Earthquakes around the world

Magnitude 6.8 earthquake rattles Alaska’s west Aleutian Islands
http://q13fox.com/2017/06/02/magnitude-6-8-earthquake-rattles-alaskas-west-aleutian-islands/

June 2, 2017 - A magnitude 6.8 earthquake rumbled north of Alaska’s Aleutian Islands on Friday afternoon, but did not cause a tsunami or damage structures.

The U.S. Geological Survey says the earthquake occurred at 2:24 p.m. about 127 miles northwest of Attu Island near the far west end of the Aleutians.

The Alaska Earthquake Center says the moderate earthquake was at a depth of about 16 miles.

Residents of Shemya Island about 147 miles southeast of the earthquake felt the ground move. Attu is nearly 1,500 miles southwest of Anchorage.
 
A 5.9-magnitude earthquake hit Papua New Guinea, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported Saturday, adding that it was unlikely to cause mass casualties and damage.

Magnitude 5.9 Quake Strikes Off Papua New Guinea
https://sputniknews.com/asia/201706031054269864-quake-quinea-papua/

The tremor occurred at 23:48 GMT. The epicenter of the quake was located at the depth of 190 kilometers (118 miles) and centered 91 kilometers (56.5 miles) west of Madang province.

There have been no reports of destruction or casualties caused by the earthquake so far. No tsunami warning was issued.
 
angelburst29 said:
Magnitude 6.8 earthquake rattles Alaska’s west Aleutian Islands
http://q13fox.com/2017/06/02/magnitude-6-8-earthquake-rattles-alaskas-west-aleutian-islands/

June 2, 2017 - A magnitude 6.8 earthquake rumbled north of Alaska’s Aleutian Islands on Friday afternoon, but did not cause a tsunami or damage structures.

The U.S. Geological Survey says the earthquake occurred at 2:24 p.m. about 127 miles northwest of Attu Island near the far west end of the Aleutians.

The Alaska Earthquake Center says the moderate earthquake was at a depth of about 16 miles.

Residents of Shemya Island about 147 miles southeast of the earthquake felt the ground move. Attu is nearly 1,500 miles southwest of Anchorage.

I can't help but wonder if there was a deliberately conscious and deceptive decision make by somebody somewhere to categorise this as moderate quake in order to downplay its significance? (or maybe it's just sloppy reporting by the Associated Press?)

It should be rightly classed as a strong earthquake , fwiw. From http://www.geo.mtu.edu/UPSeis/magnitude.html

Earthquake Magnitude Classes

Earthquakes are also classified in categories ranging from minor to great, depending on their magnitude.

Class Magnitude
Great 8 or more
Major 7 - 7.9
Strong 6 - 6.9
Moderate 5 - 5.9
Light 4 - 4.9
Minor 3 -3.9
 
treesparrow said:
I can't help but wonder if there was a deliberately conscious and deceptive decision make by somebody somewhere to categorise this as moderate quake in order to downplay its significance? (or maybe it's just sloppy reporting by the Associated Press?)

It should be rightly classed as a strong earthquake , fwiw. From http://www.geo.mtu.edu/UPSeis/magnitude.html

Earthquake Magnitude Classes

Earthquakes are also classified in categories ranging from minor to great, depending on their magnitude.

Class Magnitude
Great 8 or more
Major 7 - 7.9
Strong 6 - 6.9
Moderate 5 - 5.9
Light 4 - 4.9
Minor 3 -3.9

That a good question, Treesparrow. I'll keep that in mind when reviewing reports. At least, this one (below) was given the correct classification.

A moderate earthquake hit Hawaii on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported Thursday.

Magnitude 5.3 Quake Strikes Off Hawaii – USGS
https://sputniknews.com/us/201706091054457841-moderate-quake-hawaii/

A 5.3-magnitude earthquake hit Hawaii, according to the USGS.

​The epicenter of the quake was located at the depth of 8 kilometers (4.9 miles) and centered 18 kilometers south west of Volcano in Hawaii County.

There have been no reports of destruction or casualties caused by the earthquake so far. No tsunami warning was issued.
 
Just listening to the extension of the daily suspicious0bserver spaceweathernews. As they made a solar driven model to predict earthquakes with, in the fall they reached 85% accuracy, they set up a open contest to predict 7+ ones. So, no 7+ ones appeared anymore?! Ben is now wondering if their interest has anything to do with it. Is our consciousness a factor? See: Earth-Facing Solar Quiet S0 News June.11.2017 on YT
 
A moderate 5.6 magnitude earthquake hit off Indonesia on Sunday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported.

Indonesia Struck by 5.6-Magnitude Earthquake – USGS
https://sputniknews.com/asia/201706121054539952-indonesia-earthquake/

An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale occurred off the Indonesian coast, according to the report.

The earthquake occurred at 23:15 GMT on Sunday at a depth of 10 kilometers (about 6.2 miles), 97 kilometers (approximately 60.2 miles) southwest of Cibungur, located in Indonesia’s province of West Java, according to the USGS.

No information on casualties or damage from the quake has been provided yet.
 
A shallow (depth 7 km.)earthquake of 6.3 mag. has hit off the coast of İzmir in the Aegen Sea. Aftershocks of 5 and 4 has followed. I felt the first earthquake in İstanbul. My house swayed but I did not feel the aftershocks. Athens has put the magnitude at 6.4.
 
aurora said:
A shallow (depth 7 km.)earthquake of 6.3 mag. has hit off the coast of İzmir in the Aegen Sea. Aftershocks of 5 and 4 has followed. I felt the first earthquake in İstanbul. My house swayed but I did not feel the aftershocks. Athens has put the magnitude at 6.4.

Rt show's the shaken ................. :whistle:
https://www.rt.com/news/391940-earthquake-turkey-greece-magnitude/
Witnesses said they felt a strong quake as “everyone ran outside,” with one describing it as the biggest they ever felt in Turkey.
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https://twitter.com/LastQuake/status/874242940452974593/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rt.com%2Fnews%2F391940-earthquake-turkey-greece-magnitude%2F

ESMC Comments on a 6.4. mag.
https://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/Testimonies/comments.php?id=597714
 
aurora said:
A shallow (depth 7 km.)earthquake of 6.3 mag. has hit off the coast of İzmir in the Aegen Sea. Aftershocks of 5 and 4 has followed. I felt the first earthquake in İstanbul. My house swayed but I did not feel the aftershocks. Athens has put the magnitude at 6.4.

I was just reading about this. The first earthquake was also felt in Athens, and it caused a lot of damage to buildings on the island of Lesvos, but thankfully, there are no reports of severe injuries.

Btw, I merged this topic with Earthquakes Around the world, to keep it all in one place.
 
Alana said:
aurora said:
A shallow (depth 7 km.)earthquake of 6.3 mag. has hit off the coast of İzmir in the Aegen Sea. Aftershocks of 5 and 4 has followed. I felt the first earthquake in İstanbul. My house swayed but I did not feel the aftershocks. Athens has put the magnitude at 6.4.

I was just reading about this. The first earthquake was also felt in Athens, and it caused a lot of damage to buildings on the island of Lesvos, but thankfully, there are no reports of severe injuries.

Update: A 45 y.o. woman died when her house fell on her in a town in Lesvos. Greek report

aurora, this article is in Turkish, I think that it says that for the last two days a lot of snakes made an appearance in the Smyrne/Izmir region, also snakes not seen in these areas before, and that people connect the phenomenon with the subsequent earthquake. I used google translate, but I am not sure I understand everything.

Video and pictures are also included: http://www.milliyet.com.tr/yilanlar-depremin-isaretcisi-miydi--gundem-2467147/
 
7.0 quake of the cost of Mexico


No Tsunami Threat From Magnitude 7 Earthquake Off Mexico Coast
https://sputniknews.com/environment/201706141054612477-mexico-coast-earthquake-no-tsunami-threat/


A magnitude 7 earthquake took place off the coast of southern Mexico.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — A magnitude 7 earthquake registered off the coast of southern Mexico at a depth of 61 miles does not present a tsunami threat, the US National Weather Service (NWS) said Wednesday.

"An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.0 occurred near the coast of Chiapas, Mexico at 0729 UTC on Wednesday June 14 2017," the NWS said.

It added, "based on all available data… there is no tsunami threat from this earthquake."
 
Mr.Cyan said:
7.0 quake of the cost of Mexico

No Tsunami Threat From Magnitude 7 Earthquake Off Mexico Coast
https://sputniknews.com/environment/201706141054612477-mexico-coast-earthquake-no-tsunami-threat/

A magnitude 7 earthquake took place off the coast of southern Mexico.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — A magnitude 7 earthquake registered off the coast of southern Mexico at a depth of 61 miles does not present a tsunami threat, the US National Weather Service (NWS) said Wednesday.

"An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.0 occurred near the coast of Chiapas, Mexico at 0729 UTC on Wednesday June 14 2017," the NWS said.

It added, "based on all available data… there is no tsunami threat from this earthquake."

At least one person has died after a very powerful but deep earthquake struck the border between Mexico and Guatemala, sending shockwaves that could be felt by around 12 million people across neighbouring countries.

Mexico earthquake: Magnitude 6.9 seismic tremor hits Pacific coast at Guatemala border
https://www.yahoo.com/news/mexico-earthquake-magnitude-6-9-085435631.html

The US Geological Survey measured the earthquake at magnitude 6.9, and there were reports of landslides, power cuts, damage to homes and injuries across Guatemala and Mexico.

One man was killed when a Catholic church collapsed in San Sebastian, in Guatemala’s Retalhuleu province, emergency services officials said. Among the more than a dozen people injured were a little girl in San Marcos, Guatemala, who was hurt by a sheet of metal roofing sliding off a building, according to local media.

The earthquake struck 15km (10 miles) north-west of San Marcos at around 1.30am local time (8.30am BST), at a depth of 111km.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said that the relatively deep epicentre, hitting just inland of the Pacific coast, meant there was no risk of a tsunami.

Guatemala lies on a major fault zone, and the tremor was preceded by a series of significantly smaller earthquakes out to sea. An aftershock then followed around 20 minutes later, the USGS said.

“The earthquake was felt throughout the national territory and damage assessment has begun,” said Julio Sanchez, spokesman for Guatemala’s Conred national disaster centre.

The earthquake struck shortly after a series of smaller quakes hit the Pacific coast off Chiapas.

The US Geological Survey said the epicentre of the magnitude 6.9 quake was 8km (5 miles) southwest of Tajumulco, Guatemala.

Power went off in the Guatemalan departments of Retalhuleu, Quetzaltenango and Suchitepequez, authorities said.

And across the border in Chiapas, Mexico, governor Manuel Velasco said via Twitter that there were reports of cracked walls and shattered windows in Huixtla. The Civil Protection Authority posted photos to Twitter showing damaged buildings and homes.

The state’s authorities said the quake was felt throughout the state.

In late 2012, a far shallower 7.4-magnitude quake that struck off the coast near the Guatemala-Mexico border killed at least 48 people and trapped others under rubble.
 
A small earthquake struck the small resort town of West Yellowstone Thursday evening.

Small Earthquake Hits West Yellowstone Area
http://www.localnews8.com/news/small-earthquake-hits-west-yellowstone-area/544506747

The USGS and University of Utah reports a magnitude 4.5 quake hit at 6:48 pm.

The epicenter of the quake was about 8 miles to the North of West Yellowstone, at a depth of about 7.2 miles.

The main quake has been followed by several small aftershocks, the highest registering a magnitude of 2.9, hitting around 7:46 pm.

At least 4 small aftershocks registering above a 2.0 magnitude have been recorded by the USGS and University of Utah.
 
angelburst29 said:
A small earthquake struck the small resort town of West Yellowstone Thursday evening.

Small Earthquake Hits West Yellowstone Area
http://www.localnews8.com/news/small-earthquake-hits-west-yellowstone-area/544506747

The USGS and University of Utah reports a magnitude 4.5 quake hit at 6:48 pm.

The epicenter of the quake was about 8 miles to the North of West Yellowstone, at a depth of about 7.2 miles.

The main quake has been followed by several small aftershocks, the highest registering a magnitude of 2.9, hitting around 7:46 pm.

At least 4 small aftershocks registering above a 2.0 magnitude have been recorded by the USGS and University of Utah.

More information about the seismic swarm that hit Yellowstone:

https://www.intellihub.com/yellowstone-earthquake-swarm-hits-entire-park-more-than-60-on-friday-alone/



Yellowstone earthquake swarm hits entire park, more than 60 on Friday alone

Earthquakes as big as 5.0 were recorded on USGS censors placed throughout the Yellowstone region


YELLOWSTONE REGION (INTELLIHUB) — U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) seismology reports conclude that a massive swarm of earthquakes swept through the park triggering more than 60 separate events in which seismographs spiked to magnitudes of up to 5.0. Friday.

Experts fear that the supervolcano is long overdue for an eruption capable of wiping out a vast amount of human, animal, and plant life in the Continental United States.

Scientists currently believe that there’s a 10% chance that a “supervolcanic Category 7 eruption” could take place this century, as pointed out by theoretical physicist Michio Kaku who appeared on a segment for Fox News.
yellowstone

The grey haired physicist told Shepard Smith that the “danger” we are now facing with the caldera is that it’s long overdue for an eruption which Kaku said could “rip the guts out of the USA.”

Kaku said that a “pocket of lava” located under the park has turned out to be twice as big as scientists originally thought.

Scientist concur that the last eruption of the caldera took place some 640,000 years ago.

The U.S. is currently under contract with at least 4 countries all of which have agreed to house displaced U.S. citizens in the unfortunate event the Yellowstone supervolcano were to erupt. Hundreds of billions of dollars were paid to foreign governments to facilitate the agreement which spans a ten year period from its signing, ending in 2024.

An excerpt from an article I authored in April of 2014 titled: “Report: Brazil, Argentina and Australia sign contracts worth hundreds of billions of dollars to house displaced U.S. populace when Yellowstone supervolcano erupts” reads:

The U.S. plan for relocation was formulated after a recent scientific analysis of the park revealed that Yellowstone’s supervolcano has the potential to violently erupt within the next 10-years as noted by others including the famous astrophysicist Michio Kaku.

In fact, Praag, a Pakistani publication, recently reported:

It may take up to ten years for pressure in the magma chamber of the super volcano to build. According to Dr. Jean-Philippe Perrillat of the National Centre for Scientific Research in Grenoble, France, “it is the difference in density between the molten magma in the caldera and the surrounding rock big enough for the magma from the chamber to the surface to increase “.

“The effect is the same as the extra buoyancy of a soccer ball under water fill with air, after which it rises to the surface because the surrounding water poet,” said dr. Perrillat. “If the magma volume is large enough, it should go to the surface to rise and explode like a champagne bottle that ontkurk be.”

According to Dr. Sipho Mathetwe, the South African government “sympathy for the American challenge (challenge) to Yellowstone, but we have our own challenges in South Africa. There are 200 million white people in America, and if too many of them to South Africa flights, it is a big problem, even though there is enough housing and infrastructure available. It will destabilize the country and may even bring back apartheid. South Africa is not for sale.”

However, according to the report, “Brazil, Argentina and Australia” jumped on the bandwagon, accepting the request from Washington.

The calm before the storm started a few weeks back when researchers noticed a downtick in seismic activity before Friday’s swarm struck.

Earthquake expert “dutchsinse” chimed on Yellowstone in a video posted to YouTube on June 15, one day before the swarm occurred, to warn of future activity in the region
 
Unusual M4 earthquake sparks tsunami in Greenland, four missing (VIDEO)

Yes, unusual.

Here is the story on SoTT

Four people were listed as missing today after an earthquake sparked a tsunami off Greenland and forced some residents to be evacuated. "Four people are missing," local broadcaster KNR quoted local police chief Bjorn Tegner Bay as telling a news conference in the autonomous Danish territory.

There were no confirmed fatalities, but Bay said 11 houses had been swept away after a magnitude 4 overnight quake off Uummannaq, a small island well above the Arctic Circle.

"The huge waves risk breaking over Upernavik and its environs. The residents of Nuugaatsiaq are going to be evacuated," police said on Facebook, referring to nearby hamlets...

and on RT https://www.rt.com/news/392937-greenland-tsunami-flooding-evacuation/

Earthquake & tsunami cause major flooding in Greenland (VIDEO)

The western coast of Greenland has been struck with a 4.0 magnitude earthquake, triggering a tsunami that swept away several houses in coastal villages. At least four people are feared missing, as a rescue mission in the village hardest hit by waves is under way, local police reports.

The settlement of Nuugaatsiaq suffered the most, with 11 houses being washed away and the community being left with no electricity. With a registered population of 101, 78 people have been evacuated to the town of Uummannaq, the Greenlandic Broadcasting Corporation (KNR) reported, citing police officials.

Two people sustained serious injuries, and seven others less serious injuries, police said. The remaining 23 people may be on vacation, or have gone fishing or hunting, police chief Bjørn Tegner Bay said, adding he couldn’t confirm whether there have been any fatalities...

 

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