Earthquake Thread (wild, Illinois)

[Ken S.]

Crete had a 6.0 today...

[Ken S.]

17-APR-2015 02:05:39 34.99 26.79 5.3 10 0 CRETE 5110900

16-APR-2015 19:02:12 35.11 26.88 5.0 10 16 CRETE 5110852
16-APR-2015 18:52:36 35.06 26.81 4.8 24 8 CRETE 5110886
16-APR-2015 18:50:18 34.90 26.77 4.2 10 10 CRETE 5110882
16-APR-2015 18:07:42 35.14 26.82 6.0 20 17 CRETE 5110848

15-APR-2015 16:57:03 38.97 15.39 4.5 251 1104 SICILY 5110770
15-APR-2015 08:25:12 34.86 32.31 5.5 10 503 CYPRUS REGION 5110726

14-APR-2015 08:00:03 34.40 26.57 4.8 28 69 CRETE 5110623

13-APR-2015 03:49:04 39.13 24.50 4.5 10 503 AEGEAN SEA 5110530

08-APR-2015 13:33:35 35.36 27.74 4.4 37 96 DODECANESE ISLANDS 5109868

06-APR-2015 16:42:31 35.32 27.59 4.5 17 81 DODECANESE ISLANDS 5109657

31-MAR-2015 15:48:43 38.35 20.39 4.6 25 682 GREECE 5109043

27-MAR-2015 23:34:54 35.73 26.64 5.2 68 83 CRETE 5108750

[Greysholic]

Earthquakes

We have earthquakes literally around the clock, and a felt earthquake takes place like every other day and I usually feel nothing, not that I'd have any sort of reaction when I actually feel one.

[FVWinters]

Those of us who live in Oregon have had it pretty soft as compared to the rest of the "Ring of Fire" We are fortunate enough to live on one of the most seismically quiet spots in the entire Pacific Rim. But...(there is always a "but", isn't there?)....we have had quakes as powerful as the Sendai Quake of 2011 and the Sumatra thing at the end of '04 - if not more so.
There's a book out by Jerry Thompson with a forward by Simon Winchester titled Cascadia's Fault that describes why we think there have been monster quakes in Oregon and Washington (and B.C.) in the past and why we are really close to due for the next one.
One of the greatest feats in forensic geology is also described here. The sleuthing and cooperation between geologists in Oregon, Washington, British Columbia and in Japan unearthed a series of clues and dates that fixed the last big subduction quake not merely to the approximate year but was able to pin down the exact day and time of day to within a hour - all without any written records here of the event.
The most recent unzipping of the Cascadia Subduction Fault occurred on January 26th, 1700 at 9PM local time and was estimated to be anywhere between an M9.0 and a M9.3
The take away for all this is these quakes occur regularly on intervals of between 300 and 500 years so we here are anywhere from 15 years overdue for the next (big) one to having about two centuries to prepare
Tick....Tick...Tick.

[Ken S.]

One could only imagine what will happen when another one of these occurs in the Med. region...

365 Crete earthquake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Homesickness]

Originally Posted by Ken S.

Crete had a 6.0 today...

Wow now thats very rare!!

[Joe90]

Quite a big shake here around mid afternoon. 6.4 - lasting for about 15 seconds, and was enough for my cup of tea to spill over.

[Ken S.]

A few hours ago off the coast of British Columbia...
IRIS: MWW6.2 Queen Charlotte Islands Region

[Joe90]

A few reports of damage from the shake yesterday -different neighbours had things breaking from falls, and one has a crack down their new path.

[Ken S.]

All within the last seven hours...

25-APR-2015 12:01:13 28.04 85.49 4.2 10 77 NEPAL 5111844
25-APR-2015 10:53:43 27.77 85.87 4.4 10 122 NEPAL 5111842
25-APR-2015 10:40:35 27.57 85.84 4.8 10 128 NEPAL 5111839
25-APR-2015 10:23:19 27.87 85.76 4.2 10 108 NEPAL 5111838
25-APR-2015 09:30:29 27.99 85.44 5.0 10 74 NEPAL 5111834
25-APR-2015 09:17:02 28.43 87.34 5.7 10 259 XIZANG 5111831
25-APR-2015 09:03:15 27.87 85.31 4.9 10 67 NEPAL 5111830
25-APR-2015 08:55:55 27.64 85.50 5.3 10 96 NEPAL 5111829
25-APR-2015 08:29:24 27.99 84.71 5.0 10 18 NEPAL-INDIA BORDER REGION 5111828
25-APR-2015 08:20:11 27.95 85.72 4.7 10 102 NEPAL 5111827
25-APR-2015 08:16:59 27.67 85.69 4.9 10 110 NEPAL 5111825
25-APR-2015 08:05:37 27.73 85.73 4.6 10 111 NEPAL 5111824
25-APR-2015 07:47:01 27.85 85.56 5.0 10 90 NEPAL 5111819
25-APR-2015 07:39:33 27.67 85.75 4.5 10 115 NEPAL 5111823
25-APR-2015 07:16:56 28.00 85.27 4.8 10 57 NEPAL 5111826
25-APR-2015 07:13:44 27.55 85.55 4.8 10 106 NEPAL 5111817
25-APR-2015 07:07:59 27.73 85.92 5.0 10 128 NEPAL 5111816
25-APR-2015 06:56:34 27.91 85.65 5.5 10 96 NEPAL 5111818
25-APR-2015 06:45:21 28.19 84.86 6.6 15 15 NEPAL 5111767
25-APR-2015 06:37:58 27.72 85.82 5.1 10 119 NEPAL 5111766
25-APR-2015 06:11:26 28.15 84.71 7.8 15 0 NEPAL 5111620