Sunday, January 1, 2012

Things are okay here right now and I hope to get the webpage updated on most of the coming days. THANK YOU to everyone who has sent get-well wishes and prayers. I appreciate it very much.
Just the quakes are listed today as I catch up.


**Good actions give strength to ourselves
and inspire good actions in others.**
Plato


LARGEST QUAKES -
Today -
5.0 HALMAHERA, INDONESIA
5.3 NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
5.1 VANUATU
5.1 OFF E. COAST OF S. ISLAND, N.Z.
7.0 IZU ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
5.0 PACIFIC-ANTARCTIC RIDGE
5.2 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
5.1 GUAM REGION
5.1 GUAM REGION

Yesterday -
12/31/11 -
5.3 SALTA, ARGENTINA
5.2 SOUTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND
5.0 NEW GUINEA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

12/30/11 -
5.5 SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
5.1 SOUTH OF KERMADEC ISLANDS
5.0 VANUATU REGION
5.1 SOUTH OF KERMADEC ISLANDS
5.1 IZU ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
5.2 SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION
5.1 NEAR COAST OF CENTRAL PERU
5.0 NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.

12/29/11 -
5.3 BOUGAINVILLE REGION, P.N.G.
5.3 VANUATU
5.5 PACIFIC-ANTARCTIC RIDGE

12/28/11 -
5.4 HALMAHERA, INDONESIA
5.1 TONGA
5.4 SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION
5.1 FIJI REGION

12/27/11 -
5.2 SOUTHWEST OF AFRICA
6.5 SOUTHWESTERN SIBERIA, RUSSIA
5.0 BONIN ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
5.4 IZU ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION

12/26/11 -
5.1 MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
5.0 SOUTHEAST OF LOYALTY ISLANDS
5.5 VANUATU
6.1 TONGA

12/25/11 -
5.1 SOLOMON ISLANDS

7.0 Quake Shakes Tokyo But Causes No Damage - The quake struck near the uninhabited island of Torishima in the Pacific Ocean, about 600 kilometers (370 miles) south of Tokyo, and its epicenter was about 370 kilometers (230 miles) below the sea, causing no apparent damage or tsunami.
Japan Earthquake - YouTube

4.0 earthquake strikes in northeast Ohio - Officials said Saturday they believe the latest earthquake activity in northeast Ohio is related to fracking , the injection of wastewater into the ground near a fault line, creating enough pressure to cause seismic activity.

TROPICAL STORMS -
In the Indian Ocean -
Tropical cyclone 04s (Benilde) was located approximately 690 nm south of Diego Garcia.