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Friday, August 19, 2011

6.5 Magnitude Quake Strikes off Eastern Indonesia

Just a few of tthe Earthquakes for those that may have missed them in the past couple of days.
http://english.cri.cn/6966/2011/08/16/1461s653797.htm
A shallow undersea quake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale jolted eastern parts of Indonesia on Tuesday, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate report of damage and casualties, officials said.
The quake struck at 18:03 p.m. Jakarta time (1103 GMT) with the epicenter at 163 km northwest Ambon, the capital city of Maluku province, and with the depth at 10 km under sea bed, an official of the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency told Xinhua.
Head of Maluku Disaster Management and Mitigation Agency Eka Gultom told Xinhua by phone that there were no reports of buildings damaged or those injured or killed. "The quake causes no impact, everything is fine here," she said.
The USGS reported on its website that the quake was measured at 5.8 magnitude and the Hong Kong Observatory said it was at 6.3 magnitude.
Indonesia is prone to earthquake as it lies on a vulnerable quake-hit zone so called "the Pacific Ring of Fire."

Magnitude 5.7 - ECUADOR

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc0005eg3.php
Magnitude 5.7
Date-Time
Location 1.800°S, 76.992°W
Depth 166.8 km (103.6 miles)
Region ECUADOR
Distances 183 km (113 miles) E of Riobamba, Ecuador
190 km (118 miles) ESE of Ambato, Ecuador
208 km (129 miles) S of Nueva Loja, Ecuador
243 km (150 miles) SE of QUITO, Ecuador
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 15.1 km (9.4 miles); depth +/- 9.8 km (6.1 miles)
Parameters NST=335, Nph=354, Dmin=446.4 km, Rmss=0.86 sec, Gp= 50°,
M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=9
Source
  • Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
    Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID usc0005eg3

Magnitude-6.8 earthquake hits off northeast Japan; no reports of damage, injuries

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/68-magnitude-earthquake-hits-off-japans-northeast-coast-tsunami-advisory-issued/2011/08/19/gIQAnx67OJ_story.html

TOKYO — A magnitude-6.8 earthquake struck off Japan’s northeastern coast Friday, triggering a tsunami advisory that was later lifted. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries in the temblor, which rattled the area devastated earlier this year by a massive quake and tsunami.
The 2:36 p.m. (0536 GMT) quake was centered about 185 miles (300 kilometers) northeast of Tokyo and at a depth of 12 miles (20 kilometers), slightly south of where the magnitude-9.0 temblor struck March 11, Japan’s Meteorological Agency said.
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A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck off Japan's northeastern coast Friday, triggering a tsunami advisory that was later lifted. The quake was centered just south of where a massive magnitude-9.0 temblor struck in March. (Aug. 19)
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck off Japan's northeastern coast Friday, triggering a tsunami advisory that was later lifted. The quake was centered just south of where a massive magnitude-9.0 temblor struck in March. (Aug. 19)
The agency issued a tsunami advisory, predicting waves of 20 inches (50 centimeters) along the coast of Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, where a nuclear plant crippled by March’s quake-spawned tsunami is located. The agency lifted the advisory about 30 minutes later.
There were no abnormalities in key equipment at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, said Chie Hosoda, an official with Tokyo Electric Power Co., the plant’s operator. She said some of the plant’s workers assigned to the coastal side of the facility temporarily retreated inside the building.

Magnitude 6.2 - FIJI REGION

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc0005glw.php
Magnitude 6.2
Date-Time
Location 16.526°S, 176.905°W
Depth 413.2 km (256.8 miles)
Region FIJI REGION
Distances 283 km (175 miles) SSE of Sigave, Ile Futuna, Wallis and Futuna
343 km (213 miles) WSW of Hihifo, Tonga
370 km (229 miles) SSW of MATA'UTU, Ile Uvea, Wallis and Futuna
2396 km (1488 miles) NNE of Auckland, New Zealand
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 13.3 km (8.3 miles); depth +/- 6 km (3.7 miles)
Parameters NST=456, Nph=575, Dmin=553.3 km, Rmss=0.92 sec, Gp= 22°,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=C
Source
  • Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
    Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID usc0005glw

Another Earthquake, 6.2 Magnitude, Off East Coast of Honshu, Japan

Honshu, Japan-(ENEWSPF)- The seabed has not settled off the coast of Honshu, Japan. Yet another substantial earthquake has struck, this one registring 6.2 magnitude on Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at 11:44:07 UTC, 0
Matthew 24
6And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
 7For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
 8All these are the beginning of sorrows.
 9Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.
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