Natural Science Forum / Earth Science / Earthquakes / November 2004

New pix are out:
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/MSH/Images/MSH04/

HAPPT THANKSGIVING

I have put together a great collection of quake pictures. Because some of
the pictures are a bit graphic, they are posted in an age restricted group
so children don't get traumatized by the aftermath of quakes.
Here's the link:

In this abstract,  noted seismologist Susan Hough rightly reasons that very
large quakes can produce quakes and other effects (spring & well levels, etc.),
at great distances, as shown by the 7.3 Landers quake of 1992.
http://www.iris.edu/services/iris_ssa/ab1_2005.htm

I am looking at sections of the San Andreas fault where much fewer earthquakes
of all sizes take place than other sections:  You know these areas!   The first
area begins some miles south of Parkfield and continues all the way to Cajon
Pass, centered on the Ft. Tejon area near the ...

Does it seem to some of you that the recent small and moderate earthquakes on
the San Andreas from a few miles NW of the Pinnacles to 10 mi SE of Parkfield
may be putting a bit of strain on the area around San Juan Bautista/Hollister
which usually is fairly frequently "on the move", ...

There have been several larger EQ's at MSH 11/29/04. These larger EQ's
appear to be occurring more frequently as the day goes on. Apparently MSH is
continuing to clear it's throat after the mag 3.1 EQ of 11/27/04.
For basis of the above statement re larger EQ's at MSH on 11/29/04 ...

Fox Cable News (FCN), as of 13:30 CST, is reporting a series of large EQ's,
largest being mag 7.2 per FCN. NEIC is showing a mag 7.0 in the Hokaido
Japan Region @ ~ 13:30, see:
http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/neic_rjap.html but not the smaller

EQ's of mag 3.2 & 3.1 occurred 11/26 & 11/27 respectively at MSH. See:
http://spike.geophys.washington.edu/recenteqs/Maps/122-46.html
The 3.2 at a depth of .3 km , with the 3.1 at .2 km. For some reason the
11/26 EQ is not shown on the South ridge helicorder @:

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Can someone give an explanation for the unusual beach ball at:
http://quake.geo.berkeley.edu/mt/nc51153573.mt TIA
Ralph Nesbitt

Hello? Is anyone at home?
How often do you hear a garbled version of a popular saying? A couple of
years ago a Boston Globe reporter wrote this about a woman commenting on
a neighbor's arrest: "'Let he who is without the first stone cast it,'

for those 'following' this post:
birdy correctly predicted the iraq violence peaks the last few weeks
then under adverse circumstance,
developed a new learning curve, effectively acted on it after two

Congratulations George!  
You are hereby declared the winner of the 7.5 or Great Earthquake
Contest sponsored by Ralph Nesbitt.  Ralph and I agreed that the
numbers for the latest Indonesia quake will probably flex a bit and

This area used to be called New Guinea, I believe.  Here is the link:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqinthenews/2004/usrhah/