Natural Science Forum / Earth Science / Earthquakes / June 2005

If these folks are to be believed the Indian Ocean Tsunami has spread
several alien species of fauna into areas where they were not previously
found. See:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?C51C2384B

Some news.. "What is Meteoquake" page is ready and we will introduce at
the end of August 2005 and our new name will be METEOQUAKE RESEARCH
CENTRE which will study the lower clouds distribution, their chemical
form ,the investigation about cloud-fault relation etc. I will

According to http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Quakes/nc51161168.html the
mag 3.9 EQ at the Geysers occurring   Tuesday, June 14, 2005 at 7:57:00 PM
(PDT) was triggered by the Mendicino EQ.  "This quake was triggered due to
the passage of the seismic waves of the Mw7.1 Mendocino ...

Here's a link to 8 good photos of the damage in Chile.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/4095148.stm
Petra

There's just been a 6.4 aftershock to yesterdays 7.2
quake off Mendicino.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/Maps/US10/37.47.-130.-120_frames.html
Brian

I wanted to buy a new set of drinking glasses but I can wait, for now.
He's mean.
†††
Mr. Pope John Hole III

Found on fr.sci.geosciences.  He is posting from wannadoo.fr, the AOL of
France.  I invited him to come over here.  I have no idea what Nyx Eterna
means.
Felix Tilley

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1118833247548_117/?hub=Canada
CTV.ca News Staff
While the tsunami wave from a California earthquake was only two
centimetres high, B.C.'s solicitor general praised his province's quick

Why is there such disparity in reported magnitude from various sources
-- or even from different Web pages of the same source?
I've been looking all over the Web & have found several different
magnitudes:

Don't you think they kind of blew things out of proportion issuing a
tsunami warning, etc.?? Kind of like crying wolf??  We pay our
government for this b.s.??
Evan

Note:  This quake is a potential qualifier for the earthquake contest.
Unfortunately, the closest prediction made was by Petra, and she was off by
at least 651 miles.  Sorry, Petra.  You still have two dates left for
Antofagasta.  In addition, there are expired dates on the list, ...

This quake scared me. It wasn't a bad quake this far away, being
in Orange county. But I felt no S-waves. I was laying on the
couch (not feeling well today) and felt this growing vibration.
At first I thought it was the recycling center nearby. They

I just found out about this quake.
I am shocked that as of over two hours after the event, some
of the local stations here in LA have said NOTHING about this
quake off N. Cal. There was a tsunami warning issued. After

I think I successfuly killfiled the surrender monkey.  You should do
likewise.
--
Felix Tilley

I think we ought to give it to Petra.  I never took my dates off mine,
but i was anyway looking further north, maybe Ecuador; however at a
longitude between 6.9 and 7.1 West. I again can't find the list as I am
working from a very old desktop.  I'm feeling happy though because my