Earthquake: 5.5 quake strikes near Brooktrails

L.A. Times ^ | May 30, 2015 | QUAKEBOT

[MeshugeMikey]

A shallow magnitude 5.5 earthquake was reported Saturday morning seven miles from Brooktrails, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 4:33 a.m. PDT at a depth of 23.6 miles.

[MeshugeMikey]

the ring of fire continues to heat up.

[PAR35]

Texas fracking and global warming. Settled science. Because apparently they don’t teach solar cycles or plate tectonics in elementary school any more, and the Ph.D. folks certainly aren’t learning anything useful in the ‘gender studies’ and ‘Womyn’s History’ courses in college.

[Reno89519]

This appears to be another Quakebot error, like yesterday. Nothing on the USGS site about an earthquake there this morning. Plus, the reported 23 miles deep is not shallow.

Here is good link for earthquakes. I've felt quakes in past and immediately found them on the list:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/

[MeshugeMikey]

another Quakebot error...

I dont know why I find this utter collapse in accurate earthquake reporting amusing but I do.

Will the L.A. TImes abandon the “Quakebot” and return to NORMAL methods of gathering and disseminating information or will we continue to get ever worsening Earthquake reports as Quakebot software becomes more amd more ERRATIC?

Imagine waking uo one morning to read...12.5 Reported In San Francisco!!

[MeshugeMikey]

Frankly Im a bit surprised that the L.A. TImes is still employing the rather Dan Rather Like Quakebot!!

what could they be thinking, that it will EVOLVE to the point of being a BIT more Accurate??

[CyberAnt]

Yeah, it’s beginning to look like the whole Pacific Rim is about to explode.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

I never heard of “quakebot” before so I went looking and found this.

USGS, LA Times ‘Quakebot’ Mistakenly Report Magnitude 5.1 Earthquake Near Redding
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2015/05/29/usgs-mistakenly-reports-magnitude-5-1-earthquake-near-redding/

[MeshugeMikey]

Nowhere have I seen any info on whether this presumably privately owned Quakebot..ever received any Federal Funding....or engineering assistance.....but given its functionality..... I’d suspect that it has....

[MeshugeMikey]

Its only a matter of time......