M7.8 - 69km NNE of Awaran, Pakistan [2013-09-24 11:29:48 UTC]

USGS ^ | 24 September, 2013

[Errant]

No news of damage currently - this is a large and shallow earthquake.

[Errant]

lives in cardboard boxes flexible enough to recover from the quakes

File that under: what doesn't kill us makes us stronger. The Almighty has his reasons! :)

The earth is entering a period of increased geological activity. For those living near fault lines, it will means being alert and making preparations for disruptions of services.

[Errant]

Pictures of New Island, more images of damage at link, and death toll now at 265.

Looks rather biblical...

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/508930/20130925/pakistan-earthquake-baluchistan-new-island.htm

[winoneforthegipper]

amazing even land under the sea looks as desolate as the rest of the area....lol

[Errant]

lol, yes it does - countless centuries of living off what ever the land can produce, I guess? Can you imagine being out in a boat fishing and suddenly being thrust 20' into the air? One might be forgiven for being it was the end of the world.

[machogirl]

that would have been awesome to actually see rising up.

[Errant]

Can’t imagine what could cause it. Suppose to be pretty deep in that area (200’ - 300’), I read.

[machogirl]

weird

[machogirl]

Didn’t know if you guys had seen this Indian Prof’s research on predicting earthquakes.

Bihar teacher develops technique to predict earthquakes
B K Mishra, TNN Sep 26, 2013, 04.41AM IST

PATNA: Even as seismologists across the world are busy finding a suitable model for predicting earthquakes to minimize the loss of life and property, a school teacher of Motihari in Bihar has developed a time-tested model for forecasting the time, place and magnitude of quakes. He has already forecast more than a dozen earthquakes including Tuesday’s earthquake in Pakistan with almost 90 % accuracy.

Predicting earthquakes is a passion for Umesh Verma, a science teacher of M J K Girls’ School, Motihari. His numerical models have attracted the attention of some NASA scientists who are taking interest in his work.

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-09-26/patna/42426059_1_magnitude-seismologists-earthquake-prediction

[Cvengr]

We had a ship in the area. It’s ours!

[winoneforthegipper]

Tahnks for posting that. I was aware of him but did not know he had a prediction for this recent quake. Good Stuff@!

[machogirl]

welcome

[winoneforthegipper]

By the way...you should have quite the sight tomorrow night...

http://www.hngn.com/articles/13549/20130928/nasa-launch-giant-balloon-brrison-study-anticipated-comet-ison.htm

[winoneforthegipper]

news reports just in....look to your west...they deployed tonight!

[The Cajun]

Hey, thanks for the link.
Bookmarked because he made very specific predictions at the end of it........We'll see.

[machogirl]

WE SHALL SEE

[machogirl]

AH missed it.

[machogirl]

thank you, i hope i remember to looks with some binocs

[Errant]

Lol, I hear there were actually three islands created! Wonder if the almighty caused something similar in the Red Sea, and that’s how the Israelites crossed??

[Errant]

Machogirl, thanks for posting the link! I checked some tide charts. Tidal forces are definitely one of the factors he is using in his EQ prediction model. Who would have thunk it? lol

Tidal force is a much bigger player in the earth's seismic activity cycles, tectonics, and actual climate (ice age) cycles than it's being given credit for.

I notice another interesting link at the site as well:

Earth's pronounced wobble gave advance warning of quake!

Gipper, do you remember our discussion about this: Ants can sense earthquakes a day in advance; sometime back?

If this is true, determine what the ants are keying on and install monitors for real-time, local EQ prediction, as we talked about before! :)

[The Cajun]

Kind of figured you would jump on that article and link machogirl posted.

Going to be real interesting if some of his predictions prove out.
He's pretty dang specific.