STORM2K

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/ ... 77/1/.html

NOTICE: THIS EARTHQUAKE HAS NOT BEEN REPORTED OR POSTED BY THE
[USGS] or [EMSC] - January 9, 2007

HOWEVER, THE 8.0 EARTHQUAKE IS
REPORTED IN SOUTHEAST UZBEKISTAN
FROM [Moscow, Russia] - January 9, 2007
ChannelNewsAsia.com

STRONG QUAKE HITS UZBEKISTAN
January 9, 2007 0905 hrs. (SST)

MOSCOW - A powerful earthquake rocked
mountainous southeast Uzbekistan over
night, the RIA Novosti news reported on
Tuesday, January 9, 2007, quoting emergency
ministry officials.

Tremors of up to 8.0 on the Richter scale
were registered some 200 kilometres
(120 Miles) southeast of Tashkent, officials
said. [Channel News Asia]

thats weird.

I haven't heard anything about it in the news.

It was picked up by USGS... just not at that magnitude...

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/rec ... 07xhai.php

Not totally out of the question...
On this day-
In 1911 - an 8.2 quake struck Kyrgyzstan, Chong-Kemin (Russia, Turkestan, Bol'shoy Kemin). Over 450 killed.

Here's a list of significant earthquake anniveraries in 2007.

105th anniversary:

4/19/1902 Guatemala 7.5 2,000 dead
12/16/1902 eastern Uzbekistan (Turkestan) 6.4 4,500 dead

100th anniversary:

1/14/1907 Kingston, Jamaica 6.5 1,600 dead
10/21/1907 Tajikistan 8.0 12,000 dead

95th anniversary:

8/9/1912 Marmara Sea 7.8 1,950 dead

90th anniversary:

1/21/1917 Bali, Indonesia 15,000 dead
7/30/1917 China 6.5 1,800 dead

85th anniversary:

11/11/1922 Chile-Argentina border 8.0 at least 100 dead

80th anniversary:

3/7/1927 Tango, Japan 7.6 3,020 dead
5/22/1927 Tsinghai, China 7.9 200,000 dead

75th anniversary:

12/25/1932 Gansu, China 7.6 70,000 dead

65th anniversary:

11/26/1942 Turkey 7.6 4,000 dead
12/20/1942 Erbaa, Turkey 7.3 3,000 dead

55th anniversary:

7/21/1952 Kern County, California 7.3 12 dead
11/4/1952 Kamchatka, Russia 9.0 loss of life reported in Russia; destructive tsunami traveled throughout the Pacific

50th anniversary:

6/27/1957 USSR 1,200 dead
7/2/1957 Iran 7.4 1,200 dead
12/4/1957 Gobi-Altai, Mongolia 8.1 30 dead
12/13/1957 Iran 7.3 1,130 dead

45th anniversary:

9/1/1962 Qazvin, Iran 7.3 12,230 dead

40th anniversary:

7/29/1967 near the coast of Venezuela 6.5 245 dead

35th anniversary:

4/10/1972 southern Iran 7.1 5,054 dead
12/23/1972 Nicaragua 6.2 5,000 dead

30th anniversary:

3/4/1977 Romania 7.2 1,500 dead

25th anniversary:

12/13/1982 Yemen 6.0 2,800 dead

20th anniversary:

3/6/1987 Colombia-Ecuador 7.0 1,000 dead

15th anniversary:

9/2/1992 Nicaragua 7.6 116 dead
12/12/1992 Flores Region, Indonesia 7.5 2,500 dead

10th anniversary:

5/10/1997 Northern Iran 7.3 1,572 dead

5th anniversary:

3/3/2002 Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan 7.4 166 dead
3/25/2002 Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan 6.1 1,000 dead
6/22/2002 Western Iran 6.5 261 dead