Posted on 04/29/2011 8:29:46 PM PDT by Errant
A significant increase in magnitude 5+ earthquakes worldwide has occurred in the last 24 hours, especially in the area around Vanuatu Islands. A similar increase in 5+ earthquakes mainly near the east coast of Honshu, Japan, occurred prior to the magnitude 9.1 earthquake and resulting tsunami.
MAP 5.0 2011/04/29 22:31:59 28.838 -113.088 10.5 GULF OF CALIFORNIA
MAP 5.3 2011/04/29 22:19:33 38.915 141.932 51.3 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 5.1 2011/04/29 20:24:35 -3.502 100.614 29.8 KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA
MAP 5.0 2011/04/29 16:00:41 -19.313 167.705 27.0 VANUATU REGION
MAP 5.5 2011/04/29 13:12:46 21.182 121.980 176.7 TAIWAN REGION
MAP 5.0 2011/04/29 13:08:32 -19.370 167.667 27.2 VANUATU REGION
MAP 5.0 2011/04/29 09:47:13 -19.386 167.842 26.4 VANUATU REGION
MAP 5.2 2011/04/29 09:38:31 -19.263 167.875 27.2 VANUATU REGION
MAP 5.4 2011/04/29 08:56:49 4.026 95.847 53.8 NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
MAP 5.0 2011/04/29 07:36:23 -19.233 167.722 24.4 VANUATU REGION
MAP 5.0 2011/04/29 07:31:52 -33.978 -72.208 20.0 OFFSHORE LIBERTADOR O'HIGGINS, CHILE
MAP 5.1 2011/04/29 07:21:13 -19.147 167.913 29.4 VANUATU REGION
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_big.php
Nuthin to report from Michigan.
I have the QuakerFeed ap on my iPhone but haven’t checked in past couple days.. lots of activity in that range & just a tad below 5.
I have been keeping track of this for years. It is normal.
Been tracking earthquakes sense 1973 as a hobby, thanks for the heads up, will check my normal sources (USGS).
After looking at it with EARTHQUAKE 3D, it appears the whole ring of fire Pacific circle is ringing like a bell.
Try viewing it with this.
http://www.wolton.net/quake.html
Go to the link, download the FREE program. (takes 2 seconds) and then run it.
View earthquakes worldwide, from any point you want, spin the planet fast or slow, zoom in/out, change time factor or magnitude, plus many other controls.
It’s awesome, and free. And you can see patterns much better.
You think that would work on dial up?
How do you define “significant”?
As I said in the above post. I have been collecting earthquake data since 1973, I can see the pattern and the overall picture. Although I love the current picture, I love the overall pattern better ... ain’t looking good.
Exactlly. Like the current earthquake swarm near Hawthorne Nevada, no one would have noticed before the internet because it is just sagebrush and burros out there.
We had a weak mag 2 in southern Minnesota today.
Double normal occurrence of around 5 - 6 or less daily. Maybe nothing to it, just a heads up for those of us who track this.
Oh my gosh I just popped up my Earthquake 3D program and it’s all around the ring of fire in the last day. YIKES, that is creepy.
Well that does make me feel some better.
I have been keeping track of this for years. It is normal.
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I have kept track also. Does the string of quakes going east from Chihuahua, MX to eastern Tennessee look normal to you? Not to me. Not trying to be argumentative. Am truly interested in your opinion. (We are not that far from the 5.0 in the Gulf of California. We live prepared. Experienced the Easter Sunday quake of 2010. Sustained some damage.)
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