Magnitude 7.5 (earthquake) - SOUTHWESTERN SIBERIA, RUSSIA

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[Lokibob]

 

Magnitude 7.5 - SOUTHWESTERN SIBERIA, RUSSIA
2003 September 27 11:33:25 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

A major earthquake occurred at 11:33:25 (UTC) on Saturday, September 27, 2003. The magnitude 7.5 event has been located in SOUTHWESTERN SIBERIA, RUSSIA. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)

Magnitude	7.5
Date-Time	Saturday, September 27, 2003 at 11:33:25 (UTC) = Coordinated Universal Time Saturday, September 27, 2003 at 7:33:25 PM = local time at epicenter
Location	50.064°N, 87.731°E
Depth	18 km (11 miles) set by location program
Region	SOUTHWESTERN SIBERIA, RUSSIA
Distances	245 km (155 miles) N of Altay, Xinjiang, China 305 km (190 miles) W of Ulaangom, Mongolia 330 km (205 miles) SSE of Biysk, Russia 2505 km (1560 miles) NW of BEIJING, Beijing, China
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 10.6 km (6.6 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters	Nst=147, Nph=147, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=1.27 sec, Gp= 47°, M-type=surface wave magnitude (Ms), Version=7
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	uszfak

 

http://www.seis.utah.edu/helicorder/heli/utah/Uuss.BMUT_EHZ_UU.2003092700.gif

[Lokibob]

Another one.

The link on the bottom is for a seismometer in Utah.

[b4its2late]

Shake, rattle and roll.....

[mrs tiggywinkle]

7.5 is considerable...I wonder how populated that area is.

[Lokibob]

Certainly no major population center.

[Clara Lou]

Must be the End of the World.

[TrappedInLiberalHell]

Isn't Siberia alone larger than the entire continental United States?

[petuniasevan]

Looks to be a desolate high desert/mountain region. Only tiny villages here and there on a Mapquest map.

Location is just north of where Russia, Kazakhstan, China, and Mongolia come together.

[ConservativeMan55]

Damn. Thats a huge earthquake!

[Clara Lou]

Yes, it is big. And there there was the one in Japan the other day. that was big too.

[Dog Gone]

This one was much more shallow than the Japanese quake, so the potential for damage is much higher even though it was far weaker.

[Lokibob]

I noticed that, however, I remember that there was some uncertainty about the depth of the 8.0 in Japan.

[Lijahsbubbe]

Hell's making room for some big ones? Maybe Saddam, Bin Laden or Arafat!

[EGPWS]

Hell's making room for some big ones? Maybe Saddam, Bin Laden or Arafat!

7.5?? Now THAT would rate a "Hitlery"!!

[null and void]

No, that was the 8.0 yesterday in Japan...

[_Jim]

Has anyone suggested tht HAARP is responsible for this yet?

[Lokibob]

LOL, not yet, but they are just waking up.

[_Jim]

LOL!

[Lokibob]

aftershock:

 

Magnitude 5.7 SOUTHWESTERN SIBERIA, RUSSIA
2003 September 27 13:16:47 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

	Magnitude	5.7
	Date-Time	Saturday, September 27, 2003 at 13:16:47 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time Saturday, September 27, 2003 at 09:16:47 PM local time at epicenter
	Location	50.20N 87.81E
	Depth	33.0 kilometers
	Region	SOUTHWESTERN SIBERIA, RUSSIA
	Reference	260 km (160 miles) N of Altay, Xinjiang, China 300 km (185 miles) W of Ulaangom, Mongolia 320 km (200 miles) SE of Biysk, Russia 2505 km (1560 miles) NW of BEIJING, Beijing, China
	Location Quality	Error estimate: horizontal +/- 17.0 km; depth fixed by location program
	Location Quality Parameters	Nst=46, Nph=46, Dmin=1251.2 km, Rmss=1.24 sec, Erho=17.0 km, Erzz=0 km, Gp=107.9 degrees
	Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

[EGPWS]

No, that was the 8.0 yesterday in Japan...

Now THAT is a woman of magnitude!!! ; )