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[Silent Earth]

6.5 off coast of Northern Cal, MASSIVE 8.0 off Solomon Islands.


http://www.express.co.uk/news/world...unami-Solomon-Islands-Pacific-Hawaii-disaster

 

[jimLE]

hope no one got hurt or killed from either quake..

 

[Maverick]

The one off California was over 100miles out in the ocean not land and was very shallow, no alerts gone out including tsunami warning and pager green.

Tsunami warning cancelled for the Solomon Islands.

 

[Silent Earth]

Probably just me but there does appear to a quite a flurry of larger magnitude quakes recently

 

[Maverick]

Probably just me but there does appear to a quite a flurry of largest magnitude quakes recently

It seems that way but historically no

 

[Maverick]

From 1900 to 2011 6.0EQ plus

 

[Maverick]

And here one on 2014 for 4 months of small and large EQ. To get an idea how common it is

 

[Silent Earth]

It seems that way but historically no

Yup thought so we are just better informed and almost immediately when a quake strikes these days. when i was a kid it could take a week or more to here of a big quake far away.

 

[Silent Earth]

And here one on 2014 for 4 months of small and large EQ. To get an idea how common it is

Looks like a superb advert for NOT living on the west coast of the US.

 

[Mountain trapper]

It seems that way but historically no

They just get more press now days. Disasters sell, stability doesn't.

 

[Brent S]

I'm more worried about seismic activity near the Canary Islands. (Which I first thought was what we were talking about here). If that volcanic mass ever slides into the ocean we are going to have a hell of a day to go surfing on the east coast of the continental states.

 

[Rob Painless]

Of interest to this thread........

 

[Maverick]

Of interest to this thread........

My Wife works with the people that's Monitoring and testing the Early Earthquake Warning (EEW) . This is the official internal report from her boss.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
"Report from the west coast-wide earthquake early warning system currently under testing for this morning's M6.5 earthquake at 40.75N 126.15W.

27s after the quake it had the location and a low magnitude, 5 seconds later, by 32s after the quake, it had the magnitude right. Better performance than expected.

The strong shaking hit the coast about 14:50:37, so the current system provides about 20s of warning for the closest land.

14:50:17:54.4 5.6 40.64 -126.14 14:49:46.6
14:50:19:49.5 6.1 40.64 -126.14 14:49:46.6
14:50:20:53.5 6.3 40.66 -126.14 14:49:46.6
14:50:22:73.6 6.5 40.61 -126.09 14:49:47.2"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

From the team,
Don't expect wide spread usage soon "Not capable of sending millions of warnings, nor yet well enough tested to distribute. Just for a few dozen scientists and emergency managers so far, and in fact the westcoast-wide system is not yet connected for broadcasting."

 

[lonewolf]

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38257353

 

[Silent Earth]

I'm more worried about seismic activity near the Canary Islands. (Which I first thought was what we were talking about here). If that volcanic mass ever slides into the ocean we are going to have a hell of a day to go surfing on the east coast of the continental states.

Aye Grand Canarias cracked volcano would also take out much of the southern part of the UK, Holland, Belgium and France.

 

[Brent S]

Aye Grand Canarias cracked volcano would also take out much of the southern part of the UK, Holland, Belgium and France.

I'm glad I live at 1400 ft above sea level. I lived in fla at about ten ft above for years. Who knows, after trump dismantles the EPA I may be beachfront again.....

 

[Silent Earth]

I'm at 320 feet and hoping the surge would only be 300 ft by the time it reaches the upper end of England

 

[lonewolf]

300 feet above sea level here, dead centre of the county, high moorland to the south, and high cliffs to the north.

 

[Mountain trapper]

Earthquakes and tidal waves are the least of my worries. Unless the wave exceeds 5,000 feet and can go over several higher mountain ranges and travel 800 hundred miles inland.

 

[user 6493]

Earthquakes and tidal waves are the least of my worries. Unless the wave exceeds 5,000 feet and can go over several higher mountain ranges and travel 800 hundred miles inland.

yeah I am with you on this,for a tidal wave to reach me it has to get close to 600 miles inland,and unless that old fault running thru the Ohio valley down to Memphis suddenly goes active I don't care,,,,I feel sorry for those caught up in one but I can do nothing about it

 

[Brent S]

I'm at 320 feet and hoping the surge would only be 300 ft by the time it reaches the upper end of England

I'd buy a surf board just in case....

 

[Silent Earth]

yeah I am with you on this,for a tidal wave to reach me it has to get close to 600 miles inland,and unless that old fault running thru the Ohio valley down to Memphis suddenly goes active I don't care,,,,I feel sorry for those caught up in one but I can do nothing about it

Izzat the New Madrid fault? if it is there is a great fictional novel about that fault.

 

[DrHenley]

The New Madrid Fault (or more properly the New Madrid Seismic Zone) has the potential to cause widespread catastrophic destruction in 8 states (Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Oklahoma and Mississippi) - far more widespread than any potential damage on the West Coast. The 1811-1812 New Madrid earthquakes rang church bells in Boston 1000 miles away. The hole that they opened up (now Reelfoot Lake) swallowed up the Mississippi River, which flowed backwards for 4 hours. Entire Indian villages just disappeared without a trace. Most of the catastrophic damage occurred in areas that were still wilderness at the time.

It still rumbles from time to time, some claim that we are still experiencing aftershocks from the 1811-1812 quakes. This is a map of earthquakes (more than 4000) recorded in the zone since 1974:

 

[user 6493]

Izzat the New Madrid fault? if it is there is a great fictional novel about that fault.

yes I think that is it,it is big enough that a massive quake could cut the US in half,,,,,and I am to close for comfort if that were to happen

 

[Silent Earth]

Glad my favourite state of Kansas is not affected, God I love that place and its people.

 

[Brent S]

The New Madrid Fault (or more properly the New Madrid Seismic Zone) has the potential to cause widespread catastrophic destruction in 8 states (Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Oklahoma and Mississippi) - far more widespread than any potential damage on the West Coast. The 1811-1812 New Madrid earthquakes rang church bells in Boston 1000 miles away. The hole that they opened up (now Reelfoot Lake) swallowed up the Mississippi River, which flowed backwards for 4 hours. Entire Indian villages just disappeared without a trace. Most of the catastrophic damage occurred in areas that were still wilderness at the time.

It still rumbles from time to time, some claim that we are still experiencing aftershocks from the 1811-1812 quakes. This is a map of earthquakes (more than 4000) recorded in the zone since 1974:

These events have been going on for eons, nothing new or more frequent now. The big difference is in the past there was no one to notice. Now there's few non populated places in the world.