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North Atlantic Ridge Earthquakes
USGS ^ | 01/13/10 | USGS

Posted on 02/12/2010 10:05:27 PM PST by winoneforthegipper

Saturday, February 13, 2010 at 04:30:45 UTC Saturday, February 13, 2010 at 01:30:45 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 29.725°N, 42.582°W Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program Region NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE Distances 1605 km (1000 miles) WSW of Horta, Azores, Portugal 2685 km (1670 miles) ENE of SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico 3225 km (2000 miles) W of LISBON, Portugal

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 21.8 km (13.5 miles); depth fixed by location program Parameters NST= 42, Nph= 42, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=1.22 sec, Gp=176°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=7 Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID us2010srap

(Excerpt) Read more at earthquake.usgs.gov ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: earthquakes; geology
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Four quakes last few hours between 5.1 and 4.1. Also to note yesterday the Southern Alantic ridge tremored with a 5.4 as did offshore cuba.
1 posted on 02/12/2010 10:05:27 PM PST by winoneforthegipper
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To: winoneforthegipper

is this the area where there is hugh amounts of methane under the sea...


2 posted on 02/12/2010 10:06:51 PM PST by gibtx2 (keep up the good work I am out of work but post 20 a month to this out of WF Check)
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To: gibtx2
Great Job!

Yes, many suspect the North Atlantic plate of causing Methane Hydrate release, in masse.

Which I might add is more plausible than CO2 as a contributing factor toward any warm periods in history, including volcanoes!

3 posted on 02/12/2010 10:13:44 PM PST by winoneforthegipper ("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
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To: winoneforthegipper

someone one also theorized that the massive release causes ships to lose buoyancy and sink like a rock..


4 posted on 02/12/2010 10:15:14 PM PST by gibtx2 (keep up the good work I am out of work but post 20 a month to this out of WF Check)
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To: gibtx2
Good stuff. I heard of that but did not read anything on it. Perhaps when I am done typing this, I will google that aspect?....lol
5 posted on 02/12/2010 10:17:46 PM PST by winoneforthegipper ("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
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To: winoneforthegipper

Isn’t there an island in the atlantic over near europe that has a potential for a giant slide that would cause a tsunami that would swamp NYC.


6 posted on 02/12/2010 10:18:40 PM PST by gibtx2 (keep up the good work I am out of work but post 20 a month to this out of WF Check)
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To: gibtx2

Canary Islands


7 posted on 02/12/2010 10:20:08 PM PST by 1000 silverlings (everything that deceives, also enchants: Plato)
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To: winoneforthegipper
Is there any tsunami warning
8 posted on 02/12/2010 10:21:33 PM PST by notpoliticallycorewrecked (According to the MSM, I'm a fringe sitting, pajama wearing, Freeper)
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To: 1000 silverlings

yeah it was on a terror alert thing once.. they use a large explosive and NY get clobbered.. No one is watch the islands for two farm houses full of ammonia nitrate and diesel..


9 posted on 02/12/2010 10:22:35 PM PST by gibtx2 (keep up the good work I am out of work but post 20 a month to this out of WF Check)
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To: gibtx2

Yes, the Canary islands. The name of the mountain is Cumbre Vieja volcano on La Palma.


10 posted on 02/12/2010 10:22:52 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld ("I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution."-Dr.Wernher Von Braun)
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To: sonofstrangelove

http://geology.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/content/abstract/29/3/223

interesting paper..


11 posted on 02/12/2010 10:28:03 PM PST by gibtx2 (keep up the good work I am out of work but post 20 a month to this out of WF Check)
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To: gibtx2

Geologists and volcanologists also disagree about whether an eruption on the Cumbre Vieja would cause a single large gravitational landslide or a series of smaller landslides.


12 posted on 02/12/2010 10:29:49 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld ("I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution."-Dr.Wernher Von Braun)
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To: sonofstrangelove

yeah.. we know so little about how things really work..


13 posted on 02/12/2010 10:30:50 PM PST by gibtx2 (keep up the good work I am out of work but post 20 a month to this out of WF Check)
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To: gibtx2

It is. I have it bookmarked.


14 posted on 02/12/2010 10:31:42 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld ("I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution."-Dr.Wernher Von Braun)
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To: gibtx2

You are right. We really started quite early(within the last 200 years) the study of geology and the mechanics how this planet works.


15 posted on 02/12/2010 10:33:37 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld ("I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution."-Dr.Wernher Von Braun)
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To: gibtx2

**someone one also theorized that the massive release causes ships to lose buoyancy and sink like a rock..**

Would that explain the inexplainable Bermuda Triangle?


16 posted on 02/12/2010 10:36:20 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Salvation

That is one explanation.


17 posted on 02/12/2010 10:37:41 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld ("I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution."-Dr.Wernher Von Braun)
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To: notpoliticallycorewrecked

No, to small with their intensity, but it has been awhile since this frequency of activity.


18 posted on 02/12/2010 10:39:16 PM PST by winoneforthegipper ("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
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To: gibtx2

Are you thinking the Azores?


19 posted on 02/12/2010 10:39:53 PM PST by winoneforthegipper ("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
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To: winoneforthegipper

Is it just me or have their been a buttload of earthquakes in the western hemisphere the last month?


20 posted on 02/12/2010 10:40:13 PM PST by Free Vulcan (No prisoners, no mercy. 2010 awaits...)
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