcano, but Hough said that was after detecting repeated earthquakes and movement, which she has seen no sign of in this case.
The 6.0 magnitude earthquake in the north Pacific was recorded just before 10 p.m. Tuesday, intriguing scientists for its location far from fault lines.
www.latimes.com
With the
mid-term elections in the US and the possibility of the Democrats losing the election, I wonder if this Black Swan was intentional or just a natural effect of Earth changes.
government US - behind California quakes - Three soon -
(L) I have a question. I've been waiting for somebody to ask it, but since nobody is going to ask it, I want to ask it: Was the Haiti earthquake an induced earthquake, or was it totally natural?
A: (Planchette swirls on board) INDUCED! Bet you didn't expect that, did you?!
Q: (L) Frankly, I didn't. Because I've already gone on record saying it wasn't. I just poo-pooed the whole idea as too far out there. (laughter) So now I've gotta...
(Joe) Well, it was the Russians who said that, wasn't it?
A: No!
Q: (Joe) Didn't you tell us the Russians reported that?
(L) The question I want to ask is, how do they induce earthquakes? (To Ark) How do you think they induce earthquakes? (Joe) Space-based satellite
(Ark) Well, just search the internet! (laughter) Yeah, it's on the internet. You create special waves that go into the earth and propagate in the right direction...
(L) I don't believe it. They don't have enough power to do that.
(Joe) I want to know who induced it?
A: U.S.
● M 5.3 - 13 km NNE of Calama, Chile
2022-11-02 02:37:59 (UTC)
22.340°S 68.895°W. 109.0 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
● M 5.0 - 98 km SSW of Basco, Philippines
2022-11-02 13:07:42 (UTC)
19.596°N 121.709°E. 43.1 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
● M 4.8 - 67 km SE of Beykonak, Turkey
2022-11-02 17:41:23 (UTC)
35.960°N 30.901°E. 55.6 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
● Summary
Seismic activity level has been at moderate levels in the last 24 hours. This is the last chart posted by Volcanodiscovery 22:00 UTC on November 02:
Global seismic activity level chart
~2 quakes above magnitude 6
~3 quakes between magnitude 5 and 6
~41 quakes between magnitude 4 and 5
~91 quakes between magnitude 3 and 4
~217 quakes between magnitude 2 and 3
~619 quakes below magnitude 2 that people normally don't feel.
~973 earthquakes in the past 24h (825 earthquakes in the 24 hours prior to this report) Estimated combined seismic energy release: 42590 tons of TNT or 2.7 atomic bombs
Volcanodiscovery earthquake report 24h
