Wednesday 20 February 2013

Earth changes, 19 February 2013


New eruption at Barren Island volcano, Indian Ocean region


18 Febraury, 2013


Barren Island volcano in Andaman Islands of India activated again. 20,000 ft (6km) high ash plume drifting 120 nautical miles to the south-west was reported last night by VAAC Darwin, February 17, 2013. Aviation color has been changed to Red. Previously, volcanic activity was registered in September 2010 and had continued through January 2011.

Located in Andaman sea, 354-m high Barren Island is 135 km NE of Port Blair (The Andaman Islands). The barren island volcano, a strato-volcano, rises from depth of 2250m. The small, uninhabited 3-km-wide island contains a roughly 2-km-wide caldera with walls 250-350 m high.

The caldera, which is open to the sea on the west, was created during a major explosive eruption in the late Pleistocene that produced pyroclastic-flow and -surge deposits. The morphology of a fresh pyroclastic cone that was constructed in the center of the caldera has varied during the course of historical eruptions. Lava flows fill much of the caldera floor and have reached the sea along the western coast during historical eruptions.


Magnitude 6.1 quake strikes off New Zealand’s Kermadec Islands


18 February, 2013

WELLINGTON—A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck off New Zealand’s Kermadec Islands early Tuesday, the US Geological Survey reported.
The quake hit at 12:19 am (1219 GMT Monday) at a depth of 34 km (21 miles), about 161 km south of Raoul Island in the Kermadecs.

The largely uninhabited islands are northeast of New Zealand’s North Island.
A magnitude 6.0 quake struck off North Island Saturday.

A shallow 6.3-magnitude quake devastated the New Zealand city of Christchurch in the South Island in February last year, leaving 185 people dead.

The country sits on the so-called “Ring of Fire”, the boundary of the Australian and Pacific tectonic plates, and experiences up to 15,000 tremors a year.


Tremor strikes Elsinore fault



A magnitude 3.4 earthquake broke 17 miles east-southeast of Julian at 9:04 a.m. Sunday, producing brief, light shaking felt across much of San Diego County, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The quake happened 3.1 miles deep, at a point just east of the Elsinore fault, one of the most active and potentially dangerous systems in the state.

The southern leg of the fault produced a quake measuring at least 7.0 in 1892. Sunday’s event was felt in Alpine, Campo, La Mesa, Julian, Poway, Ramona, San Marcos, Borrego Springs, Pine Valley, San Diego and Solana Beach.

A Sheriff’s Department representative said there were no reports of damage or injuries. It’s possible that Sunday’s quake was an aftershock to the 7.2 Easter Sunday quake of April 2010. –UTSD





SRC
Location
UTC Date/time
M
D
INFORMATION
ER
I Felt A (not Listed) Strong Earthquake
Feb 18 23:59 PM
4.6
0
EMSC
Southern Xinjiang, China
Feb 18 21:24 PM
4.7
10
GEOFON
Kyrgyzstan-xinjiang Border Reg.
Feb 18 21:24 PM
4.7
10
USGS
Southern Xinjiang, China
Feb 18 21:24 PM
4.6
17
USGS
Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
Feb 18 16:32 PM
5.6
83
GEOFON
Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
Feb 18 16:32 PM
5.5
34
EMSC
Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
Feb 18 16:32 PM
5.6
10
EMSC
Southern Peru
Feb 18 16:19 PM
4.7
105
GEOFON
Southern Peru
Feb 18 16:19 PM
4.7
105
USGS
Southwestern Ryukyu Islands, Japan
Feb 18 16:01 PM
4.8
6
EMSC
Southwestern Ryukyu Isl., Japan
Feb 18 16:01 PM
4.7
10
GEOFON
Southwestern Ryukyu Islands, Japan
Feb 18 16:01 PM
4.6
10
USGS
Sumba Region, Indonesia
Feb 18 14:25 PM
4.6
46
USGS
Portuguesa, Venezuela
Feb 18 13:13 PM
4.6
10
USGS
Southern Xinjiang, China
Feb 18 13:00 PM
4.9
36
GEOFON
Kyrgyzstan-xinjiang Border Reg.
Feb 18 13:00 PM
4.8
7
EMSC
Southern Xinjiang, China
Feb 18 13:00 PM
4.8
2
EMSC
East Of The Izu Islands (deleted)
Feb 18 12:26 PM
6.0
33
GEONET
Gisborne
Feb 18 12:23 PM
4.9
9
GEOFON
Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
Feb 18 12:19 PM
5.8
42
EMSC
Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
Feb 18 12:19 PM
5.9
10
USGS
Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
Feb 18 12:19 PM
6.1
34
EMSC
Northern Sumatra, Indonesia
Feb 18 12:01 PM
4.8
127
USGS
Northern Sumatra, Indonesia
Feb 18 12:01 PM
4.7
127
EMSC
Eastern Honshu, Japan
Feb 18 11:11 AM
4.7
40
USGS
Eastern Honshu, Japan
Feb 18 11:10 AM
4.6
44
GEOFON
Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan
Feb 18 11:10 AM
4.7
40
USGS
Near The East Coast Of Honshu, Japan
Feb 18 11:06 AM
4.7
61
EMSC
Izu Islands, Japan Region
Feb 18 10:59 AM
4.7
2
USGS
Izu Islands, Japan Region
Feb 18 10:59 AM
4.6
10
GEOFON
Southeast Of Honshu, Japan
Feb 18 10:59 AM
4.7
10
EMSC
Santa Cruz Islands
Feb 18 10:50 AM
5.2
10
GEOFON
Santa Cruz Islands
Feb 18 10:50 AM
5.1
10
USGS
Santa Cruz Islands
Feb 18 10:50 AM
5.3
11
EMSC
Libertador O'higgins, Chile
Feb 18 10:31 AM
4.7
10
USGS
Region Metropolitana, Chile
Feb 18 10:31 AM
4.7
13
  • Santiago - I've never experienced an earthquake before but it woke me up, the bed lightly shaking and heard the walls creak. Very bizarre.
EMSC
Santa Cruz Islands
Feb 18 10:24 AM
4.7
35
USGS
Santa Cruz Islands
Feb 18 10:24 AM
4.7
35
GEOFON
Near Coast Of Central Chile
Feb 18 10:00 AM
5.4
24
USGS
Offshore Libertador O'higgins, Chile
Feb 18 10:00 AM
5.2
21
EMSC
Offshore O'higgins, Chile
Feb 18 10:00 AM
5.4
25
GEOFON
East Of Kuril Islands
Feb 18 08:59 AM
4.8
10
EMSC
East Of Kuril Islands
Feb 18 08:59 AM
4.7
3
USGS
East Of The Kuril Islands
Feb 18 08:59 AM
4.7
9
USGS
Northern Peru
Feb 18 04:51 AM
4.8
103
EMSC
Peru-ecuador Border Region
Feb 18 04:51 AM
4.7
110
GEOFON
Peru-ecuador Border Region
Feb 18 04:51 AM
4.8
10
EMSC
Central Mid-atlantic Ridge
Feb 18 03:40 AM
5.6
10
GEOFON
Central Mid Atlantic Ridge
Feb 18 03:40 AM
5.6
10
USGS
Central Mid-atlantic Ridge
Feb 18 03:40 AM
5.6
9
GEOFON
Central Mid Atlantic Ridge
Feb 18 01:09 AM
4.6
10
EMSC
Central Mid-atlantic Ridge
Feb 18 01:09 AM
4.6
10
USGS
Central Mid-atlantic Ridge
Feb 18 01:09 AM
4.6
10
GEOFON
Central Mid Atlantic Ridge
Feb 18 00:30 AM
4.7
10
EMSC
Central Mid-atlantic Ridge
Feb 18 00:30 AM
4.6
10

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