ENVR Earthquake 6.6 Iceland (upgraded to 6.8)

[Witness]

Earthquakes

Magnitude 6.6 - JAN MAYEN ISLAND REGION

2012 August 30 13:43:24 UTC

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This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude 6.6
Date-Time

Thursday, August 30, 2012 at 13:43:24 UTC
Thursday, August 30, 2012 at 12:43:24 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 71.462°N, 10.723°W
Depth 8.6 km (5.3 miles)
Region JAN MAYEN ISLAND REGION
Distances 93 km (57 miles) NW of Olonkinbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen
709 km (440 miles) NNE of Akureyri, Iceland
939 km (583 miles) NNE of Reykjavik, Iceland
942 km (585 miles) NNE of Kopavogur, Iceland
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 13.9 km (8.6 miles); depth +/- 2.8 km (1.7 miles)
Parameters NST=589, Nph=591, Dmin=424.1 km, Rmss=1.08 sec, Gp= 40°,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7
Source

Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID usc000cb69

 

[mzkitty]

Came in this way, so they've revised it down:


Magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes off eastern coast of Greenland - USGS via @Reuters

31 mins ago by editor

 

[Witness]

Iceland is having an increased amount
of earthquakes.
http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/earthquakes/reykjanespeninsula/

Hopefully, Katla will not erupt.

 

[lili]

Just when we were thinking, Hmm, haven't heard anything about Katla in awhile, now this. It all seems to be happening at once. Crazy times.
We are so focused on the economy and Middle East war as looming threats, Mother Nature is reminding us that she can wallop our butts quicker and harder than man-made catastrophes any day of the week.

 

[Witness]

Ok, now it is official its a 6.8

Magnitude 6.8 - JAN MAYEN ISLAND REGION

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude 6.8
Date-Time

Thursday, August 30, 2012 at 13:43:24 UTC
Thursday, August 30, 2012 at 12:43:24 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 71.461°N, 10.919°W
Depth 9.9 km (6.2 miles)
Region JAN MAYEN ISLAND REGION
Distances 93 km (57 miles) NW of Olonkinbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen
709 km (440 miles) NNE of Akureyri, Iceland
939 km (583 miles) NNE of Reykjavik, Iceland
942 km (585 miles) NNE of Kopavogur, Iceland
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 13.4 km (8.3 miles); depth +/- 2.7 km (1.7 miles)
Parameters NST=651, Nph=658, Dmin=416.3 km, Rmss=1.07 sec, Gp= 40°,
M-type=(unknown type), Version=B
Source

Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID usc000cb69

 

[CGTech]

hmm, was seeing elsewhere there have been 7300+ earthquakes in the past 30 days...

 

[marsh]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbQ4m-NqeF8

Carole King - I feel the earth move under my feet......

 

[Wise Owl]

From increased ice melt reported from the Greenland Ice sheet to the sublimation of methyl hydrates near Spitsbergen, to an increased number of swarms and large earthquakes; the dynamics of the Arctic Circle is quickly and ominously morphing. August 30, 2012 – ARCTIC CIRCLE - A powerful 6.8 magnitude earthquake erupted in the Jan Mayen Island region of the Arctic Circle, north of Iceland. The earthquake had a depth of 9.9 km (6.2 miles) and was followed by a 5.2 magnitude aftershock. Seismic turbulence has been increasing in the Arctic Circle in the month of August, as seen from the map above. On August 14, a – 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck in the Sea of Okhotsk near NE Russia. Today’s 6.8 magnitude Arctic earthquake was preceded by double moderate tremors along the Western Indian-Antarctica Ridge in the 5.4 and 5.0 range. The seismic dynamism that has the planet reeling, from pole to pole, increases the potential for major seismic disturbances along the Nazca plate of South America, the Cocos plate, along Central America; and, or the SW region of the U.S. near the Gulf of California, where the Pacific and North American plate are experiencing increased agitation. –The Extinction Protocol

 

[lili]

Wise Owl, you are not giving me warm fuzzies here:

"The seismic dynamism that has the planet reeling, from pole to pole, increases the potential for major seismic disturbances along the Nazca plate of South America, the Cocos plate, along Central America; and, or the SW region of the U.S. near the Gulf of California, where the Pacific and North American plate are experiencing increased agitation. –The Extinction Protocol "

Thank you for the info, WO, I think.