Friday, August 10, 2012

6.2 Quake off Alaska



Map showing earthquakes
I have observed the quakes of the last few days at this site:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/region/N_America.php
and they are somewhat unusual in the normal context of things. If we were observing from Japan on down to New Zealand this would be a normal day or several days. But for where we live it is a much more active series of quakes than usual. So it is something worthwhile observing in case these Earthquakes over 4.0 and 5.0 are increasing in intensity because this could mean an even larger quake or quakes in the future somewhere between the Northern Part of South America and Alaska. But I'm beginning to feel more safe by the day because when we have a series of 4s 5s and 6s in a somewhat orderly fashion away from large population areas and aren't having major tsunamis or anything like that likely the movement of the plates can keep happening in a more orderly fashion and not be  life threatening for people in the North and South American regions.

note: the above picture will change each day and new quakes will appear each day as time goes on because it is updated from the above website automatically.

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