- I received an email this morning from a woman named Shelby
who read my article, "Why Is Israel Taking Earthquake Preparedness
Measures?" She directed me to the website for the Earthquake Hazards
Program website of the USGS, which outlined earthquake activity around
the globe for the past seven days. (Link: http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/bulletin.html)
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- Here is her comment:
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- Re: WHY IS ISRAEL TAKING EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNE....
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- Sorry for the intrusion! I just wanted to say I appreciated
your post about Israel's interest in earthquake plans...
- I have watched this website for 5 yrs now. When I began,
all the earthquakes ran in the 2 and 3's. The big ones were rare...now
most all are 4's and 5's and even 6's are commomplace...
- It is remarkable that when you scroll all the way down
there is a map of the world with all the places they are occuring. I have
never seen it so diverse. There are places I have never seen them have
an earthquake. Frankly, this is scary.
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- Best Regards,
- Shelby (last name withheld)
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- Here is the list of earthquake activity for the last
SEVEN DAYS. And let me again make the point that I am not a seismologist,
so I am genuinely curious if this level of acitivity is considered NORMAL
for a SEVEN DAY PERIOD. (For all I know, it may well be.) Please note that
the magnitude of the quake is the last two numbers listed before the quake's
location.
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- Worldwide Earthquake Activity in the Last Seven Days
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- You may need to reload this page for the latest list.
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- Current Time: Sat, 3 Jul 2004 20:47:07 UTC
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- Updated as of Sat Jul 3 15:06:34 UTC 2004.
- DATE-(UTC)-TIME Latitude Longitude Depth Magnitude Comments
- yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss degrees degrees km
- 2004/07/03 14:10:44 33.97N 89.31E 10.0 5.1 WESTERN XIZANG
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- 2004/07/02 18:59:33 41.01N 143.05E 44.6 4.8 HOKKAIDO, JAPAN
REGION
- 2004/07/02 11:57:09 9.01S 67.38E 10.0 5.7 MID-INDIAN RIDGE
- 2004/07/02 08:22:39 56.13S 27.25W 113.5 4.7 SOUTH SANDWICH
ISLANDS REGION
- 2004/07/02 04:05:34 56.53N 156.87W 54.5 4.6 ALASKA PENINSULA
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- 2004/07/01 23:37:48 4.82S 144.39E 10.0 4.6 NEAR N COAST OF
NEW GUINEA, PNG.
- 2004/07/01 22:30:15 39.80N 43.78E 41.7 5.2 EASTERN TURKEY
- 2004/07/01 22:14:49 17.09N 121.56E 45.0 5.1 LUZON, PHILIPPINES
- 2004/07/01 19:28:45 5.90S 148.67E 57.4 5.6 NEW BRITAIN REGION,
P.N.G.
- 2004/07/01 17:24:27 14.94S 168.08E 36.5 5.1 VANUATU
- 2004/07/01 16:44:05 18.55S 71.37W 47.4 4.7 OFF THE COAST OF
NORTHERN CHILE
- 2004/07/01 16:21:00 25.28S 179.43W 404.5 5.4 SOUTH OF THE FIJI
ISLANDS
- 2004/07/01 15:34:23 8.68N 126.07E 65.0 4.7 MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
- 2004/07/01 14:59:29 23.01S 177.03W 100.0 5.4 SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS
- 2004/07/01 14:46:40 12.60N 123.04E 55.0 4.6 MASBATE REGION,
PHILIPPINES
- 2004/07/01 12:33:31 10.20N 86.57W 10.0 4.8 OFF COAST OF COSTA
RICA
- 2004/07/01 12:24:20 9.39N 87.35W 10.0 4.7 OFF THE COAST OF
COSTA RICA
- 2004/07/01 10:26:14 14.69S 178.17W 340.0 4.2 FIJI REGION
- 2004/07/01 09:36:45 54.11N 35.05W 10.0 4.1 REYKJANES RIDGE
- 2004/07/01 09:31:50 23.14S 175.27W 10.0 5.6 TONGA REGION
- 2004/07/01 09:20:43 54.12N 35.19W 10.0 5.6 REYKJANES RIDGE
- 2004/07/01 09:00:04 53.94N 34.14W 10.0 4.4 REYKJANES RIDGE
- 2004/07/01 08:41:20 54.10N 35.21W 10.0 5.3 REYKJANES RIDGE
- 2004/07/01 08:39:50 54.12N 35.23W 10.0 5.3 REYKJANES RIDGE
- 2004/07/01 08:04:24 9.78N 124.69E 43.6 4.8 BOHOL, PHILIPPINES
- 2004/07/01 06:11:02 18.22N 68.53W 85.0 4.4 MONA PASSAGE
- 2004/07/01 05:45:00 42.26N 120.28W 5.0 2.8 OREGON
- 2004/07/01 05:43:58 15.37S 173.53W 63.2 5.8 TONGA
- 2004/07/01 04:39:39 50.02S 162.78E 10.0 6.2 AUCKLAND ISLANDS,
NEW ZEALAND REGION
- 2004/07/01 04:32:18 9.92N 124.84E 74.4 4.8 BOHOL, PHILIPPINES
- 2004/07/01 03:12:19 42.19N 120.32W 5.0 3.3 OREGON
- 2004/07/01 01:15:14 3.48S 149.60E 10.0 5.4 BISMARCK SEA
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- 2004/06/30 23:37:25 0.75N 124.67E 90.2 6.3 MINAHASA, SULAWESI,
INDONESIA
- 2004/06/30 19:03:31 59.94N 152.47W 74.0 SOUTHERN ALASKA
- 2004/06/30 14:22:39 53.97N 35.11W 10.0 5.0 REYKJANES RIDGE
- 2004/06/30 14:06:03 50.24S 114.04E 10.0 4.8 WESTERN INDIAN-ANTARCTIC
RIDGE
- 2004/06/30 13:40:47 53.97N 34.97W 10.0 4.7 REYKJANES RIDGE
- 2004/06/30 12:21:45 42.17N 120.29W 5.0 4.7 OREGON
- 2004/06/30 11:05:30 9.61N 122.46E 41.0 4.6 NEGROS, PHILIPPINES
- 2004/06/30 09:01:27 16.90S 179.36W 600.0 4.4 FIJI REGION
- 2004/06/30 07:41:40 62.92N 150.77W 104.8 CENTRAL ALASKA
- 2004/06/30 07:21:42 59.03N 154.82W 129.9 4.1 SOUTHERN ALASKA
- 2004/06/30 06:08:38 15.51S 69.12W 241.2 4.0 PERU-BOLIVIA BORDER
REGION
- 2004/06/30 05:46:30 32.37N 115.24W 28.6 3.2 BAJA CALIFORNIA,
MEXICO
- 2004/06/30 05:36:24 14.44N 92.70W 57.8 4.6 OFFSHORE CHIAPAS,
MEXICO
- 2004/06/30 04:03:14 41.78N 81.08W 5.0 3.3 OHIO
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- 2004/06/29 12:29:36 31.70S 68.41W 150.0 3.6 SAN JUAN PROVINCE,
ARGENTINA
- 2004/06/29 11:40:17 0.64S 123.36E 10.0 5.5 SULAWESI, INDONESIA
- 2004/06/29 10:20:43 36.07N 117.90W 6.2 3.7 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
- 2004/06/29 09:49:14 10.82N 62.48W 107.1 4.4 NEAR THE COAST
OF VENEZUELA
- 2004/06/29 09:31:50 32.18S 70.50W 103.4 3.3 CHILE-ARGENTINA
BORDER REGION
- 2004/06/29 08:11:31 35.73N 92.61E 11.5 5.1 SOUTHERN QINGHAI,
CHINA
- 2004/06/29 07:01:32 10.76N 86.99W 23.9 6.3 OFF THE COAST OF
COSTA RICA
- 2004/06/29 06:39:57 34.40S 70.65W 11.9 2.0 CHILE-ARGENTINA
BORDER REGION
- 2004/06/29 06:17:15 29.24S 67.47W 130.0 4.1 LA RIOJA PROVINCE,
ARGENTINA
- 2004/06/29 05:38:41 38.11S 176.43E 151.0 NORTH ISLAND OF
NEW ZEALAND
- 2004/06/29 05:31:12 19.44N 108.91W 10.0 4.5 REVILLA GIGEDO
ISLANDS REGION
- 2004/06/29 03:09:53 19.71S 178.10W 542.2 4.7 FIJI REGION
- 2004/06/29 03:04:06 26.59S 69.36W 7.3 4.2 NORTHERN CHILE
- 2004/06/29 02:22:45 72.86N 5.10E 10.0 4.6 NORWEGIAN SEA
- 2004/06/29 01:38:47 42.20N 120.30W 5.0 3.2 OREGON
- 2004/06/29 00:38:43 33.75S 179.79W 32.7 5.1 SOUTH OF THE KERMADEC
ISLANDS
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- 2004/06/28 23:16:33 33.97S 179.94E 252.8 4.9 SOUTH OF THE KERMADEC
ISLANDS
- 2004/06/28 19:14:57 35.50S 78.38E 10.0 4.8 MID-INDIAN RIDGE
- 2004/06/28 18:57:22 19.43N 109.09W 10.0 3.9 REVILLA GIGEDO
ISLANDS REGION
- 2004/06/28 18:08:49 33.97S 72.11W 37.2 4.7 OFF COAST OF CENTRAL
CHILE
- 2004/06/28 14:22:46 56.56N 118.00E 10.0 4.5 EAST OF LAKE BAYKAL,
RUSSIA
- 2004/06/28 12:10:35 45.88N 111.89W 14.1 3.5 WESTERN MONTANA
- 2004/06/28 09:49:47 55.01N 134.38W 15.5 6.8 SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA
- 2004/06/28 08:18:32 26.48N 96.58E 88.6 4.7 MYANMAR
- 2004/06/28 06:10:51 41.44N 88.93W 5.0 4.2 ILLINOIS
- 2004/06/28 05:11:06 19.61N 109.06W 10.0 4.1 REVILLA GIGEDO
ISLANDS REGION
- 2004/06/28 05:06:13 12.64N 123.13E 10.0 5.4 MASBATE REGION,
PHILIPPINES
- 2004/06/28 02:07:06 37.75S 176.12E 188.0 NORTH ISLAND OF
NEW ZEALAND
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- 2004/06/27 22:37:17 40.92N 26.09E 5.5 3.8 WESTERN TURKEY
- 2004/06/27 22:20:47 36.87N 7.11W 27.5 1.8 STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR
- 2004/06/27 15:49:28 43.08N 0.00W 2.5 1.7 PYRENEES
- 2004/06/27 15:31:46 40.93N 26.03E 7.8 4.2 WESTERN TURKEY
- 2004/06/27 13:57:31 40.90N 26.07E 5.2 3.3 WESTERN TURKEY
- 2004/06/27 12:51:50 40.92S 43.25E 10.0 5.6 SOUTHWEST INDIAN
RIDGE
- 2004/06/27 11:52:27 43.95N 7.58E 5.0 2.2 NEAR THE SOUTH COAST
OF FRANCE
- 2004/06/27 11:07:40 36.24N 9.50W 0.0 2.2 WEST OF GIBRALTAR
- 2004/06/27 10:47:01 43.88N 7.83E 4.7 2.1 NEAR THE SOUTH COAST
OF FRANCE
- 2004/06/27 10:00:44 13.78N 91.05W 10.0 4.1 NEAR THE COAST
OF GUATEMALA
- 2004/06/27 07:46:37 19.95N 71.81W 37.0 4.3 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
REGION
- 2004/06/27 07:03:14 42.18N 120.27W 5.0 3.2 OREGON
- 2004/06/27 07:00:13 42.21N 120.32W 5.0 4.1 OREGON
- 2004/06/27 05:27:46 11.44N 87.73W 25.6 4.6 NEAR THE COAST
OF NICARAGUA
- 2004/06/27 05:20:43 38.69S 177.90E 14.0 3.9 NORTH ISLAND OF
NEW ZEALAND
- 2004/06/27 03:56:22 32.34S 71.43W 43.4 4.2 NEAR THE COAST
OF CENTRAL CHILE
- 2004/06/27 03:24:41 42.14N 120.28W 5.0 3.2 OREGON
- 2004/06/27 01:29:35 50.98N 159.28E 35.4 4.7 EAST OF THE KURIL
ISLANDS
- 2004/06/27 01:14:53 19.72S 174.43W 53.4 4.7 TONGA
- 2004/06/27 00:16:47 32.69S 71.85W 15.0 2.5 NEAR THE COAST
OF CENTRAL CHILE
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