Sharp Increase In Earthquake Activity Within Past 24 Hrs

by Mitch Battros (ECTV)

I have received several emails thoughtout the day of earthquakes occuring around the world. See below a portion of these events. http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/bulletin.html

U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION CENTER
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

• The following is from the United States Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center: Preliminary hypocenter for earthquake of 2000 Dec 20, NEAR EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA, about 50 miles (80 km) NE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia: latitude 53.5 degrees north, longitude 159.7 degrees east, origin time 09 19 50.0 utc, depth 65 km, magnitude 5.7 mb. There have been no reports of damage.
  
  
• The following is from the United States Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center: Preliminary hypocenter for earthquake of 2000 Dec 20, D'ENTRECASTEAUX ISLANDS REGION, about 100 miles (160 km) E of Kulumadau, Woodlark Island, PNG: latitude 9.2 degrees south, longitude 154.2 degrees east, origin time 16 49 42.9 utc, depth normal, magnitude 6.3 Ms. There have been no reports of damage.
  
  
• The following is from the United States Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center: Preliminary hypocenter for earthquake of 2000 Dec 20, NEAR EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA, about 50 miles (80 km) NE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia: latitude 53.5 degrees north, longitude 159.7 degrees east, origin time 09 19 50.0 utc, depth 65 km, magnitude 5.7 mb. No damage is expected.
  
  
• The following is from the United States Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center: Preliminary hypocenter for earthquake of 2000 Dec 20, OFF COAST OF CENTRAL CHILE, about 90 miles (150 km) W of Temuco, Chile: latitude 38.9 degrees south, longitude 74.4 degrees west, origin time 11 23 57.6 utc, depth normal, magnitude 6.3 Mw. There have been no reports of damage.
  
  
• The following is from the United States Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center: Preliminary hypocenter for earthquake of 2000 Dec 20, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, about 35 miles (50 km) ESE of Dunsmuir, California: latitude 41.0 degrees north, longitude 121.7 degrees west, origin time 23 39 14.0 utc, depth 19 km, magnitude 4.6 ML. The earthquake was felt in the Burney-Hat Creek area and at Redding, and is the largest of a series of earthquakes today in this area. A magnitude 4.3 event occurred 17 minutes prior to this one. No reports of damage or casualties have been received at this time.
  
  
• The following is from the United States Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center: Preliminary hypocenter for earthquake of 2000 Dec 20, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, about 35 miles (50 km) ESE of Dunsmuir, California: latitude 41.0 degrees north, longitude 121.7 degrees west, origin time 23 22 54.0 utc, depth 11 km, magnitude 4.3 ML.
  
  
• The following is from the United States Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center: Preliminary hypocenter for earthquake of 2000 Dec 21, NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G., about 115 miles (190 km) ENE of Kandrian, New Britain, PNG: latitude 5.7 degrees south, longitude 151.1 degrees east, origin time 01 01 28.2 utc, depth normal, magnitude 6.4 Mw. There have been no reports of damage.
  
  
• Magnitude 6.1 earthquake near SOLOMON ISLANDS 5.28S, 154.07E depth 385.1km Thu Dec 21 02:41:23 2000 GMT An earthquake has occurred. Following is information provided by the National Earthquake Information Service of the USGS. This information is preliminary and subject to correction.