World shaking: Two strong and deep earthquakes struck South Pacific, Northern Italy still active… May 29, 2012
During last 12 hours two strong and deep earthquakes were recorded by seismograms in South Pacific region.
On May 28, 2012 at 21:47 UTC magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Tonga. According to USGS epicenter was located 158 km (98 miles) NNW of NUKU`ALOFA, Tonga (19.861°S, 175.894°W). Recorded depth was 226.6 km (140.8 miles). EMSC recorded 5.4 magnitude earthquake with depth of 200 km.
Magnitude | 5.8 |
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Date-Time |
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Location | 19.861°S, 175.894°W |
Depth | 226.6 km (140.8 miles) |
Region | TONGA |
Distances | 158 km (98 miles) NNW of NUKU`ALOFA, Tonga 241 km (149 miles) SW of Neiafu, Tonga 306 km (190 miles) ENE of Ndoi Island, Fiji 2093 km (1300 miles) NNE of Auckland, New Zealand |
Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 17 km (10.6 miles); depth +/- 9 km (5.6 miles) |
Parameters | NST=329, Nph=380, Dmin=680.2 km, Rmss=1.01 sec, Gp= 50°, M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7 |
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Event ID | usb000a1g7 |
On May 29, 2012 at 03:33 UTC a 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck south of Fiji islands. This one was even deeper than Tonga with recorded depth of 605.4 km (376.2 miles). Epicenter was located 171 km (106 miles) SSW of Ndoi Island, Fiji (22.010°S, 179.489°W). EMSC recorded 5.6 magnitude earthquake and depth od 626 km.
Magnitude | 5.9 |
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Date-Time |
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Location | 22.010°S, 179.489°W |
Depth | 605.4 km (376.2 miles) |
Region | SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS |
Distances | 171 km (106 miles) SSW of Ndoi Island, Fiji 454 km (282 miles) WSW of NUKU`ALOFA, Tonga 481 km (298 miles) SSE of SUVA, Viti Levu, Fiji 1738 km (1079 miles) NNE of Auckland, New Zealand |
Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 13.4 km (8.3 miles); depth +/- 7.2 km (4.5 miles) |
Parameters | NST=510, Nph=596, Dmin=537.7 km, Rmss=1.03 sec, Gp= 22°, M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=3 |
Source |
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Event ID | usb000a1kl |
On the other side of the globe, Northern Italy is still shaking. EMSC recorded 5 smaller but shallow earthquakes there in last 8 hours. The strongest one being magnitude 2.7 with recorded depth of only 1 km. Southern Italy is also showing signs of unrest where 2 weak and shallow earthquakes were recorded during last 2 hours. During the whole 24 hours of May, 28, 2012 UTC we had 36 shallow earthquakes recorded in Northern Italy according to EMSC.
Other significant earthquakes today include two stronger earthquakes in Russia and one in Japan. At 2:40 UTC a 5.6 magnitude earthquake with depth of 17.8 km struck Komandorskiye Ostrva. This one was followed by 4.6 magnitude with depth of 19.6 that struck the same area only 2 hours later. Earlier, a 5.2 earthquake with depth of 40.6 km struck off the east coast of Honshu, Japan at 01:56 UTC.
May 29, 2012 has just begun by UTC and judging by what we have seen by now there will be more strong ones to come.
The following is a list of all 2.5+ earthquakes recorded by USGS in last three days.
Update time = Wed May 30 6:50:41 UTC 2012
MAG | UTC DATE-TIME y/m/d h:m:s |
LAT deg |
LON deg |
DEPTH km |
Region | |
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MAP | 3.3 | 2012/05/30 06:21:39 | 19.299 | -155.213 | 9.4 | ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII |
MAP | 4.0 | 2012/05/30 05:14:01 | 33.669 | -119.054 | 0.1 | CHANNEL ISLANDS REGION, CALIFORNIA |
MAP | 3.0 | 2012/05/30 03:28:54 | 18.140 | -67.855 | 101.0 | MONA PASSAGE, PUERTO RICO |
MAP | 3.6 | 2012/05/30 01:49:25 | 61.389 | -151.166 | 66.5 | SOUTHERN ALASKA |
MAP | 4.4 | 2012/05/30 00:57:51 | 5.288 | -73.746 | 157.2 | COLOMBIA |
MAP | 2.5 | 2012/05/30 00:19:12 | 39.083 | -123.142 | 5.5 | NORTHERN CALIFORNIA |
MAG | UTC DATE-TIME y/m/d h:m:s |
LAT deg |
LON deg |
DEPTH km |
Region | |
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MAP | 4.2 | 2012/05/29 22:44:30 | 16.620 | -98.000 | 10.0 | OAXACA, MEXICO |
MAP | 2.7 | 2012/05/29 21:39:41 | 34.949 | -116.728 | 2.2 | SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA |
MAP | 3.2 | 2012/05/29 21:28:07 | 18.912 | -65.400 | 80.0 | PUERTO RICO REGION |
MAP | 4.4 | 2012/05/29 18:28:02 | 44.950 | 10.981 | 13.1 | NORTHERN ITALY |
MAP | 2.6 | 2012/05/29 18:15:34 | 32.911 | -115.578 | 14.5 | SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA |
MAP | 3.3 | 2012/05/29 17:59:24 | 18.140 | -68.153 | 77.0 | MONA PASSAGE, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC |
MAP | 4.9 | 2012/05/29 16:37:24 | 51.121 | -179.488 | 18.3 | ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA |
MAP | 2.5 | 2012/05/29 14:32:51 | 17.797 | -67.009 | 28.0 | PUERTO RICO REGION |
MAP | 5.1 | 2012/05/29 11:00:26 | 44.916 | 10.934 | 10.0 | NORTHERN ITALY |
MAP | 5.4 | 2012/05/29 10:55:58 | 44.859 | 10.991 | 9.9 | NORTHERN ITALY |
MAP | 4.7 | 2012/05/29 08:40:58 | 44.853 | 10.990 | 10.1 | NORTHERN ITALY |
MAP | 4.7 | 2012/05/29 08:25:52 | 44.814 | 10.948 | 10.0 | NORTHERN ITALY |
MAP | 2.8 | 2012/05/29 07:32:47 | 19.304 | -155.207 | 8.9 | ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII |
MAP | 4.5 | 2012/05/29 07:23:32 | 42.652 | 23.035 | 7.9 | BULGARIA |
MAP | 5.8 | 2012/05/29 07:00:04 | 44.814 | 11.079 | 9.6 | NORTHERN ITALY |
MAP | 2.9 | 2012/05/29 05:53:43 | 18.992 | -64.346 | 28.0 | VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION |
MAP | 4.5 | 2012/05/29 05:07:36 | 16.890 | 147.426 | 42.4 | MARIANA ISLANDS REGION |
MAP | 4.6 | 2012/05/29 04:17:33 | 54.191 | 169.072 | 19.6 | KOMANDORSKIYE OSTROVA, RUSSIA REGION |
MAP | 3.3 | 2012/05/29 04:03:09 | 19.612 | -66.590 | 35.8 | PUERTO RICO REGION |
MAP | 5.9 | 2012/05/29 03:33:26 | -22.010 | -179.489 | 605.4 | SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS |
MAP | 5.6 | 2012/05/29 02:40:55 | 54.381 | 168.916 | 17.8 | KOMANDORSKIYE OSTROVA, RUSSIA REGION |
MAP | 5.2 | 2012/05/29 01:56:06 | 39.159 | 144.654 | 40.6 | OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
MAP | 4.5 | 2012/05/29 01:15:26 | 3.383 | 127.289 | 71.8 | KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA |
MAP | 3.7 | 2012/05/29 00:27:18 | 24.840 | -98.955 | 13.0 | TAMAULIPAS, MEXICO |
MAG | UTC DATE-TIME y/m/d h:m:s |
LAT deg |
LON deg |
DEPTH km |
Region | |
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MAP | 5.8 | 2012/05/28 21:47:12 | -19.861 | -175.894 | 226.6 | TONGA |
MAP | 2.6 | 2012/05/28 17:57:41 | 19.366 | -155.030 | 5.3 | ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII |
MAP | 2.6 | 2012/05/28 17:49:29 | 19.236 | -155.345 | 0.0 | ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII |
MAP | 2.8 | 2012/05/28 17:25:19 | 34.947 | -116.724 | 2.3 | SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA |
MAP | 5.3 | 2012/05/28 16:36:47 | 35.725 | 140.082 | 62.0 | NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
MAP | 5.0 | 2012/05/28 15:39:46 | -25.267 | -179.884 | 506.2 | SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS |
MAP | 3.2 | 2012/05/28 15:38:51 | 18.233 | -67.824 | 122.0 | MONA PASSAGE, PUERTO RICO |
MAP | 5.0 | 2012/05/28 13:15:04 | -0.017 | 123.476 | 149.2 | SULAWESI, INDONESIA |
MAP | 2.5 | 2012/05/28 12:11:03 | 59.662 | -153.300 | 115.4 | SOUTHERN ALASKA |
MAP | 5.1 | 2012/05/28 11:50:56 | -28.140 | -63.206 | 592.0 | SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO, ARGENTINA |
MAP | 2.7 | 2012/05/28 10:49:20 | 51.242 | -177.952 | 26.1 | ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA |
MAP | 3.7 | 2012/05/28 10:30:45 | 19.165 | -63.562 | 32.0 | VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION |
MAP | 2.5 | 2012/05/28 08:39:54 | 60.019 | -153.184 | 109.6 | SOUTHERN ALASKA |
MAP | 4.5 | 2012/05/28 08:29:27 | 14.289 | 145.233 | 100.8 | ROTA REGION, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS |
MAP | 4.6 | 2012/05/28 08:22:09 | -27.925 | -71.060 | 22.9 | ATACAMA, CHILE |
MAP | 2.9 | 2012/05/28 07:29:53 | 51.798 | -178.707 | 32.8 | ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA |
MAP | 3.5 | 2012/05/28 05:30:19 | 52.526 | -164.690 | 41.5 | SOUTH OF ALASKA |
MAP | 6.7 | 2012/05/28 05:07:24 | -28.061 | -63.077 | 588.0 | SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO, ARGENTINA |
MAP | 2.7 | 2012/05/28 03:23:44 | 58.358 | -152.179 | 36.0 | KODIAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA |
MAP | 4.7 | 2012/05/28 02:22:57 | 39.654 | 118.736 | 38.7 | HEBEI, CHINA |
MAP | 4.5 | 2012/05/28 01:06:32 | 39.917 | 16.159 | 28.4 | SOUTHERN ITALY |
MAP | 2.6 | 2012/05/28 01:02:50 | 60.914 | -151.065 | 18.8 | KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA |
MAG | UTC DATE-TIME y/m/d h:m:s |
LAT deg |
LON deg |
DEPTH km |
Region | |
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MAP | 3.2 | 2012/05/27 23:27:09 | 69.023 | -146.834 | 37.5 | NORTHERN ALASKA |
MAP | 4.5 | 2012/05/27 22:16:30 | 14.375 | -93.451 | 42.1 | OFF THE COAST OF CHIAPAS, MEXICO |
MAP | 3.2 | 2012/05/27 22:12:27 | 18.854 | -64.984 | 14.0 | VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION |
MAP | 4.4 | 2012/05/27 21:52:52 | 13.176 | -89.060 | 75.1 | OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR |
MAP | 3.4 | 2012/05/27 21:49:29 | 19.139 | -68.563 | 94.8 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REGION |
MAP | 2.5 | 2012/05/27 21:33:24 | 49.368 | -120.474 | 0.0 | BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA |
MAP | 4.7 | 2012/05/27 20:50:22 | 30.792 | 83.425 | 27.5 | WESTERN XIZANG |
MAP | 4.4 | 2012/05/27 20:01:44 | -21.730 | -68.431 | 122.0 | ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE |
MAP | 2.6 | 2012/05/27 18:42:54 | 54.251 | -162.462 | 8.3 | ALASKA PENINSULA |
MAP | 4.4 | 2012/05/27 18:40:25 | -21.989 | -179.416 | 486.8 | FIJI REGION |
MAP | 4.6 | 2012/05/27 18:05:50 | 16.229 | -95.523 | 71.6 | OAXACA, MEXICO |
MAP | 4.7 | 2012/05/27 17:12:30 | -30.264 | -177.968 | 25.3 | KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND |
MAP | 3.0 | 2012/05/27 16:35:00 | 61.837 | -149.788 | 11.4 | SOUTHERN ALASKA |
MAP | 4.2 | 2012/05/27 15:01:29 | 26.601 | 91.524 | 59.2 | ASSAM, INDIA |
MAP | 4.9 | 2012/05/27 13:42:02 | 14.368 | -93.305 | 52.3 | OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO |
MAP | 3.8 | 2012/05/27 13:05:48 | 34.947 | -116.722 | 6.8 | SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA |
MAP | 4.6 | 2012/05/27 12:34:41 | 45.424 | 151.471 | 53.9 | KURIL ISLANDS |
MAP | 3.0 | 2012/05/27 11:29:03 | 18.483 | -66.277 | 107.9 | PUERTO RICO REGION |
MAP | 4.8 | 2012/05/27 11:20:09 | 24.643 | 123.156 | 16.0 | SOUTHWESTERN RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN |
MAP | 4.8 | 2012/05/27 10:58:03 | -2.959 | 100.132 | 34.2 | KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA |
MAP | 4.6 | 2012/05/27 10:10:33 | -10.409 | -75.363 | 41.6 | CENTRAL PERU |
MAP | 2.7 | 2012/05/27 09:51:31 | 61.038 | -149.554 | 20.6 | SOUTHERN ALASKA |
MAP | 4.7 | 2012/05/27 09:27:11 | -40.629 | 155.949 | 9.0 | SOUTHEAST OF AUSTRALIA |
MAP | 2.9 | 2012/05/27 08:25:40 | 18.833 | -65.584 | 80.0 | PUERTO RICO REGION |
MAP | 3.1 | 2012/05/27 08:12:13 | 18.227 | -68.209 | 96.9 | MONA PASSAGE, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC |
MAP | 4.8 | 2012/05/27 07:49:54 | 40.862 | 145.150 | 10.4 | OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
MAP | 4.3 | 2012/05/27 07:45:00 | 18.113 | -64.868 | 4.0 | VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION |
MAP | 3.5 | 2012/05/27 07:40:58 | 52.086 | 176.846 | 11.7 | RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA |
MAP | 4.4 | 2012/05/27 07:40:46 | 50.684 | 176.171 | 9.9 | RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA |
MAP | 3.1 | 2012/05/27 07:07:07 | 61.501 | -151.871 | 0.0 | SOUTHERN ALASKA |
MAP | 2.5 | 2012/05/27 06:38:38 | 18.180 | -67.365 | 22.0 | MONA PASSAGE, PUERTO RICO |
MAP | 4.7 | 2012/05/27 05:21:35 | -13.672 | -76.146 | 61.6 | NEAR THE COAST OF CENTRAL PERU |
MAP | 3.1 | 2012/05/27 05:00:54 | 18.397 | -65.804 | 83.9 | PUERTO RICO |
MAP | 2.7 | 2012/05/27 04:47:53 | 33.858 | -116.155 | 4.1 | SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA |
MAP | 5.3 | 2012/05/27 03:50:21 | -2.810 | 100.167 | 29.8 | KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA |
MAP | 2.9 | 2012/05/27 03:28:20 | 19.123 | -67.418 | 17.8 | PUERTO RICO REGION |
MAP | 4.3 | 2012/05/27 03:19:49 | 72.948 | 5.629 | 9.9 | NORWEGIAN SEA |
MAP | 4.4 | 2012/05/27 01:49:52 | 38.486 | 144.825 | 25.9 | OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
MAP | 2.7 | 2012/05/27 01:45:14 | 18.597 | -64.870 | 2.6 | VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION |
MAP | 3.1 | 2012/05/27 00:04:19 | 19.009 | -65.528 | 6.1 | PUERTO RICO REGION |
MAG | UTC DATE-TIME y/m/d h:m:s |
LAT deg |
LON deg |
DEPTH km |
Region | |
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MAP | 3.4 | 2012/05/26 22:34:25 | 19.251 | -63.568 | 24.8 | VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION |
MAP | 6.0 | 2012/05/26 21:48:09 | 26.876 | 140.214 | 472.6 | BONIN ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION |
MAP | 4.5 | 2012/05/26 20:41:50 | -24.353 | -69.297 | 68.6 | ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE |
MAP | 5.0 | 2012/05/26 20:00:26 | 26.958 | 140.323 | 483.5 | BONIN ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION |
MAP | 2.5 | 2012/05/26 19:50:50 | 40.398 | -122.082 | 12.9 | NORTHERN CALIFORNIA |
MAP | 5.0 | 2012/05/26 17:18:02 | -4.938 | 103.072 | 66.6 | SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA |
MAP | 2.5 | 2012/05/26 13:03:04 | 52.638 | -165.439 | 32.6 | SOUTH OF THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS |
MAP | 3.5 | 2012/05/26 12:10:55 | 19.193 | -155.607 | 7.0 | ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII |
MAP | 4.8 | 2012/05/26 11:15:47 | 16.991 | 147.201 | 47.1 | MARIANA ISLANDS REGION |
MAP | 3.0 | 2012/05/26 11:01:19 | 51.402 | -176.780 | 25.4 | ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA |
MAP | 3.2 | 2012/05/26 10:59:51 | 52.311 | -171.275 | 25.7 | FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA |
MAP | 4.6 | 2012/05/26 08:52:15 | 34.676 | 24.634 | 31.2 | CRETE, GREECE |
MAP | 2.5 | 2012/05/26 05:58:27 | 31.822 | -94.329 | 5.1 | EASTERN TEXAS |
MAP | 4.4 | 2012/05/26 03:59:46 | 35.942 | 70.725 | 116.5 | HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN |
MAP | 5.0 | 2012/05/26 03:27:04 | 85.924 | 32.617 | 10.0 | NORTH OF SVALBARD |
MAP | 4.6 | 2012/05/26 03:25:20 | 85.833 | 30.067 | 9.9 | NORTH OF SVALBARD |
MAP | 4.8 | 2012/05/26 01:19:29 | 13.599 | -92.047 | 64.8 | OFFSHORE GUATEMALA |
MAP | 5.1 | 2012/05/26 00:51:26 | -20.856 | 168.643 | 10.1 | LOYALTY ISLANDS |
Updates:
Very strong and shallow earthquake with magnitude 5.8 struck Northern Italy at 7:00 UTC. Recorded depth was 9.6 km (6.0 miles). Epicenter was located 40 km (25 miles) NNW (330°) from Bologna, Italy (44.814°N, 11.079°E).
INGV, the Italian seismological service is reporting a Magnitude of M5.8 at a focal depth of 10.8 km.
People in panic have been poured into the streets, leaving apartments and offices.
Detailed updates on this particular earthquake and aftershocks can be found at thewatchers.adorraeli.com/2012/05/29/very-strong-...
Magnitude | 5.8 |
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Date-Time |
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Location | 44.814°N, 11.079°E |
Depth | 9.6 km (6.0 miles) |
Region | NORTHERN ITALY |
Distances |
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Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 12 km (7.5 miles); depth +/- 4.1 km (2.5 miles) |
Parameters | NST=400, Nph=401, Dmin=210.4 km, Rmss=1.32 sec, Gp= 25°, M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=A |
Source |
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Event ID | usb000a1mn |
Update 13:35 UTC:
EMSC is mostly offline today and USGS is utterly slow on updates.
Two important earthquakes are mission on USGS charts. 5.5 magnitude and 5.1 magnitude earthquakes in Canary Islands, Spain. Both with depth of 10km. You can see them listed in Montenegro’s Seismological Observatory below.
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Sources: USGS, EMSC, seismo.co.me
Featured image: Tonga and Fiji earthquakes on May 29. Credit: Google Earth + USGS
you know i watch this video from your site yesterday and when the earthquake happened in Italy i decided to watch and listen again and really think he knows exactly whats going on, its spooky
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFKRoHXRaBw