EQ 7.3-magnitude earthquake hits Pacific Ocean far north of New Zealand

[jward]

BREAKING: 7.3-magnitude earthquake hits Pacific Ocean far north of New Zealand, no Pacific-wide tsunami threat

 

[jward]

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4th one there today

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[jward]

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BREAKING: 7.3 magnitude earthquake in the region of the Kermadec Islands that are northeast of New Zealand

7:52 PM · Apr 23, 2023
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[TammyinWI]

USGS showing a 7.3 and a 5.2 in area of Japan within the last hour

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[danielboon]

Strong G4 storm in progress wonder if this set of the quakes Space Weather by SolarHam

 

[tanstaafl]

By my count that makes three separate 7.0-plus events so far in April, all in the western Pacific. Does anyone have handy the average of the different magnitudes in any given year? Seems to me there usually aren't more than two or three 7.0s a year, but I don't remember the numbers.

 

[packyderms_wife]

By my count that makes three separate 7.0-plus events so far in April, all in the western Pacific. Does anyone have handy the average of the different magnitudes in any given year? Seems to me there usually aren't more than two or three 7.0s a year, but I don't remember the numbers.

Some years there are more 7.0 quakes than others, 2011 is a good example, that was also a year where there were a few 8.0+ quakes.

 

[packyderms_wife]

Strong G4 storm in progress wonder if this set of the quakes Space Weather by SolarHam

Some will argue no solar storms don't cause quakes, and others like myself will argue that they do in fact cause quakes. This solar storm was a direct hit. The good news is that the side of the earth facing the Sun when the solar storm hit was the Pacific Ocean.

 

[tanstaafl]

Some years there are more 7.0 quakes than others, 2011 is a good example, that was also a year where there were a few 8.0+ quakes.

Yup, I was way wrong about the "usually aren't more than two or three 7.0s a year." These are my notes for 7.0-or-greater earthquakes over the last ten years and 2023 so far (of course, I may have missed some).

2023 so far (including today's 7.1) - ten 7.0-or-greater, no 8.0-or-greater
2022 - ten 7.0-or-greater, no 8.0-or-greater
2021 - fifteen 7.0-or-greater, three 8.0-or-greater
2020 - eight 7.0-or-greater, no 8.0-or-greater
2019 - nine 7.0-or-greater, one 8.0-or-greater
2018 - sixteen 7.0-or-greater, one 8.0-or-greater
2017 - six 7.0-or greater, one 8.0-or-greater
2016 - seventeen 7.0-or-greater, no 8.0-or-greater
2015 - nineteen 7.0-or-greater, one 8.0-or-greater
2014 - eleven 7.0-or-greater, one 8.0-or-greater
2013 - twenty-eight 7.0-or-greater, two 8.0-or-greater

Here's the distribution that I was thinking about (and got wrong):

 

[tanstaafl]

Going back over what I posted I realized I didn't do it right, leaving the impression that my 8.0-or-greaters were a subset of the 7.0-or-greaters (which isn't the case). It should have read 7.0-7.9, thusly:

2023 so far (including today's 7.1) - ten 7.0-7.9, no 8.0-or-greater
2022 - ten 7.0-7.9, no 8.0-or-greater
2021 - fifteen 7.0-7.9, three 8.0-or-greater
2020 - eight 7.0-7.9, no 8.0-or-greater
2019 - nine 7.0-7.9, one 8.0-or-greater
2018 - sixteen 7.0-7.9, one 8.0-or-greater
2017 - six 7.0-7.9, one 8.0-or-greater
2016 - seventeen 7.0-7.9, no 8.0-or-greater
2015 - nineteen 7.0-7.9, one 8.0-or-greater
2014 - eleven 7.0-7.9, one 8.0-or-greater
2013 - twenty-eight 7.0-7.9, two 8.0-or-greater