Earthquakes around the world

[Yozilla]

Split and surrounding area were jolted today by short but sharp one, luckily did not last more than few seconds. i was on Riva promenade at that time, so no real danger for me. One acquaintance of mine escaped some tiles (or whatever) falling down in the old city... Lot of people got outside out of fear, so streets were pretty crowded - all the sudden many stopped being TV, smartphone or PC potatoes... Almost like they experienced some kind of life pulse - start gathering and commenting about this violent tremor - shaker from dumbing everyday routine... interesting how little suffering can make people come together - and how would that play in the case of some greater calamity of any kind...

A shallow earthquake registered by the EMSC as M4.8 hit near Split, Croatia at 12:57 UTC (13:57 CET) on December 9, 2016. The agency is reporting a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). GFZ Croatia is reporting M4.6 at the same depth (intensity VI - Strong).

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Witnesses said they heard loud deep explosion and rumble, followed by strong shaking up and down. Many said they have never experienced an earthquake this strong in the region.

https://watchers.news/2016/12/09/earthquake-split-croatia-december-8-2016/

By the way geo-plates form curious a kind of tectonic grip/lock with Italian peninsula, under Adriatic sea - Adria micro-plate:

 

[angelburst29]

M6.1 - 131km WNW of Arawa, Papua New Guinea
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20007ztn#origin

2016-12-10 16:24:36 UTC 5.660°S 154.488°E 157.1 km depth

http://earthquaketrack.com/quakes/2016-12-10-16-24-36-utc-6-1-157
About 2 hours ago 6.1 magnitude, 157 km depth
Panguna, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea


Strong earthquake, 6.1 mag was detected near Arawa in Papua New Guinea
http://www.earthquakenewstoday.com/2016/12/10/strong-earthquake-6-1-mag-was-detected-near-arawa-in-papua-new-guinea/

A earthquake magnitude 6.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 131 km WNW of Arawa, Papua New Guinea (81 miles). The 6.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:24:36 / 2:24 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 154.4882 East, latitude -5.6598 South, depth = 157.05 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 157.05 km (98 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us20007ztn. Unique identifier: us20007ztn. Global time and date of event 10/12/16 / 2016-12-10 16:24:36 / December 10, 2016 @ 4:24 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has been issued near Arawa in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Each year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

 

[Chad]

M6.4 - 208km S of Tarauaca, Brazil [it's actually in Peru on the border]
2016-12-18 13:30:12 UTC 10.029°S 71.013°W
619.3 km depth

What's interesting is this uptick is probably related to the following coronal hole, which previously has been associated with some serious shaking:

This is a "coronal hole"--a region in the sun's atmosphere where the magnetic field opens up and allows solar wind to escape. We've actually seen this coronal hole before--at least twice. It is rotating around with the sun, strobing Earth like a lighthouse every ~27 days. The last two times we experienced its solar wind (Oct. 25-28 and Nov. 23-26), G1- and G2-class magnetic storms sparked bright polar auroras. A repeat performance is likely in the week ahead.

ARCTIC AURORA WATCH: Around the Arctic Circle, localized geomagnetic storming is possible on Dec. 17th and 18th as Earth passes through a minor stream of solar wind. This event will probably not register on NOAA storm scales because those scales measure global, not local activity. Locally, however, there could be some auroras around the poles even as the planetary K-index remains low. Free: Space Weather Alerts

A BIG CORONAL HOLE TURNS TOWARD EARTH: For the third month in a row, a large hole in the sun's atmosphere is turning toward Earth. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory photographed the yawning structure on Dec. 16th:

also noted on SOTT since ther coronal hole stream arrived:


Magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes off Solomon Islands

Minor tsunami 'threat' after 7.9 magnitude quake hits off Papua New Guinea

 

[Pierre]

M 7.7 - 40km SW of Puerto Quellon, Chile

Time
2016-12-25 14:22:27 (UTC)
Location
43.417°S 73.897°W
Depth
33.0 km

Source

 

[Aeneas]

It certainly looks like we are under a massive rocking and rolling around the planet. Hardly a week goes by without a major earthquake in the range of 7 on the Richter scale. These are from the last 3 weeks according to USGS:

7.6
39km SSW of Puerto Quellon, Chile
2016-12-25 14:22:27 (UTC)
34.6 km
6.7
278km ENE of Dili, East Timor
2016-12-21 00:17:15 (UTC)
151.5 km
6.4
80km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands
2016-12-20 04:21:28 (UTC)
11.3 km
6.4
201km S of Tarauaca, Brazil
2016-12-18 13:30:11 (UTC)
619.4 km
6.3
169km SE of Taron, Papua New Guinea
2016-12-17 11:27:40 (UTC)
35.9 km
7.9
46km E of Taron, Papua New Guinea
2016-12-17 10:51:12 (UTC)
103.2 km
5.0
8km NW of The Geysers, California
2016-12-14 16:41:05 (UTC)
1.5 km
4.0
9km W of Templeton, California
2016-12-14 11:58:39 (UTC)
4.6 km
6.9
93km WSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands
2016-12-09 19:10:07 (UTC)
21.1 km
6.5
79km WSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands
2016-12-08 21:56:07 (UTC)
12.3 km
7.8
69km WSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands
2016-12-08 17:38:46 (UTC)
41.0 km
6.5
160km W of Ferndale, California
2016-12-08 14:49:46 (UTC)
12.1 km
6.5
19km SE of Sigli, Indonesia
2016-12-06 22:03:32 (UTC)
8.2 km
5.9
22km SW of Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago
2016-12-06 21:42:21 (UTC)
34.8 km
6.3
147km NNE of Palue, Indonesia
2016-12-05 01:13:04 (UTC)
526.0 km

Before that we had (just the major ones, particularly the 6.5+):

M6.5 - 49km NE of Karakul, Tajikistan
2016-11-25 14:24:29 UTC 39.273°N 74.010°E 12.0 km depth

7.2 magnitude quake strikes off Central America coast, tsunami alert issued
Published time: 24 Nov, 2016 19:00

M 7.3 - 61km ESE of Namie, Japan
2016-11-21 20:59:46 (UTC)

M6.4 - 10km SSW of Zonda, Argentina
016-11-20 20:57:43 UTC 31.643°S 68.765°W 115.8 km depth

7.8
53km NNE of Amberley, New Zealand
2016-11-13 11:02:56 (UTC)

So that makes it 7 earthquakes of magnitude 6.9 and greater since the 13th of November or in 6 weeks. Is this a new normal that is setting in?

 

[IronFloyd]

The new earthquake in Chile marks a precedent as to the frequency of these, since although Chile is a seismic country, never in the history of the country had earthquakes of these dimensions (around 8 degrees) as often as now, every year!. Before, these happened every 25 years.

 

[Chad]

1 Day - M2.5+ U.S./M4.5+ World
4 of 26 earthquakes in map area.

5.6
8km W of Nereju, Romania
2016-12-27 23:20:55 (UTC)
81.0 km

4.9
16km SW of Gefyra, Greece
2016-12-27 19:31:05 (UTC)
12.5 km

4.6
105km N of Minab, Iran
2016-12-27 12:41:26 (UTC)
10.0 km

4.4
111km N of Minab, Iran
2016-12-27 12:26:37 (UTC)
12.7 km

 

[Aeneas]

Earthquake in Nevada.
From USGS:

M5.8 - 29km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada
2016-12-28 08:18:00 UTC 38.381°N 118.903°W 19.0 km depth

Nearby Places
Direction data (below) indicate the position of the event relative to the place.
Fletcher, Nevada
2.7 km (1.7 mi) NPopulation: 0
Gardnerville Ranchos, Nevada
92.2 km (57.3 mi) SEPopulation: 11,312
South Lake Tahoe, California
112.3 km (69.8 mi) ESEPopulation: 21,403
Carson City, Nevada
114.8 km (71.4 mi) SEPopulation: 55,274
Fernley, Nevada
139.5 km (86.7 mi) SSEPopulation: 19,368

 

[Aeneas]

and now 4 minutes later another one of same strength:

M5.7 - 28km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada
2016-12-28 08:22:12 UTC 38.392°N 118.899°W 12.0 km depth

 

[Pierre]

So that makes it 7 earthquakes of magnitude 6.9 and greater since the 13th of November or in 6 weeks. Is this a new normal that is setting in?

There is definitely an increase in seismic activity. A typical daily activity being about 30-40 quakes with a maximum of about M5.0 - M5.5.

This being said a M7.0 releases 100 times less energy than a M9.0 so the current activity is high but not exceptional (yet).

 

[Meg]

Another earthquake was reported today in Japan. According to RT, USGS rates it at 5.9. The JMA first rated it at 6.3.

M5.9 - 18km NNE of Daigo, Japan
2016-12-28 12:38:50 UTC 36.918°N 140.426°E 10.0 km depth

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us10007naf#executive

 

[angelburst29]

and now 4 minutes later another one of same strength:

M5.7 - 28km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada
2016-12-28 08:22:12 UTC 38.392°N 118.899°W 12.0 km depth

A series of earthquakes was reported early Wednesday morning near the Nevada-California state line, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-earthquakesa-earthquake-57-quake-strikes-near-hawthorne-nev-hgpm-story.html

The first temblor, with a magnitude of 5.7, occurred at 12:22 a.m. PST near Hawthorne, Nev. At least seven quakes with magnitudes between 3 and 5.6 were reported shortly after.

Light shaking was felt as far away as South Lake Tahoe, Fresno, Visalia and Merced.

Hours later, temblors continued near Hawthorne, with four quakes between magnitude 2.8 and 4 occurring after 4 a.m.

The California Office of Emergency Services said it was assessing the situation, but there were no reports of serious injuries or damage.

According to the USGS, the 5.7 quake’s epicenter was 56 miles from Gardnerville Ranchos, Nev., 69 miles from South Lake Tahoe, Calif., 70 miles from Carson City, Nev., and 84 miles from Fernley, Nev.

In the last 10 days, there have been eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater centered nearby.

 

[Aeneas]

M6.2 - 33km S of Tolotangga, Indonesia
2016-12-29 22:30:18 UTC 9.067°S 118.609°E 72.3 km depth

 

[lainey]

A typical daily activity being about 30-40 quakes with a maximum of about M5.0 - M5.5.

This being said a M7.0 releases 100 times less energy than a M9.0 so the current activity is high but not exceptional (yet).

109 quakes in the last 24 hours, all relatively small except for the one in Indonesia, mentioned above.

 

[Aeneas]

The "drops" are continuing:
M6.0 - South of the Fiji Islands
2017-01-02 13:14:02 UTC 23.317°S 179.295°E 549.2 km depth