The major earthquake thread-Updated Constantly

[richardp]

Originally Posted by pippin

seriously though, quakes are very rare in ireland...

LOL

Was it harp?

[pippin]

Originally Posted by richardp

LOL

Was it harp?

Well I might be wrong on this but I was under the impression that Ireland didnt have any fault lines at all. If so, its either HAARP or some sly fracking going on.

[richardp]

Originally Posted by pippin

Well I might be wrong on this but I was under the impression that Ireland didnt have any fault lines at all. If so, its either HAARP or some sly fracking going on.

'Harp' as in the Irish emblem, a play on words making fun of HAARP

[pippin]

Originally Posted by richardp

'Harp' as in the Irish emblem, a play on words making fun of HAARP

duh me, being half irish I should have spotted that lol

[yass]

Nearly 100 feared dead after quake hits Afghanistan


June 11, 2012: Afghans stand at the site after an earthquake hit Baghlan
province, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP)



KABUL, Afghanistan – As many as 100 people are feared dead in an earthquake and landslide that buried more than 20 houses in northern Afghanistan on Monday, officials said.

Rescuers have so far pulled two women's bodies from the rubble of the landslide in Baghlan province, said provincial Gov. Abdul Majid. The U.N. confirmed one other death and said houses were destroyed across five districts.

A massive landslide of mud and rocks buried houses so deep in the remote mountain village of Sayi Hazara that rescuers gave up trying to use shovels to dig through the buried buildings, said Jawed Basharat, a spokesman for the provincial police chief who was part of a team that examined the village after the slide. There were no visible signs of the buildings underneath.

"We need bulldozers or other machinery to remove all this earth and get the bodies out, or the survivors if there are any," Basharat said.

They knew how many houses were buried only from information provided by area residents, who said between 25 and 30 houses disappeared in the landslide.

An earthquake measuring a magnitude 5.4 struck the Hindu Kush region Monday morning, followed by a 5.7 quake, the U.S. Geological Survey said. Both were felt as far away as the Afghan capital, Kabul, where buildings shook.

Baghlan province's Burka district, the site of the landslide, is a remote collection of mountain villages. It takes more than two hours to drive the approximately 25 miles from the provincial capital of Pul-e-Khumri to the area.

The police led a team of rescue workers and medics from Pul-e-Khumri, but discovered on arrival that they could be of little use. The handful of people who survived the landslide had already been driven to clinics.

"The ambulances were there, but there was no one to put in the ambulances," Basharat said.

The U.N. said in a statement that it was working with local authorities to try to help in the rescue effort but did not provide details. Basharat said the police team was the only group to arrive on Monday, and they returned to Pul-e-Khumri when they realized there was nothing they could do.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/06...#ixzz1xXV4NfCZ




June 11, 2012: An Afghan man mourns the death of relatives near the site
after an earthquake hit Baghlan province, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP)

[yass]

Six injured as quake hits southwest Turkey

ISTANBUL | Sun Jun 10, 2012 11:45am EDT

(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 shook southwest Turkey on Sunday and at least six people were injured after jumping from their balconies or windows in panic, observatory data showed and local media reported.

Read more at http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...85909320120610

[spellbound]

6.1 Luzon,Philipines....depth 35 km,,,,off shore

[spellbound]

6.4 near theeast coast of Honshu,Japan///depth 34km

[justdunno]

5.7 mag Melbourne Australia. 8.53pm
Unusual for Melbourne and lasted 30 seconds felt over a 300 km from epicenter. Unfortunately when we have a tremor NZ has a quake. We will see.
Depth 2 kms

[wakeup2nwo]

Originally Posted by justdunno

5.7 mag Melbourne Australia. 8.53pm
Unusual for Melbourne and lasted 30 seconds felt over a 300 km from epicenter. Unfortunately when we have a tremor NZ has a quake. We will see.
Depth 2 kms

Depth 2 kms? Are you sure? That seems a little shallow dont ya think?

Have you got a link?

[lobuk]

Originally Posted by wakeup2nwo

Depth 2 kms? Are you sure? That seems a little shallow dont ya think?

Have you got a link?

Must be this one i think.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquak...usb000ajek.php

Magnitude - 5.2
Date-Time - Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at 10:53:29 UTC
Depth - 9.9 km (6.2 miles)
Region - NEAR THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF AUSTRALIA

[wakeup2nwo]

Originally Posted by lobuk

Must be this one i think.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquak...usb000ajek.php

Magnitude - 5.2
Date-Time - Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at 10:53:29 UTC
Depth - 9.9 km (6.2 miles)
Region - NEAR THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF AUSTRALIA

Thanks Lobuk.

I thought it was a little too shallow.

[spellbound]

5.1 mag off coast of Oregon....[depth 13.5 km]...I predict a big one in Southern Califirnia in next 5 days....a 7 mag or higher...

[spellbound]

6.0 off Alaska //Near islands...depth 31 km

[justdunno]

Originally Posted by wakeup2nwo

Thanks Lobuk.

I thought it was a little too shallow.

Thanks Lobuk
It was at first reported on MSM at a depth of 2km. As it shook our entire state,( felt up to 500km from epicenter) who am I to know how deep it was?
I posted information that was available at the time. The Geo website crashed minutes after the quake, so no info was available. It was upgraded to 5.5 and is now downgraded again at 5.3
Largest and longest quake we have had in 50 years.

[alisa2]

'Remarkable Increase' in US Earthquakes 'almost certainly manmade,' say USGS Scientists



A US Geological Survey (USGS) team has found that a sharp jump in earthquakes in American's heartland appears to be linked to oil and natural gas drilling operations

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/201...ort/?mobile=nc

[lobuk]

Originally Posted by justdunno

Thanks Lobuk
It was at first reported on MSM at a depth of 2km. As it shook our entire state,( felt up to 500km from epicenter) who am I to know how deep it was?
I posted information that was available at the time. The Geo website crashed minutes after the quake, so no info was available. It was upgraded to 5.5 and is now downgraded again at 5.3
Largest and longest quake we have had in 50 years.

USGS are forever changing and in many cases manipulating the earthquake data they report anyway mate so it probably was reported exactly as you said and then they changed it as they always do.

[wakeup2nwo]

Originally Posted by justdunno

Thanks Lobuk
It was at first reported on MSM at a depth of 2km. As it shook our entire state,( felt up to 500km from epicenter) who am I to know how deep it was?
I posted information that was available at the time. The Geo website crashed minutes after the quake, so no info was available. It was upgraded to 5.5 and is now downgraded again at 5.3
Largest and longest quake we have had in 50 years.

Thanks.

The reason i asked was because if it was really at 2 km it would have been more than likely a bomb rather than an earthquake.

Glad your Ok though mate.

[yass]

Originally Posted by spellbound

5.1 mag off coast of Oregon....[depth 13.5 km]...I predict a big one in Southern Califirnia in next 5 days....a 7 mag or higher...

Same old Cathar... I mean spellbound, different day

[yass]

Here are some articles:

Magnitude-5.3 quake shakes southern Vic

Updated June 20, 2012 11:28:08

South-east Victoria has been rocked by more than 40 aftershocks after a magnitude-5.3 earthquake hit near Moe in Gippsland last night.

The tremor struck 16 kilometres west of Moe, but was felt in the centre of Melbourne and in suburbs across the city's west and south-east.

It was also felt as far north as Shepparton and even Albury on the border with New South Wales.

The SES said it received dozens of calls for help for cracked walls and ceilings and a collapsed garage and chimney.

Residents and business owners are being urged to check their properties for damage before returning inside.

But the SES says there have been no reports of major damage.


Map of Melbourne earthquake Photo: A USGS map gives the location of the Victorian earthquake. (http://neic.usgs.gov/)

Residents reported hearing a roaring noise as the quake hit just before 9:00pm at a depth of about 10km.

An SES spokesman told ABC News Breakfast there were 850 calls to emergency services in the first hour after the quake.

"The damage we've seen has largely been minor cracks in walls and a garage that has had some damage. We've also seen some shops that have had some stock come off the shelves," he said.

He said some homes did lose power after the quake but there have been no significant reports of gas leaks.

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Read more at http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-06-1...rn-vic/4080446