Posted on 07/18/2009 2:00:46 PM PDT by PeteePie
Just felt the building shake here in Q-West, Iraq. No damage reported yet.
Location 35.938°N, 43.892°E Depth 23.6 km (14.7 miles) Region IRAQ Distances 29 km (18 miles) SSW (203°) from Irbil, Iraq 72 km (44 miles) NW (317°) from Kirkuk, Iraq 82 km (51 miles) SE (124°) from Mosul, Iraq 294 km (183 miles) N (350°) from BAGHDAD, Iraq
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 16.3 km (10.1 miles); depth +/- 18.8 km (11.7 miles) Parameters NST= 25, Nph= 25, Dmin=474.2 km, Rmss=0.56 sec, Gp=169°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=6 Source U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center: World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
Event ID us2009jfbm
Ping.
Greetings. From one of the less shakey parts of CA...
sounds like Iran is testing their bomb!
Hmmm...
Could it be an Israeli bunker buster?
Total nonsense.
Kurdistan, NW-Iran and East-Turkey are strong earthquake areas.
Nothing unusual there.
Why would an Israeli bunker-buster hit the Kurdish region of Northern Iraq? Sheesh.
you may be right I was thinking it was a bit more north
My source seismograph recorded 5.3 at 20.32.27 today.
Sorry.....thought it read “Iran”
:P
Uh-oh....I wonder how the dam is?
So they up’d the magidge ey? I don’t know too much about them but would one like this necessarily trigger after shocks?
bttt
It’s been quiet down here for the last week or so...so I guess we are due for another ....
Ping.
thx. lots of interest in this group.
later
Ah, more networking. Good.
More and more clusters of tremors and small quakes. The magma is on the move, so WATCH IT!!! Remember Mt. St. Helens and how quickly it came to life in 1980. It was but a goat fart compared to a Yellowstone revival of it's gigantic cauldera crater!!!
The Significance of April, 1992, Cape Mendocino Earthquakes. Three powerful earthquakes struck the Cape Mendocino area on April 25th and 26th, 1992 (magnitudes 7.1, 6.6, and 6.7). The earthquakes caused 356 reported injuries, destroyed 202 buildings, and damaged an additional 906 structures. Fires triggered by the second earthquake destroyed most of the Scotia shopping district. Property losses were estimated at over $60 million and President Bush declared the region a Major Disaster Area. The earthquakes triggered numerous landslides and rock falls, and caused widespread liquefaction on the Mattole and Eel River Valleys. Many roads and bridges in the Cape Mendocino region suffered damage. The earthquakes were felt from southern Oregon, to Reno, Nevada, and as far south as Salinas. The first earthquake, on Saturday, April 25th, is particularly important because: * It was the largest onshore earthquake in the North Coast region during this century. * It produced some of the strongest ground motions ever recorded. An instrument located within three miles of the earthquake recorded accelerations of the ground nearly twice the acceleration of gravity. * It was the first large earthquake probably located along the Cascadia subduction zone boundary and demonstrates that the subduction zone is capable of producing damaging earthquakes. * It uplifted the coastline near Cape Mendocino by as much as 4 feet, killing intertidal communities of mussels, barnacles, sea urchins and algae. * The motion of the sea floor produced a tsunami that reached coastal communities within tens of minutes of the earthquake and reached a maximum height of 1 1/2 feet at Crescent City.
Let’s try this again... and yes, I lived through these shakers
The Significance of April, 1992, Cape Mendocino Earthquakes.
Three powerful earthquakes struck the Cape Mendocino area on April 25th and 26th, 1992 (magnitudes 7.1, 6.6, and 6.7). The earthquakes caused 356 reported injuries, destroyed 202 buildings, and damaged an additional 906 structures. Fires triggered by the second earthquake destroyed most of the Scotia shopping district. Property losses were estimated at over $60 million and President Bush declared the region a Major Disaster Area. The earthquakes triggered numerous landslides and rock falls, and caused widespread liquefaction on the Mattole and Eel River Valleys. Many roads and bridges in the Cape Mendocino region suffered damage. The earthquakes were felt from southern Oregon, to Reno, Nevada, and as far south as Salinas.
The first earthquake, on Saturday, April 25th, is particularly important because:
* It was the largest onshore earthquake in the North Coast region during this century.
* It produced some of the strongest ground motions ever recorded. An instrument located within three miles of the earthquake recorded accelerations of the ground nearly twice the acceleration of gravity.
* It was the first large earthquake probably located along the Cascadia subduction zone boundary and demonstrates that the subduction zone is capable of producing damaging earthquakes.
* It uplifted the coastline near Cape Mendocino by as much as 4 feet, killing intertidal communities of mussels, barnacles, sea urchins and algae.
* The motion of the sea floor produced a tsunami that reached coastal communities within tens of minutes of the earthquake and reached a maximum height of 1 1/2 feet at Crescent City.
Pint to post #22
We’ve had two in my lifetime in south Texas (that I know of).
Both times, I was in north Texas.
Of course, nothing that even remotely resembled yours.
did saddam roll over in his grave?
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Recent Earthquakes
2009-07-19 03:07:29.8 34.47 N 25.83 E 23 ML 2.8 CRETE, GREECE
2009-07-19 01:59:13.4 40.24 N 32.08 E 5 MD 2.9 CENTRAL TURKEY
2009-07-19 01:11:22.0 37.78 N 37.01 E 2 ML 3.8 CENTRAL TURKEY
2009-07-19 00:54:51.9 40.19 N 32.12 E 5 MD 2.8 CENTRAL TURKEY
2009-07-19 00:51:08.4 40.23 N 32.11 E 5 MD 3.0 CENTRAL TURKEY
2009-07-19 00:00:13.0 42.10 N 20.50 E ML 2.5 ALBANIA
2009-07-18 22:56:00.2 38.83 N 21.69 E 10 ML 2.6 GREECE
2009-07-18 21:26:51.2 36.14 N 29.29 E 7 MD 3.0 WESTERN TURKEY
2009-07-18 20:55:08.9 36.25 N 43.25 E 13 MD 3.0 IRAQ
2009-07-18 20:51:42.5 34.95 N 24.25 E 5 ML 3.0 CRETE, GREECE
2009-07-18 20:44:27.9 35.48 N 25.87 E 13 M 2.6 CRETE, GREECE
2009-07-18 20:35:16.1 36.71 N 26.60 E 464 M 3.6 DODECANESE ISLANDS, GREECE
2009-07-18 20:32:28.9 35.77 N 43.56 E 30 mb 5.2 IRAQ
2009-07-18 17:49:23.1 34.53 N 25.48 E 10 M 3.2 CRETE, GREECE
Thank you for the ping bd476.
This is a wake up call for Rat Boy and the ruling tyrannical Mullahs, a far large military and social earthquake is on the way.
There are many things that would be quite interesting to geologists. That is but one.
Thanks,.
You're welcome, BIGLOOK. :)" A 5.1 isn't a big deal here but it sure could level a lot of mud and mortar construction there."
That's true and a good point. Shallow earthquakes of that magnitude or larger are all not that common in that area. .
Regional deadly earthquakes from year 1500 to 2000
Date.... Long.... Lat..... Mag.....Death.... Location
1781.... 43.0.... 36.5.... 6.7....... 80.... .....IRAQ
Reference: European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre
You're welcome, Ernest. :)
More earthquakes = signs of the end times.
You sure it wasn't...ummm...you know.
Imean, I used to feel the earth quake on lots of occasions here in the early days..
But they weren't earthquakes. ;-)
Just kidding. I hope everyone up there is OK.
Since earthquakes happen all of the time worldwide....How can that be a sign of the end times?
If any earthquakes hit Baghdad, I'm outta here.
One of my buds came back from a trip to Erbil this afternoon and said an eathquake hit somewhere around there last night.
Indeed, probably wouldn’t be the same Baghadad without you though. Somehow I don’t think very many buildings were “built to code” either. That shaker in Irbil was the one I felt too. I’m about 30 miles east of there.
I'm just getting ready to go to bed. I hope the ground doesn't start shakin'.
I live in a pretty solid villa. But...well, it is Iraqi...
G'night!
just wondering hows travel (dust)or earthquake damage because my Hubby is heading back to Q-west tomorrow...i was checking out the earthquake and came across your post. Stay safe !
Matthew 24:7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
Now that’s the sign of the end times, as the Book of Matthew says.
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