Look at the earthquakes today

[HeeBGBz]

Seismic Monitor

Seems like a wide array all over the planet. I've been checking this site daily and today seems kind of busy.

[Dookus]

1. I don't know...

looking at the last 30 days

http://www.iris.edu/seismon/last30days.phtml

the number doesn't seem terribly out of line.

[HeeBGBz]

2. Yeah, probably not

It just seemed interesting to me because the quakes were all over the map today and not centered in any specific area.

[Gman]

3. I started subscribing to the USGS list serve after the 9.0 tsunami quake

just to get an idea of what goes on. I get an email on every quake anywhere in the world that is 5.5 or higher. I was surprised to find out that, on average, I'm getting 4 or even 5 a day. Three or four a week are 6.0 or higher.

It seems more than half are from the Indonesia area which makes sense as after shocks. Still they are aftershocks of at least 2 a day at 5.5 or better which then contributes to 50% of the number of emails. I suspect "normal" (pre-tsunami) would be half of what I'm getting.

[soothsayer]

4. USGS censors their stuff

look to the foreign earthquake sites to get the real scoop

[Gman]

5. How do they censor?

Here's an example:

2005/02/07 20:02 M 6.1 NEW IRELAND REGION, P.N.G. Z= 53km 4.52S 153.12E

This information is provided by the USGS
National Earthquake Information Center.
(Address problems to: [e-mail])

These parameters are preliminary and subject to revision.

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake IN THE NEW IRELAND REGION, P.N.G. has occurred at:
4.52S 153.12E Depth 53km Mon Feb 7 20:02:19 2005 UTC

Time: Universal Time (UTC) Mon Feb 7 20:02:19 2005
Time Near Epicenter Tue Feb 8 06:02:19 2005
Eastern Standard Time (EST) Mon Feb 7 15:02:19 2005
Central Standard Time (CST) Mon Feb 7 14:02:19 2005
Mountain Standard Time (MST) Mon Feb 7 13:02:19 2005
Pacific Standard Time (PST) Mon Feb 7 12:02:19 2005
Alaska Standard Time (AST) Mon Feb 7 11:02:19 2005
Hawaii Standard Time (HST) Mon Feb 7 10:02:19 2005

Location with respect to nearby cities:
10 km (5 miles) ESE of Taron, New Ireland, PNG (pop N/A)
110 km (70 miles) ESE of Rabaul, New Britain, PNG (pop 17,000)
855 km (530 miles) NE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea
2535 km (1580 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia

For maps, additional information, and subsequent updates,
please consult:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/Quakes/usufa9.htm .

Flinn-Engdahl Region Number = 190

For the most significant earthquakes, information may also be
available from the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program home page at
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/ and the USGS home page at
http://www.usgs.gov/ .

The earthquake information delivered through Bigquake notifications is
preliminary. Subsequent review usually results in some revision to the
data, and all users are advised to check the USGS earthquake program
pages at http://earthquake.usgs.gov for updates. Data users are
cautioned to consider carefully the provisional nature of the information
before using it for decisions that concern personal or public safety or
the conduct of business that involves substantial monetary or operational
consequences. Earthquakes are a common occurrence, and many are either
not large enough to cause damage or not located sufficiently close to
populations centers to produce damage. This e-mail does not imply an
impending threat.

Bigquake is an informational tool and NOT an earthquake or tsunami
warning system. The USGS does not produce tsunami warnings. For the
information about tsunamis, please refer to the information given in
the NOAA website http://tsunami.gov.

Events of magnitude 6.5 or greater are generally reviewed and posted to
Bigquake within 2 hours of their occurrence and events of magnitude 5.5
to 6.5 are generally posted to Bigquake within 24 hours. Additionally,
processing and sending the messages typically takes 30 minutes. The USGS
cannot guarantee the receipt or timeliness of an e-mail after sending.

You will continue to receive messages like this when earthquakes occur
that have magnitude 5.5 or greater anywhere in the world OR 4.5 or greater
in the contiguous US, Hawaii, and Alaska (excluding the Aleutian Islands).

The subscription form for this service is located at:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/products/neic_data_services.html
If you do not wish to receive these messages, please visit that site,
select "bigquake," enter your Email address, and select "Unsubscribe."

[Ediacara]

8. No they don't

[Dookus]

10. Why do you say that?

I've never heard of an earthquake occurring that was 'censored' from the USGS list.

[NationalEnquirer]

6. You would be surprised at all the

geologic activity that takes place every day.
This is not that uncommon.
It just seems that way to us who otherwise would never know about it without the USGS website.

[Shredr]

7. We haven't had any in SoCal in a while

Does that mean we're building up for something major?

[nashville_brook]

9. 4.1 New madrid in Arkansas...