Posted by Sista SoulJah on March 19, 2012 at 9:55 AM
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These are the thirty six recorded earthquakes that occurred in the month of
February 2012 in the Central region of the United States. As I pointed out
previously the month started out slow with earthquakes occurring at the rate of
< 0.50 earthquakes per day (EQPD) during the first half of the month. Then
things started picking up a bit beginning February 21st with a 4.3
magnitude earthquake that struck the New Madrid region, (Only later to be
downgraded to a 3.9, This quake still shows at 4.5 at the GFZ German Research
Centre for Geosciences website), this quake was felt in twenty states !
Seventeen more earthquakes would occur after that to bring us to our monthly
total.
Also, some time after that February 21st trembler, I noticed that
five more earthquakes were added to the report that wasn't listed previously, I
denoted these earthquakes with an asterisk (*) on the report. I find it rather
odd that these were only added after the 4.3 occurred, they were in the same
area, and the helicorders that I reviewed for the two on the 20th,
at the times listed, showed no seismic activity whatsoever. This kind of thing
is something that I'm really going to have to keep a closer eye on.
February 2012
Earthquakes in Central US (36)
All Earthquakes on Index Map
Earthquakes recorded for February
2012. Times are local (CST or CDT). The most recent earthquakes are at the top
of the list. Click on the word "map" or "MAP" to see a map
displaying the earthquake. Click on an event "DATE" to get additional
text information. Magnitude 3 and greater earthquakes are printed in bold type.
The top three magnitudes greater than or equal to 3 are in red.
MAG
DATE LOCAL-TIME LAT
LON DEPTH LOCATION
y/m/d h:m:s
deg deg km
Source:
http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/recenteqs/Quakes/quakes0.html
Here are the updated numbers for the last six months:
Month
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Days
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EQ
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EQPD
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Sept 2011
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30
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70
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2.33
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Oct 2011
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31
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112
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3.61
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Nov 2011
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30
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115
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3.83
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Dec 2011
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31
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83
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2.67
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Jan 2012
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31
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68
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2.19
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Feb 2012
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29
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36
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1.24
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TOTAL
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182
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484
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2.65
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And of those 484 EQ's, 74 (15.2%) were of magnitude 3.0 or higher.
I hope that you found this to be informative. Look for the next report in
April.
nvizabillat
"Shake It Up"-Cars,1981
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