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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| Strong quake hits off Philippines coast |
| 2011-03-21 |
| [Straits Times] A 6.4-MAGNITUDE earthquake hit off the northern coast of the Philippines on Sunday, local seismologists said, but there were no immediate reports of any damage or casualties. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said there was no immediate tsunami alert, but said it was continuing to monitor northern areas. The quake was located 117km north-east of Laoag city in Luzon island at a depth of 50km, the institute said. The United States Geological Survey recorded the quake as magnitude 6.0, and said it struck at a depth of 36 km. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 Waziristan first. Calibration works better in mountains for some reason. Depth, I say. |
| Posted by: HEQD 2011-03-21 16:39 |
| #9 Notice that the Haliburton-Earthquake Division has been rather quiet around here recently. Hmmmmm. They need better calibration. Tehran is over <- |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2011-03-21 14:48 |
| #8 OH! your talking about the 1964 quake. Nothing reported that big at USGS. 1.3 with I recall a 4. something. Just had a quake within the hour in California but small one. |
| Posted by: Dale 2011-03-21 12:58 |
| #7 Ouch! 9.2 that's serious. Ring of fire would next be heading south. California has had several shallow depth tremors in the last 24 hours. It's amazing how shallow they are. If they were volcanic the alarms would be going of. |
| Posted by: Dale 2011-03-21 12:45 |
| #6 Wikipedia says the Alaska quake was magnitude 9.2. |
| Posted by: Oscar Spineck3066 2011-03-21 12:17 |
| #5 Makes you wonder if the next wave of quakes will hit Alaska or whether the 1964 Alaska earthquake began the sequence that is traveling around the Ring of Fire. |
| Posted by: Oscar Spineck3066 2011-03-21 12:15 |
| #4 Hello JM; Your post was interesting but I can find no other news source other than yours. I am just doing a followup for more information. TKY |
| Posted by: Dale 2011-03-21 11:09 |
| #3 Given that big shift in Japan area,. the rest of the system probably will have some settling to do. Good thing this was relatively mild. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2011-03-21 02:07 |
| #2 That whole plate boundary is active lately. Let's hope it's just settling. |
| Posted by: mojo 2011-03-21 02:03 |
| #1 Multiple spheres or oblongs of lights again oer POST-MIDNITE GUAM-WESTPAC, to include BLUE-COLORED ONES. Even agz the blackness one could still see the blue. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-03-21 00:27 |