Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Watching the Minor EQ Swarm Offshore NorCal

Here, the minor swarm occurring Offshore NorCal. It could fizzle or sizzle in the days to come.

Update time = Wed May 6 10:00:01 PDT 2009Here are the earthquakes appearing on this map, most recent at top ...
MAG DATE LOCAL-TIME LAT LON DEPTH LOCATION
y/m/d h:m:s deg deg km
2.2
2009/05/05 06:08:33 40.346N 124.297W 33.5 3 km ( 2 mi) NNW of Petrolia, CA
2.1
2009/05/04 18:11:57 40.548N 124.158W 7.0 4 km ( 3 mi) SSW of Fortuna, CA
2.1
2009/05/03 11:45:17 40.757N 124.142W 22.0 1 km ( 1 mi) SSE of Cutten, CA
4.2
2009/05/03 10:54:05 40.749N 124.164W 21.0 1 km ( 1 mi) N of Pine Hills, CA
2.7
2009/05/03 04:13:07 40.405N 124.754W 34.0 41 km (25 mi) WNW of Petrolia, CA
2.7
2009/05/01 23:42:18 40.434N 125.142W 0.2 74 km (46 mi) W of Petrolia, CA

Source: USGS


UPDATE: Formula set up for the perfect offshore quake: Full Moon, erratic tides, moderate eq in May 2 yrs ago; 4.2 could have been a foreshock...no left ear tones but images of a shake. Last moderate quake: 5.9 Nov. 28, 2008.

5.2, May 9, 2007 Petrolia, Offshore NorCal
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/eqinthenews/2007/nc51181705/


Full Moon, May 9

Eureka
Next Five Days (erratic);
http://www.tidelinesonline.com/displayPredictions.do?locationInfo=1342-799-Eureka-8&month=5&day=6&year=2009

Source: Tidesonline.com

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