Natural Science Forum / Earth Science / Earthquakes / January 2007

Has anyone run the FEMA HAZUS Model for Earthquake damage and casualty
estimates?  If so do you fill it is a valuable tool and what geologic data
is essential for it to give a reasonable prediction?

I challenge anyone on the planet to see if you can beat me at timing
quakes. E-Mail me if you think you can come close. Let's have some fun
with this.
Here's an example of my latest seismic achievements for the US West

... but of course that fraudulent alleged science of geology is unable
to understand why and how ... as well to understand the mechanism of
mountain building & consecutive in phase subduction demonstrated by all
those immense sea trenches bordering main ranges (Andes & Rockies by

I want to send audio signals through the ground and wonder how far I
can expect the sound to travel , Assume for exmple that I have a 10
watt source coupled to the ground via a loud speaker that is in contact
with the soil ( not asure how do this ! ). The big ? is how does the

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2007xvam.php#details
With the help of Skywise's page and the link to Seismic FAQ, I'm going
to "read" the beachball (everybody get ready for a laugh) and say there
was oblique reverse movement, and there could have been a ...

Many of you who have been here awhile and thus on the Internet probably have
come across some interesting earthquake sites - not the Top 20 that we all
generally know about, but lesser known but good sites. If so, would you be
willing to share some of them here for us?

Anybody else get a blank USGS earthquake notice?
http://www.spinics.net/lists/quake/msg06108.html

What happened to the question about whether these two earthquakes in the
Kurils were both primary ruptures? Isn't this a matter of interest?
KBC

Forwarding information:
Our first Dare to Prepare Lecture:
USGS Public Lecture Series presents "Learning from
the Past, Preparing for the Future: Earthquakes in

Today, Jan 16, is the anniversary of the 1995 Kobe quake.
Tomorrow, Jan 17, is the anniversary of the 1996 Northridge quake.
Brian

Seismic Forecast Charts for US Central West Coast Region (Oregon
Center):
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http://www.angelfire.com/planet/threee/earthquakes/oregon.bmp

Nothing much happening seismically for the bulk of the West Coast of
America.
OREGON - Hourly Seismic Activity Chart
http://www.angelfire.com/planet/threee/earthquakes/oregon.bmp

Someone on the Earthwaves forum had posted about their local
newspaper having run an article about the San Andreas, which
subsequently got a letter to the editor calling it sensationalism.
Well, I had to reply, and although I'm not in their circulation

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2007xmae.php
http://www.prh.noaa.gov/pr/ptwc/wmsg
http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/message.txt
Brian