Posted on 10/14/2013 5:34:12 PM PDT by bd476
Event Time
2013-10-15 00:13:00 UTC
2013-10-15 08:13:00 UTC+08:00 at epicenter
2013-10-14 17:13:00 UTC-07:00 system time
Location
9.800°N 124.200°E depth=33.0km (20.5mi)
Nearby Cities
2km (1mi) S of Carmen, Philippines
31km (19mi) ESE of Tibigan, Philippines
40km (25mi) SSW of Talibon, Philippines
41km (25mi) ENE of Tagbilaran, Philippines
636km (395mi) SSE of Manila, Philip
Just a quick note for you...The USARRAY system captured the quake but honestly I have seen quakes further away with less intensity make bigger waves.
Weird actually.
http://www.iris.edu/activeearth/content/es_TA_status.phtml
“USGS now has the depth of the main quake at 20km....!”
What ‘USGS’? This is what I’m reading (NOT kidding!)
“Due to the Federal government shutdown, usgs.gov and most associated web sites are unavailable.
Only web sites necessary to protect lives and property will be maintained.”
Thank you, ch.man!
ch.man wrote:
From Philippines Sunstar
Strong earthquake hits Bohol, 6 killed
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
CEBU (7th Update) – A powerful magnitude-7.2 earthquake jolted Carmen, Bohol and other parts of the Visayas and Mindanao Tuesday morning, killing at least six persons and injuring dozens others.
At least four people were confirmed killed in Cebu City.
Cebu City Vice Mayor Edgar Labella said in radio interview that the four were killed after a slab from the fish market fell on them.
"We're quite fortunate today is a holiday, not too many people in (office) buildings," he said.
Another report said two persons were killed when part of a public market in Mandaue City in Cebu collapsed. Seventeen others were reportedly injured.
Neil Sanchez of the local disaster council in Cebu told ANC that a school building has collapsed in Talisay City and several schoolchildren were trapped in the debris.
The Philippine Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) Director Renato Solidum Jr. said in a radio interview that while there is no indication the quake can cause a tsunami and damage.
Phivolcs has so far recorded 18 aftershocks as of 10:30 a.m., he said.
Thanks, thanks!
Thank you very much, winoneforthegipper. The most recent quake I could find on IRIS occurred on September 25, 2013.
IRIS is connected with USGS and may be withholding the info due to the shutdown.
Yeah the ARRAY is up to date....288th day of the year makes it UTC the 15th of October.
Praise God they're safe!
You wanna see buildings not made for earthquakes?
Seattle & Portland (& rest of the coast)will put on a big display when the Cascadia Fault cracks!
To give credit, local government is doing what they can.
I don’t want to be in the viaduct tunnel when that happens (or the light rail tunnels).
Thank you! :)
Earthquakes Since the 7.1 Magnitude Earthquake
- 5.0 2km SSE of Clarin, Philippines 2013-10-14 19:42:02 UTC-07:00 22.9 km
- 4.6 1km WNW of Calero, Philippines 2013-10-14 19:36:52 UTC-07:00 20.4 km
- 4.9 2km E of Maribojoc, Philippines 2013-10-14 18:55:31 UTC-07:00 21.3 km
- 5.2 6km SSW of Loon, Philippines 2013-10-14 18:37:57 UTC-07:00 22.6 km
- 5.0 3km E of Canmaya Diot, Philippines 2013-10-14 18:07:38 UTC-07:00 20.7 km
- 5.3 1km SE of Catigbian, Philippines 2013-10-14 17:33:51 UTC-07:00 69.1 km
- 5.4 6km NNE of Nueva Fuerza, Philippines 2013-10-14 17:29:06 UTC-07:00 87.8 km
- 7.1 2km NE of Catigbian, Philippines 2013-10-14 17:12:32 UTC-07:00 20.0 km
Shortly before the Loma Prieta earthquake I was driving on the under span (the one that fell) of the Nimitz freeway and had a premonition that I did not want to be there when an earthquake hit.
Depending how long before it was, it is possible you were responding to the ultra low frequency vibrations that immediately precede earthquakes. My pet birds go crazy right before I feel small earthquakes around here. Sometimes I don’t feel the quakes at all and have to look them up.
It really irks me when U.S. government agencies use metric measurements in official documents and public announcements. The metric system may be fine for practical use in science, but it doesn't communicate to a population that doesn't use it.
Most Americans don't know a kilometer from a furlong, and can't readily visualize those distances.
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