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6.0 Quake Cuba Region..Now downgraded to 5.1

#1 Postby alan1961 » Thu Sep 15, 2011 4:12 am

Shallow 6.0 quake in the Cuba Region...Downgraded to 5.1

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Re: 6.0 Quake Cuba Region

#2 Postby GCANE » Thu Sep 15, 2011 4:35 am

Quakes of magnitude 6 or greater hit off Cuba, Japan, New Zealand within hour


http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ ... 005us9.php

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ ... 005urj.php

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ ... 005urf.php


All coming on the heels of a strong geomagnetic storm the last week.

These occurred with dropping solar wind speeds, which is typical.

More quakes may come until SWS drops to about 340 km/sec.
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#3 Postby Nightwatch » Thu Sep 15, 2011 4:52 am

Hopefully no casualties or damage :{
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Re: 6.0 Quake Cuba Region

#4 Postby GCANE » Thu Sep 15, 2011 5:26 am

Getting activity around Los Angeles as well last couple days.

Hopefully these aren't foreshocks.

There is a theory out about mega-quakes occurring every 188 days.

Today is supposed to be the day for L.A.
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Re: 6.0 Quake Cuba Region

#5 Postby Nightwatch » Thu Sep 15, 2011 9:51 am

Cuba quake downgraded to 5.1
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Re: 6.0 Quake Cuba Region

#6 Postby underthwx » Thu Sep 15, 2011 9:55 am

Any Tsunami Warnings???...
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Re: 6.0 Quake Cuba Region

#7 Postby Nightwatch » Thu Sep 15, 2011 9:59 am

GCANE wrote:There is a theory out about mega-quakes occurring every 188 days.

Today is supposed to be the day for L.A.


Well between Chili and NZ were 189 days, so perhaps it's tomorrow :P
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Re: 6.0 Quake Cuba Region

#8 Postby underthwx » Thu Sep 15, 2011 10:07 am

From Reuters........
(Reuters) - A magnitude 6 earthquake hit in the Caribbean Sea off the southern coast of Cuba on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of damage.

A scientist at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii told Reuters the quake was not strong enough to generate a tsunami.

The USGS said the quake was centered 67 miles (108 km) southwest of the Cuban town of Campechuela at a depth of 6.6 miles (10 km). The epicenter is about 70 miles (110 km) from the northern coast of Jamaica. (Reporting by Mohammad Zargham in Washington)
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Re: 6.0 Quake Cuba Region

#9 Postby GCANE » Thu Sep 15, 2011 10:36 am

Nightwatch wrote:
GCANE wrote:There is a theory out about mega-quakes occurring every 188 days.

Today is supposed to be the day for L.A.


Well between Chili and NZ were 189 days, so perhaps it's tomorrow :P



Subtract a day for crossing the date-line :wink:
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#10 Postby Nightwatch » Thu Sep 15, 2011 11:58 am

Ah! Good one! :D Didnt thought of that :D


read something about this stuff and Elenin also.
Seems 25th September is the next day to look to.
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Re: 6.0 Quake Cuba Region..Now downgraded to 5.1

#11 Postby somethingfunny » Thu Sep 15, 2011 3:18 pm

New Zealand wasn't a megaquake, it was a 6.3 in a very unlucky location.
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Re: 6.0 Quake Cuba Region

#12 Postby Houstonia » Thu Sep 15, 2011 3:36 pm

Hopefully this is the only earthquake for L.A.:

Magnitude 3.5 - GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA, CALIFORNIA
2011 September 15 09:56:41 UTC
Thursday, September 15, 2011 at 02:56:41 AM at epicenter



GCANE wrote:Getting activity around Los Angeles as well last couple days.

Hopefully these aren't foreshocks.

There is a theory out about mega-quakes occurring every 188 days.

Today is supposed to be the day for L.A.
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