[timsbella]

Third in the area in a week - prayers up. Argentina was sending relief to Haiti.

[timsbella]

A little more info here:

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3835538,00.html

An earthquake of 6.3 magnitude struck off the southern coast of Argentina on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said.

The quake was centered about 220 miles (354 km) southeast of Ushuaia, Argentina, at a depth of 13 miles (21 km), USGS said. It struck at 8 a.m. local time (1200 GMT). No tsunami warning was immediately issued by the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center. (Reuters)

[melkor]

oh nooooo danny glover was right!!!!! this is earths revenge for copenhagen!!! /sarcasm

[ASA Vet]

220 miles offshore south of the tip of South America.

[BallyBill]

Is San Fran getting nervous? I hear Danny Glover won’t go near there and is planning a vacation in Cuba.

[Travis McGee]

I sure hope this activity isn’t hopscotching around a Main Event on the New Madrid Fault.

That would make Katrina look like a picnic.

[behzinlea]

This one happened way south, below the ocean between Cape Horn and Antarctica.

[Ezekiel]

Well I hope the sea lions got out in time!

[usconservative]

In related news, Pat Robertson has another revelation from God and will be on the air soon to tell us all why Argentina is being punished ....

[Diana in Wisconsin]

[Right Wing Assault]

The Argentina quake was about 5000 miles south of Haiti.

[Right Wing Assault]

Effects of a 'big one' in CA and near the New Madrid fault.

If a big New Madrid quake his, a huge area of the US will be in major trouble.

[Joya]

Thanks. Ping.

[cake_crumb]

Ah, more revenge for Copenhagen! ....What earthquake in Venezuela? I don’t remember the media cutting into their 24/7 repetition of the events in Haiti to mention it.

[SatinDoll]

Uh, Argentina is not near the Caribean Sea and nowhere in the general area of Venezuala or Haiti.

It is, in fact, thousands of miles south in the southern hemisphere.

[Poser]

Let me be the first to say, Bush’s Fault!

[Irisshlass]

The year of the “Great Shaking”.

[Centurion2000]

The latest news is a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck Argentina after the 7.0 Haiti Earthquake and the 5.6 Venezuela Earthquake, and all less than a week.

If i was in Memphis I'd be nervous as hell.

[americanophile]

Northern California got hit with a 6.5 a week ago...it barely made the news. Location, location, location. You hit a major urban area and it’s a mess. You hit a major urban area in a 3rd-world country, and it’s a disaster.

[noiseman]

It has been very clear to me for a long time now that large quakes often spawn additional quakes in other locations. What is funny is that until fairly recently the USGS ridiculed this notion (much as "global warming deniers" are ridiculed now), yet today they take it at least somewhat seriously.

The list of "scientific" certainties that turned out to be false would be MUCH longer than the list of those that actually panned out as predicted.

[Quix]

Here's an interesting commentary from Holly Deyo . . . I respect her a lot. An interesting graph is at the link but will not hotlink.

From:

http://www.standeyo.com/NEWS/10_Earth_Changes/100117.EQs.up.html

Larger Magnitude Quakes Trend Up

January 17, 2010
Holly Deyo

Over the last nearly four decades, the number of larger magnitude earthquake events has increased. To be objective in this count, we use only higher magnitude quakes. Factoring in seismic events less than 6.0 calls into question data reliability.

Additional monitors installed as well as more sensitive equipment used could account for a greater number of earthquakes recorded. However, the same can't be said of bigger events. Mag. 6 and greater are considered 'significant' because they are felt over too wide an area, can inflict too much damage to conceal, and would be picked up by weaker seismometers.

Let's look at 2010 so far.

Using USGS statistics, they show the annual average of Richter 6.0 and greater quakes is 152. We've already racked up 10 events in the first two weeks this year. If this trend continued, we would see 260 significant shakes – 71% increase over the norm – and the seismic events plotted below would literally be off the chart.

For Mag. 7 quakes, we're off to a ripper start with TWO events in the first 12 days of 2010. On average, only 17 Richter 7's strike annually. First the Solomon Islands were hit with a 7.1 on Jan. 4. Then just eights days later a 7.0 devastated Haiti.

Either Earth is flushing out seismic tension early, or it's going to be a busy year.

It will be interesting to see if quake activity kicks up in California after the "unrelenting rain" forecast for next week. Not only does massive moisture promote landslides, it's also known to "lubricate' earthquake faults and add weight on underlying rock.

Mag.	Date	Location	Latitude	Longitude	Depth km
6.1	Jan. 2	Mariana Islands	12.43	141.98	2
6.6	Jan. 3	Solomon Islands	-8.73	157.48	26
7.1	Jan. 3	Solomon Islands	-8.80	157.36	25
6.8	Jan. 5	Solomon Islands	-58.17	-14.69	10
6.8	Jan. 5	east of South Sandwich Isl.	-9.01	157.58	10
6.0	Jan. 5	Solomon Islands	-9.09	157.94	35
6.2	Jan. 9	Solomon Islands	-9.12	157.63	12
6.5	Jan. 10	offshore Northern California	40.65	-124.76	21
7.0	Jan. 10	Haiti	18.46	-72.53	13
6.0	Jan. 14	South of the Mariana Isl.	11.517	142.113	32.4
6.3	Jan. 17	Drake Passage (off Argentina coast)	-57.671	-65.910	10

http://standeyo.com/NEWS/10_Earth_Changes/100117.EQs.up.html