How many earthquakes have there been recently?

Deja Q

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Fri Sep-09-05 03:14 PM
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How many earthquakes have there been recently?

I read of yet another one today. 7.3 on the richtor scale. :wow:

That makes, what, SIX major eathquakes since December 2004?!

Is that a usual number?

Or is it jiffy pop time? :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat:

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CabalPowered

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Fri Sep-09-05 03:20 PM
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1. Not that unusual but the 7.3 has spawned lots of teleseismic events

http://aslwww.cr.usgs.gov/Seismic_Data/heli2.shtml (long load, 56k warning)

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onecent

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Fri Sep-09-05 03:22 PM
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2. Where was the 7.3 earthquake? Thanks

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longship

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Fri Sep-09-05 03:29 PM
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3. CA-NV area

Recent earthquakes in CA-NV

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Der Blaue Engel

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Fri Sep-09-05 03:32 PM
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5. I don't see anything over a 3.0 in that map

Can you be more specific?

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longship

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Fri Sep-09-05 03:35 PM
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7. Just answered the question

How many earthquakes?

We get them every day. Yes, they are small. But they are a daily deal here. There was a 5.1 near San Diego last week, the last large one.

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Der Blaue Engel

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Fri Sep-09-05 03:37 PM
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8. Sorry, I thought you were answering the "where was the 7.3?" question

I live in San Francisco, so I figured I'd have heard about a biggy here. :)

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Der Blaue Engel

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Fri Sep-09-05 03:30 PM
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4. It sounds pretty normal

Check out the USGS site:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/faq/myths.html#8

Here's information on the most recent quake over 7.0:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/Quakes/uscuah.htm

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theHandpuppet

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Fri Sep-09-05 03:33 PM
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6. Wow -- I had read about the New Guinea quake yesterday

At that time it was reported to be a 7.3, which is major in itself. A 7.7 is a bad ass quake.

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Arbiter

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Fri Sep-09-05 03:37 PM
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9. Look at how many big ones have happened around the world in the past week.

Edited on Fri Sep-09-05 03:38 PM by Arbiter

http://www.iris.edu/seismon/

The recent ones are in red. The bigger the circle, the bigger the earthquake.

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