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6.4 magnitude earthquake strikes Kuril Islands: 8th major quake in eight days
Posted on November 17, 2012
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ovember 16, 2012 – KURIL ISLANDS - A
powerful earthquake that struck the Kuril Islands in the northwestern
Pacific this morning did not generate a Pacific-wide tsunami, the US
Geological Survey said. The 6.4-magnitude tremor
occurred at 8:12 a.m. Hawaii time at a depth of 18 miles. Its epicenter
was in an 810-mile volcanic archipelago located between Japan and Russia
which separates the Sea of Okhotsk from the North Pacific Ocean. The
USGS describes the area as among the most seismically active in the
world. The islands mark the location of the Kuril-Kamchatka tectonic
arc, a subduction zone interface between the overriding North America
plate and the Pacific plate. The area has been the site of frequent
earthquakes including seven since 1900 of 8.3 magnitude or greater. This
is the eighth 6.0+ magnitude earthquake to rattle the planet in the
last 8 days. –Big Island Now
Thanks to: http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com
Posted on November 17, 2012
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ovember 16, 2012 – KURIL ISLANDS - Apowerful earthquake that struck the Kuril Islands in the northwestern
Pacific this morning did not generate a Pacific-wide tsunami, the US
Geological Survey said. The 6.4-magnitude tremor
occurred at 8:12 a.m. Hawaii time at a depth of 18 miles. Its epicenter
was in an 810-mile volcanic archipelago located between Japan and Russia
which separates the Sea of Okhotsk from the North Pacific Ocean. The
USGS describes the area as among the most seismically active in the
world. The islands mark the location of the Kuril-Kamchatka tectonic
arc, a subduction zone interface between the overriding North America
plate and the Pacific plate. The area has been the site of frequent
earthquakes including seven since 1900 of 8.3 magnitude or greater. This
is the eighth 6.0+ magnitude earthquake to rattle the planet in the
last 8 days. –Big Island Now
Thanks to: http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com
