An earthquake of magnitude 7.2 has shaken the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan today at 01:23:26 AM local time according to the USGS.

For more scientific and general information about this event please go to the
USGS webpage.

This is not the first large or damaging earthquake which has happened in that zone. Below there is a list of historical earthquakes collected from the International Seismological Centre since 1964.

This is the map of the events shown above

Global positioning	Afghanistan-Pakistan border

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So, I get a high-pitched ring in my right ear, and only my right ear never the left, there’s always an earthquake within the next 24 hours. The longer it lasts, the higher the magnitude. It only rings when there’s gonna be one with a magnitude of 5.0+
My ear rang 5 times yesterday. The times were;
3: 37 a.m. (This one was the longest out of all of them)
8: 55 a.m.
9: 23 a.m.
12: 11 a.m.
5: 19 p.m.
I looked up recent earthquakes, and found this site. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_big.php

There were 5 earthquakes!
This has been going on for about 5 years now, I’m 13.
Has anyone else had this happen?
Anyone have and idea as to why it does this??
Me and my brother’s crack up about it and say I’m a catfish! Hahaha!!!!:)
LOL Superficialidade (Sorry if mispelled!!!!)

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a. epicenter – the surface location of an earthquake
b. fault – a fracture in the crust along which movement has occurred
c. hypocenter – the underground point of origin of a quake
d. tsunami – an underwater earthquake

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When an earthquake occurs, two types of sound waves are generated and travel through the earth. The primary, or P, wave has a speed of about 10.5 km/s and the secondary, or S, wave has a speed of about 5.5 km/s. A seismograph, located some distance away, records the arrival of the P wave and then, 140 s later, records the arrival of the S wave. Assuming that the waves travel in a straight line, how far is the seismograph from the earthquake?

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tsunami warning with it…. are you folks who are nearby or on shorelines getting out , NOW????>…. please do…..

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39831929/ns/world_news-asiapacific/

report not considering the tsunami, if one is generated, to be too dangerous…. ok…. sorry… you don’t have to run for the hills…. but… I’d stay aware, anyway…..can’t be too careful, right?…..
still, there WAS a tsunami… people were lost…. the warning should have remained….very sad….

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A) The epicenter is calculated after the all the aftershocks of an earthquake are plotted. It is the statistical center of the earthquake. The focus is the spot of first motion of the rocks.
B) The epicenter is where the energy is first released and the focus of the earthquake is where most of the damage is done
C) The focus of the earthquake is were surface waves are first detected while the epicenter is where the P and S waves are detected.
D) The epicenter is the spot on the Earth’s surface directly above the focus.

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Has anyone heard of the earthquake that happened in New Zealand in early September? Does anyone have any news as to the progress of the city? Has the government put aside anymore money to help out the economy?

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I’ve been warned that an earthquake of 7.2 magnitude will hit where I live. The epicenter is a bit far but what if you live on the fault line? Will it be very strong? What happens if there are high-rise buildings on top of a fault line but not directly on the epicenter? Will it fall/topple down? My parents work in high-rise buildings near the fault line. I’m really scared. Thanks

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80% of the time I don’t think of it, but it does concern me sometimes. I know there is NOTHING I can do about it other than to have some supplies and a first aid kit, but still.

I mean we’re known for massive earthquakes and I was stupid enough to have a look at some pictures before. Now and then, (I’d say about every 3-4 months) I feel almost sick with fear about it. But then i shrug it off since I can’t do anything about it and well I like where I live lol

…

http://www.geonet.org.nz/images/earthquake/edgecumbe-2-march-1987/lge_edgecumbe_rift_in_paddock.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_New_Zealand

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The World-Wide Earthquake Locator aims to provide up-to-date information and detailed dynamic maps of earthquakes across the world within a maximum of 24 hours of their occurence. This web site also includes a database of past earthquakes, an animation of the past month’s earthquakes, and statistical earthquake prediction.

The World-Wide Earthquake Locator was originally developed by Bruce Gittings of the School of GeoScience at the University of Edinburgh in 1995 and it became an early illustration of a real-time Geographical Information System which makes use the internet World-Wide Web and the internet to map dynamic phenomena.

The Locator takes data from the National Earthquake Information Center (NEIC), part of the US Geological Survey, based in Golden, Colorado (USA). This data provides basic information about the location of recent earthquakes and their strength within hours of the events taking place

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If one earthquake has a magnitude of 5 on the richter scale and a second earthquake has a magnitude of 6 compare the intensities of the two earthquakes.

I know this has something to do with logarithims and the answer is 60 DB, I just dont know how to arrive at the answer, thanks.

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Following Hurricane Katrina in 2005, there became a strong concern in this country
about our ability to cope with natural disasters. Due to the expensive cost of
acquiring detailed data about the hazard before, during and after the event, many
agencies are putting systems forth to allow citizens affected by the events to
contribute details about their surroundings. This may be in the form of data sent
over a mobile phone, or Internet connection to a PC. Please weigh in your thoughts
about using this system as a method of coping with natural disasters by taking this
brief survey.
* 1. Have you ever experienced a natural disaster?
Yes
No
2.
Which of the following hazards have you experienced?
Flood
Hurricane
Earthquake
Fire
Tornado
None
3.
About at what intensity did the disaster occur?
Very low
low
moderate
high
very high
* 4.
Did you have access to the internet following the event
Yes
No
5.
As the event passed, did you feel that adequate updates about the hazard were
provided to affected citizens?
Yes
No
* 6.
Following the event, did you feel coherent enough that you would be able to
communicate in detail about your surroundings?
Yes
No
* 7.
Have you ever contributed Geospatial Information about a hazard or extreme event
online? (Through Google Earth, USGS website, Weather channel, etc..)
Yes
No
* 8.
Do you have any experience using a GPS system?
Yes
No
* 9.
Do you feel that your community has an adequate emergency response system in
place for the onset of natural disasters?
Yes
No
10.
Do you feel that GIS and Remote Sensing is a very appropriate way of coping with a
natural disaster before, during and after the onset of a natural hazard
Yes
No

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Many powerful earthquakes are followed later by less-powerful earthquakes called “aftershocks.”
If an earthquake measures 6 on the Richter scale and is followed by an aftershock that measures 4, how
many times more energy was released in the original earthquake as compared to the aftershock?

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Following Hurricane Katrina in 2005, there became a strong concern in this country
about our ability to cope with natural disasters. Due to the expensive cost of
acquiring detailed data about the hazard before, during and after the event, many
agencies are putting systems forth to allow citizens affected by the events to
contribute details about their surroundings. This may be in the form of data sent
over a mobile phone, or Internet connection to a PC. Please weigh in your thoughts
about using this system as a method of coping with natural disasters by taking this
brief survey.

* 1. Have you ever experienced a natural disaster?
Yes
No
2.
Which of the following hazards have you experienced?
Flood
Hurricane
Earthquake
Fire
Tornado
None
3.
About at what intensity did the disaster occur?
Very low
low
moderate
high
very high
* 4.
Did you have access to the internet following the event
Yes
No
5.
As the event passed, did you feel that adequate updates about the hazard were
provided to affected citizens?
Yes
No
* 6.
Following the event, did you feel coherent enough that you would be able to
communicate in detail about your surroundings?
Yes
No
* 7.
Have you ever contributed Geospatial Information about a hazard or extreme event
online? (Through Google Earth, USGS website, Weather channel, etc..)
Yes
No
* 8.
Do you have any experience using a GPS system?
Yes
No
* 9.
Do you feel that your community has an adequate emergency response system in
place for the onset of natural disasters?
Yes
No
10.
Do you feel that GIS and Remote Sensing is a very appropriate way of coping with a
natural disaster before, during and after the onset of a natural hazard
Yes
No

What state are you located in?

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I keep hearing they’re is gonna be a 6.5 to 7.0 earthquake likely in Southern California; Most likely in the Coachella, Salton Sea area or Chino Hills, Los Angeles area. October 1 2010 98% chance =O &&’d Everyone on twitter is making a big deal :/

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a problem in my physics book went something like this
Earthquakes produce Pwaves and Swaves. Pwaves have a constant velocity of 8km/s and Swaves have constant velocity of 6km/s. If a station records Pwaves and 33seconds later records Swaves, how far away was the earthquake??

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On the news they tell everyone to prepare for the big one all through out california and that it might be a 8.7 earthquake..is that..possible? Omg is that why everyone is moving away?

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What are some famous Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions?
Could i have a list.
thanks
What is the biggest volcanic eruption and earthquake?

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geography
i need to know an earthquake that happend at
1
2
3
4
5
6
and 7
on the richter scale
thank you guys xxx
i’ve already typed them into google sozzy xx

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Take a look for yourself…..

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqscanv/

was it military testing? (area 51 has them all the time and so does China Lake (both weapons testing areas)
natural earth movement?

I like checking out the earthquakes in california once a week or so and have never seen one like this.

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Haiti earthquake is once gain nature’s fury. Does it gotta do anything with global warming?.. and where was the more casualities ever recorded after natural disaster??

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How is the magnitude of an earthquake recorded?

If you can answer, could you try to do it like an excellence/A+ style question, using the words ‘seismograph’ and ‘seismogram.’

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High rise buildings like Taipei 101 and recently Burj Khalifa … etc how these big buildings protect themselves from earthquake of small range. what must civil engineers do to prevent this shaking.

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we were give a puzzle problem to solve and here it is..

"And the Earth Moved"
Seismographs are sensitive instrument for detecting earthquakes. They consists of large mass suspended by springs. When an earthquake happens, the disturbance travels through the earth, making the instrument vibrate. However, the mass tends not to move because of its inertia. This difference in movement is simplified and written out as a trace.

can you explain why most places in the world receive two traces for each single earthquake event? Can you also explain why a few places detect only one?

Thanks in advance

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So I’m 13 and I’ve tried to edit this ( I’ve tried to put some commas in as well) I’m wondering if it catches your attention it’s supposed to be the beginning of my story but I’m kind of unsure of it. Is it good or bad? By the way if your a very hard core religious person I’d suggest you don’t read this.

“ You don’t know how hard it is! My wives always die!” Satan pouted.
“ So? Is it my fault that you take a fancy to mortal women!” God muttered back.
I stood there stiff, and as still as a statue holding their tray of delicious smelling cakes, and serving them hot, steaming tea.
I wondered if the two ever got tired of bickering. It was always the same nonsense “ You never pay me enough respect.”, “ You forgot to bow when passing by my statue!” or “ The mortals find me more handsomer than you.” A million years, and their bickering never seized.

Every decade the two would meet up for a “friendly” meeting. Discussing how life was, who was there latest wife, and of course how humanity would survive and progress which wasn’t as important as the other subjects. I was just the small angelic maid who stood there, not moving or breathing serving tea.

It wasn’t the best job in fact, I had nothing to brag about however, I was paid pretty well. The only down side was having to stand there and listen to their constant arguing.
“ I never get to have any new prophets or messiahs.” complained Satan.
“ That’s because you don’t need any. Your prophets are too powerful! The last on almost caused the earthquake in Haiti last January!” God explained wearily. “ I’m the one who needs the prophet!”
“ You sicken me the least you could do is grant me the simple wish of giving me a prophet!”
“ In your dreams!”
They were arguing again soon they’d be yelling I thought grimly. Though I was forbidden to speak much or mess with the argument or try to split it up much less.
“ I never wanted to be lord of the dead! I told you all I wanted was to have a huge empire!” He yelled back at God.
“ Oh sorry mister I need it all. You should have taken my offer I presented you to become one of my angels wouldn’t that have been enough for you?” God questioned I could see in his eyes he was losing patience.” Anyways you sinned.” he added a moment later.
“ Oh well I didn’t want to be considered one of the thousands of archangels of yours!”
They began yelling about prophets and, who should really be granted the messiah. I began to lose patience this wasn’t a peaceful meeting this was more like a war meeting.
“ Maybe you should both get a prophet. Twins.” I couldn’t believe it but I found the words easily slipping out of my mouth. The two froze having heard me. Realizing I’d broken one of my rules I nervously stuttered “ S-sorry my lords I meant more tea.”
“ Now that doesn’t sound like an awful idea Abigail” God said he stroked his beard.
“ Sounds pretty good to me.” Satan agreed.
A nervous sigh of relief escaped my lips so I wasn’t going to be terribly punished after all. That was how the birth of Elisabeth and Jason Hope was decided. Two unknowing but powerful messiah’s. I should have felt great but I knew that the fate I’d bestowed on them with that one outspoken comment.
Would forever haunt me.

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Following Hurricane Katrina in 2005, there became a strong concern in this country
about our ability to cope with natural disasters. Due to the expensive cost of
acquiring detailed data about the hazard before, during and after the event, many
agencies are putting systems forth to allow citizens affected by the events to
contribute details about their surroundings. This may be in the form of data sent
over a mobile phone, or Internet connection to a PC. Please weigh in your thoughts
about using this system as a method of coping with natural disasters by taking this
brief survey.

* 1. Have you ever experienced a natural disaster?
Yes
No
2.
Which of the following hazards have you experienced?
Flood
Hurricane
Earthquake
Fire
Tornado
None
3.
About at what intensity did the disaster occur?
Very low
low
moderate
high
very high
* 4.
Did you have access to the internet following the event
Yes
No
5.
As the event passed, did you feel that adequate updates about the hazard were
provided to affected citizens?
Yes
No
* 6.
Following the event, did you feel coherent enough that you would be able to
communicate in detail about your surroundings?
Yes
No
* 7.
Have you ever contributed Geospatial Information about a hazard or extreme event
online? (Through Google Earth, USGS website, Weather channel, etc..)
Yes
No
* 8.
Do you have any experience using a GPS system?
Yes
No
* 9.
Do you feel that your community has an adequate emergency response system in
place for the onset of natural disasters?
Yes
No
10.
Do you feel that GIS and Remote Sensing is a very appropriate way of coping with a
natural disaster before, during and after the onset of a natural hazard
Yes
No

What state are you located in?

Thank you for your contribution

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I had a dream in 2005 about a church falling to pieces, a fire in the distance and people running around in panic. A few days ago I found picture of my dream, aka the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. This has happened to me before, but nothing like this. Anyone else?

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http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqscanv/

Usually there are more than 600 earthquakes listed on this web page.
However, the number of earthquakes has dropped to just over 400 for the past couple of weeks.

Does this indicate that there is energy building up along the fault lines to make one really big one soon?

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Our family is thinking about getting rid of our land line phones and replacing them with all cell phones. We were thinking about earthquakes affecting the reception. But then we thought that if the satellite is in space and the earthquake is on land, then how does it affect service if the satellite is so far away from it.

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is it in western or easten? there was an 8.3 earthquake 100 miles from there at 7am their time.

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