Natural Science Forum / Earth Science / Earthquakes / April 2007

Five earthquakes in the last seven days reflecting mantle growth
balancing 137 around the Pacific causing its destruction.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/index.php
Weird, ..huh?

Pretty big one and its been quite up there for some time now, since
December 2005 actually. Luckily no deaths but some injuries.
http://asc-india.org/lib/20070403-hindukush.htm
7point1

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/217167/117549938225.htm
A quake measuring 8.0 hit the Solomon Islands at 07:40 local time on Monday
(20:40 GMT Sunday) causing a tsunami to sweep through villages and towns
destroying homes, schools and churches. Families from Nukiki, ...

"Scientists studying extraordinary earthquakes in the central
U.S. in 1811-12 along the New Madrid seismic zone have revealed a
possible new driving mechanism for intraplate seismicity."
http://bitsy.spinics.net/90

Watched "10.5" on the Sci Fi Station last night.Fun.
Other than the usual California falling into the Pacific and nuclear welding
of a fault at just the right spot, the rest of the movie should be used as a
training guide for FEMA and other Gumment offices. The director of FEMA

Somalia quake & tsunami on 25 March 2007? Not seen this on any of the
usual sites. DHMR didn't report this either. They usually report
everything in the Afar-Djibouti region. The previous report appears to
be repeating these guys. The affected town is on the coast of the Gulf

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=af35qK20MwnY&refer=asia
By Emma O'Brien and Ed Johnson
April 2 (Bloomberg) -- An earthquake of magnitude 8 struck near the Solomon
Islands, triggering a tsunami wave that killed at least four people as it

2007 April 1 20:39:56 UTC