Always look at the depth of the quake. Anything under 10 km should draw attention as artificial, either HAARP-induced or underground nuclear detonation.
The linked article lists it as 9.7 km, but they're lying and trying to push it deeper to avoid suspicion. The wiki page for the quake admits it to be a very shallow 4.7 km, and This database entry lists it as at an even more shallow 4 km. Wiki also states it's the biggest quake to hit the area in two and a half centuries, so it should draw our due attention.
The USGS themselves, in a very roundabout way, admit to the anomalous nature of sub-10km quakes in this article:
Ten kilometers is a "fixed depth". Sometimes data are too poor to compute a reliable depth for an earthquake. In such cases, the depth is assigned to be 10 km. Why that number? In many areas around the world, reliable depths tend to average 10 km or close to it.
Shallow quakes are "masked" in this way, making their detection even more rare. That paragraph ends with this:
So if we don't know the depth, 10 km is a reasonable guess. The USGS used to use 33 km, but increased understanding indicates that 10 km is more likely.
Meaningful? Who knows, but funny to see!
If I had to bet, I'd say one or more DUMBs just got nuked. We'd have to look at the seismographs for the hallmark sharp onset to be sure, but I'm way too lazy to do that.
Actually, I had just been wondering if anyone even read it. Since it was a bit off-topic, I thought everyone might have just read the post title, dug that Helios took one, hit upvote and moved on... lol
Always look at the depth of the quake. Anything under 10 km should draw attention as artificial, either HAARP-induced or underground nuclear detonation.
The linked article lists it as 9.7 km, but they're lying and trying to push it deeper to avoid suspicion. The wiki page for the quake admits it to be a very shallow 4.7 km, and This database entry lists it as at an even more shallow 4 km. Wiki also states it's the biggest quake to hit the area in two and a half centuries, so it should draw our due attention.
The USGS themselves, in a very roundabout way, admit to the anomalous nature of sub-10km quakes in this article:
Why do so many earthquakes occur at a depth of 10km?
Shallow quakes are "masked" in this way, making their detection even more rare. That paragraph ends with this:
Meaningful? Who knows, but funny to see!
If I had to bet, I'd say one or more DUMBs just got nuked. We'd have to look at the seismographs for the hallmark sharp onset to be sure, but I'm way too lazy to do that.
I was just recently wondering things about depth, thanks for your input.
Glad you found it useful!
Actually, I had just been wondering if anyone even read it. Since it was a bit off-topic, I thought everyone might have just read the post title, dug that Helios took one, hit upvote and moved on... lol
I'm sleuthing