Earthquakes
Thursday, August 04, 2011 at 13:51:36 UTC
Friday, August 05, 2011 at 01:51:36 AM at epicenter
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Location:
48.784°N, 154.835°E
Depth:
49 km (30.4 miles)
Region:
KURIL ISLANDS
Distances:
230 km (142 miles) SSW of Severo-Kuril'sk, Kuril Islands, Russia
542 km (336 miles) SSW of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia
659 km (409 miles) NE of Kuril'sk, Kuril Islands
1907 km (1184 miles) NE of TOKYO, Japan
UPDATE: A potentially dangerous earthquake has hit on the border of Ethiopia and Somalia, early this morning. The earthquake would have been very much felt in the city of Borama and villages nearby.
The USGS has its epicenter directly under Borama.
The huge difference in the estimates of GFZ and USGS show the deficiency of adequate seismological stations in this area of the world (similar to our PNG article).
There are no volcanoes in the immediate vicinity according to CATDAT, so this is most likely a tectonic earthquake in the East Africa rift zone.
A number of earthquakes have occurred in this region previously in 1930, 1951, 1961 and 1980.
There were no reports of major damage. Also, no tsunami warning was issued.
Officials say that aftershocks continue in the region with often multiple 4.0 or higher aftershocks felt each day.
Area fire and rescue organizations say that 7 people were hurt during the latest quake, 1 person in Sendai, 2 people in Koriyama, and another 4 people from Ibaraki prefecture.
Officials at the Fukushima nuclear plant say the nuclear plant sustained no new damage from today's quake.
Sunday, July 31, 2011 at 23:38:57 UTC
Monday, August 01, 2011 at 09:38:57 AM at epicenter
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Location:
3.569°S, 144.844°E
Depth:
16.8 km (10.4 miles)
Region:
NEAR NORTH COAST OF NEW GUINEA, P.N.G.
Distances:
134 km (83 miles) E of Wewak, New Guinea, PNG
211 km (131 miles) NNW of Madang, New Guinea, PNG
701 km (435 miles) NNW of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea
2787 km (1731 miles) NNW of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
Sunday, July 31, 2011 at 14:34:50 UTC
Monday, August 01, 2011 at 01:34:50 AM at epicenter
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Location:
16.998°S, 171.588°E
Depth:
23.1 km (14.4 miles)
Region:
VANUATU REGION
Distances:
361 km (224 miles) ENE of PORT-VILA, Efate, Vanuatu
377 km (234 miles) NE of Isangel, Tanna, Vanuatu
503 km (312 miles) ESE of Luganville, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu
2224 km (1381 miles) N of Auckland, New Zealand
Saturday, July 30, 2011 at 18:53:52 UTC
Sunday, July 31, 2011 at 03:53:52 AM at epicenter
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Location:
36.966°N, 141.058°E
Depth:
43.5 km (27.0 miles)
Region:
NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances:
18 km (11 miles) ESE of Iwaki, Honshu, Japan
77 km (47 miles) SE of Koriyama, Honshu, Japan
84 km (52 miles) NE of Mito, Honshu, Japan
184 km (114 miles) NE of TOKYO, Japan
Friday, July 29, 2011 at 07:42:23 UTC
Friday, July 29, 2011 at 07:42:23 PM at epicenter
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Location:
23.651°S, 179.822°E
Depth:
521.7 km (324.2 miles)
Region:
SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS
Distances:
365 km (226 miles) SSW of Ndoi Island, Fiji
576 km (357 miles) ESE of Ceva-i-Ra, Fiji
583 km (362 miles) WSW of NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga
1544 km (959 miles) NNE of Auckland, New Zealand
State TV says the quake hit around 3 a.m. Friday in a sparsely populated area outside the town of Faryab in Kerman province. It says the quake didn't cause any casualties or damage but sent residents running out of their homes in panic.
The U.S. Geological Survey put the quake's magnitude at 4.5, with the epicenter about 648 miles (1,043 kilometers) southeast of Tehran.
Iran is located on seismic fault lines and is prone to earthquakes, experiencing at least one slight quake a day on average.
Some 26,000 people were killed by a magnitude 6.6 quake that flattened the historic southeastern city of Bam in 2003.
The Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission placed a ban on fracking wastewater wells in the area yesterday. A moratorium on well activity had been in place for months as geologists investigated a possible link between fracking activity and the outbreak of more than 1,200 earthquakes that measured lower than 4.7 in magnitude.
Fracking is a common term for hydraulic fracturing, a controversial gas drilling method that involves pumping water and chemicals deep underground to break up rock and free natural gas.
Fracking produces millions of gallons of wastewater, and the gas industry has been experimenting with different ways to dispose of it.











