California

[shy]

  Something's up!

These recent quaakes surround the one Frank Condon discussed 3/8/2010--post above &/or @  http://camel.he.net/~syzygyq/new_site//index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=35&topic=257295.0

MAP 3.0  2010/03/10 10:05:09 33.245 -116.705 4.2   5 km ( 3 mi) E of Lake Henshaw, CA
MAP 3.0  2010/03/10 04:36:38 36.060 -117.882 2.2   6 km ( 4 mi) ENE of Coso Junction, CA
MAP 3.8  2010/03/10 00:57:52 31.964 -115.903 7.0   63 km ( 39 mi) NNW of Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico
MAP 3.0  2010/03/09 20:12:10 33.394 -119.123 17.3   39 km ( 24 mi) ENE of San Nicolas Is., CA
MAP 3.7  2010/03/09 20:05:12 36.060 -117.873 2.4   7 km ( 4 mi) ENE of Coso Junction, CA
MAP 3.0  2010/03/09 09:06:35 36.059 -117.891 0.0   5 km ( 3 mi) ENE of Coso Junction, CA
MAP 3.3  2010/03/09 07:54:27 36.064 -117.882 2.3   6 km ( 4 mi) ENE of Coso Junction, CA
MAP 4.0  2010/03/09 04:18:21 32.994 -116.359 5.4   23 km ( 14 mi) ESE of Julian, CA

Also there was another quake of a similar latitude in the middle of our country (New Madrid area).
MAP 3.1  2010/03/10 06:04:35 35.613 -96.766 5.0   5 km ( 3 mi) E of Sparks, OK

[Mizar]

Shy, as usual, you are right on top of recent events. 15 March, new moon stress advisory coming up.
 M

[shy]

Frank Condon:   

"Stress Continues to step over coming from the Pacific-North American Plate Boundary in Southern California. The latest series of offshore and onshore earthquakes indicate that shear stress is increasing and now stepping over from the San Jacinto Fault Zone, which acts as a pressure relief valve for the plate boundary at the Cajon Pass. The most affected fault now appears to be the Elsinore Fault Zone with a M4.0 near Julian and a more recent M3.5 near Lake Henshaw. In the offshore region between the Santa Barbara Channel and the Channel Islands the stress level is also increasing." 

He also has a USGS map of this area on his post @ http://camel.he.net/~syzygyq/new_site//index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=35&topic=257314.new#new

For names of the fault lines in this area, slowly run your mouse over the faults on the map  @  http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/FaultMaps/118-34.htm  the fault names appear. 

[thirtyhz]

We'll be fortunate to clear this period without another major quake.  Excluding the 6.9 ish that hammered Chile again today.  The continental US and adjacent plates are showing increased activity along fractures and fault lines ....

OK got another one today, just west of OKC.

[shy]

Calif. Earthquake Authority CEO Testifies In Support of Cat Insurance Bill
To read CEO Pomeroy's congressional testimony, visit http://earthquakeauthority.com/index.aspx?id=104&pid=6.

[Mizar]

Hi all; George Ure was especially dire in his Sunday report today, one of the things he mentioned that happened today was a CME has left the Sun.
www.sidc.be/products/presto
He is calling for an 8.9 by Wednesday, in Sherman Oaks, Southern California, oh yes, and he also mentioned that the quake could also be in the Pacific Northwest.
  Last time a solar filament crashed, and a cme was released, we had the Chilean Earthquake
  Time to put the good Scotch under the bed?
  At least get your BOB together, and get your 72 hours worth of supplies ready.

  Mizar

[thirtyhz]

Holy cow....I'm inclined to believe this time.

Take a look at the USGS world map.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/

Keep the scotch in your backpack, M....be careful up there,

30

[cobalt]

Magnitude-4.4 Earthquake Shakes Southern Calif.
Early Morning Magnitude-4.4 Earthquake Shakes Southern California; No Damage Reported

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/03/16/ap/national/main6303336.shtml?tag=mncol;lst;1

[shy]

This post, by Frank Condon @  http://camel.he.net/~syzygyq/new_site//index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=35&topic=257356.0  together with Mizzr's post above -->    

"The Pico Rivera Earthquake occurred during a time period with a predicted maximum lunar-tidal phase angle during the transition from highest to lowest tides sometime between 06:00 and 12:00 UTC. Another low amplitude MT Pulse was detected just after 11 PM PDT. Yesterday, a similar MT pulse of slightly less amplitude seemed to have triggered off a Nucleation of Stress Event, which preceded the M4.4 seismic event epicentered east of Downtown Los Angeles along the Puente Hills Thrust Fault. I

The same situation exists with the latest MT pulse, which triggered off another Nucleation of Stress Event, which is now in Progress.

Quote
The NSE is inferred to be related to when stress is being nucleated from the Pacific-North American Plate Boundary to a secondary fault such as the San Jacinto Fault Zone at the Cajon Pass. It's the most dangerous period for fault triggering as referred to in a recent posting. Both the Solar Energy and Lunar Tides effects in combination with the indicated robust nucleation of stress event taking place along the Southern San Andreas Fault are a significant Warning Sign for all of those who live within Southern and Central California .

Recent anomalous looking clouds being observed are indicative of a high stress regime currently affecting a major region within Southern California."
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Also Frank Condon posted his  "New Moon Related Stress Advisory" which lasts through 3/21 @  
http://camel.he.net/~syzygyq/new_site//index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=35&topic=257349.0

[shy]

Seismologists wonder if California quake a warning
Mar 17, 2010 8:12 AM CDT

LOS ANGELES, CA (KYTX) - Was Tuesday's 4.4 magnitude earthquake in California a precursor to a larger earthquake?  That's the question many people are asking themselves, particularly seismologists.

The small quake hit east of Los Angeles just after 4 a.m. Tuesday (3/16.)

It's the same site of a 5.9 quake in 1987 that killed eight people.  But seismologists say that too much time has passed since that earthquake for this one to be in any way related.
http://www.cbs19.tv/Global/story.asp?S=12154689

[thirtyhz]

   Didn't I read somewhere...pre-hack TRC, that geologists stated eq aftershocks go on for years after quakes?

Hmmm...yes, I'm certain I read that.  Oh boy...I hope they get that all straightened out in the collective mindset of geology.  We're gonna need them here before too long, me thinks.

[lynx]

From Wikipedia:

"Bigger earthquakes have more and larger aftershocks and the sequences can last for years or even longer especially when a large event occurs in a seismically quiet area; see, for example, the New Madrid Seismic Zone, where events still follow Omori's law from the mainshocks of 1811–1812. An aftershock sequence is deemed to have ended when the rate of seismicity drops back to a background level; i.e., no further decay in the number of events with time can be detected."

[thirtyhz]

That's sobering.  Thanks for the post shy....I understand how Frank does this now.  Awesome.

But sobering...when he says "significant event", I expect 5.5 or higher.  Sounds like he issued the alarm for SoCal.

[shy]

20 min apart & both ends of Calif . . . .
 
MAP 3.9  2010/03/17 color=yellow]:17:01[/color]:01 32.288 -115.304 16.2 18 km ( 11 mi) W of Guadalupe Victoria, Mexico
MAP 3.7  2010/03/17 :16:41:37 40.185 -121.329 7.4 13 km ( 8 mi) WSW of Almanor, CA -- northern Calif
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  Didn't I read somewhere...pre-hack TRC, that geologists stated eq aftershocks go on for years after quakes?
Hmmm...yes, I'm certain I read that.  Oh boy...I hope they get that all straightened out in the collective mindset of geology.  We're gonna need them here before too long, me thinks.

Yes 30, I know & was thinking of that too -- but remember, it wasn't that long ago I learned of  a connection between clouds & quakes, of HARP & quake, & of sensitivities & quakes; all of which seemed sort of incredible at first.    The more you know the more you know you don't know

[shy]

This post by Frank Condon of Syzygy @   http://camel.he.net/~syzygyq/new_site//index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=35&topic=257356.0    summarizes his thoughts about the defvelopment of the recent L.A. 4.4 mag eq.  I thought some of you might be interested in it here:

"I believe that Spring Tides were the main trigger mechanism,.which helped set off the Puente Hills Blind Thrust Fault. That in combination with High lithospheric Stress levels along the Pacific-North American Plate Boundary contributed to a recent step over of shear stress coming towards the coastal region through the Secondary Fault System. The first signs were the recent light earthquakes epicentered along the Elsinore Fault Zone near Julian, CA. along with those that stepped over into the offshore region between Santa Barbara and San Diego, CA. Some of these were located in the Channel Islands west of the Los Angeles Basin. The region between is where the M4.4 earthquake was epicentered. The earthquake appears to be associated with a blind thrust fault that runs through Downtown Los Angeles, CA. that's capable of at least a M6.5 earthquake. The fault has also had a history of having four strong earthquakes during the past 11,000 years."

     http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/283/5407/1516
     http://igppweb.ucsd.edu/~shearer/mahi/PDF/59SC99a.pdf