Thursday, October 18, 2018

2.5 and 2.1 on Richter Scale Struck Up Around Parkfield, California!!! Lots of Other Small Earthquakes Shook During The Time Game 5 Was Being Played!!!

This just in at close to press time, TWO at around Parkfield!!! Probably not so much to do with the L.A. Dodgers WINNING Game 5, But good sized earthquakes just the same and Parkfield could somehow become affected by all the random shaking going on, too:

2.5 3km NW of Parkfield, CA 2018-10-17 22:50:44
2.1 14km NW of Parkfield, CA 2018-10-16 23:26

Here's a lot of earthquakes around the Greater Los Angeles area, although I haven't double-checked the list to see just how far some of them might be:

1.5 10km NNE of Cambria, CA 2018-10-17 21:12
1.0 18km ESE of Julian, CA 2018-10-17 20:21
0.5 9km NE of Aguanga, CA 2018-10-17 19:30
0.8 6km SSE of Summerlin South, Nevada 2018-10-17 19:27
0.5 10km NE of Aguanga, CA 2018-10-17 19:12:00
1.3 5km S of Summerlin South, Nevada 2018-10-17 19:02
1.6 4km NNW of Boron, CA 2018-10-17 18:19
0.9 2km SSE of Colton, CA 2018-10-17 18:15
0.9 2km NNE of San Jacinto, CA 2018-10-17 17:52
1.4 3km N of San Jacinto, CA 2018-10-17 17:19
3.1 2km NNW of San Jacinto, CA 2018-10-17 17:09
0.7 9km NE of Aguanga, CA 2018-10-17 17:09:02
1.0 3km ESE of Home Gardens, CA 2018-10-17 16:23
1.1 6km ESE of Chula Vista, CA 2018-10-17 15:54

We're seriously watching around New Zealand, and this one struck near New Zealand, very near as the list of nearby places shows:

4.8 - 107km NE of Whakatane, New Zealand
2018-10-17 16:04:19 (UTC)37.173°S 177.704°E35.0 km depth

Nearby Places
Opotiki, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand 99.8 km (62 mi)
Whakatane, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand 107.8 km (67 mi)
Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand 147.5 km (91.7 mi) undefined
Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand 166.4 km (103.4 mi) S
Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand 167.5 km (104.1 mi)

Now here's the GeoNet felt report from the 4.8 New Zealand of Wednesday Morning:

Magnitude 4.8, Thu Oct 18 2018 5:04 AM

Earthquake Details
When: Thu. Oct 18 2018 5:04 AM
Where: 45 km north of Te Kaha
Shaking: Light
Magnitude: 4.8
Depth: 31 km

Felt Report Summary
Extreme: 0
Severe: 0
Strong: 0
Moderate: 6
Light: 44
Weak: 35
Total: 85

HERE'S the link to the GeoNet on the 4.8, there@ https://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/2018p782891

Not sure how this one got the name, but. . .

1.8 - 10km NE of Lake Los Angeles, CA
2018-10-17 10:08:00 (UTC)34.676°N 117.749°W6.7 km depth

Nearby Places
6.2 Miles NE of Lake Los Angeles, CA
13 Miles North of Llano, CA
14.9 Miles NE of Pearblossum, CA
17.4 Miles NE of Littlerock, CA
17.4 Miles NNW of Pinon Hills, CA

Lot of shaking at New Madrid. . . looks like this was all on October 16 and just now zoomed-in due to being so busy on Tuesday, and haven't checked the times out on these:

1.5 3km ENE of Ridgely, Tennessee 2018-10-17 00:17
1.2 3km ENE of Ridgely, Tennessee 2018-10-16 23:04
1.4 3km ENE of Ridgely, Tennessee 2018-10-16 23:03
1.5 3km E of Ridgely, Tennessee 2018-10-16 22:55:52
1.1 3km ENE of Ridgely, Tennessee 2018-10-16 15:13
1.6 4km ENE of Ridgely, Tennessee 2018-10-16 13:58

Just a couple from around Chile:

4.1 100km ESE of Copiapo, Chile 2018-10-17 16:25
4.1 43km NW of San Martin de los Andes 2018-10-17 05:34

Hello, more baseball on Tuesday Night, and our internet was out a while there, too, closing in on press deadline, so this here Thursdays Edition, was originally posted at around 11pm in case internet never came back on! Then when internet managed to stay on past midnight my local time, I re-posted it right away as Thursday!!! Thank-You!!!

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