Earthquake Hits Southern Philippines; No Damage

AP via NPR ^ | 23 July 2010 | Unknown

[Jack Hydrazine]

An undersea 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit the southern Philippines on Saturday morning but it was too deep to cause any damage, officials said.

No tsunami alert was issued, said the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, based in Hawaii.

The quake hit the Moro Gulf off Mindanao Island at 7:15 a.m. (2315 GMT), the U.S. Geological Survey said. It said the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.4 but the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology later reported a 6.9 magnitude.

[Jack Hydrazine]

Actually three major EQs hit within a little over an hour.

Depth, Time (UTC), Mag, Depth(km), Region
24-JUL-2010 01:44:44 5.3 592.2 MINDANAO, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
24-JUL-2010 00:50:13 4.9 581.5 MINDANAO, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
23-JUL-2010 23:15:08 7.4 616.7 MINDANAO, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
23-JUL-2010 22:51:11 7.4 575.6 MINDANAO, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
23-JUL-2010 22:19:35 5.4 594.8 MINDANAO, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
23-JUL-2010 22:08:11 6.9 603.8 MINDANAO, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

[AndrewB]

Thanks for letting us know.

[bd476]

Here is an article with more information about the Philippine quake for the Earthquake Ping List.

If you wish to be removed from the Earthquake Ping List or added to it, please FReepmail me.

[pollywog]

Lots of intense shaking.

[NormsRevenge]

pretty deep ones..

Art Bell is on for George Snorey tonight, I think he’s back in the Philippines.. hopefully, he’ll have a local update,

[NormsRevenge]

Three major quakes rattle Philippines
AFP

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100724/wl_asia_afp/philippinesquake

MANILA (AFP) – Three major quakes measuring between magnitude 7.3 and 7.6 hit the southern Philippines early Saturday, seismologists said, but there were no reports of damage and no tsunami warning was issued.

The underwater quakes struck at a depth of between 575 and 605 kilometres (350 and 375 miles), just over 100 kilometres southwest of Cotabato, on the island of Mindanao, said the US Geological Survey.

The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said no destructive tsunami was generated by the 7.3-, 7.6- and 7.4-magnitude quakes, the first of which hit at 6:08 am (2208 GMT Friday).

“It was kind of mild,” said Monisa Tulawie, a staff member at the Cotabato city mayor’s office, who told AFP she felt one of the quakes.

[Jack Hydrazine]

Thanks for that story!

[Jack Hydrazine]

It’s in Mindinao which is good because it is infested with Muslim jihadis living there. They are currently engaged in a guerrilla war with the Philippine government over control of the island.

[ASA Vet]

PI Ping

[Global2010]

Thanks for keeping your Earth Quake ping shakin’.

I think I am clued in to you only get “active” with the large richeter size and aftershocks or perhaps a lil one that caused havoc..

Whatever as an old Freeper (not so much an internet person at times now a day..unless) I/we appreciate your decade of “Earthquake Ping”
*has it been a decade? who cares, many years ping*

[bd476]

You’re welcome Global2010! And thank you very much for your kind note to me. I have been offline a few weeks because my modem blew out during an ISP crash.

I hope that you and King Vanity are doing okay. I am keeping you both in my prayers.

[Global2010]

The woman who was my guardian (I spent allot of time in SW Samar) growing up is supposed to be in PI (North of this EQ Island wise) as we type.

She still wants me to marry the 2nd cousin (no blood to my Irish/Swede) in her family.

Ahh nothing like a “green card” and “rooster fights” in the driveway. /sarc

[Global2010]

IIRC Art is in the North PI...

Long way away from Tagalog.

[Global2010]

Hell it has always been.

[Global2010]

Back atcha for those daily lifting up of intentions/grief/sufferings/service.

Lord knows... hears us.

My heart to yours.

Peace be with you.

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[Global2010]

Hey Tubebender,

I have been eating beefsteakers/lemon cukes and more good farmed foods.
For over a week.
YUM.

(hint too. I got sick as in forgot to eat fat/protein and lost my land legs untill I did get a bit of beef rib eye )

Well pinging you ( I think your on bd’s list right?).

The Earth has been platonically adjusting this week.

I saw a few normal shakers on the map at your place.

What is so unhealthy is every point in the world is getting pinged.

Except Juan off our coast.
I will take that as a well adjustment on the crust so our area needs “none”.

As a medical prepper we are good.
Ammo as needed. KV care awesome and our other needs.

They are selling flats of blackberries for way too much mula.

I will wait for the natural briars to produce in fall.

I like ‘em (as do the doggies) right off the stem bugs and all.

I have revived my cooking with the touches of Anthony Bourdains No Reservations travel/food show idea.

Simple put it all (fruit/veggies inseason) on one plate with dipping juice on the side.

Sorry I thing I just went off topic.

[bd476]

Thank you dear Global2010. Hugs and prayers!

[Global2010]

Just gotta ‘nother USGS ping.

Same locattion.
6.2 ish.

I wonder if they are even feeling a shake.

I have not looked at an depths/off shore locations.

We have a Freeper or two that are PI ex pats but I don’t believe (don’t know) if they are that far down South and makes a big dif if on the East side of the Islands or West side.

[Quix]

Do you have any recollection of the number of 7.0 and above quakes totalling 9 recently???

[Chesterbelloc]

This link should be helpful. It has a list of world-wide earthquakes in the last 7 days:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_big.php

There have been three greater than 7.0 magnitude earthquakes world-wide in the last week.

And this link has earthquakes for the last 8 through 30 days:
http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/qed/

I only saw one above 7.0. So four total worldwide above 7.0 in the last 30 days.

[bd476]

Quix wrote: "Do you have any recollection of the number of 7.0 and above quakes totalling 9 recently???"

Quix, there were only three earthquakes over 7.0 magnitude recently, not nine earthquakes as you have asked.

The three 7.0+ magnitude earthquakes all occurred in the same general location in Moro Gulf, Mindanao, Philippines and all three were "deep focus" quakes, occurring at depths over 300 KM.

Note the comments below from the USGS regarding earthquakes occurring at depths greater than 300 KM deep.

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From the USGS:

The July 23rd events occurred in response to stresses generated by the slow distortion of the Molucca Sea micro plate at depth, rather than on the shallower interfaces with the overriding Sanglehe and Philippine Sea plates, active boundaries in this region near the earth's surface.

Earthquakes that have focal depths greater than 300 km are commonly termed "deep-focus" earthquakes. Deep-focus earthquakes cause less damage on the ground surface above their foci than is the case with similar magnitude shallow-focus earthquakes, but large deep-focus earthquakes may be felt at great distance from their epicenters.

The largest recorded deep-focus earthquake had a magnitude of 8.2, and occurred deep beneath Bolivia in June 1994. Over the past 50 years, approximately 50 earthquakes with magnitudes of M7 or more have occurred at depths greater than 500 km; just two of these were located in the same region as today's events.

Earthquake Summary

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Earthquake List for Map of Asia Region

Update time = Wed Jul 28 05:00:00 UTC 2010

Here is a list of the earthquakes located by the USGS and contributing networks for the Map of Asia Region. Most recent events are at the top. (Some early events may be obscured by later ones on the map.) Click on the date portion of an earthquake record in the list below for more information.

	MAG	UTC DATE-TIME y/m/d h:m:s	LAT deg	LON deg	DEPTH km	Region
MAP	4.7	2010/07/27 23:06:45	42.288	143.807	47.8	HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
MAP	5.0	2010/07/27 10:14:25	30.378	94.945	41.3	EASTERN XIZANG
MAP	4.9	2010/07/27 07:12:51	11.542	139.061	37.9	STATE OF YAP, FED. STATES OF MICRONESIA
MAP	4.7	2010/07/27 04:51:14	6.821	123.764	594.1	MORO GULF, MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
MAP	5.5	2010/07/26 23:31:05	38.993	142.246	17.9	NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP	5.7	2010/07/26 23:06:50	6.636	123.198	625.9	MORO GULF, MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
MAP	5.0	2010/07/26 16:37:02	6.780	123.644	604.6	MORO GULF, MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
MAP	3.9	2010/07/26 12:20:10	51.048	179.471	13.1	RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
MAP	4.8	2010/07/26 07:36:48	6.659	123.405	628.6	MORO GULF, MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
MAP	4.7	2010/07/26 05:45:58	1.302	128.854	64.5	HALMAHERA, INDONESIA
MAP	5.1	2010/07/25 20:30:55	6.731	123.585	597.9	MORO GULF, MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
MAP	5.6	2010/07/25 12:57:01	49.714	154.654	130.0	KURIL ISLANDS
MAP	4.7	2010/07/25 12:28:45	7.382	127.037	61.4	PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION
MAP	5.2	2010/07/25 08:18:29	6.839	123.565	613.3	MORO GULF, MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
MAP	4.8	2010/07/25 04:36:19	6.529	123.608	588.6	MORO GULF, MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
MAP	4.9	2010/07/25 04:21:38	6.814	123.729	597.5	MORO GULF, MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
MAP	5.4	2010/07/25 03:52:11	22.748	120.860	29.9	TAIWAN
MAP	4.6	2010/07/24 17:13:24	60.277	-177.603	10.0	BERING SEA
MAP	4.7	2010/07/24 14:59:21	0.903	99.537	35.0	NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
MAP	4.8	2010/07/24 12:34:12	26.641	53.812	19.5	SOUTHERN IRAN
MAP	5.1	2010/07/24 11:56:25	6.567	123.649	610.7	MORO GULF, MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
MAP	4.7	2010/07/24 11:10:46	6.723	123.651	606.4	MORO GULF, MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
MAP	4.7	2010/07/24 09:46:49	6.688	123.653	609.6	MORO GULF, MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
MAP	3.3	2010/07/24 08:06:56	50.407	178.307	13.7	RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
MAP	6.5	2010/07/24 05:35:01	6.226	123.522	555.3	MORO GULF, MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
MAP	4.4	2010/07/24 05:01:38	6.886	123.853	597.5	MORO GULF, MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
MAP	5.4	2010/07/24 02:11:25	0.995	99.524	38.1	NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
MAP	5.3	2010/07/24 01:44:44	6.622	123.700	592.2	MORO GULF, MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
MAP	4.8	2010/07/24 00:50:13	6.552	123.654	584.7	MORO GULF, MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
MAP	7.4	2010/07/23 23:15:09	6.792	123.282	631.2	MORO GULF, MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
MAP	7.6	2010/07/23 22:51:12	6.470	123.532	583.8	MORO GULF, MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
MAP	5.4	2010/07/23 22:19:35	6.764	123.545	594.8	MORO GULF, MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
MAP	7.3	2010/07/23 22:08:11	6.699	123.475	612.2	MORO GULF, MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
MAP	4.8	2010/07/23 00:56:44	37.817	56.946	21.5	NORTHEASTERN IRAN
MAP	4.9	2010/07/22 23:27:15	26.868	142.981	34.0	BONIN ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
MAP	5.2	2010/07/22 22:26:47	1.385	126.863	52.8	MOLUCCA SEA
MAP	5.0	2010/07/22 21:06:35	35.873	140.374	56.9	NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP	2.9	2010/07/22 19:43:44	51.683	-174.484	10.0	ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP	6.1	2010/07/21 09:16:04	3.037	128.214	102.0	NORTH OF HALMAHERA, INDONESIA

[Quix]

Thanks much for your info.

I don’t have any explanation for what I saw on my screen.

I have not been able to find such a listing again.

Joya does remember me telling her what I was seeing at the time on my screen—the listing of the 9 in that area and then a 10th one above 7.0 in the South China Sea.

I’m still interested in someone telling me convincingly what happened to result in that posting and what happened to it.

[bd476]

Earthquake Ping List:

Ping to updated information about the three 7.0+ earthquakes which occurred on July 23 in Moro Gulf, Mindanao, Philippines.

If you wish to be removed from the Earthquake Ping List or added to it, please FReepmail me.

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Quix wrote: "Do you have any recollection of the number of 7.0 and above quakes totalling 9 recently???"

Quix, there were only three earthquakes over 7.0 magnitude recently, not nine earthquakes as you have asked.

The three 7.0+ magnitude earthquakes all occurred in the same general location in Moro Gulf, Mindanao, Philippines and all three were "deep focus" quakes, occurring at depths over 300 KM.

Note the comments below from the USGS regarding earthquakes occurring at depths greater than 300 KM deep.

---

From the USGS:

The July 23rd events occurred in response to stresses generated by the slow distortion of the Molucca Sea micro plate at depth, rather than on the shallower interfaces with the overriding Sanglehe and Philippine Sea plates, active boundaries in this region near the earth's surface.

Earthquakes that have focal depths greater than 300 km are commonly termed "deep-focus" earthquakes. Deep-focus earthquakes cause less damage on the ground surface above their foci than is the case with similar magnitude shallow-focus earthquakes, but large deep-focus earthquakes may be felt at great distance from their epicenters.

The largest recorded deep-focus earthquake had a magnitude of 8.2, and occurred deep beneath Bolivia in June 1994. Over the past 50 years, approximately 50 earthquakes with magnitudes of M7 or more have occurred at depths greater than 500 km; just two of these were located in the same region as today's events.

Earthquake Summary


List of recent earthquakes in Asia in my post above in #21

[Cindy]

Thank you bd476 for the ping.
I appreciate it.

[bd476]

Quix wrote: "Thanks much for your info."

You're welcome, Quix.

Quix wrote: "I don’t have any explanation for what I saw on my screen.

I have not been able to find such a listing again.

Joya does remember me telling her what I was seeing at the time on my screen—the listing of the 9 in that area and then a 10th one above 7.0 in the South China Sea.

I’m still interested in someone telling me convincingly what happened to result in that posting and what happened to it."

Quix, after spending a considerable amount of time creating a cogent response to you by

• looking on the USGS site and then compiling a list of all recent earthquakes occurring in Asia;
  
  
• making all the links click-able within that specific list from the USGS, and finally
  
  
• sharing my information and knowledge with you,
  

still you continue to demand more information.

Quix, it is apparent that you are refusing to expend any effort yourself, and that you prefer demanding that others spend time doing the work for you.

It sounds as if you expect others to guess what it is you want answered, by answering any and all of your unasked questions, and then it sounds as if you expect all of the above be done in a "convincingly" manner.

Throughout all this, I still have no idea what specific information it is that you are demanding be given to you "convincingly."

Instead of expecting me to spend more of my own time and do more work for you, how about you look it up for yourself on your own time using any of the links I have provided to you above, or using any of the many links I have provided in the past.

When you discover whatever it is that you are referring to, please ping me, and I'll ping the Earthquake Ping list so that your research can be shared.

That, or I could always sing my response con gustoso and see if that helps. ;)

[bd476]

You're welcome, Cindy.

[Cold Heart]

“Simple put it all (Friuts/Veggies inseason) on one plate..”
V8 Fushion, Costco, in cans makes a good long term storage of fruits & veggies and tricks 6 year olds into eating veggies & gets them off pop.

Sometimes Too Quiet is not a good sign for earth quakes.
Although Juan did have a good shake this week.

[Quix]

SORRY.

DID NOT

mean to come across that way AT ALL.

I GREATLY APPRECIATED YOUR INFO. TRULY.

I was not meaning for you to lift another finger of bother in behalf of the task or question. It was a frustrated call to any readers who might have a further clue.

I’m just frustrated about it all.

I HAVE spent a very considerable amount of time searching, to no avail.

I was truly shocked to see such a listing. Now, I’m equally shocked that it disappeared without a trace like a fog in the Phoenix sun.

[Quix]

I know.

THX THX.

I’ve been over as many popular lists as I could find.

[Global2010]

We had a earthquake a couple of hours ago off the coast of Oregon.

It is closer to tubebender though in Cali (State line).

It was just 81 miles off the coast and a 5. somethin (cant remember exact) so it shoulda/coulda been felt on land.

Your right Cold Heart about the canned juice.
KV loves the fusion in his feeding tube when wanting a break from the normal formula.

I drink Safeway canned juice (real tomato not reconstituted puree and $1.65 for a bit can then I make a big virgin mary for breakfest in the winter).

I am a crazy Tomato Lover.
I am stocking up on fruits to freeze for my Fruit smoothies in the non-affordable fruit season.

We are preppers. Even have a palate of the Salmon/Sweet potato dog food. Which at that size of order we get a 15% discount.

[Cold Heart]

5.3 85 miles from Coos Bay at 0912 this morning.

[Global2010]

They infested those parts 30 years ago when I was there.

I was in Taft, Samar.

The expat that lived there was murdered by them a few years after I left.

The usual beheading.

Nice guy his son was a doctor on the Island.
The hospital was a large thatched hut with cots but Dr. White was proud of his Hospital. Took me on a tour.
One night the Doc and his buddies had a little to much nipa palm wine and I got quite the Seranade outside my thatched hut window. LOL

[Global2010]

LOL Thanks.
I had just read it in my USGS email prior to signing in here and I forgot the exact number.

That is a typical shaker for us off the coast.

We are about 3 wind dee road hours North of Coos.

[Quix]

ALL,

FINALLY, WHAT MAY WELL BE AN ANSWER.

PLEASE CHECK OUT THIS LINK:

http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread531038/pg175

AND THIS:

I didn’t see that but I have seen similar before, as recently as the New Britian quakes earlier in the month.
On EMSC I seen 2 x 7’s and a 6.2 when at the end of the day it was just a 6.9 and a 7.2.
I took a screenshot and posted it here
What I think is happening is just a fluke of being on the site just as they are adjusting the details, so you get the old data still written there while the new data is coming on.
What you seen must have been the 3 x7’s old and new and maybe another one that was later downgraded to a 6 .
This is when taking a screenshot helps prove that you are not crazy and seeing things

FROM HERE:

http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread531038/pg175

YEA!!!!!

At least a possible/probable answer!