Swarms of Earthquakes Lately


	Swarms of Earthquakes Lately
blueridge
8-16-2009 5:54 PM
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earthquakes, tectonics, pacific plate
blueridge says:
Today Indonesia had 12 quakes over 5.0, including one of 6.7. This week Japan had a 6.7, India a 7.6, and the last 30 days includes many more within the U.S., and around the Pacific Rim.

Only one article addressing this was found here: Quakes and Typhoons: What's Up with Mother Nature?
Typhoon Morakot was the first to strike, slamming into Taiwan Sunday ...

a 7.1-magnitude earthquake rumbled off the Japan coast, also on Sunday. On Tuesday, Japan was struck again by a magnitude 6.5 earthquake that triggered a small tsunami..., according to news

Minutes before, another earthquake had ruptured in the Indian Ocean on Tuesday, north of India's Andaman Islands. the magnitude of that temblor at 7.6.
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8-16-2009 6:15 PM
blueridge
News video of two of the major quakes here, were reported only "minutes apart".
8-16-2009 10:34 PM
wiccantexan
A new one....

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/16/japan.quake/index.html
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