Natural Science Forum / Earth Science / Earthquakes / June 2005

Might be of interest.
http://www.defra.gov.uk/environ/fcd/studies/tsunami/default.htm
Found it via today's BBC News online which summarises it.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4627473.stm

Hi Brian.  I just bought a canon digital rebel 300d, and gave it a whirl
tonight by photographing the moon through my 8" reflector.  I think it came
out pretty good.  This certainly takes much better pictures than my cheap
ccd does.  I've been having some problems with my ...

I'm hoping one of our resident professional seismologists (Susan, Gerard,
John V. or ?) might be able to provide a brief explanation of the article
"Evidence for a Global Seismic-Moment Release Sequence" in the June 2005
issue of the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of ...

This is a kind forward of my reply on aus.ng to Wally Anglesea, the ASIO
mole, and I have thought some of you could be interested by the
circumstances surroundering Australia Prime Minister Harold Holt murder.
http://www.haroldholt.net/

A massive crack in the earth opened up last week in Claude,
Texas..................
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/usworld/news-article.aspx?storyid=39373
Skeats

Someone sent me this very interesting message:
Mark your calendar!!!
MARS SPECTACULAR!
The Red Planet is about to be spectacular! This month and next, Earth is

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/Quakes/nc51161673.htm
39.31N 120.07W
Depth - 7.1
Magnitude - 4.8

Tonight.  Repeat of the Tsunami documentary.

Those 3 earthquakes in the last few days in Afghanistan northerly seem to
echo the pattern of those 3 Near Honshu, Japan and northerly on today's map.
http://www.demis.nl/quakes/

New Data Confirms Strong Earthquake Risk to Central U.S.
A colossal earthquake that caused damage from South Carolina to Washington
D.C. and temporarily reversed the course of the Mississippi River nearly two
centuries ago could be repeated within the next 50 years, scientists ...

http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Quakes/quakes0.htm
Is Lake Tahoe a dormant super-volcano?

A Mag 3.7 EQ has occurred in the Portland, Oregon Urban area; See:
http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/research/deformation/gps/auto/NA.html
Perhaps this is an after shock of the recent activity along the Triple
Junction.

I noticed that there have been two small 2.5ish earthquakes yesterday and
today 23rd June on the summit.
http://www.demis.nl/quakes/
Are these regular occurrances or imminent explosion?

Well, did I?

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/06/17/TSUNAMI.TMP
San Francisco officials sought to shore up the city's alert system Thursday
after a near total breakdown led to an hour delay in responding to
Tuesday's state tsunami alert.