Moderate magnitude 4.3 earthquake 18 km southwest of Técpan de Galeana, Mexico

Sat, 27 Feb 2021 08:56:00 +0100volcanodiscovery (en)

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake near Técpan de Galeana, Guerrero, Mexico , was reported only 27 minutes ago by Mexico's National Seismological Service (SSN), considered the main national agency that monitors seismic activity in Mexico. The earthquake occurred at a shallow depth of 15 km beneath the....

A moderate-magnitude 4.8 earthquake has been reported 100 km northwest of Luauk, Indonesia / VolcanoDiscovery

Sat, 27 Feb 2021 07:54:00 +0100exbulletin (en)

5:09 AM | By: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR. 4.8 Earthquake Feb 27 12:49 pm (GMT +8) Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency reported a magnitude 4.8 earthquake in Indonesia near Luok, Kapopaten Bangai, Central Sulawesi, just 11 minutes ago. The earthquake struck around noon on Saturday,....

Moderate magnitude 4.2 earthquake 60 km northeast of Matias Romero, Mexico

Sat, 27 Feb 2021 01:59:00 +0100volcanodiscovery (en)

An intermediate magnitude 4.2 earthquake was reported early evening near Matias Romero, Matías Romero Avendaño, Oaxaca, Mexico . According to Mexico's National Seismological Service (SSN), the quake hit on Friday 26 February 2021 at 6:30 pm local time at an intermediate depth of 146 km.

Moderate magnitude 4.3 earthquake 85 km west of Hafnir, Iceland

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 13:44:00 +0100volcanodiscovery (en)

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake near Malaga, Eddy County, New Mexico , USA, was reported only 25 minutes ago by the United States Geological Survey, considered the key international and national agency that monitors seismic activity in the US. The earthquake occurred at a very shallow depth of 3.

Small tremor of magnitude 3.0 just reported 45 miles southwest of Malaga, Texas, United States

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 13:14:00 +0100volcanodiscovery (en)

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake near Malaga, Eddy County, New Mexico , USA, was reported only 25 minutes ago by the United States Geological Survey, considered the key international and national agency that monitors seismic activity in the US. The earthquake occurred at a very shallow depth of 3.

Deep-Sea Fiber Optic Cables Could be the Future of Earthquake and Tsunami Detection [Study]

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 09:08:00 +0100sciencetimes (en)

Miles of the Americas' west coast, undersea fiber optic cables connect Los Angeles to Chile. Stretched out equaling ⅘ of the planet's diameter the transatlantic fiber optic cable is a lifeline for data transmission between two continents. Research suggests that the famed transatlantic fiber optic....

Google uses underwater fibre-optic cable to detect earthquakes

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 20:11:00 +0100newscientist (en)

Underwater cables carry internet traffic around the world. Christoph Burgstedt/Getty Images. A 10,000-kilometre-long fibre-optic cable owned by Google that is at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean can be used to detect deep-sea seismic activity and ocean waves.

Google’s submarine cable shows potential for earthquake early-warning systems

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 20:09:00 +0100academictimes (en)

in the last two decades, according to Zhongwen Zhan, a professor of geophysics at the California Institute of Technology and the paper’s lead author. A technology named distributed acoustic sensing allows earthquake-created strain against a cable to be detected by observing changes in scattering....

Written question - Early warning system for earthquakes - E-000791/2021

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 17:18:00 +0100europarl (en)

Earthquakes are inherently unpredictable, but the rapid detection of earthquakes can save lives. Since electronic information travels much faster than seismic waves, many countries such as Japan, Mexico , the United States and Taiwan have established earthquake early warning systems that detect....

Moderate mag. 4.2 earthquake - 132 Km Al ESTE De LA PAZ, BCS, Mexico, on 2021-02-25 05:39:59 (Hora de México)

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 13:16:00 +0100volcanodiscovery (en)

An earthquake of magnitude 4.2 occurred early morning on Thursday 25 February 2021 at 4:39 am local time near Bajada de la Mesa, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico , as reported by Mexico's National Seismological Service (SSN). According to preliminary data, the quake was located at a shallow depth of 10 km.

Moderate 4.8 quake hits near Kuril'sk, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 00:15:00 +0100volcanodiscovery (en)

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake near Ragusa, Grad Dubrovnik, Dubrovačko-Neretvanska Županija, Croatia, was reported only 8 minutes ago by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), considered one of the key international agencies that monitor seismic activity worldwide.

Popocatépetl volcano presents 49 exhalations and an explosion

Wed, 24 Feb 2021 20:12:00 +0100explica (en)

A total of 49 exhalations that were accompanied by columns of water vapor, gases and light amounts of ash that headed northwest, almost six hours of tremor, two earthquakes and an explosion were part of the activity that the Popocatépetl volcano presented in a 24 hour span.

Significant 5.0 quake hits near Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 10:55:00 +0100volcanodiscovery (en)

An earthquake of magnitude 5.0 occurred only 21 minutes ago 96 km southeast of Salina Cruz, Mexico , Mexico's National Seismological Service (SSN) reported. The quake hit at a shallow depth of 16 km beneath the epicenter near Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico, early morning on Tuesday 23 February 2021 at 3:30 am local time.

Amateur Radio Operators Help Fill Earthquake Donut Holes

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 14:42:00 +0100eos (en)

Ham radio networks gear up to provide real-time, on-the-ground information about earthquake shaking and damage when other communication pathways are knocked out of commission. An antenna setup towers over the home of a ham radio operator in Los Angeles who has participated in sessions and exercises....