Earthquake Magnitude 6.7 - NEAR THE COAST OF NICARAGUA

USGS Earthquake Hazards ^ | July 1, 2005

[bd476]

Magnitude 6.7 - NEAR THE COAST OF NICARAGUA
2005 July 2 02:16:46 UTC
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver


A strong earthquake occurred at 02:16:46 (UTC) on Saturday, July 2, 2005. The magnitude 6.7 event has been located in NEAR THE COAST OF NICARAGUA. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)

Magnitude 6.7 Date-Time Saturday, July 2, 2005 at 02:16:46 (UTC) = Coordinated Universal Time
Friday, July 1, 2005 at 8:16:46 PM = local time at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 11.178°N, 86.401°W
Depth 45.5 km (28.3 miles) set by location program
Region NEAR THE COAST OF NICARAGUA

Distances

70 km (40 miles) WSW of Rivas, Nicaragua
95 km (60 miles) SSW of Granada, Nicaragua
100 km (65 miles) S of MANAGUA, Nicaragua
1650 km (1020 miles) ESE of MEXICO CITY, D.F., Mexico

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 6.1 km (3.8 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters Nst=150, Nph=150, Dmin=186.2 km, Rmss=1.01 sec, Gp= 90°,
M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6 e Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID usaaad

The official magnitude for this earthquake is indicated at the top of this page. This was the best available estimate of the earthquake's size, at the time that this page was created. Other magnitudes associated with web pages linked from here are those determined at various times following the earthquake with different types of seismic data. Although, given the data used, they are legitimate estimates of magnitude, they are not considered the official magnitude.

[martin_fierro]

[SheLion]

OMG!!!!!

Too many of these lately!!

[little jeremiah]

I wonder about tsunami...

[bd476]

Magnitude 5.9 - NEAR THE COAST OF NICARAGUA

2005 July 2 04:11:04 UTC Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

A moderate earthquake occurred at 04:11:04 (UTC) on Saturday, July 2, 2005. The magnitude 5.9 event has been located in NEAR THE COAST OF NICARAGUA. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)



Magnitude 5.9
Date-Time Saturday, July 2, 2005 at 04:11:04 (UTC) = Coordinated Universal Time
Friday, July 1, 2005 at 10:11:04 PM = local time at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 11.212°N, 86.554°W
Depth 35.9 km (22.3 miles) set by location program
Region NEAR THE COAST OF NICARAGUA
Distances

80 km (50 miles) WSW of Rivas, Nicaragua
100 km (65 miles) SSW of MANAGUA, Nicaragua
105 km (65 miles) SW of Granada, Nicaragua
1635 km (1010 miles) ESE of MEXICO CITY, D.F., Mexico
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 7 km (4.3 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters Nst=139, Nph=139, Dmin=202.5 km, Rmss=1.07 sec, Gp=115°,
M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)


Event ID usaaah

[bd476]

[little jeremiah]

Another one. Hmm.

[bd476]

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[bd476]

[bd476]

There is no tsunami reported with this one or the 5.9 which happened in the last hour.

[little jeremiah]

Thanks - not that I live nearby.

I am just always very interested in earthquakes; and I do live in an area that will no doubt have a huge one any day or century now.

[bd476]

Tsunami Messages: No Tsunami warnings issued at this time.

For Hawaii:

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER
0428 PM HST 01 JUL 2005

TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT - TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN

THIS BULLETIN IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. NO ACTION REQUIRED.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 0417 PM HST 01 JUL 2005
COORDINATES - 11.2 NORTH 86.5 WEST
LOCATION - NEAR COAST OF NICARAGUA
MAGNITUDE - 6.7 MOMENT

EVALUATION

BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA A DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS
NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII. REPEAT. A
DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO
TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII.

THIS WILL BE THE ONLY BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL DATA ARE RECEIVED.

________________________________________

For all areas of the Pacific Basin except Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon or California:

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 0227Z 02 JUL 2005

THIS BULLETIN IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE PACIFIC BASIN EXCEPT
ALASKA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON - CALIFORNIA.

... TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN ...

THIS MESSAGE IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. THERE IS NO TSUNAMI WARNING
OR WATCH IN EFFECT.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 0217Z 02 JUL 2005
COORDINATES - 11.2 NORTH 86.5 WEST
LOCATION - NEAR COAST OF NICARAGUA
MAGNITUDE - 6.7

EVALUATION

NO DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI THREAT EXISTS BASED ON
HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DATA.

HOWEVER - EARTHQUAKES OF THIS SIZE SOMETIMES GENERATE LOCAL
TSUNAMIS THAT CAN BE DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS LOCATED WITHIN
A HUNDRED KILOMETERS OF THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER. AUTHORITIES
IN THE REGION OF THE EPICENTER SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS
POSSIBILITY AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

THIS WILL BE THE ONLY BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.


THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE BULLETINS
FOR ALASKA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON - CALIFORNIA.

________________________________________


For Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon and California Only:

WEPA43 PAAQ 020227
TIBWCA

TO - TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM PARTICIPANTS IN
ALASKA/BRITISH COLUMBIA/WASHINGTON/OREGON/CALIFORNIA
FROM - WEST COAST AND ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
SUBJECT - TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN
BULLETIN NUMBER 1
ISSUED 07/02/2005 AT 0227 UTC

...THIS TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN IS FOR ALASKA - BRITISH
COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON AND CALIFORNIA ONLY...

NO - REPEAT NO - WATCH OR WARNING IS IN EFFECT.

EARTHQUAKE DATA
PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE - 6.7
LOCATION - 11.2N 86.5W - NEAR COAST OF NICARAGUA
TIME - 1817 ADT 07/01/2005
1917 PDT 07/01/2005
0217 UTC 07/02/2005

EVALUATION
BASED ON LOCATION AND MAGNITUDE THE EARTHQUAKE WAS NOT
SUFFICIENT TO GENERATE A TSUNAMI DAMAGING TO CALIFORNIA -
OREGON - WASHINGTON - BRITISH COLUMBIA OR ALASKA. SOME AREAS MAY
EXPERIENCE SMALL SEA LEVEL CHANGES. IN AREAS OF INTENSE
SHAKING LOCALLY GENERATED TSUNAMIS CAN BE TRIGGERED BY SLUMPING.

THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE TSUNAMI BULLETINS
FOR HAWAII AND OTHER AREAS OF THE PACIFIC.

THIS WILL BE THE ONLY BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT BY THE
WEST COAST AND ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER UNLESS CONDITIONS
WARRANT. REFER TO THE INTERNET SITE WCATWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV
FOR MORE INFORMATION.
$$

________________________________________

[bd476]

LOL, where did you find that?

[backhoe]

This Restless Earth ( did it move for you, too? )
various FR links & stories | 03-07-05 | the heavy equipment guy
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1357547/posts

[bd476]

You're welcome. :-) They are very interesting. What's fascinating is that you can pick any day, and there are going to be at least a hundred earthquakes reported for that day. Dynamic Earth seems always to be settling or moving at some point in the globe.

[bd476]

It does seem that there are a large number of major quakes, but if you consider that every single day there are at least a hundred quakes over magnitude 2.5 occurring all over the world, then it's easier to put it into perspective.

For example when I checked yesterday there were 146 quakes over 2.5 magnitude. Today it's 155 quakes over 2.5 magnitude.

[bd476]

Thanks Backhoe. :-)

That's even more compelling evidence that the earth is always changing - sometimes a lot, sometimes not so much.

[bd476]

Monitor de Sismos en Nicaragua

05/07/02 01:00:34 12.65N 85.04W 3.0 2.5ML Nicaragua
05/07/02 00:54:26 11.04N 86.63W 5.0 3.2ML Frente a El Astillero
05/07/02 00:39:57 11.06N 86.61W 11.1 2.9ML Frente a El Astillero
05/07/02 00:28:19 11.15N 86.51W 57.2 2.5ML Frente a El Astillero
05/07/01 23:45:27 11.08N 86.59W 44.4 3.2MC Frente a El Astillero
05/07/01 23:42:48 11.42N 86.53W 27.0 2.0ML Frente a La Boquita y Casares
05/07/01 23:39:17 10.88N 86.64W 32.8 2.9ML Frente a El Astillero
05/07/01 23:35:43 11.23N 86.71W 7.9 3.2ML Frente a La Boquita y Casares
05/07/01 23:24:35 11.06N 86.54W 21.7 3.7ML Frente a El Astillero
05/07/01 23:21:49 11.07N 86.71W 5.0 3.1MC Frente a El Astillero
05/07/01 23:11:01 10.98N 86.77W 6.3 5.5ML Frente a El Astillero
05/07/01 22:58:57 11.01N 86.54W 20.0 3.7ML Frente a El Astillero
05/07/01 22:52:25 11.16N 86.64W 7.6 2.5ML Frente a El Astillero
05/07/01 22:38:03 10.94N 86.80W 5.9 3.6ML Frente a El Astillero
05/07/01 22:23:23 10.94N 86.82W 13.8 2.7ML Frente a El Astillero
05/07/01 22:18:18 11.00N 86.54W 19.1 3.6ML Frente a El Astillero
05/07/01 22:00:36 10.96N 86.57W 17.2 2.8ML Frente a El Astillero
05/07/01 21:56:50 11.05N 86.56W 6.4 4.1ML Frente a El Astillero
05/07/01 21:55:10 10.99N 86.56W 5.5 3.4ML Frente a El Astillero
05/07/01 21:43:46 11.07N 86.56W 16.8 3.7ML Frente a El Astillero
05/07/01 21:36:54 11.19N 86.53W 22.3 4.3ML Frente a El Astillero
05/07/01 21:27:57 11.13N 86.49W 21.1 5.2ML Frente a El Astillero
05/07/01 21:26:02 11.12N 86.68W 19.5 3.4ML Frente a El Astillero
05/07/01 21:16:43 10.93N 86.63W 5.1 6.2ML Frente a El Astillero
05/07/01 15:00:56 11.53N 86.56W 5.8 2.8ML Frente a La Boquita y Casares
05/07/01 12:09:21 12.22N 85.88W 1.0 2.7MC Nicaragua
05/06/30 16:26:36 8.55N 82.48W 25.3 5.1ML Sismo regional o lejano

http://www.ineter.gob.ni/geofisica/sis/sis-act-nic-map.html

[backhoe]

[RaceBannon]

We're Doomed!!!