Natural Science Forum / Earth Science / Earthquakes / December 2004

Which does value magnitudo 8 of MSK-64 correspond in mercalli or richter
scales?Thanx

http://www.spaceref.com/redirect.ref?url=www-radar.jpl.nasa.gov/sect323/InSar4cr
ust/home.html&id=161
The image is an interferometric map of the Hector Mine earthquake area showing
the ground displacement along the radar line of sight. One full color cycle
represents 10 cm of range ...

Earlier today, 12/7/04,  there was a 2.1 magnitude quarry blast near Logan,
California, right in the San Andreas Fault Rift Zone.
Tonight, 12/7/04, about eight hours later, where was a 3.2 magnitude earthquake
in the SAME LOCATION, within a very few SECONDS or TENTHS OF A MINUTE of

If you've become addicted to these things like I have, you will notice that all
the ones near the volcanoes are showing activity of some sort, and that except
for a couple at Mt. Rainier, they seem to be completely ignored by the USGS,
what gives?

"      "It has no acceptable mechanism, its principles are invalid and it
has
     failed hundreds of tests," he said. "But no hint of these problems
     will be found in astrology books which, in effect, are exercises in

An odd scattered pattern of quakes has occurred in NW California, with two
microquakes in usually quake-free areas of the Sacramento Valley coupled with
three or four in the area of known fault lines such as the Bartlett Springs
fault and more or less half way between the Bartlett ...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4654362,00.html
Where is the Bioelectronic Vincent when they needed it.
Marco

Well fed animal colonies develop problems: in feeding my local BTG
flock for the first Charley hurricane, I attracted all local birds:
100 plus. Not good.
So, two days ago on the button as the Jeanne hurricane headed west

Twenty Five dead, 19 missing after large land slide, 500 meters (1,650 feet)
long, 200 meters wide and three meters high, covers village in coal mining
area of China. See:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?C41F221F9

Hi, all.  Things are too busy this time of year for me to keep up with
the discussions here, but I did want to share something cool: The new
"bonus photo" on my Web site, http://www.findingfault.com/ , shows the
tree ring signature of the 1812 San Andreas fault earthquake!  If you

Planets forecast earthquake in Assam: Geologist
PTI
Rediff
December 4, 2004 at 1940 hours IST

Does this mean they've put a siesmograph on the actual dome?
http://www.pnsn.org/WEBICORDER/VOLC/welcome.html
http://www.pnsn.org/WEBICORDER/VOLC/SEP_SHZ_CV.2004113012.html

http://quake.geo.berkeley.edu/mt/nc40169129.mt
Interesting

If this story ( http://masl.gnomehack.com/?Z25123CE9 ) is to be believed MSH
is the source of most of the pollution in Washington State due a daily
discharge of 50 - 250 tons per day of sulphur dioxide.
Without giving a reference/source the article also states volcanoes world

Bear in mind I am up a gum tree with these fancies:
The weather in March 2005 (not allowing for natural disasters world
wide) based on the times of the phases of the moon (24th FEB 04:54. 3rd
MAR 17:36. 10th MAR 09:10. 17th MAR 19:19. 25th MAR 20:58. 2nd APR