EQ M 5.8 Black Sea Offshore Georgia-Turkey

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Thread: 6 black sea

Just saw it. A pretty rare event.

Note: The country Georgia not the state.

Yes also is shallow, dangerous EQ ..

Last Edited by Rain-Man on 12/23/2012 08:51 AM

hmmm

can trigger something

"6 black sea"

You camouflage your thread and I did not see ..

Last Edited by Rain-Man on 12/23/2012 08:52 AM

np

so pin or kp anyone?

Depth around 10 km ..

2012-12-23 13:31:44.022min ago 42.81 N 40.46 E 10 5.8 BLACK SEA, OFFSHORE GEORGIA

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Last Edited by Rain-Man on 12/23/2012 08:55 AM

USGS states a depth of 18.7km.

There's no motion tensor solution provided yet, so it's not clear weather it was a normal, a slip strike, or a thrust quake.

Such a shallow thrust quake could trigger a small tsunami in the black sea.

No megas yet.

I think is more shallow of that ..

GFZ say 8, EMSC 10 ..

Black Sea
Mw Beach Ball
Time: 2012-12-23 13:31:41.0 UTC
Magnitude: 5.8 (Mw)
Epicenter: 40.98°E 42.59°N
Depth: 8 km
Status: M - manually revised

[link to geofon.gfz-potsdam.de]

Last Edited by Rain-Man on 12/23/2012 09:06 AM

2012-12-23 13:33:29.8 41.99 N 76.64 E 1 mb 4.1 M KYRGYZSTAN NNC

Yap 2 min later ..

2012-12-23 13:34:23.9 34min ago 39.11 N 26.36 E 13 3.8 NEAR THE COAST OF WESTERN TURKEY
2012-12-23 13:33:29.8 35min ago 41.99 N 76.64 E 1 4.1 KYRGYZSTAN

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Last Edited by Rain-Man on 12/23/2012 09:11 AM

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in 1 line?

not really in pure horizontal line but in these north coords "39-42"

Yap, well noticed ..

Thanks. OK, so it was a slip strike.

Georgia, Tbilisi, Dec. 23 / Trend N.Kirtskhalia /

A strong earthquake occurred in the Black Sea, in 46 km of the coast of Georgia. Power of tremors was 5.7 points, told Trend in Center seismological monitoring of Georgia.

No casualties and damages are reported as a result of the earthquake.

The earthquake was so strong that it was felt in Tbilisi, 300 kilometers from the epicenter.

[link to en.trend.az]

No, only seemingly. It's a straight line on your picture, but is not a line around the globe since it's not on the same latitude.

more shocks happening ...


2012-12-23 13:54:05.8 42.14 N 41.11 E 5 ML 3.5 M BLACK SEA, OFFSHORE GEORGIA KAN
2012-12-23 13:50:42.2 42.30 N 40.91 E 9 ML 3.2 M BLACK SEA, OFFSHORE GEORGIA KAN

ulala perhaps sommething huuuuge will gonna huuuge

More aftershocks ..

2012-12-23 14:18:42.020min ago 42.36 N 40.87 E 2 3.9 BLACK SEA, OFFSHORE GEORGIA
2012-12-23 13:42:52.156min ago 42.34 N 41.19 E 1 3.1 BLACK SEA, OFFSHORE GEORGIA

Last Edited by Rain-Man on 12/23/2012 09:41 AM

I've been watching that area for a few weeks now and there seems to be a lot of seismic activity around the Turkey/ Greek area. But that swarm today in Georgia is a bit of a surprise.

Thread: EQ swarm Turkey

THanks for sourcing that OP. That is exactly what I meant. There is a huge fault line running along the northern edge of Turkey, at the end of which is located one of the largest and most populated cities, namely Istanbul. Population near 14 million I think.
Just hope that the rip in that zipper like fault line doesn't kick off or it would be real bad if it occured there.

A moderate earthquake rocked an area around the Black Sea on Sunday, sending residents of the Russian city Sochi into the streets, Russian news agencies reported.

There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage from the quake, which had a magnitude of 5.8 and struck at 1331 GMT, according to the US Geological Survey.

The USGS said the epicentre was located in the Black Sea, 46 kilometres (about 30 miles) from the coast of Abkhazia, a breakaway region of Georgia which neighbours Russia.

The Interfax news agency said the quake was strongly felt in the Black Sea city of Sochi, which will host the Winter Olympics in 2014.

[link to www.hurriyetdailynews.com]

2012-12-23 15:18:34.9 09min ago 42.40 N 41.13 E 1 4.0 BLACK SEA, OFFSHORE GEORGIA

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Last Edited by Rain-Man on 12/23/2012 10:30 AM

4.2 here
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