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HAARP Activity & Nor'easter Triggers Nevada Quake Swarm near Area 51 / Super-Volcano Complex
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[quote:DoorBert:MV8yMTMxNDI3XzM2MDMzOTU0XzUxQzM0QkJB] EARTHQUAKE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 9, 2013 A strong earthquake of M 6.9-7.0 hit the region of Colombia today at an intermediate depth. Because of the depth the earthquake was widely felt in the area. NEIC reported the earthquake was felt with moderate intensity in Panama, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela. The earthquake damaged more than 140 homes and caused minor injuries to eight people. The injuries were mostly in the El Charco municipality in Narino, Colombia. Among the damages were to health clinic and school. A church was destroyed. Evacuations occurred in Bogota and Manta. Cracks appeared in buildings in Bogota more than 500 km from the epicenter. No tsunami was generated. A power transformer exploded in Esmeralda, Ecuador knocking out power in that area. Roads, and bridges were largely undamaged however. Maximum shaking at intensity VII was felt in Quito, Ecuador; VI was reported from Jama and Santo Domingo, Ecuador. Intensity IV-V was felt in Ecuador at Tumbaco, Sua, San Vicente, Portoviejo, Perdernales, Otavalo, Montecristi, Mindo, Manta, Lta, Guayas, Guayaquil, Esmeraldas, El Quinche, El Carmen, Cumbaya, Cotacachi, Conocoto, Charapoto, Parroquia Santo Domingo de los Colorados, and in Colombia at Pupiales, Pasto, Pasca, Palmira, Medellin, Manizales, La Mesa, Jamundi, Ibague, Cartago and Cali. Lesser intensity of II-III was recorded in Panama at San Miguelito, Rio Hato, Penonome, Panama City, Juan Diaz, Colon, Boquete; Venezuela at Cagua, Caracas, Maracay, ; Ecuador at Riobamba, San Miguelito, San Blas, Salinas, Tarifa, Tena, Puerto Lopez, Parroquia Montecristi, Latacunga, La Mana, La Merced, Guanchanama, Guangopolo, Ibarra, Cuenca, Duran, Charapoto, and Colombia at Envigado, Facatativa, Chinchina, Chia, La Union, Mocoa, La Virgina, Tenjo. The quake was also felt lightly in northern Peru according to local media. This was one of three near antipodal groups of earthquakes today. An M 5.5 occurred in southern Sumatra within 200 km of the exact antipode of this event on February 6 at 1.4S 101E. Readers will recall that events are antipodal if the latitudes are the same and in opposite hemispheres and the longitudes are in opposite hemispheres and numerically add to 180. In this case latitudes of 1.4S and 1.2N and longitudes of 101E and 78W =179. Antipodal quakes may occur when surface energy is concentrated at the opposite point on the earth due to its spherical shape. Several other factors also probably contributed to the occurrence of the Colombia earthquake at this time. Among these are the occurrence of the major winter storm Nemo which hit the eastern and northeastern United States today. We have argued in this summary on many previous occasions that such storms move the plate and trigger earthquakes along the western plate boundaries with the Pacific plate. In the past two issues of this summary we have pointed out that this storm could have significant consequences to the seismicity along the American-Pacific Plate boundary. In August and September, 2012 we made the connection between several major hurricanes, most notably Isaac, and major earthquakes along the South and Central American plate boundary from Mexico south to Panama and Colombia. The coincidence between today's storm and the earthquake in Colombia is not the first time this has occurred. Exactly 43 years ago, a similar storm on February 5-7, 1967, for instance (ranked as the 35th worst ever recorded) was followed by a similar earthquake of M 7.4 in Colombia on February 9, 1967. That earthquake killed 98 and injured 300 in Colombia and was much more damaging than today's event (see history section). In recent years many large earthquakes in this general area have occurred in association with severe storms in eastern U.S. In the past 60 years all earthquakes of M>7 in Colombia have occurred in the limited period between December 12 and March 6 - these were events on January 19, 1958 (M 7.8); February 9, 1967 (M 7.4); December 12, 1979 (M 7.9) and March 6, 1987 (M 7.1). Obviously not all major winter storms are followed by strong earthquakes along the American-Pacific plate boundary but there are enough to be suggestive of a relation. Geomagnetic effects could also have influenced the timing of today's earthquake in Colombia. A strong C-class solar flare began today at 05:30 UT. This is within 15 minutes of local solar midnight in Colombia, a maximum time for Solar flare effects on seismicity. Another factor which was discussed in this summary yesterday in regard to a strong earthquake at this time is tidal effects from the new moon which arrived on the morning of February 10. The last major earthquake in Colombia was an M 7.3 on September 30, 2012. This occurred within hours of the full moon alignment whereas the previous event in the general area – Ecuador on August 12, 2010 was two days after the new moon of August 10, 2010. The expectation of tidal triggering is amplified as all of these events occurred at intermediate depth where tidal triggering of seismicity is more likely. Expanding the region a bit to include Panama the last strong earthquake in Panama was an M 6.4 on June 4, 2012. This occurred within half a day of a partial lunar eclipse of June 4, 2012. The previous such Panamanian earthquake (M 6.3) occurred on March 12, 2009 the day after the full moon of March 11, 2009. So, in recent years, the record is clear for earthquakes in Colombia and Panama there is a strong tidal component as five of five events of M>6 in the area in the past five years have occurred within 0-2 days of a full or new moon alignment. http://www.earthquakesummary.info/ [/quote]
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A well know quake precusor is when there is a sudden drop in atmospheric pressure - seen it many, many times; in fact, happened with a quake in NJ when Sandy hit.
The bombing low-pressure from this weekend's massive forecaster blizzard in New England could set off a quake - stay tuned.
Lots of surface waves traveling across the global from the past week's quakes. Biggest was an 8.0 in Santa Cruz.
All was initiated by PC1 pulsations recorded on HAARP last week Wednesday.
Now seeing more magnetic disturbances on HAARP.
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This summary noted the direct relation between the C8.7 solar flare beginning at 0004 UT on February 6 and the foreshock of M 6.3 in the Santa Cruz Islands at 0007 UT which led to the great M 8.0 earthquake an hour later. In yesterday's summary we also noted activity in Spain which coincided with this flare. This was not the only seismicity directly related to the solar flare however. A series of earthquakes in Mexico occurred at the same time, for instance as did an M 3.0 in Tarapaca, Chile at 0006 UT and an event in the Virgin Islands of M 2.7 at 0011 UT. The earthquakes in Mexico are notable for their broad areal extent. Three light earthquake occurred with M 3.7 and 3.5 in the Chiapas area (103 degrees from Santa Cruz) and an M 3.9 in the Gulf of California occurred within 30 seconds of the M 6.3 in the Santa Cruz Islands foreshock. Note in the table below in the two minutes from 0006-0007 UT there were earthquakes recorded at five separate epicenters. This is a classic example of solar flare triggering of seismicity. The areas listed are probably at a high stress level and could see stronger earthquakes in the coming days as they are at a hair trigger.
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