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Animals, Intuition, & Earthquakes

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Zoo Animals Sensed DC Quake Minutes Before It Hit

Jeanna Bryner, LiveScience Managing Editor
Date: 24 August 2011 Time: 01:49 PM ET
african lions sit at the Smithsonian National Zoo
The Smithsonian Zoo’s lions did react to the earthquake, but went back to their routines within minutes of the shaking, while other animals were more irritated by the quake, sending out alarm calls and hiding.
CREDIT: Smithsonian’s National Zoo

People along the East Coast weren’t the only ones to feel the 5.8-magnitude earthquake Tuesday, as zoo animals in Washington, D.C., let it be known they felt the vibrations, zoo officials said.

Some of the animals at the Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park even shouted alarm calls or ran up trees seconds before the rest of us felt the shaking.

About 5 to 10 seconds before Tuesday’s quake, an orangutan named Kyle and a Western lowland gorilla named Kojo, abandoned their food and climbed to the top of the treelike structure in the Ape House exhibit.

to read more, go to:   http://www.livescience.com/15738-zoo-animals-sense-earthquake.html

No Connection with the Quakes

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Flurry of Earthquakes in Peru, Virginia & Colorado Not Connected

Natalie Wolchover, Life’s Little Mysteries Staff Writer
Date: 24 August 2011 Time: 05:01 PM ET
Earthquakes in the world in the past 7 days. Credit: USGS
Earthquakes in the world in the past 7 days.
CREDIT: USGS

The magnitude 7.0 earthquake in northern Peru today (Aug. 24) was the third major temblor to shake the Americas in less than 48 hours. A magnitude 5.8 quake hit Virginia yesterday, and a magnitude 5.3 event rumbled under Colorado the day before.

One might naturally wonder if there’s a trend here — if the Peru, Colorado andVirginia earthquakes are connected. But experts say there isn’t, and they aren’t.

“The question comes up all the time,” said David Schwartz, an earthquake geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), “but these three earthquakes are completely unrelated.”

to read more, go to:   http://www.livescience.com/15741-flurry-earthquakes-peru-virginia-colorado-connected.html

Northern California Quakes

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California Earthquakes: Twin Shocks Jolt Nothern California

08/24/11 09:04 AM ET   AP

MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. — While the East Coast recovers from earthquake jitters, small quakes have been rocking California.

The U.S. Geological Survey says in a computer-generated report that the latest was a magnitude-4.4 quake that struck at 4:59 a.m. Wednesday about nine miles southeast of Mammoth Lakes.

A Mono County sheriff’s dispatcher who didn’t give her name says there were a couple of “just wondering” calls but no reports of damage.

There was a magnitude-3.6 quake centered six miles southeast of Oakland at 11:36 p.m. Tuesday.

That shaker was felt by people throughout the San Francisco Bay area, but there are no reports of damage.

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Visuals: Recent Earthquake & Volcanic Activity

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8/24/2011 — Global Earthquake and Volcano overview and a CRATON representation for comparison

Posted on August 24, 2011 by dutchsinse
Compare the map of the craton to the current chart of earthquakes shown laid out on the 3D map of EQ3D….. (more here: about the craton)       Here is a shot of the activity over the past two weeks around the pacific ring of fire : to read more and see an image of this very interesting activity in the Ring of Fire, go to:     http://www.dutchsinse.com/blog/

Earthquake Report 8/24/11

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Update time = Wed Aug 24 15:00:01 UTC 2011

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MAG UTC DATE-TIME
y/m/d h:m:s		 LAT
deg		 LON
deg		 DEPTH
km		  Region
MAP  5.0   2011/08/23 19:53:30  -21.740  -176.850 198.6  FIJI REGION
MAP  5.2   2011/08/23 19:29:53   -5.880   147.476 30.8  EASTERN NEW GUINEA REG, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
MAP  4.8   2011/08/23 19:01:51   1.234   120.497 44.9  MINAHASA, SULAWESI, INDONESIA
MAP  2.8 2011/08/23 18:46:50   37.931   -77.935 0.1  VIRGINIA
MAP  5.8   2011/08/23 17:51:05   37.936   -77.933 6.0  VIRGINIA
MAP  4.7   2011/08/23 16:52:05   6.704   -73.039 161.0  NORTHERN COLOMBIA
MAP  3.7 2011/08/23 15:34:25   59.074  -151.094 37.1  KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA
MAP  4.8   2011/08/23 14:28:56   36.475   71.236 75.0  HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN
MAP  3.9 2011/08/23 14:11:13   37.032  -104.690 5.0  COLORADO
MAP  2.6 2011/08/23 12:03:56   37.055  -104.761 5.0  COLORADO
MAP  3.2 2011/08/23 11:34:56   67.968  -146.118 14.6  NORTHERN ALASKA
MAP  3.2 2011/08/23 09:37:58   37.099  -104.711 5.0  COLORADO
MAP  2.5 2011/08/23 09:32:22   37.248  -104.705 5.0  COLORADO
MAP  2.5 2011/08/23 09:07:35   32.229  -115.353 12.1  BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
MAP  3.8 2011/08/23 07:17:59   37.099  -104.610 4.8  COLORADO
MAP  3.0 2011/08/23 07:16:13   39.273  -118.108 10.3  NEVADA
MAP  3.2 2011/08/23 07:01:35   37.109  -104.550 5.0  COLORADO
MAP  3.5 2011/08/23 06:56:59   37.110  -104.722 5.0  COLORADO
MAP  4.8   2011/08/23 06:04:56   42.100   142.480 45.6  HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
MAP  5.3   2011/08/23 05:46:19   37.070  -104.700 4.0  COLORADO
MAP  4.9   2011/08/23 04:56:53   12.010   44.041 10.1  NEAR THE COAST OF YEMEN
MAP  3.6 2011/08/23 04:49:18   19.128   -64.403 68.7  VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP  4.4 2011/08/23 03:55:57   14.321   -90.055 21.6  GUATEMALA
MAP  4.9   2011/08/23 03:20:02  -56.172   -27.076 110.1  SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION
MAP  2.9 2011/08/23 03:11:00   59.340  -152.672 75.5  SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP  3.0 2011/08/23 02:48:52   37.056  -104.726 5.0  COLORADO
MAP  5.1   2011/08/23 01:23:00   33.155   76.839 41.6  KASHMIR-INDIA BORDER REGION
MAP  2.5 2011/08/23 00:45:48   32.541  -115.720 1.9  BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
MAP  4.6   2011/08/23 00:41:15  -22.071  -179.193 519.8  SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS

More on Colorado/New Mexico Earthquake

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Unusually strong earthquake in Colorado / New Mexico, United States – Roads have been damaged

Last update: August 23, 2011 at 2:11 pm by By Armand Vervaeck and James Daniell

Earthquake overview : After having experienced a foreshock with a magnitude of 4.6 at 5:30 PM on August 22, a second strong mainshock measuring 5.3 magnitude (5.5 initially reported)  scared the Trinidad, Raton area.

Landscape near Trinidad, Colorado – Panoramio image courtesy Slakingfool – http://www.panoramio.com/photo/31935674

UPDATE : A few homes have been damaged during this earthquake. No collapsed homes, but cracks in walls, broken windows, collapsed chimneys, etc.  Earthquake-Report.com labels this as ‘minor damage’

UPDATE : Report from a girl on facebook : My father lives West of Trinidad (epicenter area ER) (Valdez-Segundo area) His chimney collapsed, walls were cracked, dishes broken. Some objects fell off the wall, but luckily everybody is safe.

UPDATE : Colorado State Patrol is reporting there is damage to I25 near mile markers 5 and 8. That is south of Trinidad, near the New Mexico border. Las Animas County reports damage to highway 12.  They also say there is structural damage to some buildings in the area.

to read more, go to:    http://earthquake-report.com/2011/08/23/unusually-strong-earthquake-in-colorado-new-mexico-united-states/

Vancouver Earthquake

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Greater Vancouver area gets a wake-up call for earthquake preparedness

Last update: August 13, 2011 at 1:43 pm by By Armand Vervaeck and James Daniell

Earthquake overview : In the late evening of August 11, a weak earthquake with a magnitude of 3.3 was sending a emotional vibration through parts of British Colombia. The earthquake was too weak to create any damage or injuries, but the sensation of feeling an earthquake, tells the people to be ready if a major one would arrive. (Data and Felt Reports at the lower half of this page)

Where the earthquake comes from
Although the distance from thesubduction fault in front of the coastto the epicenter is at least 450 km and although 90% of the earthquakes are occurring below the sea bottom in the immediate subduction fault area, the map below shows also some major earthquakes at several hundred km to the east of the fault line. The map at right shows the risk levels for the greater Vancouver area. Today’s earthquake occurred in the yellow lower risk zone ! The more you go to the west the higher the risk for a future serious earthquake at a major magnitude.

to read more, go to:http://earthquake-report.com/2011/08/13/greater-vancouver-area-gets-a-wake-up-call-for-earthquake-preparedness/

Earth Update fr/Aquarian Solutions

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Site Last Updated August 11, 2011: We have passed the mega energized Mid-Point of the Mayan 5th Day
and today with Galactic Tone 13 it is a time of ascension as the earth is awakening big time .
The deeply primal energies of the Mars-Pluto opposition are separating and have triggered major earth changes .
Volcanic activity is starting Southern Hemisphere with Java and Coral Sea plumes to Ascension Island
to the Canary Island magma plume in the Northern Hemisphere along with Mt. Etna and now Undersea off Oregon along with the Cleveland volcano in Alaska

Magma plume report: A barometer of the planet indicates earthchanges are accelerating

Deep recycling in the Earth faster than thought
The most frequent question I’m asked is how much time do we have left before something major occurs? Not long, as you’ll shortly see. I included this map in my book so everyone could know that magma plumes are the planet’s geologic thermal dissipative features and as such, they are an early-warning sign that entropic processes are accelerating and magma levels are rising uniformly across the planet. Let’s start with Indonesia’s 18 volcanoes that are now on alert and showing above-normal activity- Because of the Java and Coral Sea plumes, we can expect growing unrest from the Merapi Sundoro Dieng volcanic complex, the Taboro, the Gunung Ranakah and Sirung volcanic complex which comprises about 28 volcanic cones.

to read more, go to:    http://www.aquasoul.com/index2.html

Pakistan Earthquake 8/10

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Damaging earthquake in Pakistan – several houses destroyed

Last update: August 10, 2011 at 10:01 am by By Armand Vervaeck and James Daniell

 

Earthquake overview : A M5.7 earthquake has hit Pakistan at 5:57 local time.Around 36000 people live within a 50km radius of the epicenter, with many small villages with vulnerable structures.

Epicenter landscape Pakistan August 10 2011 earthquake – panoramio image courtesy Shaihak – http://www.panoramio.com/photo/26189114

UPDATE 09:55 UTC : The earthquake hit different areas of Balochistan and Sindh, creating panic among the people. Most of thepeople were asleep at the time the earthquake struck. They rushed in panic out of their houses. People seemed so terrified of the tremors that they were reluctant to return inside.

to read more, go to:  http://earthquake-report.com/2011/08/10/potentially-damaging-earthquake-in-pakistan/

Caribbean Earthquake

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Quake Flash report : Harmless moderate earthquake near St. Lucia, Martinique and Barbados

Last update: August 7, 2011 at 12:45 pm by By Armand Vervaeck and James Daniel

 

Castries, St Lucia one of the cities where the earthquake was felt – Panoramio picture courtesy MHCharlton – http://www.panoramio.com/photo/6966379

Just after midnight local time a moderate earthquake struck below the sea-floor of the triangle St. Lucia, Martinique and Barbados.
Based on the first I Have Felt It reports from the area, this earthquake has been felt as a “light shaking” (MMI IV) in Saint Lucia and as a weak shaking (MMI III)  in Martinique, Barbados and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
The distance from the epicenter (in between Saint Lucia and Barbados) to the nearest populated island is too big to generate any damage or injuries.

to read more, go to:     http://earthquake-report.com/2011/08/07/quake-flash-report-harmless-moderate-earthquake-near-st-lucia-martinique-and-barbados/