Update : At least 4 climbers were injured but this number may increase as the rescue operations continue. Mountain huts have been badly damaged. The mountain climbing area has no been closed for further climbing out of fear for aftershocks
Update : There are reports that a number of climbers in the nearby mountains were injured but we have no details of the numbers and the kind of injury they succumbed so far.
Update : as you can see on the video below, Ranau (Borneo) got a lot of damage
Update : Max Wyss expects 0-200 injured people and 0 to 10 fatalities (theoretical simulation)
12km (7mi) WNW of Ranau, Malaysia
40km (25mi) SSE of Kota Belud, Malaysia
52km (32mi) ENE of Donggongon, Malaysia
54km (34mi) E of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
214km (133mi) NE of Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
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Magnitude : 6
Local Time (conversion only below land) : 2015-06-05 07:15:45
Another dormant volcano is showing seismic activity in the Western United States.
A rare M2.7 earthquake struck in North Arizona at the long dormant Uinkaret volcanic field. The last eruption of this volcano occurred nearly 1,000 years ago (1100 A.D.).
The Markagunt volcanic plateau also has been dormant for approximately 1,000 years.
Both long dormant volcanic areas have been hit by earthquakes in the past few days, which is certainly a sign of greater unrest in the region, and possibly a sign of another larger West Coast seismic event coming in the near term.
Just as we were expecting, after a series of dormant volcanoes showed activity in Arizona, Utah, and California —- now another noteworthy earthquake has occurred off the shores of Oregon.
We should also make note on the location of these Oregon earthquakes.
The undersea Cleft Volcanic field is located at the South tip of the Juan De Fuca fault zone (South of the newly erupting Axial Seamount volcano by 100 miles… and 4 miles from the nearest undersea volcanic cone).
Above: Screenshot of the largest Oregon earthquake from the swarm (5.9 magnitude on June 1 2015) , which struck 4 miles from what is clearly an unnamed undersea volcano.
Currently there is an eruption occurring at the Axial Seamount Volcano. The media announced that new lava flows were occurring off the shores of Oregon at this Axial seamount location (100 miles North of the current Earthquake swarm).
With this NEW swarm of earthquakes occurring about 100 miles South of the Axial Volcano, and the fact that the events are falling directly on the flanks of a large undersea volcanic cone, this means the Oregon movement should be considered volcanic related.
Add in the other dormant volcanoes showing earthquake activity in the past 48 hours across California, Arizona, and Utah, and we can begin to get a greater picture of what type of activity to expect going forward.
Each time we see pressure showing at the dormant volcanoes on the West coast, we see follow up activity to the NORTHWEST of the dormant volcanoes which show movement. The more movement we see at the dormant volcanoes = the larger magnitude of the coming West coast earthquake.
When you see a flurry of 2.5M to 3.0M+ earthquakes at the dormant West coast volcanoes, expect at least a single 4.0M+ in the Northwest off the coast of North California, Oregon into Washington State (Gorda Escarpment to Juan De Fuca region).
If you see a flurry of larger 3.0M+ to low 4.0M+ earthquakes at dormant volcanoes on the West coast.. watch for an even larger 5.0M to 6.0M in the Northwest United states.
Unless something changes, I will be applying this “new rule” to the earthquake forecasts going forward. There appears to usually be a 1-2 day window between the dormant volcanoes moving, and the larger event off the West coast happening.
A 1-2 day possible warning for West coast movement?! Looks like it might be so! Only time will tell, and several repeat events to document before I can say for certain.
I was watching for new movement to hit Oregon again due to the dormant volcanoes moving over the past 48 hours.
Oregon quieted off over the past 24 hours, and now it was hit again after those dormant volcanoes moved. Thus, this dormant volcano / West coast earthquake “connection” needs to be monitored to see if it’s just coincidence, or does it happen almost every time?
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Information on the magnitude 4.0 off the coast of Oregon, from the USGS:
Update : So far NO aftershocks which may stay like that in the case of these very deep earthquakes
Update : The earthquake will have been felt in a very wide area, mostly as a long slight shaking.
Update : 1 prefecture got a 5+ shaking value : Ogasawara-mura Hahajima (Chich jima island and nearest to the epicenter). 5+ is considered at ER as a possible damaging earthquake.
Update : JMA Japan reports even a higher Magnitude than those listed on this page M8.5 at 590 km depth
Update : JMA Japan reports NO tsunami warnings or advisories (because of the deep hypocenter)
Update : a very deep earthquake happened in the hot solid mantle of the earth out of the Japan coast
189km (117mi) WNW of Chichi-shima, Japan
771km (479mi) SSE of Shimoda, Japan
781km (485mi) SSE of Oyama, Japan
783km (487mi) SE of Shingu, Japan
874km (543mi) S of Tokyo, Japan
Update 05:41 UTC : JMA reports a max intensity of JMA 5-, just below what we see as the damage potential. Slight damage is however always possible.
Update 05:38 UTC: Magnitude M5.6 at a depth of 590 km. Epicenter : Saitama-ken Hokubu
2km (1mi) NNW of Hasuda, Japan
3km (2mi) SW of Shiraoka, Japan
5km (3mi) ENE of Ageo, Japan
7km (4mi) NW of Iwatsuki, Japan
34km (21mi) N of Tokyo, Japan
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Magnitude : 5.1
Local Time (conversion only below land) : 2015-05-25 14:28:10
29km (18mi) SW of Pratt, Kansas
102km (63mi) ESE of Dodge City, Kansas
104km (65mi) S of Great Bend, Kansas
112km (70mi) SW of Hutchinson, Kansas
252km (157mi) NNW of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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Magnitude : 4
Local Time (conversion only below land) : 2015-05-23 13:44:29
Update : ER does not exclude slight damage like cracks in walls, fallen tiles, etc.
9km (6mi) ENE of Yountville, California
14km (9mi) N of Napa, California
23km (14mi) NE of Sonoma, California
25km (16mi) WNW of Vacaville, California
68km (42mi) WSW of Sacramento, California
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Magnitude : 4.09
Local Time (conversion only below land) : 2015-05-21 19:53:01
Only time will tell, and several repeat events to document before I can say for certain.
Strong earthquake mear Caliente, Nevada (felt in St George and Las Vegas)
Last update: May 22, 2015 at 8:32 pm by By Armand Vervaeck
Update : The strongest earthquake since 1900 in this area happened in St. George Utah and measured M5.6 (1992)
Update : The maximum projected shaking will be “light shaking”
Update : Earthquake-Report.com does not expect serious damage from this earthquake mainly because it happened in a very unpopulated area.
Most important Earthquake Data:
Magnitude : 4.83
Local Time (conversion only below land) : 2015-05-22 11:47:43
GMT/UTC Time : 2015-05-22 18:47:43
from: http://earthquake-report.com/2015/05/22/strong-earthquake-caliente-nevada-on-may-22-2015/