[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/16681136[/url]

[QUOTE=Christenson;286679]Gotta subduct that ocean floor!!! (This can be either a good thing -- lots of small moves) or a bad one (that one snag point snaps with a big one!).[/QUOTE]

At pizza joints I sometimes respond the thick-or-thin-crust query with "subducted crust, please", just to see the expression on the poor order-taker's face.

[url]http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/storm_watch_stories3&stormfile=Tremor_rumbles_through_the_Prairies_01_02_2012[/url] not major but seemingly rare in my eyes.

[QUOTE=science_man_88;288047][url]http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/storm_watch_stories3&stormfile=Tremor_rumbles_through_the_Prairies_01_02_2012[/url] not major but seemingly rare in my eyes.[/QUOTE]
At least 7 others in that same area since 1990.
[url]http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/neic_c0007uzf_h.html[/url]

PBS "Frontline" - Fukushima disaster
 

PBS "Frontline" has an episode this week about the Fukushima disaster.

Interviews with some TEPCO employees who are now willing to talk despite company ban on talking to press.

Video from weather camera overlooking the Fukushima reactors during the earthquake preceding the tsunami, and other stuff I hadn't seen.

More information about government and TEPCO actions.

[URL="http://ca.news.yahoo.com/high-chance-major-oregon-quake-study-221238959.html"]High chance of major Oregon quake: study[/URL]

[QUOTE]The study, published online by the US Geological Survey, estimated a 40 percent chance of a major earthquake around Coos Bay, Oregon, over the next 50 years.[/QUOTE]

5.3 in So.Cal an hour ago. Felt it.
P.S. Chased by a 5.5 and an ellipsis. It is better to have a string of 5ers than a single larger one.

[QUOTE=Uncwilly;284857]Calipatria, California, January 19 5.0 or larger, likely a 6.5 or bigger.

You heard it here first.
:scary:[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Uncwilly;285493]Basically, I predicted that for someone IRL several weeks ago. (As a lark).
It was based upon the eq in Virginia & the one in Oklahoma.[/QUOTE]

I was off in my timing, but it seems like I was right in location.
[url]http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Maps/US2/32.34.-117.-115.php[/url]
Calipatria is ~15 km north of Brawley
[CODE]4.8 6km N of Brawley, California 2012-08-26 23:33:25 33.039°N 115.523°W 12.2
4.3 4km SE of Westmorland, California 2012-08-26 22:58:41 33.002°N 115.591°W 12.9
4.2 7km N of Brawley, California 2012-08-26 21:15:29 33.042°N 115.539°W 9.1
5.5 5km NNW of Brawley, California 2012-08-26 20:57:58 33.024°N 115.549°W 9.0
4.3 5km SSE of Westmorland, California 2012-08-26 19:40:12 32.990°N 115.598°W 13.8
4.9 5km NNW of Brawley, California 2012-08-26 19:33:00 33.021°N 115.554°W 14.5
5.3 4km NNW of Brawley, California 2012-08-26 19:31:22 33.019°N 115.546°W 12.3
4.6 4km NNW of Brawley, California 2012-08-26 19:20:04 33.019°N 115.545°W 13.1
4.0 5km NNW of Brawley, California 2012-08-26 19:16:11 33.026°N 115.547°W 13.8[/CODE]

a 5.2 in the Gulf of California (kiss the West Coast goodbye).

A 7.4 off of El Salvador: [url]http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usc000c7yw#summary[/url]

:leaving::sirrobin:

[URL="http://news.yahoo.com/quake-off-philippines-spurs-small-tsunami-1-dead-151156874.html"]Quake off Philippines spurs small tsunami; 1 dead[/URL]

[QUOTE]MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A 7.6-magnitude quake struck off the eastern coast of the Philippines late Friday, killing at least one person in a house collapse, knocking out power in several towns and generating negligible tsunami surges.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=science_man_88;309855][URL="http://news.yahoo.com/quake-off-philippines-spurs-small-tsunami-1-dead-151156874.html"]Quake off Philippines spurs small tsunami; 1 dead[/URL][/QUOTE]The USGS's automated [URL="http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usc000cc5m#pager"]PAGER[/URL] system projected a 65% (or better) chance that there would be 0-1 deaths, 95% chance that there would be 10 or fewer deaths and a 99% chance that there would be 100 or fewer deaths. Seems accurate.