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Civil Defense of Peru issues earthquake warnings after two days of abnormal tremor activity


Presna Latina
Mon, 07 May 2012 13:20 UTC
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The Civil Defense in Peru (Indeci) intensified today a prevention drive warning of a potential massive earthquake now preceded of two daily tremors average. Indeci called on every workplace and home to ready an emergency evacuation plan after a median quake and two replicas were recorded Sunday in Ica (south) and in Lima.

Marco Tantalean, an expert from the institution, said planning must include safe routes and refuges, plus staples like your ID cards, drinkable water, first-aid material, flashlight, non perishable food and saving phone calls for emergencies to prevent the lines from collapsing.

Other prevention measures include a May 31st tsunami simulation, marking the 1970 massive quake that killed some 70,000 people in Ancash, north Peru. Scientific evidence have proven that after "long periods of rest" big quakes may occur, like those that have especially razed Lima through history; plus, Peru is located in a seismic area, adds Hernando Tavera, director of Seismology at the Institute of Geophysics, reminding of the 66 tremors of 2012 through April, near one daily.
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Azerbaijan hit with strongest earthquake in 4 years- swarm of tremors follow


Channel6Newsonline.com
Tue, 08 May 2012 09:11 UTC
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A moderate earthquake shook northwestern Azerbaijan on late Monday morning, injuring more than a dozen people and seriously damaging a number of houses, officials said. Shaking was also felt in neighboring Russia and Georgia.

The 5.5-magnitude earthquake at 9:40 a.m. local time (0440 GMT) was centered about 17.5 kilometers (10.8 miles) south of Zaqatala, the capital of Zaqatala Rayon along the Tala River. It struck about 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) deep, making it a shallow earthquake, according to the Republican Seismic Survey Center of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences.

The United States Geological Survey (USGS), which measured the strength of the earthquake at 5.6 on the body wave magnitude (Mb) scale, estimated some 450,000 people near the epicenter may have felt moderate to strong shaking. Another 6.6 million people may have felt weak to light shaking.
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Cascadia tension: earthquake swarm continues off the coast of Vancouver


CBC
Wed, 02 May 2012 12:08 UTC
Experts say a "swarm" of small earthquakes off the northwest coast of Vancouver Island are part of the normal seismic activity in the area, and they could continue for several more days.

A 4.0 magnitude earthquake that struck just after midnight on Tuesday morning was the eighth small quake with a magnitude between 3.8 and 4.7 to strike the region since April 22.
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© USGSA swarm of earthquakes struck off Vancouver Island in recent weeks.
Pacific Geoscience Centre Seismologist Gary Rogers said the activity is focused along a 20-kilometre stretch along an area called the Raveer Delwood Fault, located about 200 kilometres offshore.

"In the very thin crust that we have out there off our west coast of Vancouver Island, it often fractures in a series of small earthquakes, usually about this size being the maximum."

Rogers said more small earthquakes are expected in the area over the next week.

"They often go on for days. There's been a lot of smaller ones, so eventually they'll wind down, but typically, what we've seen in the past is that most of these swarms last a few days to a week or so."
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USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 6.0 - Offshore Chiapas, Mexico


US Geological Survey
Tue, 01 May 2012 20:50 UTC
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Date-Time
Tuesday, May 01, 2012 at 22:43:37 UTC

Tuesday, May 01, 2012 at 05:43:37 PM at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location:
14.466°N, 92.909°W

Depth
36.3 km (22.6 miles)

Region
OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO

Distances
93 km (57 miles) SW of Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico

163 km (101 miles) WSW of Quetzaltenango, Guatemala

189 km (117 miles) WSW of Huehuetenango, Guatemala

861 km (535 miles) SE of MEXICO CITY, D.F., Mexico
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USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 5.7 - Michoacan, Mexico


US Geological Survey
Tue, 01 May 2012 12:02 UTC
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Date-Time
Tuesday, May 01, 2012 at 16:38:00 UTC
Tuesday, May 01, 2012 at 11:38:00 AM at epicenter Location
18.521°N, 100.886°W

Depth
77.6 km (48.2 miles)

Region
MICHOACAN, MEXICO

Distances
7 km (4 miles) S (185°) from Huetamo, Michoacán, Mexico

33 km (21 miles) NW (312°) from Altamirano,Guerrero, Mexico

70 km (44 miles) WNW (292°) from Arcelia, Guerrero, Mexico

133 km (83 miles) S (169°) from Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico

206 km (128 miles) WSW (241°) from MEXICO CITY, D.F., Mexico
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East and West coast of Canada hit with inexplicable earthquake swarms "Sounds like dynamite exploding."


The Extinction Protocol
Sat, 28 Apr 2012 13:37 UTC
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck about 200 kilometres west of Vancouver Island on Friday morning but there were no reports of it being felt by island residents. This was the largest quake in a small swarm of earthquakes off the coast of Vancouver. The quake struck around 1:36 a.m. PT, according to the Natural Resources Canada. Earthquakes of that size are common in the area and experts say they do not indicate a large earthquake is more likely. The U.S. Geological Service reported three quakes of similar magnitude in the area over the past five days, and there have been several more reported in recent months.

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4.1 magnitude earthquake jolts Southern California


The Extinction Protocol
Sat, 28 Apr 2012 13:44 UTC
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A magnitude 4.1 earthquake rattled Southern California on Saturday morning, but there were no reports of damage or injuries. The temblor struck at 8:07 a.m. near Devore, about 60 miles east of downtown Los Angeles. The quake was felt across the region, in San Bernardino County, the San Gabriel Valley and the city of Los Angeles. Residents around Devore reported a sharp jolt, though there were no reports of problems.
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Deep 6.7 magnitude earthquake hits Tonga trench in the Pacific


The Extinction Protocol
Sat, 28 Apr 2012 13:42 UTC
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A 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck the Tonga Trench at a depth of 129.4 km (80.4 miles). The earthquake was too deep to generate a tsunami. The epicenter of the undersea quake was 2266 km (1408 miles) NNE of Auckland, New Zealand. The Tonga Trench is a convergent plate boundary in the South Pacific. The trench lies at the northern end of the Kermadec-Tonga Subduction Zone, an active subduction zone where the Pacific Plate is being subducted below the Tonga Plate and the Indo-Australian Plate.
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New Faults, and Earthquake Risks, Found in Washington

Crystal Gammon
OurAmazingPlanet
Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:00 UTC
New Faults
© Kelsey et al./USGSThis LiDAR image (acquired in 2006 by the USGS) shows five paleoseismic study sites (red dots with block perimeters) and three Holocene faults (solid red lines) inferred from the data.
Tectonically speaking, there's a lot going on in the Pacific Northwest. From the Cascadia subduction zone, where the Juan de Fuca tectonic plate is slowly pushing its way underneath the North American plate, to the Seattle Fault, where Native American legends recorded a massive earthquake 1,100 years ago, the region has its fair share of seismic hazards.

Now add to that three more potentially dangerous faults in the Bellingham Basin, a tectonically active area along the coast of Washington, near the Canadian border.

A team of researchers has discovered active tectonic faults in this region nearly 40 miles (60 kilometers) north of any previously known faults.

"We've known for a long time that the whole Pacific Northwest region is contracting very slowly north-to-south, at the rate of a few millimeters per year," said Richard Blakely, a geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park, Calif., who was part of the study.

"It doesn't sound like very much, but when you concentrate that contraction on specific faults, they can become rather dangerous."
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Long Valley super-volcano caldera rattled by earthquake swarm


The Extinction Protocol
Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:36 UTC
Mammoth Lakes, California - A series of 6 tremors have erupted at the Long Valley super-volcano caldera over the last 24 hours- two yesterday, and four tremors today. The tremors today were a 1.1 mag (3.2 km), a 2.5 mag (4.5 km), a 1.6 mag (4.5 km) and a 1.2 mag (2.8 km). This could be the beginning of a swarm so we'll keep monitoring events and look for updates.
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