OLGA's Aftermath

[RL3AO]

Few stick out in my mind though. Sepat in Taiwan, Daman in Fiji and Flossie in Hawaii to name just three...

It seems strange, but I would have to see how common those small to moderate quakes are. Obviously Hawaii is very active seismically. I think Taiwan is on or near the ring of fire. Not sure about Fiji. It could just be that no one notices those 4.0-5.0 quakes, except when everyone is focusing on an area after a disaster. I'd be very surprised if there is not a 4.0 quake multiple times per week near Hawaii. Maybe I'm wrong, but I'm sticking with coincidence.

[HURAKAN]

It will be interesting if you can find a tropical system affecting an area where earthquakes never happen and you get an earthquake.

So far the comparisons are like if you have a landslide in California because of heavy rains and you also get an earthquake.

[HURAKAN]

Fiji earthquake: There's a fault

[HurricaneBill]

Former AMS President C.F. Brooks did research on occurences of earthquakes during tropical cyclones.

[btangy]

there has to be a link between TC's and EQ's. Very interesting.

We often see patterns where there aren't any. If wind stresses and wave action truly did cause earthquakes, you would think you would see earthquakes coinciding with mid-latitude storms as well which are far more frequent often more powerful in terms of total energy. Also, the effect on the ocean by even a powerful hurricane is only in the first few hundred meters. I'm not an earthquake expert but there's no regular pattern in earthquakes that's statistically robust from what I've heard. If hurricanes truly coincided with earthquakes, even some of them, there would be a strong seasonality to earthquakes as well that would emerge after many years of data.

[jinftl]

What did he find in his research?

Former AMS President C.F. Brooks did research on occurences of earthquakes during tropical cyclones.

[Derek Ortt]

http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/ ... n-Republic

death toll has risen to 38 now

[quaqualita]

A very good summery about Olga's aftermath, the (fake?) death toll number released by the Dominican government, and more info about the (unnecessary?) water release of the dam you can also ready here:
http://www.ginniebedggood.com/ginnie-bedggood-news.php