The following is a release by the United States Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center: A strong earthquake occurred about 10 miles (15 km) north-northwest of Kailua Kona or 65 miles (100 km) west of Hilo, Hawai`i at 11:07 AM MDT, Oct 15, 2006 (7:07 AM HST in Hawaii). The magnitude and location may be revised when additional data and further analysis results are available.
Numerous people suffered minor injuries, many buildings damaged and landslides blocked roads on Hawaii. Power outages occurred throughout the Hawaiian Islands.
The Island of Hawaii is the youngest island in a chain of volcanoes that stretch about 3500 miles across the north Pacific Ocean. The island chain results from a stationary hot spot that originates deep beneath the crust. The ocean crust and lithosphere above the hot spot move to the northwest as a result of plate tectonics. During the process new island volcanoes are formed and older volcanoes are carried away from the hot spot source, erode, and eventually subside beneath sea level. The vast majority of earthquakes in Hawaii are related to volcanic activity. Some occur before or during an eruption and likely result from underground movement of magma. Others, like this recent earthquake, result from stresses that build in the Earth’s crust as the volcano grows. Earthquakes on the volcanic Island of Hawaii are not rare. The largest on record was the magnitude 7.9 1868 earthquake which triggered a tsunami that drowned 46 people and spawned numerous landslides that resulted in 31 deaths. In the vicinity of the recent earthquake, a magnitude 6.9 tremor struck on August 21st 1951 that damaged scores of homes on the Kona coast and triggered numerous damaging landslides.
Hi
Here are some quastion to plate tectonic theory
1). how quake occur at safe zones (not on plate boundry)-LATUR -INDIA quake of 30th sept 1993
2) how major quakes occure on given dates all over the globe on various plates-cluster of quakes on a given dates
3) how pre shocks are explained in plate tectonic theory.
4) how the land masses Laurasia and Gondwanaland seperated initialy.
NOW SOME DATES PREDICTED
1)19TH NOV 2006----6.5 INTENSITY
2)11/12 TH DEC 2006---7.2
3) 18TH DEC 2006-------6.9
4) 24TH DEC 2006------6.4
2007
1)8TH APRIL 2007----7.3
2)24/25tH APRIL 2007--7.5
3)28TH APRIL 2007---7.1
4)2/3rd may 2007---7.8
5)10th MAY 2007---7.8
Here are some quastion to plate tectonic theory
1). how quake occur at safe zones (not on plate boundry)-LATUR -INDIA quake of 30th sept 1993
2) how major quakes occure on given dates all over the globe on various plates-cluster of quakes on a given dates
3) how pre shocks are explained in plate tectonic theory.
4) how the land masses Laurasia and Gondwanaland seperated initialy.
NOW SOME DATES PREDICTED
1)19TH NOV 2006----6.5 INTENSITY
2)11/12 TH DEC 2006---7.2
3) 18TH DEC 2006-------6.9
4) 24TH DEC 2006------6.4
2007
1)8TH APRIL 2007----7.3
2)24/25tH APRIL 2007--7.5
3)28TH APRIL 2007---7.1
4)2/3rd may 2007---7.8
5)10th MAY 2007---7.8
hi
I shall give some details by which an earthquake can be predicted with fair amount of accuracy.
however before that I would like to know how many believe that it can be predicted.
we need to think out of the box and stop thinking that only plate tectonic theory is correct.
regards
AMIT
I shall give some details by which an earthquake can be predicted with fair amount of accuracy.
however before that I would like to know how many believe that it can be predicted.
we need to think out of the box and stop thinking that only plate tectonic theory is correct.
regards
AMIT
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By Rebecca Whitney
The Pictorial
Jul 08 2006
VICTORIA, BC - A minor earthquake on Tuesday had some people in the Cowichan Valley rumbling in their boots.
Pacific Geoscience Centre reported the quake, with a magnitude of 3.7, was centred in the Strait of Juan de Fuca 20 kilometres off the coast of Victoria.
Earthquakes on the scale of Tuesday’s shake do not generally cause damage — and in this instance there was no damage reported — although some Victoria residence reported incidences of things falling from shelves.
“You don’t start to get damage until you get to a 5 or 5.5 and even then only in poorly built structures,” said Natural Resources Canada earthquake seismologist Taimi Mulder.
“A 3.7 would feel like a truck slamming into your house — a real short, sharp jerk,” said Mulder.
As you move further from the epicenter of the quake, the frequency of the waves lengthen and therefore the quake is felt as more of a swaying of the ground.
People as far up Island as Shawnigan Lake and Cobble Hill reported feeling the earth move under their feet, but only very slightly.
According to Mulder there were three reports written in from the south Cowichan region stating the quake felt like a “strong gust of wind hitting the house” and an audible “vibration” that didn’t cause any movement.
Earthquakes of this magnitude occur a couple of times a year in southwestern British Columbia, and Mulder says “every couple of months an earthquake will occur that is strong enough to be felt.”
Mulder asks Vancouver Island residents to report to Natural Resources Canada if they feel an earthquake because people’s experiences are valuable tools in measuring and analyzing earthquakes.
“People’s experiences provide us with really valuable local information, said Mulder.
If you get shaken by a quake log onto www.earthquakescanada.ca and click on Did You Feel it.
The Pictorial
Jul 08 2006
VICTORIA, BC - A minor earthquake on Tuesday had some people in the Cowichan Valley rumbling in their boots.
Pacific Geoscience Centre reported the quake, with a magnitude of 3.7, was centred in the Strait of Juan de Fuca 20 kilometres off the coast of Victoria.
Earthquakes on the scale of Tuesday’s shake do not generally cause damage — and in this instance there was no damage reported — although some Victoria residence reported incidences of things falling from shelves.
“You don’t start to get damage until you get to a 5 or 5.5 and even then only in poorly built structures,” said Natural Resources Canada earthquake seismologist Taimi Mulder.
“A 3.7 would feel like a truck slamming into your house — a real short, sharp jerk,” said Mulder.
As you move further from the epicenter of the quake, the frequency of the waves lengthen and therefore the quake is felt as more of a swaying of the ground.
People as far up Island as Shawnigan Lake and Cobble Hill reported feeling the earth move under their feet, but only very slightly.
According to Mulder there were three reports written in from the south Cowichan region stating the quake felt like a “strong gust of wind hitting the house” and an audible “vibration” that didn’t cause any movement.
Earthquakes of this magnitude occur a couple of times a year in southwestern British Columbia, and Mulder says “every couple of months an earthquake will occur that is strong enough to be felt.”
Mulder asks Vancouver Island residents to report to Natural Resources Canada if they feel an earthquake because people’s experiences are valuable tools in measuring and analyzing earthquakes.
“People’s experiences provide us with really valuable local information, said Mulder.
If you get shaken by a quake log onto www.earthquakescanada.ca and click on Did You Feel it.
A tsunami warning system covering the Indian Ocean region is now "up and running", UNESCO has said. The UN organisation, which has overseen the project, says the whole region can now receive and distribute warnings of possible tsunamis.
The system is in place 18 months after the devastating tsunami of December 2004 that killed more than 200,000. The Pacific region has had a system for 40 years and others are planned for the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Caribbean.
Koichiro Matsuura, director-general of the UN's scientific and cultural organisation, said the nations involved should be "justly proud of having done all this and much more".
There are 26 national tsunami information centres receiving information from 25 new seismographic stations. There are also three deep-ocean sensors to detect and report tsunamis.
Read the Full Article at BBC News
Read the UNESCO Press Release
The system is in place 18 months after the devastating tsunami of December 2004 that killed more than 200,000. The Pacific region has had a system for 40 years and others are planned for the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Caribbean.
Koichiro Matsuura, director-general of the UN's scientific and cultural organisation, said the nations involved should be "justly proud of having done all this and much more".
There are 26 national tsunami information centres receiving information from 25 new seismographic stations. There are also three deep-ocean sensors to detect and report tsunamis.
Read the Full Article at BBC News
Read the UNESCO Press Release
SAN MARTIN, June 15, 2006 - A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck the south San Francisco Bay area early Thursday, but there were no reports of injuries or damage, authorities said.
The quake struck at 5:24 a.m. PDT about 6 miles east of San Martin, a town of 4,200 people in a rural part of southern Santa Clara County, and was followed by three smaller quakes, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The quake could be felt in San Francisco, about 70 miles north of the epicenter.
No one was hurt and there were no reports of damage, according to the Santa Clara County sheriff's department and police in Gilroy, about 8 miles from where the quake struck.
The quake struck at 5:24 a.m. PDT about 6 miles east of San Martin, a town of 4,200 people in a rural part of southern Santa Clara County, and was followed by three smaller quakes, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The quake could be felt in San Francisco, about 70 miles north of the epicenter.
No one was hurt and there were no reports of damage, according to the Santa Clara County sheriff's department and police in Gilroy, about 8 miles from where the quake struck.
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