for science we needed to answer these questions… can any one help? our science teacher gave us this site to work with: quake.wr.usgs.gov/study/

For CA- how many [earthquakes] in the last hour?
how many in the last day?
what is the magnitude of the largest?

what is the location and magnitude of the quake nearest to us on the US map? where in the US are there the most earthquakes? the least? what dates are covered for this listing?

How many earthquakes occurred on the most recent month (8-30 days)?
Where in the world are most of the earthquakes located?

For significant quakes give the following:
highest magnitude- number, location
deepest focus location (in earth)- how deep?
closest to surface
caused the most damage

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I live in Washington state, and receive notifications from the USGS about earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest area. There have been a series of quakes off the Oregon coast over the past 10 days or so – the largest was a 5.2. I’m not a geologist by any stretch of the imagination, but I was watching the news last night, and a short piece on the quakes mentioned that this kind of series of quakes is usually associated with volcanic eruptions. Of course, right now, there IS no volcano in that region; is it possible that we’re about to see a new one begin? I’d be curious to know what people educated in this sort of science think – thanks!
Btw – I’m not "worried" about it or anything; I’m just wondering if it’s POSSIBLE. I certainly think it would be fascinating to see if it occurs, but I have no idea if that’s possible. I do remember MANY years ago (I’m 53) the process of a volcano (in the Atlantic, I think) turning into an island; it was documented in something like Life or National Geographic, but I was much too young at the time to do much more than look at the pictures.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Maps/10/230_45.php

Ok – yeah, I know about the Cascade volcanoes, of course (I can look out my window and see Rainier, after all…). I guess it’s just that the USGS folks are saying there’s no volcano in the immediate area of the quakes, so I’m wondering if it’s reasonable at all to think that another one MIGHT form. Of course, I know it would take an EXTREMELY long time to form to the size of a Rainier or a St. Helens, but *could* this be the start of a new one?

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Could North Korea’s Nuclear blast testing be making all this weird weather in California and Mexico and everywhere? Could it be that maybe they’ve been testing for months, and finally Mother Earth is exploding with fury, I think all bad weather and quakes are because NORTH KOREA is using nuclear bombs under the ground…wake up world before it is too late!!!!!! I need ANSWERS!

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OMG!!

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Quakes/nc40204628.php

A 5.6 Earthquake just happened. It was like a mile or so away from my house. Now i cant contact my mom because the Verizon Wireless towers along with other cell phone towers is being over swamped. Someone please confort me… I fear for me mommy…

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Here we go again…More Quakes.

Magnatiudes 7.4, 6.0, 6.6 & 6.4 near MARIANA ISLANDS REGION &
SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.php

Russia
Russia promises retaliation if weapons deployed in space
Should any country deploy weapons in space, then the laws of armed warfare are such that retaliatory weapons are certain to appear," Col. Gen. Vladimir Popovkin said.
War Inches Closer to Iran
U.S. Soldiers Create Military Base on Iraq-Iran Border to Halt Weapons Smuggling From Iran

http://www.worthynews.com/news/abcnews-go-com-print-id-3649942/

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070927/81302492.html

AURORA WATCH: High-latitude sky watchers should be alert for auroras tonight. A high-speed solar wind stream is buffeting Earth’s magnetic field and causing geomagnetic storms
Weird worlds: Planets that defy convention-Small planets turned up not orbiting sun-like stars: they were hostage to a neutron star –
Thoughts?

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See this first

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.php

That is something that havent seen it before,i mean,this is much!.With a tremble of 5.5 it seems pretty ugly,now in Indonesia which have it every time an earthquake,not a tremble,a earthquake,which means that probably it would be casualities for this event.
Can someone explain about this,i mean,is this normal what is happening??

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Has anyone been following up on it lately? There has been about a good 100 to 200 or so, most small. Here’s a list:

http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Maps/115-33_eqs.htm

Its in a geothermal area near a dormant volcano. Its getting annoying aside from nerve racking trying to sleep at night.
Here’s a recent report of earthquakes, man they just keep coming,gah, I hope its just easing pressure off of San Andreas.

http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Quakes/quakes0.html

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See this first

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.php

That is something that havent seen it before,i mean,this is much!.With a tremble of 5.5 it seems pretty ugly,now in Indonesia which have it every time an earthquake,not a tremble,a earthquake,which means that probably it would be casualities for this event.
Can someone explain about this,i mean,is this normal what is happening??

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http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Quakes/nc40204628.html

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Recently, there was a huge earthquake in the Indonesia island of Java. A fewdays later, there is another in the Philippines.

Are the 2 quakes related? Both Java and the Philippines are on the same plate, the Eurasia Plate.

Does the moon also have an effect on the earthquakes? This is because yesterday was the new moon.

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what’s so unstable in that area?… is that a prime subduction zone, or is there volcanic activity to come or was in the past ?…. this is a couple doozies to have happened so near each other in a short time, yes?…. here’s the USGS site’s report..

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/eqinthenews/2007/us2007hear/

. and this quake was only five miles deep?.. isn’t that pretty shallow?….
on page two, I just learned about the Toba volcano on Sumatra…. looks like it could be deep doo-doo over there if these quakes wake that booger up…..any chance of that , ya think?….

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I mean, the tectonic plates around the world are always under pressure until enough builds to break them loose (thus the earthquake), so why don’t huge earthquakes shake things up enough to "help" quakes break loose all over?

I know. Go ahead. Laugh at my simplistic views of plate tectonics and my obvious lack of knowledge thereof. It’s OK. I just want to hear what people say.

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And by bigger I mean stronger earthquakes, or volcano eruptions from active volcanos. Along the San Andreas fault line, could this mean a bigger quake?

I was watching Fox news and it said that there were 25 (or some number like that) earthquakes in California in the past two months.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/

Recent earthquakes

By the way, I haven’t been keeping track to earthquakes as much as I used to..I was unsure if all of the quakes in Cali were common or not (like if this sort of thing happens all the time).

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The link is here:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.php

And 9 people dead today already – it is so sad

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I am considering moving to the Bay Area of California, and I know they region is criscrossed with earthquake faults. But, how much of a risk is it REALLY? Is there risk of ending up homeless after massive damage? How much do residents worry about quakes on a regular basis?

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http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Quakes/ci14383980.htm

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http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.php

Look at them all

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Worldwide?

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.html

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I also had a similar one 2 months prior to the Northridge quake. I wrote a letter to the Times, and they later mentioned it in an article about psychic tools of predicting earthquakes.

This recent dream was much more devastating, and I’ve again sent a detailed letter, (Registered), to the Mayor’s Office.

The 4 page missive and a copy of the Times article and letter (Northridge) will be sold on eBay Thanksgiving Day, with full proceeds to be given to the Red Cross, Los Angeles Chapter.

Those living in or near the Riverside epicenter should go to Las Vegas before it hits.

It eclipses all US quakes ever recorded.
.

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There is just some things that are not sitting right with me about all this earthquake stuff. Last week’s earthquake was very strange and there were some strange things that I noticed after the quake. A lot of low flying military-type airplanes, aftershocks that are downgraded minutes after they happen. There was a report of someone from Scott Airforce Base found dead in his home after a "Standoff" the night of the quake, but it was never reported in the news until 4 days later? I’ve noticed a lot of mini-quakes along the New Madrid fault line, where normally there is just a couple a week that show up on the map. Then there’s the Reno quakes….. don’t even get me started on that (Area 51)….. Does anyone else share my feeling that there is something more to these quakes? Tell me your thoughts…. Even if you think I’m a crackpot!

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Just seems like a lot of siesmic activity in strange places worldwide. You can look at the map at the USGS link and see odd quakes on the altantic side of Africa, and many in the central and eastern US not to mention an unusually excessive amount in the western US. There are many more than typical all along the ring of fire.

Check out the hourly updated map and share your opinion on it.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/

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it happened in the gulf of mexico around 11am and there were 4 big quakes. i was at a target store walking around getting stuff i need. i didnt know there were earthquakes till i saw the news later on

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in the Book of Revelation….
Yellowstone Earthquake Swarm Puzzles Scientists
Live Science ^ | 30 December 2008
A swarm of small earthquakes in Yellowstone National Park is the most intense measured there in years, leaving scientists puzzled.

Yellowstone Quake Swarm Worries Scientists… More Today….
Fox News ^ | Dec 30th, 2008
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Yellowstone National Park was jostled by a host of small earthquakes for a third straight day Monday, and scientists watched closely to see whether the more than 250 tremors were a sign of something bigger to come. Swarms of small earthquakes happen frequently in Yellowstone, but it’s very unusual for so many earthquakes to happen over several days, said Robert Smith, a professor of geophysics at the University of Utah. "They’re certainly not normal," Smith said. "We haven’t had earthquakes in this energy or extent in many years."
Yellowstone Update: 22 more quakes in last 6 hours
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Maps/US2/43.45.-111.-109_eqs.php ^
Excerpt: MAP 2.4 2008/12/30 00:36:39 44.510 -110.384 0.2 60 km ( 37 mi) ESE of West Yellowstone, MT MAP 2.4 2008/12/29 21:25:15 44.525 -110.360 2.0 61 km ( 38 mi) ESE of West Yellowstone, MT
Scientists in California have admitted they are extremely puzzled about three neighboring volcanoes that all erupted at the same time. The scientific experts said it is nearly impossible for that to happen! (43) Strong earthquakes continue to shake the earth repeatedly. There have been nearly three hundred of them in the last thirty days. These include the 6.1 magnitude quake that shook Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands on October 11th, (44) and the 7.0 magnitude quake that was listed as strong and rattled New Zealand on September 29th. The Philippines were also rattled by a quake of 6.1 magnitude on September 27th. (45)

43. Anchorage Daily News, Oct. 10, 2008, by George Bryson, Anchorage, AK.

44. Associated Press, Oct. 11, 2008, Puerto Rico.

45. Earth Changes Media, Sep. 29, 2008, by Mitch Battros, http://earthchangesmedia.com/.

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If you felt the earthquake in the San Francisco area, please help out by filling out a report. Thanks!

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Quakes/nc51207740.php

http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/shake/STORE/X51207740/ciim_display.html

I don’t care how big or how little you think it is; I’m not in San Fran – I’m in Seattle. I wanted to know if you felt it, and if you did, you should fill out the form to help them be better understood.

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http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Quakes/ci10370141.php

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Just on NPR..http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2007zpb3.php
That link shows it?
That says it was 4.8, I do not know what that means. Other ones on that site say 4.4 is yellow?
Dang, after looking at all the junk,,,ermm data on that site ,it looks like there is a quake everywhere at anytime. This is a fun planet?

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Although aftershocks are normal for earthquakes, from checking the USGS site there appear to be more aftershocks following this earthquake than typical. is this just a result of the type of earthquake, or is it just that the earthquake on the 12th May released the plate and this plate is now moving more freely. The aftershocks have now been rumbling on for 24 days with a 5.3 quake today (05th June) plus two additional quakes during the past 24hrs

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I realize there are frequent little tremors and quakes, etc…I'm talking the next one we will be talking about for many decades (or even centuries) later.

Even though nobody will probably listen to this, try to answer only if you have some actual scientific data or a reputable website that explains this!

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Do you have all the recommended earthquake supplies on hand? Do you have an emergency exit plan in place?

This was certainly a mild quake as far as they go, little or no damage, but those of us who've lived here awhile remember bigger badder quakes and the damage they can cause.

Are you ready for one of those?

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