CLICK FOR MOST RECENT at
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/10/140_40.php
The stuff I look at before falling asleep…
Last 48 hours on the above map:
….MAG UTC DATE-TIME y/m/d h:m:s DEPTH km Region
- 6.0 2012/05/20 07:19:55* 10.0 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
(*= 01:19:55 AM (MDT) – Mountain Daylight (Calgary, Denver))
- 4.5 2012/05/19 22:15:49 32.8 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
- 4.7 2012/05/19 19:13:45 10.6 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
- 5.9 2012/05/19 19:05:19 5.4 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
- 4.8 2012/05/19 00:08:44 22.1 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
- 4.7 2012/05/18 21:32:28 27.4 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
- 5.0 2012/05/18 21:23:25 16.5 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
- 4.6 2012/05/18 11:21:34 47.1 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
- 4.9 2012/05/18 08:18:58 50.0 EASTERN HONSHU, JAPAN
Earlier this evening (early morning for Italy), I saw several strong quakes pop up in bright red on the USGS map for Northern Italy, including a 6.0 near Bologna:
CLICK FOR MORE RECENT DATA FROM USGS:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/10/10_45.php
….MAG UTC DATE-TIME y/m/d h:m:s DEPTH km Region
- 5.1 2012/05/20 03:02:50 10.0 NORTHERN ITALY
- 6.0 2012/05/20 02:03:52 5.1 NORTHERN ITALY (04:03:52 AM local time)
- 4.2 2012/05/19 23:13:27 6.3 NORTHERN ITALY
At least 3 people were killed by the quake in Italy, according to the BBC:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18135898
The magnitude is being reported as 5.9, so likely adjusted down afterwards (which isn’t uncommon when more data is processed).
