Bobonit News Blog - Bob's news blog: The earth is shaking...Two Major pacific rim jolts

Bobonit News Blog - Bob's news blog: The earth is shaking...Two Major pacific rim jolts

: "Thursday, March 08, 2007

Thursday, March 08, 2007

The earth is shaking...Two Major pacific rim jolts

The earth is shaking...Two Major pacific rim jolts and a smaller 4.7 5 second jolt near Bridgeport in the Central Sierra's it was felt across the Central Valley into Modesto, Stockton, Tracy and even Fresno!

Looking at world earthquakes in the last day or so hundreds of moderate earthquakes around the pacific rim including Alaska, Indonesia, Japan, Russia and in California a whole bunch of Micro Quakes in the San Francisco Bay area and Mammoth Lakes / Long Valley area.

Central California/Sierra Earthquake
A light earthquake occurred at 7:17:32 PM (PST) on Thursday, March 8, 2007.
The magnitude 4.7 event occurred 22 km (14 miles) NNW of Bridgeport, CA.
The hypocentral depth is 10 km ( 6 miles).

Magnitude	4.7 - regional moment magnitude (Mw)
Time	Thursday, March 8, 2007 at 7:17:32 PM (PST) Friday, March 9, 2007 at 3:17:32 (UTC)
Distance from	Bridgeport, CA - 22 km (14 miles) NNW (328 degrees) Wichman, NV - 37 km (23 miles) WSW (246 degrees) Bodie, CA - 39 km (24 miles) NW (308 degrees) Hawthorne, NV - 66 km (41 miles) W (261 degrees) Sacramento, CA - 184 km (114 miles) E (94 degrees)

Map of 4.7 Richter earthquake near Bridgeport California















Map of 4.7 Richter earthquake near Bridgeport California north of Mammoth Lakes and the long Valley.

Two Major Pacific rim jolts one Offshore Japan - and apparently early reports of a large quake near Valdivostock which could affect as many 450,000 people in Russia

6.1 in Russia near Valdivostock - USGS LINK

Earthquake map Valdivostcok

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Maps/10/135_45.gif

Earthquake Details

Magnitude	6.2
Date-Time	Friday, March 9, 2007 at 03:22:42 (UTC) = Coordinated Universal Time Friday, March 9, 2007 at 1:22:42 PM = local time at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	43.218°N, 133.546°E
Depth	436.2 km (271.1 miles)
Region	PRIMORYE, RUSSIA
Distances	65 km (40 miles) NE of Nakhodka, Russia 130 km (80 miles) E of Vladivostok, Russia 990 km (620 miles) NNW of TOKYO, Japan 6525 km (4050 miles) ENE of MOSCOW, Russia
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 5.1 km (3.2 miles); depth +/- 7 km (4.3 miles)
Parameters	Nst=197, Nph=197, Dmin=354 km, Rmss=0.78 sec, Gp= 32°, M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=8
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	us2007zsai

• This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

No further reports yet potentially could affect 450,000 people.

Earthquake off the coast of Japan- USGS Link

Magnitude 6.1 - IZU ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION

Magnitude 6.1 - IZU ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION

Earthquake Details

Magnitude	6.1
Date-Time	Thursday, March 8, 2007 at 05:03:32 (UTC) = Coordinated Universal Time Thursday, March 8, 2007 at 2:03:32 PM = local time at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	29.918°N, 140.281°E
Depth	138.6 km (86.1 miles)
Region	IZU ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
Distances	355 km (220 miles) S of Hachijo-jima, Izu Islands, Japan 370 km (230 miles) NNW of Chichi-shima, Bonin Islands, Japan 580 km (360 miles) N of Iwo-jima, Volcano Islands, Japan 640 km (395 miles) S of TOKYO, Japan
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 6.1 km (3.8 miles); depth +/- 14.7 km (9.1 miles)

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The Editor is predicting a large quake along the Pacific Rim possibly in the United States in the next week or so....Checking lost dog reports in your area?

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Posted by Bob Blogger at 9:34 PM