West Coast

[shy]

over 4.0 mag & on same day:

     MAP 4.3 2011/02/14 18:35:25    46.282 -122.212  5.5   MOUNT ST. HELENS AREA, WASHINGTON
     MAP 4.1 2011/02/13 23:25:08    32.111 -115.283  29.9   BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO

Yesterday Frank Condon reported "extremely intense upper level shear infrasonic resonant harmonic stress."
http://www.syzygyjob.com//index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=35&topic=259214.new#new
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Strong Earthquake Hits Mount St. Helens
University Washington: ‘The Largest One We’ve Had in a While’
Monday, February 14, 2011 2:46 pm
By Adam Pearson apearson@chronline.com The Chronicle

    A 4.3 magnitude earthquake hit Mount St. Helens at 10:35 a.m. today on the east side of Spirit Lake.. . .  the earthquake lasted maybe two seconds, shaking the building and windows, “and it was gone.”. . .  today’s earthquake was about 1,200 times more energetic than the 2.5 magnitude earthquake that occurred in late January. Both were of the crustal variety, not magmatic, which includes volcanic activity. . . .   “It’s the largest one we’ve had in a while” Steele said.
Steele said this Valentine’s Day earthquake should serve as a reminder to residents and municipalities to be prepared for an earthquake of 6 magnitude — about 1,200 times more energetic than today’s — because “we know these earthquakes are going to be in our future.”

whole article @   http://www.chronline.com/article_4a85e8a0-388c-11e0-a16f-001cc4c002e0.html

[shy]

just happened this hour

Magnitude 5.1 Date-Time Friday, February 18, 2011 at 17:47:36 UTC
Friday, February 18, 2011 at 09:47:36 AM at epicenter
 
Location 32.124°N, 115.108°W
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) (poorly constrained)
Region BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
Distances 18 km (12 miles) S (179°) from Guadalupe Victoria, Baja California, Mexico
49 km (30 miles) SW (220°) from San Luis R�o Colorado, Sonora, Mexico
52 km (32 miles) SW (218°) from San Luis, AZ
185 km (115 miles) ESE (104°) from Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico

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5.1 Mexico earthquake lightly felt in San Diego
Friday, February 18, 2011 at 10:19 a.m.
By Gary Robbins

. . . . producing shaking that was lightly felt along the coast of San Diego County. . . .   The shaker was an aftershock of the 7.2 quake that hit last year, on Easter Sunday. . . .

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/feb/18/51-mexico-earthquake-lightly-felt-san-diego/?sciquest

[Mizar]

That 5.1 was a significant one, coming in right at LTS advisory, the area will bear wome watching for the next 48 hours.
M

[shy]

magnitude 5.0 2011/02/20 11:34:40 32.178N 115.159W 27.0 13 km ( 8 mi) SSW of Guadalupe Victoria, Baja California, Mexico

[shy]

The largest, 5.4 quake, is pretty far south, but look at the timing between it and the two Calif quakes.

MAP 2.5 2011/02/23  03:35:41    36.562 -120.579  7.8   CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.8 2011/02/23  03:16:14    35.971 -117.668  3.6   CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 5.4 2011/02/23 03:01:40    12.556 -87.663  69.6   NEAR THE COAST OF NICARAGUA

[shy]

map 4.1 2011/02/22 20:49:41 39.496N 122.950W 14.6 10 km ( 6 mi) N of Lake Pillsbury, CA

[shy]

magnitude  4.5  2011/02/28 18:19:46 38.814N 122.819W 2.6 2 km ( 1 mi) NNW of The Geysers, CA

[shy]

MAP  4.9   2011/03/06 22:23:16    44.334   -129.473  10.2   OFF THE COAST OF OREGON
MAP  4.8   2011/03/06 21:35:48    44.372   -129.346  10.9   OFF THE COAST OF OREGON
MAP  4.5   2011/03/06 13:46:35    40.455   -125.427  2.6   OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

[shy]

Magnitude 5.0
Date-Time Tuesday, March 08, 2011 at 01:26:59 UTC
Monday, March 07, 2011 at 04:26:59 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
 
Location 44.246°N, 129.391°W
Depth 17.8 km (11.1 miles)
Region OFF THE COAST OF OREGON
Distances 427 km (265 miles) W of Newport, Oregon
427 km (265 miles) WNW of Coos Bay, Oregon
481 km (298 miles) WNW of Brookings, Oregon
510 km (316 miles) W of SALEM, Oregon
 

[Mizar]

Big fish kill in King Harbor, Redondo Beach California.  So many anchovies and small fish were killed recently in King Harbor, that boats could not get past the masses of dead fish.
  King Harbor, geographically is at the shallow end of a deep submarine Canyon, that extends past Catalina Island,  many things have happened recently, in the vicinity, including the purported Chinese Missile launch during rush hour a couple of months ago.
  Methinks the fish kill may be an Earthquake precursor, there was a 3+ in northern Mexico the same day.
  Time will tell.

  Mizar

[shy]

Hat tip Frank Condon

Ventura Coastline Closed After Oil Spill
http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-ventura-oil-spill,0,2641268.story

Oil spill is believe to be from ruptured pipeline caused by a landslide  sometime between 6:00 p.m. last night & this morning (per video).  The slip stretched over a mile along the coast.

[Mizar]

So, tons of Anchovies killed and doing the dead fish float, O'fishul (bad pun alert) 'Splaining' says that a lack of Oxygen killed them all. 
Why just Anchovies? doesn't king harbor also have Crabs, sea snails, bottom fish, small sharks and larger predator fish? Why all the same size?
Methinks someone tested something in the Harbor, something maybe from nearby TRW labs ( now Northrop Grumman)  It was TRW when I was living in Manhattan Beach several decades ago.
  Not only that, but the breakwater is porous, and seawater is exchanged with every wave, and every change of tide, the water is always in motion.
  And where are the Gulls? any other time they would be feasting on such a bounty, but I don't see any in the pics.
  Just thinking out loud.

  Mizar

[thirtyhz]

I didn't even notice the lack of feasting.  Gulls will pilfer trash cans for snacks....where have they been at these big die offs?

Of note, the mass die offs have been very "selective"....

Good "catch" M.

[lynx]

FWIW, a couple of stories I saw specifically mentioned that the gulls had indeed gorged themselves, and were no longer feeding because they simply had gotten their fill.

[shy]

Tsunami could help clear out dead fish in Redondo Beach
Andrew Blankstein and Mike Anton

Tsunami to the rescue?

That's what some in Redondo Beach are hoping. Work to remove tons of dead fish from the bottom of King Harbor was temporarily halted Friday morning in advance of the arrival of a tsunami sparked by the devastating earthquake in Japan.

"We are still trying to get rid of dead sardines. But we may take care of this naturally," said Leslie Page, general manager of the Redondo Beach Marina. "The water could come in and suck the fish out naturally."

Crews have been working throughout the week to remove a million or more fish that somehow found their way into the harbor and died from a lack of oxygen in the water.

What's left is slowly rotting on the harbor's bottom.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/03/tsunami-could-help-clear-out-dead-fish-in-redondo-beach.html