Happy Birthday To The EQ Alert Guy!!! ALSO a 5.3 Richters Earthquake Near Fukushima, Japan!!! Full Moon Window Starts Soon!!!

Well, the really big story today isn't about earthquakes. . . it's about ME, The EQ Guy!!! Yes, can't help it but have to report that I just so happened to have been BORN, on August 15, 1960!!! Had a lot of fun over the weekend, but today/Monday is my real BIRTHDAY!!! Happy Birthday ME!!! Final thought for the day today as I was at a local ice cream place celebrating by myself was WHEN will August 15 become a holiday:))) Of course the "EQ Guy Day" or whatever. . . and went just one step beyond that as my Strawberry Shake reached the bottom of the glass and my 55th birthday came to an end I wondered if it would ever mean a 3-Day weekend or even a paid-holiday for anybody anywhere!!! Well, that's how my day and more about my weekend coming up, yet!!! Here's the 5.3 Japan Earthquake:

5.3 - 66km E of Namie, Japan, Time: 2016-08-15 07:04
Nearby Places:
41 Miles East of Namie, Japan, Population: 21,866
53.5 Miles ENE Iwaki, Japan, Population: 357,309
63 Miles ESE Marumori, Japan, Population: 16,752
64.1 Miles East of Funehikimachi, Japan, Population: 23,524
73.7 Miles ESE of Fukushima, Japan, Population: 294,237

NOW Here's you chance to catch not only this weeks "Earthquake Minute" but some wonderful clips from this weekends Big "Car Launch" up in Northern Wisconsin at the end!!! CLICK Arrow: You can view Car Launch "Earthquake Minute" at YouTube@ https://youtu.be/mKqwuboUJBM Transcript @ http://earthquakealert3.blogspot.com/2016/08/car-launch-earthquake-minute-of-august.html

If you liked those few moments of Car Launch 2016, then you just might want to stop by my YouTube and see my entire (6 Minute) show from this weekends "Moravitz Car Launch" @ https://youtu.be/GGw68aogNPU

Apparently there was still more shaking in Illinois over the weekend, too:

2.4 - 11km ENE of McLeansboro, Illinois
2016-08-11 23:10:41 UTC 38.123°N 88.407°W 9.2 km depth

Nearby Places
1.5 Miles NE Logansport, Illinois
30.2 Miles ESE Mount Vernon, Illinois, Population: 15,277
39.5 Miles NE Marion, Illinois, Population: 17,193
40.4 Miles ENE Herrin, Illinois, Population: 12,501
133 Miles SSE Springfield, Illinois Population: 116,250

Normally at this time I would put together the finishing touches of this here EQ Blog and then post it sometime in the wee hours of early tomorrow morning, but today I've been so busy with all the other stuff going on that there was never a Monday EQ Blog, so I'll post this right this moment and although it really won't be too much different from any other Tuesday EQ Blog that I might post, it will forever bear Monday, August 15, 2016 as the date which goes along good with the subject matter if you know what I mean!!! Also start watching immediately for the pace of those smallish earthquakes to start picking up and as we get closer to the very early hour of the full moon watch for something huge to shake, possbily South America or Indonesia!!! Happy Birthday ME!!! EQ Guy



There's a lot of my very best earthquake stuff in My E-Book, "Bringing Earthquakes To Life" @ http://www.eqalert2.blogspot.com Thank-You For Reading!!! EQ Guy

In the event you're reading this because you heard "Earthquake Minute" on one of the big Radio Networks somewhere, I have a page with all my "Bio Information" from my EQ Radio Show@ http://earthquakealert.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-eq-radio-show-monday-night-sept-30.html and it will have a lot of answers and some of my best stuff! Thank-You For Listening, Too!!! EQ Guy

Car Launch "Earthquake Minute" of August 14, 2016, CLICK Arrow:

You can view Car Launch "Earthquake Minute" at YouTube@ https://youtu.be/mKqwuboUJBM Transcript @ http://earthquakealert3.blogspot.com/2016/08/car-launch-earthquake-minute-of-august.html

Thank-You For Watching!!! EQ Guy



There's a lot of my very best earthquake stuff in My E-Book, "Bringing Earthquakes To Life" @ http://www.eqalert2.blogspot.com Thank-You For Reading!!! EQ Guy

In the event you're reading this because you heard "Earthquake Minute" on one of the big Radio Networks somewhere, I have a page with all my "Bio Information" from my EQ Radio Show@ http://earthquakealert.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-eq-radio-show-monday-night-sept-30.html and it will have a lot of answers and some of my best stuff! Thank-You For Listening, Too!!! EQ Guy

7.6 Richter Earthquake Strikes New Caledonia In The Pacific!!! At 320 Miles Southeast of Vanuatu With No Tsunami Apparently!

Just happened past my E-Mail prior to posting this EQ Blog and notice the FIRST E-Mail concerning this big New Caledonia Earthquake says 7.6 Richters!!!

7.2 - 109km E of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia, Time: 2016-08-12 01:26 UTC

Nearby Places:
320.5 Miles Southeast of Isangel, Vanuatu, Population: 1,437

Here is the entire list of earthquakes there:

4.8 154km ESE of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia 2016-08-11 22:25
4.7 91km E of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia 2016-08-11 21:47
4.6 100km E of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia 2016-08-11 21:41
5.0 132km E of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia 2016-08-11 21:34
5.2 125km ESE of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia 2016-08-11 20:42
5.4 139km ESE of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia 2016-08-11 20:38
7.2 109km E of Ile Hunter, New Caledonia 2016-08-11 20:26

THIS was previously headed for publication due to the proximity to Banda Aceh as you can see on the list of nearby places and it's also a place we're watching for a big one:

4.8 - 51km ESE of Mohean, India, Time: 2016-08-11 10:55:14 UTC
Nearby Places:
Sabang, Indonesia 269.6 km (167.5 mi) NW Population: 24,519
Banda Aceh, Indonesia 298.7 km (185.6 mi) NW Population: 250,757
Sigli, Indonesia 359.0 km (223.1 mi) NW Population: 17,504
Reuleuet, Indonesia 397.3 km (246.9 mi) NW Population: 40,393
Bireun, Indonesia 432.5 km (268.7 mi) NW Population: 25,793

I just thought I'd post this Illinois Earthquake. . . or is this the second one that's now struck up there in Illinois? Because I seem to recall one that was felt in St. Louis this week, also!!! Maybe there's a big one coming for that already occasionally shaky Illinois Region! Now I remember, this one struck at like 2am so there is virtually NO Felt Report I suppose everybody was probably sleeping!

2.5 - 11km NW of Mount Carmel, Illinois
2016-08-11 07:23:23 UTC, Yes that converts to 2:23am Central Time

Nearby Places
Friendsville, Illinois 3.5 km (2.2 mi) WSW Population: 0
Vincennes, Indiana 35.2 km (21.9 mi) SW Population: 18,423
Washington, Indiana 62.1 km (38.6 mi) WSW Population: 11,509
Evansville, Indiana 62.4 km (38.8 mi) NNW Population: 117,429
Indianapolis, Indiana 204.2 km (126.9 mi) SW Population: 829,718

Right this moment I'm planning a trip to that "Moravitz Car Launch" as seen on "Tru-TV" where they launch the cars off that cliff!!! https://www.facebook.com/Moravitz-Car-Launch-125946897450075 Takes place way up in the Northern Regions of the Mid-West and so I'm leaving immediately after work Friday. . . that is if nobody volunteers to fill-in for me! At this point there's no knowing if we'll be doing "Earthquake Minute" so I will just add an update when I get home from "Up North" whenever as well as probably some pics from the big Car Launch Day, too! Gates open at 10am, first car launched at Noon on Saturday!!! See You There!!1 EQ Guy



There's a lot of my very best earthquake stuff in My E-Book, "Bringing Earthquakes To Life" @ http://www.eqalert2.blogspot.com Thank-You For Reading!!! EQ Guy

In the event you're reading this because you heard "Earthquake Minute" on one of the big Radio Networks somewhere, I have a page with all my "Bio Information" from my EQ Radio Show@ http://earthquakealert.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-eq-radio-show-monday-night-sept-30.html and it will have a lot of answers and some of my best stuff! Thank-You For Listening, Too!!! EQ Guy

2.8 Richters Just North of New Madrid and South of Sikeston, Missouri, and Lots of Shaking at Northern California!!! Small Swarms at Anza, and Idyllwild, California!!!

Just a few notable earthquakes have been striking but looks so much like something major will be coming and right on time, too! Here's the first one that also has a huge felt report which includes PEORIA!!!

2.8 - 8km WNW of East Prairie, Missouri
2016-08-09 09:05:39 UTC 36.796°N 89.477°W 4.4 km depth

Nearby Places
2.4 Miles SSW of Dogwood, Missouri
8.3 Miles SE of Sikeston, Missouri, Population: 16,318
34 Miles NW of Union City, Tennessee, Population: 10,895
35 Miles South of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Population: 37,941
156.1 Miles WNW of Nashville, Tennessee, Population: 530,852

Here's the felt report from that Missouri Earthquake:

City.....State.USA...................Zip..........#......Km
Matthews, MO United States of America 63867.........5.....8 km
Bertrand, MO United States of America 63823.........3.....11 km
Sikeston, MO United States of America 63801.........1.....18 km
East Prairie, MO United States of America 63845.....13....18 km
Portageville, MO United States of America 63873.....1.....45 km
Bernie, MO United States of America 63822...........1.....51 km
Malden, MO United States of America 63863...........1.....53 km
Cape Girardeau, MO United States of America 63701...1.....60 km
Sedgewickville, MO United States of America 63781...1.....92 km
Frohna, MO United States of America 63748...........1.....99 km
Hardy, AR United States of America 72542............1.....182 km
Saint Louis, MO United States of America 63102......1.....212 km
Saint Louis, MO United States of America 63119......1.....213 km
Batesville, AR United States of America 72501.......1.....225 km
Chesterfield, MO United States of America 63017.....1.....226 km
Saint Charles, MO United States of America 63301....2.....244 km
Marthasville, MO United States of America 63357.....1.....249 km
Wentzville, MO United States of America 63385.......1.....253 km
Peoria, IL United States of America 61602...........1.....431 km
East Bend, NC United States of America 27018........1.....805 km

These are all the earthquakes that have now struck that Northern California Epicenter there, although I just noticed prior to press time that these here have now about ceased! Look at the top and most recent of these as I've updated the list early Thursday, and you can see looks sort of like 10am Wednesday or about 24 hours after the big one at the bottom or beginning of the list:

2.4 19km NNE of Upper Lake, California 2016-08-10 10:01
2.2 21km NNE of Upper Lake, California 2016-08-10 08:40
2.0 20km NNE of Upper Lake, California 2016-08-10 04:36
1.9 20km NNE of Upper Lake, California 2016-08-10 03:30
1.9 20km NNE of Upper Lake, California2016-08-10 02:26
2.4 20km NNE of Upper Lake, California 2016-08-10 01:25
2.2 19km NNE of Upper Lake, California 2016-08-10 01:23
2.1 19km NNE of Upper Lake, California 2016-08-10 00:30
2.3 19km NNE of Upper Lake, California 2016-08-10 00:28
2.3 19km NNE of Upper Lake, California 2016-08-10 00:26
2.2 19km NE of Upper Lake, California 2016-08-10 00:13
2.1 21km NNE of Upper Lake, California 2016-08-09 23:32
2.0 20km NNE of Upper Lake, California 2016-08-09 23:23
3.0 20km NNE of Upper Lake, California 2016-08-09 22:24
2.0 22km NNE of Upper Lake, California 2016-08-09 22:15
2.7 19km NE of Upper Lake, California 2016-08-09 22:08
5.1 19km NNE of Upper Lake, California 2016-08-09 21:57
2.1 20km NNE of Upper Lake, California 2016-08-09 16:19

A Guess might be that something could happen in this here region to the EAST of San Diego:

1.0 10km SW of Idyllwild, CA 2016-08-10 20:57
1.0 9km SSW of Idyllwild, CA 2016-08-10 20:12
0.6 14km ESE of Anza, CA 2016-08-10 19:23
0.8 9km S of Idyllwild, CA 2016-08-10 19:03
0.7 9km S of Idyllwild, CA 2016-08-10 19:02
1.4 10km S of Idyllwild, CA 2016-08-10 17:02
2.7 10km S of Idyllwild, CA 2016-08-10 17:00
0.3 14km ESE of Anza, CA 2016-08-10 16:17
0.6 10km S of Idyllwild, CA 2016-08-10 16:13
0.4 10km S of Idyllwild, CA 2016-08-10 16:13
0.2 11km S of Idyllwild, CA 2016-08-10 16:13
0.8 10km S of Idyllwild, CA 2016-08-10 16:11
0.4 7km ESE of Valle Vista, CA 2016-08-10 14:23
1.1 14km ESE of Anza, CA 2016-08-10 10:49
0.5 19km ESE of Anza, CA 2016-08-10 09:50
0.8 22km ESE of Anza, CA 2016-08-10 08:50
0.9 14km ESE of Anza, CA 2016-08-10 08:22
1.0 14km ESE of Anza, CA 2016-08-10 08:17
0.5 15km ESE of Anza, CA 2016-08-10 05:06
1.0 21km ESE of Anza, CA 2016-08-10 04:24
0.6 4km S of Garnet, CA 2016-08-10 03:46
1.2 14km ESE of Anza, CA 2016-08-10 01:08
0.6 18km ESE of Anza, CA 2016-08-09 23:11
0.8 4km SSW of Idyllwild, CA 2016-08-09 22:35

Actually after now looking at that list, it tells me they all happened FIRST around Anza. . . then around noon my time they migrated to Idyllwild just a few miles to the north there. Wonder where they'll migrate to NEXT? I also want to mention that the Anza/Idyllwild list is almost an exact match for that Upper Lakes list with them both covering almost the exact time line and just noticed this at about the moment I was going to publish this EQ Blog. . . . . so it seems these two lists might even actually be connected somehow!? Stay tuned to this EQ Blog for more such assertions! EQ Guy



There's a lot of my very best earthquake stuff in My E-Book, "Bringing Earthquakes To Life" @ http://www.eqalert2.blogspot.com Thank-You For Reading!!! EQ Guy

In the event you're reading this because you heard "Earthquake Minute" on one of the big Radio Networks somewhere, I have a page with all my "Bio Information" from my EQ Radio Show@ http://earthquakealert.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-eq-radio-show-monday-night-sept-30.html and it will have a lot of answers and some of my best stuff! Thank-You For Listening, Too!!! EQ Guy

5.1 Richters Earthquake Just Struck Northern California About 75 Miles North of San Francisco/Oakland Right At Press Time!!! Felt Report Includes Frisco/Oakland, Too!!!

Must have struck at around 8pm Pacific Time at the epicenter of this fairly good sized earthquake felt all across the Northern California Region! Here's the complete felt report, although it will surely be added to before early morning and I'll update it at that point: http://eqalert.blogspot.com/2016/08/there-was-51-richters-earthquake-50.html

I wanted to run the USGS Report on this one but I honestly couldn't relate to any of the town names either for the epicenter or any of the other towns that it gives the distances from and with the exception of Ukiah at 24.9 Miles there's only the nearby town of which this earthquake is named or "Upper Lakes" and pretty sure reletively nobody has heard of any of these towns with no San Francisco or Oakland or Napa distances. . . I went ahead and measured those distances using the map shown so that my readers would have a reference point they might be familiar with.

This is where we get a look at this weeks Opening Ceremonies "Earthquake Minute"!!! CLICK Arrow: SEE That Video At YouTube@ https://youtu.be/uxmc2cYPtOI And The Transcript is @ http://earthquakealert3.blogspot.com/2016/08/opening-ceremonies-earthquake-minute.html

If you were counting on that report that I had mentioned posting in todays EQ Blog. . . not going to be getting to it as we watch and wait to see what will SHAKE next!!! Of course this could become a very serious matter before all the shaking is complete and the olympics in South America is more than qualified to be an epicenter given the drawing I ran yesteday showing what looked to be fault lines all around Rio!!! Keep Watching and I'll have more about that to come! EQ Guy



There's a lot of my very best earthquake stuff in My E-Book, "Bringing Earthquakes To Life" @ http://www.eqalert2.blogspot.com Thank-You For Reading!!! EQ Guy

In the event you're reading this because you heard "Earthquake Minute" on one of the big Radio Networks somewhere, I have a page with all my "Bio Information" from my EQ Radio Show@ http://earthquakealert.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-eq-radio-show-monday-night-sept-30.html and it will have a lot of answers and some of my best stuff! Thank-You For Listening, Too!!! EQ Guy

2.4 Richters Earthquake Struck Southern Illinois Early Monday Morning!!! Several Earthquakes Now Striking South America Region!!!

There was an updated version of the following USGS Report, but very little difference so here's the early edition absent name of nearby town which I suppose might have been closer than Scottsville, and Mount Vernon, Illinois which all in all is a fairly tiny region and name of small mining town from 1800's won't affect the following information too much beyond that:

2.4 - Southern Illinois
2016-08-08 12:04:49 UTC 38.311°N 88.183°W 22.2 km depth

Nearby Places
1.4 Miles SSW of Scottsville, Illinois
39.1 Miles East of Mount Vernon, Illinois, Population: 15,277
41.3 Miles NW of Evansville, Indiana, Population: 117,429
43.5 Miles SW of Vincennes, Indiana, Population: 18,423
129.4 Miles SE of Springfield, Illinois, Population: 116,250

Here's the Felt Report:
City...State.Zip.USA.....................................#......Km
Olney, IL 62450, United States of America........1.....50 km
Mount Vernon, IL 62864, United States of America.1.....66 km

This is where we get a look at this weeks Opening Ceremonies "Earthquake Minute"!!! CLICK Arrow: SEE That Video At YouTube@ https://youtu.be/uxmc2cYPtOI And The Transcript is @ http://earthquakealert3.blogspot.com/2016/08/opening-ceremonies-earthquake-minute.html

Here's a surprising number of earthquakes around that upcoming Major Earthquake Epicenter in South America and still always surprises me to click on that page and see this whole bunch of earthquakes there like this:

4.6 66km WSW of Santiago, Peru 2016-08-08 16:45
5.1 73km WSW of Santiago, Peru 2016-08-08 14:03
4.9 138km S of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile 2016-08-08 11:08
5.0 60km W of Illapel, Chile 2016-08-08 07:24

My research into that very subject turned up this here illustration, although I can't be sure these are all fault lines, it does appear to be Rio and I'll have more about this in later blogs:

Here's a Great Story about all the earthquakes up in Alaska!!! Could Be "Glacier Shakers"@ http://www.ktuu.com/content/news/Alaska-earthquake-swarm-probably-not-earthquakes-at-all-389406022.html

If those are all fault lines, stay-tuned. . . . . because I will be telling you what to expect and in the meantime, be expecting more earthquakes around South America!!! EQ Guy



There's a lot of my very best earthquake stuff in My E-Book, "Bringing Earthquakes To Life" @ http://www.eqalert2.blogspot.com Thank-You For Reading!!! EQ Guy

In the event you're reading this because you heard "Earthquake Minute" on one of the big Radio Networks somewhere, I have a page with all my "Bio Information" from my EQ Radio Show@ http://earthquakealert.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-eq-radio-show-monday-night-sept-30.html and it will have a lot of answers and some of my best stuff! Thank-You For Listening, Too!!! EQ Guy

Looking For Good Maps of Fault Lines Around South America, and Rio De Janeiro!!! Here's What I've found So Far! Plus This Weeks "Earthquake Minute"!!!

Now I'm quite sure there have been other earthquakes since I posted this one here awaiting this Monday EQ Blog, but at the time Santa Ynez looked daunting to me and so here's Mondays lead story with just a few other bits to fill in the space around "earthquake Minute" which I do hope you'll watch!!! Check this one out and the Nearby Places with the Felt Report following:

3.0 - 13km SE of Santa Ynez, CA
2016-08-05 15:45:52 UTC 34.540°N 119.966°W 0.9 km depth

Nearby Places:
Santa Ynez, CA 13.0 km (8.1 mi) SE
Solvang, CA 17.0 km (10.6 mi) ESE
Isla Vista, CA 17.0 km (10.6 mi) NW
Goleta, CA 17.0 km (10.6 mi) NW
Santa Barbara, CA 28.0 km (17.4 mi) WNW

City....State.Zip.USA....................................#......Km
Goleta, CA 93117 United States of America.........63......8 km
Santa Barbara, CA 93106 United States of America...9.....17 km
Santa Barbara, CA 93111 United States of America...1.....17 km
Santa Barbara, CA 93105 United States of America...1.....18 km
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 United States of America.1.....97 km

This is where we get a look at this weeks Opening Ceremonies "Earthquake Minute"!!! CLICK Arrow: SEE That Video At YouTube@ https://youtu.be/uxmc2cYPtOI And The Transcript is @ http://earthquakealert3.blogspot.com/2016/08/opening-ceremonies-earthquake-minute.html

Checking the Rio De Janeiro area for fault lines and I discovered that it doesn't look like any earthquakes at all there, possibly ever. That was until I went and sorted all through the rest of them on this historic seismicity drawing and discovered Mt. Vesuvius didn't have any earthquakes there, either! Ever! Or at least apparently according to this otherwise fairly official looking map there! So, just thought I'd go on to check and Lisbon, Portugal apparently none either!!! Therefore until I can figure out how this otherwise highly accurate looking and official looking map with supposedly all the earthquakes on it came from works, then that's all I know for now. From that I might almost be able to honestly tell you something COULD very well shake in the Rio De Janeiro Region and maybe it could even possibly be something BIG!!! That is until I locate a map like that one only with the big Lisbon, Portugal Earthquake. . . and at least some mention of all the shaking that MUST have taken place around Mount Vesuvius at some point in time!!! At least like in the movie, anyways. EQ Guy



There's a lot of my very best earthquake stuff in My E-Book, "Bringing Earthquakes To Life" @ http://www.eqalert2.blogspot.com Thank-You For Reading!!! EQ Guy

In the event you're reading this because you heard "Earthquake Minute" on one of the big Radio Networks somewhere, I have a page with all my "Bio Information" from my EQ Radio Show@ http://earthquakealert.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-eq-radio-show-monday-night-sept-30.html and it will have a lot of answers and some of my best stuff! Thank-You For Listening, Too!!! EQ Guy

Here's This Weeks "Opening Ceremonies Earthquake Minute" Video Recorded In-Studio!!! CLICK Arrow:

SEE That Video At YouTube@ https://youtu.be/uxmc2cYPtOI And The Transcript is @ http://earthquakealert3.blogspot.com/2016/08/opening-ceremonies-earthquake-minute.html

Thank-You For Watching!!! EQ Guy


There's a lot of my very best earthquake stuff in My E-Book, "Bringing Earthquakes To Life" @ http://www.eqalert2.blogspot.com Thank-You For Reading!!! EQ Guy

In the event you're reading this because you heard "Earthquake Minute" on one of the big Radio Networks somewhere, I have a page with all my "Bio Information" from my EQ Radio Show@ http://earthquakealert.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-eq-radio-show-monday-night-sept-30.html and it will have a lot of answers and some of my best stuff! Thank-You For Listening, Too!!! EQ Guy

6.1 Richters Earthquake Strikes Argentina, 6.2 Richters Earthquake Strikes Near Iwo Jima, Japan!!! Now Here's This Weeks Opening Ceremonies "Earthquake Minute" Video Recorded In the Studio!!!

UPDATE: Opening Ceremonies "Earthquake Minute"!!! CLICK Arrow: SEE That Video At YouTube@ https://youtu.be/uxmc2cYPtOI And The Transcript is @ http://earthquakealert3.blogspot.com/2016/08/opening-ceremonies-earthquake-minute.html NOW Friday EQ Blog:

So far if nothing else major shakes before I publish this here edition of Fridays EQ Blog, then the big news is the 6.1 Argentina Earthquake and the 6.2 Japan Earthquake that struck quite a distance offshore from the mainland and about 40 Miles from Iwo Jima. Here's the USGS Report on the Chile Earthquake along with the list of nearby places and the Felt Report follows:

6.1 - 48km WSW of La Quiaca, Argentina
2016-08-04 14:15pm Central Time

Nearby Places:
Rinconada, Argentina, 21.6 km (13.4 mi) NE, Population: 0
La Quiaca, Argentina, 48.6 km (30.2 mi) WSW, Population: 14,751
Villazón, Bolivia, 49.4 km (30.7 mi) WSW, Population: 30,253
Tupiza, Bolivia, 102.1 km (63.4 mi) SSW, Population: 22,233
Tarija, Bolivia, 157.6 km (97.9 mi) WSW, Population: 159,269

FELT REPORT:
City........State........Country.........#.....Km
Antofagasta, Antofagasta, Chile...1.....537 km
Iquique, Tarapacá, Chile..........2.....550 km
Taltal, Antofagasta, Chile........1.....622 km
Arica, Tarapacá, Chile............1.....668 km

This might have otherwise been the top story for the day, until Chile and Japan got those big shakers, and all of this, at least the biggest ones you might notice struck right at almost the exact moment as I was posting Thursdays EQ Blog, too! The entire list of the biggest ones will follow, but first here's the NOW UPDATED felt report from that biggest one which started out at 4.7 and is now a 4.5! Here's the felt report first@ http://eqalert.blogspot.com/2016/08/45-richters-northern-california.html HERE'S THE ENTIRE BIG LIST, well somewhat edited to remove ones under about 1.3:

1.6 32km SE of Janesville, California 2016-08-04 11:33
2.0 31km ESE of Janesville, California 2016-08-04 10:55
2.0 31km ESE of Janesville, California 2016-08-04 09:26
1.4 31km ESE of Janesville, California 2016-08-04 06:44
3.4 31km ESE of Janesville, California 2016-08-04 05:13
1.5 32km SE of Janesville, California 2016-08-04 04:10
2.1 31km ESE of Janesville, California 2016-08-04 01:40
1.4 31km SE of Janesville, California 2016-08-04 00:59
1.8 31km ESE of Janesville, California 2016-08-04 00:49
1.6 32km ESE of Janesville, California 2016-08-04 00:49
2.5 32km ESE of Janesville, California 2016-08-04 00:45
2.1 31km ESE of Janesville, California 2016-08-04 00:42
2.8 32km ESE of Janesville, California 2016-08-04 00:11
4.0 31km SE of Janesville, California 2016-08-03 23:58
3.4 31km ESE of Janesville, California 2016-08-03 23:58
4.5 31km ESE of Janesville, California 2016-08-03 23:55
1.5 31km ESE of Janesville, California 2016-08-03 10:31

Since there isn't that much else going on today, here's a great story about a brand-new tower they built in Sna Francisco that is now sinking and tilting more than a foot, too! Here's San Francisco Tower Story@ http://www.ktvu.com/news/ktvu-local-news/184127499-story

Other than a garden variety 3.5 that just came to my phone and CHIMED as I was posting Fridays Edition of "Earthquake Minute" there hasn't been too much else shaking throughout the day on Friday although there was a great "Sunset/Moonset" that took place and I got some great pics of that! Good-Weekend, Everybody!!! Thank-You for listening and Reading, too!!! EQ Guy



There's a lot of my very best earthquake stuff in My E-Book, "Bringing Earthquakes To Life" @ http://www.eqalert2.blogspot.com Thank-You For Reading!!! EQ Guy

In the event you're reading this because you heard "Earthquake Minute" on one of the big Radio Networks somewhere, I have a page with all my "Bio Information" from my EQ Radio Show@ http://earthquakealert.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-eq-radio-show-monday-night-sept-30.html and it will have a lot of answers and some of my best stuff! Thank-You For Listening, Too!!! EQ Guy

THREE Big Earthquakes Strike Northern California!!!!! While Hurricane Is Earl Making Landfall Right Now At Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico!!! Might Cross Peninsula To The Gulf of Mexico!!!

Yet another update here right at press time there have now been THREE Earthquakes at Northern California around the 4 or 5 Richters Range and surely notable, but I'll need to update later into Thursday with whatever might be happening up there! Now Here's The Felt Report From The Biggest of those Earthquakes, the 4.5 Richters Northern California Shaker@ http://eqalert.blogspot.com/2016/08/45-richters-northern-california.html Also happening at EXACTLY the same time as this new hurricane is bashing the coast of Mexico!!! Details in todays previously written EQ Blog:

Late Edition of EQ Blog will be featuring a little update here concerning the landfall of a Tropical Storm that just now seems to have developed like all of the sudden into a Major Hurricane!!! Here's the very latest on Hurricane Earl:

And so we'll have to wait to see exactly what direction this now big windstorm goes once it makes its landfall at the Yucatan Peninsula. . . because that furthest track to the NORTH that you can see on the drawing is bad if you are in Southern California so let's for right now hope all those things do not happen in that sequence!!!

With respect for yesterdays talk about the olympics, this was more for the fact that the BIG Upcoming Potential Major Earthquake is so likely to strike in the midst of the Olympics in Rio De Janeiro. . . since it will be running from August 5, to August 21, and that final day will be about Day Number 44 or maybe Day 45 after the landfall of the Super Typhoon at Taiwan where all this started. I also notice several of the most recent ones have hit Day 43 and 44, so it makes it FAR more likely this one could be more around like a Day 30 which will be like Saturday or Sunday!!!

There was also a Pacifica Radio Edition of "Earthquake Minute" this week and here's the transcript from that@ http://earthquakealert3.blogspot.com/2016/08/pacifica-summer-olympics-earthquake.html

The interesting point that I'm now looking at with the following is the fact that these here particular earthquakes, with all due respect for the fact that I did run a similar list earlier in the week, these were all noticeable situated just to the north of the "Trench Line" and even though they're thousands of miles apart along that Aleutian Islands, they're still all far north of the actual trench and none at the top or actually near land or islands? Here's todays list so far:

1.8 15km W of Amatignak Island, Alaska 2016-08-03 05:07
2.5 84km ESE of Atka, Alaska 2016-08-03 01:04
2.1 118km E of Nikolski, Alaska 2016-08-02 23:39
2.0 66km SE of Adak, Alaska 2016-08-02 22:00
2.4 16km SSW of Chignik Lake, Alaska 2016-08-02 09:53

These here are all very near where I'm saying the epicenter of the next Major Chile Earthquake ought to be:'

4.5 64km SW of Atocha, Bolivia 2016-08-03 19:39
4.6 56km WSW of Ayacucho, Peru 2016-08-03 17:35
4.9 78km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina 2016-08-03 05:31
4.4 80km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina 2016-08-03 00:34
4.6 87km SW of Atocha, Bolivia 2016-08-02 13:04
4.2 121km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia 2016-08-02 09:25

As we watch to see what Hurricane Earl is going to be doing, maybe we'll know more by tomorrow, although I'm not exactly sure how many hours or when exactly this now big windstorm will have crossed that peninsula. . .I can tell you for sure there's going to already be some brand-new Earthquake Energy of some sort or another coming and we might watch Mexico possibly around Mexico City as well as just about that whole immediate area maybe all the way to Jamaica for some shaking! Update coming as that hurricane continues on! AND More Updates as Northern California keeps shaking, now, too!!! EQ Guy



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5.2 Richters Burma Earthquake SHOULD Be Indication Tectonic Plate Is Moving And Something Could Happen, Next!!!

Well, I must admit that the real reason this earthquake is appearing here is because I had thought we were watching Burma for some shaking that could be due to the line of earthquake energy passing directly through that region! Yes, it's shaking and yes the line probably does run directly through there, but I was not able to find anywhere where I had mentioned it at least on this occasion. . . and of course I had mentioned it before on other occasions that I know. So for now here's the latest Burma Earthquake:

5.2 - 17km WSW of Pakokku, Burma
2016-08-01 10:01:08 UTC 21.289°N 94.941°E 128.8 km depth

Nearby Places:

9.8 Miles WSW Pakokku, Myanmar Population: 126,938
27.9 Miles NNE Chauk, Myanmar Population: 90,870
31 Miles WSW Myingyan, Myanmar Population: 141,713
57 Miles N Yenangyaung, Myanmar Population: 110,553
78 Miles WSW Sagaing, Myanmar Population: 78,739

Left over information from blogs earlier in the week is the fact that the Olympics in Rio De Janeiro will run from August 5, to August 21, and that final day will be about Day Number 44 after the landfall of the Super Typhon at Taiwan where all this started. Seems sort of connected and if nothing else just need a place to fit this next story in, the big 1960 Earthquake at Chile! Check Out the USGS Report on that big earthquake, or this would be more of a write-up than a real-time report I suppose@ http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/world/events/1960_05_22.php

This is a fairly unique series that I noticed up in the Islands of Alaska:

2.0 66km SE of Adak, Alaska 2016-08-03 03:00
2.4 16km SSW of Chignik Lake, Alaska 2016-08-02 14:53
1.8 73km NW of Atka, Alaska 2016-08-02 07:35
2.5 63km E of Adak, Alaska 2016-08-01 09:33
2.3 125km S of Unalaska, Alaska 2016-08-01 09:33
2.7 18km ENE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska 2016-08-01 07:56
2.7 134km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska 2016-08-01 05:59
2.0 127km S of Unalaska, Alaska 2016-08-01 02:26
2.0 119km S of Unalaska, Alaska 2016-08-01 02:00


There were also THREE Earthquakes to the north of Santa Rosa at a place called Helena, California. Although this place did not continue to shake and by the time I decided to run this list in this blog, I had to go all the way back to the 7-Day list in order to get these:

2.0 4km E of Saint Helena, California 2016-08-01 12:42
2.2 3km E of Saint Helena, California 2016-08-01 12:09
2.0 3km NE of Saint Helena, California 2016-08-01 08:34
1.9 1km NE of Saint Helena, California 2016-08-01 00:16
2.0 2km E of Saint Helena, California 2016-08-01 00:15

There was also this Pacifica Radio Edition of "Earthquake Minute" that was sent out recently and here's the transcript from that@ http://earthquakealert3.blogspot.com/2016/08/pacifica-summer-olympics-earthquake.html

So the New Moon Window will run just a few hours into the day on Wednesday and there will continue to be that one big alert that will continue beyond until the big one shakes and that could be a few different places so keep watching!!! EQ Guy



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There Have Been Two Big California Earthquakes As Of Press Time!!! 3.0 Near Napa, And 3.2 North of Napa!!! Exact Moment of New Moon Will Be Around 1:47pm Pacific Time on Tuesday!!!

These fairly big, sorry if the headline makes it sound like BIG Earthquakes, anyways they came in late on Monday Night and by the time I had figured out the difference between Universal Time, and my own local time. . . it looks like the two had both struck within the hour of around 7 or 8 pm Central Time and I'm watching for more there because BOTH Felt Reports contained many San Francisco Felt Reports, here's the closest of the two proximately nearest to Frisco the 3.0 and whether the larger farther one was more felt there, not sure:

City.......................State.Zip.USA...........................#.....Km
American Canyon, CA 94503 United States.........33...13 km
Vallejo, CA 94589 United States of America......18.....13 km
Vallejo, CA 94592 United States of America.......3.....13 km
Vallejo, CA 94590 United States of America......56.....14 km
Napa, CA 94559 United States of America..........3.....15 km
Vallejo, CA 94591 United States of America......26.....15 km
Crockett, CA 94525 United States of America......5.....18 km
Port Costa, CA 94569 United States of America....2.....19 km
Rodeo, CA 94572 United States of America.........1.....19 km
Benicia, CA 94510 United States of America.......1.....20 km
Fairfield, CA 94534 United States of America.....8.....21 km
Sonoma, CA 95476 United States of America........2.....21 km
Pinole, CA 94564 United States of America........1.....22 km
Novato, CA 94949 United States of America........1.....27 km
Petaluma, CA 94954 United States of America......1.....27 km
Concord, CA 94519 United States of America.......1.....33 km
Oakland, CA 94609 United States of America.......1.....38 km
Napa, CA 94558 United States of America..........5.....39 km
Saint Helena, CA 94574 United States of America..1.....40 km
Oakland, CA 94610 United States of America.......1.....40 km
San Francisco, CA 94117 United States of America.1.....47 km
Sacramento, CA 95819 United States of America....1.....87 km
Santa Barbara, CA 93105 United States of America.1....457 km

Actually the 3.2 felt report not shown had three San Francisco Zip Codes with one of them posting 3 reports came in, while the 3.0 above also has one from Oakland. There was also a good sized earthquake in the Olympia, Washington Region on Monday with mostly a local felt report and one or two coming in from Seattle.

One more chance to view/hear this weeks local radio version of "Earthquake Minute"!!! CLICK Arrow: View This Weeks "Olympic Sized Earthquake Minute" at YouTube@ https://youtu.be/qAGGHb0qvnc And The Transcript @ http://earthquakealert3.blogspot.com/2016/07/olympic-sized-earthquake-minute-for.html

A few that seemed noteworthy so I'll add them here, first this one big one in the Mid-Indian Range:

5.4 South Indian Ocean 2016-08-01 05:29
6.1 South Indian Ocean 2016-08-01 02:42

Then these two that up until all the shaking up around Napa, California these seemed important:

2.2 23km ESE of Avalon, CA 2016-07-29 00:24
2.8 43km WSW of Carlsbad, CA 2016-07-28 17:47

Lots of shaking in Hawaii and there was also a big story about how the LAVA that flows from one of the volcanoes has been reaching the ocean for the first time in a lot of years! Probably a sign there's something about to be happening and it could mean the big earthquake we're watching for, too:

2.0 4km S of Volcano, Hawaii 2016-08-01 22:40
1.9 3km SSE of Pahala, Hawaii 2016-08-01 18:46
2.1 5km ENE of Pahala, Hawaii 2016-08-01 13:54
2.8 26km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii 2016-08-01 06:16
2.4 1km SE of Pahala, Hawaii 2016-08-01 02:26
2.2 5km S of Volcano, Hawaii 2016-08-01 01:21
2.1 12km S of Volcano, Hawaii 2016-07-31 20:30pm
2.1 13km S of Volcano, Hawaii 2016-07-31 20:30pm
2.4 22km NE of Kapaau, Hawaii 2016-07-31 19:46pm
2.1 13km NE of Pahala, Hawaii 2016-07-31 16:01pm
2.2 14km SE of Volcano, Hawaii 2016-07-31 15:15pm
2.4 23km WNW of Mountain View, Hawaii 2016-07-31 11:50pm

So the Exact Moment of the New Moon could be a player in all the shaking and that will be around 3:47pm Central, 1:47pm Pacific Time on Tuesday, with the full extent of the New Moon Window running all the way into Wednesday and more or less through the better part of the day Wednesday. With all the shaking already going on. . . we could still be looking at some serious earthquake action yet this week!!! EQ Guy



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In the event you're reading this because you heard "Earthquake Minute" on one of the big Radio Networks somewhere, I have a page with all my "Bio Information" from my EQ Radio Show@ http://earthquakealert.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-eq-radio-show-monday-night-sept-30.html and it will have a lot of answers and some of my best stuff! Thank-You For Listening, Too!!! EQ Guy

7.7 Richters Earthquake Struck at Mariana Islands Late on Friday!!! Actual New Moon Window Will Begin On Monday Afternoon!!! Something Big Is Practically Guaranteed To SHAKE!!!

If this event continues on in the same manner as we followed the last one from Indonesia across the Pacific to Ecuador, then this 7.7 Richters Earthquake that shook the Mariana Islands late on Friday will be the event that rings in another in the area of 7.7 although I have it going up to 8.3 Richters. Yes, if that's the case then we could say we know more or less for certain Chile is going to get a similar almost identical shaker and soon! With the Olympics starting this week as we discuss in "Earthquake Minute" farther along in todays EQ Blog. Now check out the entire list with the 7.7 at the beginning of the list reading UP:

4.6 30km SSW of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands 2016-07-31 18:57
4.4 28km S of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands 2016-07-31 00:35
4.9 Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands 2016-07-30 17:28
4.5 21km W of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands 2016-07-30 04:38
4.5 32km SSW of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands 2016-07-29 18:42
4.5 35km SSW of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands 2016-07-29 17:27
4.9 11km S of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands 2016-07-29 17:18
4.4 54km NW of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands 2016-07-29 17:11
7.7 31km SSW of Agrihan, Northern Mariana Islands 2016-07-29 16:18

And here's the Felt Report From that big 7.7 Richters Mariana Islands Earthquake:

City......State..............Country....................#......Km
San Roque, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands....3.....419 km
Garapan, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands......2.....423 km
TINIAN, MP 96952, United States of America....55.....425 km
San Vicente, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands..1.....429 km
SAIPAN/NRTHRN ISLANDS, MP 96950 United States..1.....442 km
San Jose, Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands.....1.....446 km
YIGO, GU 96929 United States of America........5.....590 km
DEDEDO, GU 96912 United States of America......9.....591 km
TAMUNING, GU 96911 United States of America...15.....598 km
BARRIGADA, GU 96913 United States of America...1.....601 km
MANGILAO, GU 96923 United States of America....2.....602 km
MONGMONG, GU 96927 United States of America....1.....602 km
HAGATNA, GU 96910 United States of America.....2.....603 km
HAGATNA HTS, GU 96919 United States of America.1.....604 km
ASAN, GU 96922 United States of America........8.....604 km
SINAJANA, GU 96926 United States of America....1.....604 km
PITI, GU 96925 United States of America........3.....607 km
YONA, GU 96914 United States of America........6.....610 km
SANTA RITA, GU 96915 United States of America..5.....611 km
INARAJAN, GU 96917 United States of America....1.....621 km
MERIZO, GU 96916 United States of America......1.....624 km

Here's that edition of "Earthquake Minute": CLICK Arrow: View This Weeks "Olympic Sized Earthquake Minute" at YouTube@ https://youtu.be/qAGGHb0qvnc And The Transcript @ http://earthquakealert3.blogspot.com/2016/07/olympic-sized-earthquake-minute-for.html

This is an interesting one and with a fairly unique list of "Nearby Places" too! Although probably no felt reports because they don't normally keep "Felt" Reports on 0.8 Richters Earthquakes:

0.8 - Greater New York area, New Jersey
2016-07-31 00:34:44 UTC 40.841°N 74.177°W 4.7 km depth

Nearby Places
0.6 Miles NNE Brookdale, New Jersey, Population: 9,239
1.3 Miles ESE Upper Montclair, New Jersey, Population: 11,565
1.4 Miles SSW Clifton, New Jersey, Population: 84,136
1.6 Miles NW Nutley, New Jersey, Population: 27,572
52 Mile NE Trenton, New Jersey, Population: 84,913

Phone Rang with this one here and when I originally saw it I thought Northern California and was surprised to see the big red dot located. . .well you can probably figure it out by the Nearby Places or the felt report that follows where it is located:

3.4 - 9km ESE of Lake Henshaw, CA 2016-07-30 17:22

Nearby Places
5 Miles ESE Lake Henshaw, CA
6 Miles SSW Warner Springs, CA
9 Miles NNW Julian, CA
14.3 Miles NNE San Diego Country Estates, CA
23 Miles ENE Escondido, CA

City..........State.Zip.USA.................................#.....Km
Santa Ysabel, CA 92070 United States of America...1.....12 km
Warner Springs, CA 92086 United States of America.1.....16 km
Ranchita, CA 92066 United States of America.......1.....17 km
Ramona, CA 92065 United States of America........45.....25 km
Escondido, CA 92027 United States of America......5.....31 km
Valley Center, CA 92082 United States of America.12.....31 km
Descanso, CA 91916 United States of America.......1.....32 km
Escondido, CA 92025 United States of America......7.....36 km
Lakeside, CA 92040 United States of America.......7.....38 km
Poway, CA 92064 United States of America.........29.....40 km
Julian, CA 92036 United States of America........11.....41 km
El Cajon, CA 92021 United States of America.......3.....44 km
San Diego, CA 92128 United States of America.....16.....44 km
Escondido, CA 92029 United States of America......7.....45 km
San Diego, CA 92127 United States of America......7.....46 km
San Diego, CA 92131 United States of America......4.....48 km
Santee, CA 92071 United States of America.........5.....49 km
El Cajon, CA 92019 United States of America.......1.....50 km
San Diego, CA 92129 United States of America.....10.....50 km
El Cajon, CA 92020 United States of America.......1.....53 km
San Diego, CA 92126 United States of America......7.....54 km
San Diego, CA 92119 United States of America......3.....55 km
La Mesa, CA 91941 United States of America........2.....57 km
San Diego, CA 92130 United States of America......1.....57 km
San Diego, CA 92120 United States of America......1.....58 km
Carlsbad, CA 92008 United States of America.......1.....60 km
Hemet, CA 92545 United States of America..........1.....69 km
Imperial, CA 92251 United States of America.......1....105 km
West Covina, CA 91791 United States of America....1....148 km
Los Angeles, CA 90005 United States of America....1....179 km

There was also a 4.9 Richters China Earthquake that struck right about or very close to where we also sort of need to watch because it's about the nearest mainland location following the landfall very near there at Taiwan. China COULD be one of the places where major movement of the tectonic plates could result.

New Moon Window is going to mean some earthquakes!!! New Moon will strike at 3:47pm Central Time, 1:47pm Pacific on Tuesday so the New Moon Window will now begin Monday at 3:47pm Central Time with the Exact Moment 3:47pm Central, 1:47pm Pacific Time and the New Moon Window will run through Wednesday. Seems likely there'll be lots of shaking to report judging by the amount of shaking that's been going on leading into this!!! EQ Guy



There's a lot of my very best earthquake stuff in My E-Book, "Bringing Earthquakes To Life" @ http://www.eqalert2.blogspot.com Thank-You For Reading!!! EQ Guy

In the event you're reading this because you heard "Earthquake Minute" on one of the big Radio Networks somewhere, I have a page with all my "Bio Information" from my EQ Radio Show@ http://earthquakealert.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-eq-radio-show-monday-night-sept-30.html and it will have a lot of answers and some of my best stuff! Thank-You For Listening, Too!!! EQ Guy