Earthquakes and more earthquakes

Prophecy Sign:  Earthquakes in diverse places

We keep blogging about earthquakes because they keep happening, and in some seemingly strange places.  And talk about diverse places, from Adelaide Australia, to the Azores Islands in the north Atlantic;  From Tristan da Cunha in the south Atlantic to swarms of small earthquakes near Reno Nevada. 
There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven. Luke 21:11 NIV

From the articles:

A swarm of more than 700 earthquakes have struck near the small Sierra County, Calif., community of Sierraville since August, although there’s a good chance few if any of the quakes have been felt. There have been more than 30 quakes of a magnitude 1 or more in the last week, the largest being about 1.8, said Ken Smith, seismic network manager for the Nevada Seismological Lab. But the quakes are so deep — most are 18 miles below the surface or more — and so minor Smith thinks they have little chance of being felt at the surface. They are centered about 2 miles west of Sierraville and 31 miles west of Reno. Seismologists can’t say with certainty yet what is happening, but appears the quakes are being caused by moving magma.

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Experts in the Azores have alerted the population of São Miguel Island for seismic activity which they considered to be above normal. The seismic events where located in the system of Fogo and Congro lakes, the central region of the island. “The situation is ongoing and the number of microseisms is slightly above reference values” said Wednesday João Luís Gaspar from the Center of Volcanology and Geological Risk Assessment (CVARG) of the University of the Azores. He also said that the seismic activity was the result of “very low magnitude earthquakes” adding that “none of which have been felt by the population.”

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Adelaide residents were woken by a magnitude 3.3 earthquake early today.  GeoScience Australia says the epicentre was in the southern suburb of Upper Sturt about 2:20am ACDT.  Seismologist David Jepsen says some people may have felt a jolt for up to five seconds. "It was a shallow earthquake and we've had many many fault reports and an earthquake of this magnitude would be felt up to 20 kilometres away from its epicentre," he said.

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A 5.2 magnitude earthquake was recorded along the southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 11:40 AM GMT (06:40 AM EDT) on Wednesday.  The quake was centered 544 km northwest of Edinburgh (pop 271) on Tristan da Cunha, often referred to as the world’s most remote inhabited island. The earthquake was measured at a depth of 2 kilometres, according to the EMSC. The USGS put the depth of the quake at 9.8 km (6.1 miles).

 

Swarm of 700-plus quakes in Sierra 30 miles west of Reno

http://www.rgj.com/article/20111014/NEWS/111014035/Swarm-700-plus-quakes-Sierra-30-miles-west-Reno-no-one-s-feeling-them

Experts concerned with abnormal seismic activity – Azores

http://portuguese-american-journal.com/experts-concerned-with-abnormal-seismic-activity-–-azores/

 

Shallow earthquake jolts Adelaide awake

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-10-19/earthquake-adelaide-upper-sturt/3578192

5.3 Magnitude Earthquake Hits North Of Tristan da Cunha

http://www.irishweatheronline.com/news/earth-science/geology/5-3-magnitude-earthquake-hits-north-of-tristan-da-cunha/42313.html