Wellington Earthquake warning ! - New Zealand

[1Worldwatcher]

How is a 4.2 strong and a 4.8 moderate?

Here you go ArMap, maybe a bit for the math !! LOL But, it is interesting how they got it all figured out. May answer some other Question's you may have as well, also think it fair to mention that depending on the different strata of the geological EQ affected areas, it can lean to both sides of the Richter scale as far as I can deduce.

Measuring the Size of an Earthquake

Hope this helps ArMap.

@ Matrix, have been watching from a distance my friend, lets just hope we can see some calming of the land before too long here, not sure if there has been incidences of these types of shallow/Deep quakes before in your area, but note worthy to keep watching for sure. Just as long as you are safe Matrix and civilians a like.

1WW

[ArMaP]

It does help, thanks to both.

[The Matrix Traveller]

Yet another Shallow "Moderate" Earthquake, this time 40 km south-west of Taumarunui
in the North Island, only 14 Km Deep.

Public Id: 2013p826186
NZDT: Sunday, November 3 2013 at 5:33:16 am
Maximum intensity ?: moderate
Depth: 14 km
Magnitude: 3.7
Location:  40 km south-west of Taumarunui

The Location of Taumarunui shown in the Sat. Image below with a Red flag.

The Whanganui River passes through this area in a big loop from Mt. Ruapehu

out to the West Coast at Whanganui.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Whanganui_River.jpg

[The Matrix Traveller]

Yet another Shallow "Strong" Earthquake Magnitude 4.2, 10 Km Deep,
near the Southern "Alpine Ridge" of the South Island NZ.


Public Id: 2013p834105
NZDT: Wednesday, November 6 2013 at 3:51:18 am
Maximum intensity ?: strong
Depth: 10 km
Magnitude: 4.2
Location:  30 km south-west of Tuatapere


The Location of Tuatapere shown below, in the Sat. Picture marked with a Red flag.

[The Matrix Traveller]

Another very Shallow "Moderate" Earthquake, only 5 km deep and in Milford Sound again.


Public Id: 2013p838008
NZDT: Thursday, November 7 2013 at 2:30:59 pm
Maximum intensity ?: moderate
Depth: 5 km
Magnitude: 3.5
Location:  45 km north of Milford Sound

Milford Sound indicated by the Red flag in the Sat. Image below.

Milford Sound is in the Southern "Alpine Ridge". (Southern Alps)

[The Matrix Traveller]

Even though I am out of the Country at present, I still have one eye on what is happening in NZ...   

That is when I can get access to nz.    (Through the Internet)

Public Id: 2013p944643
NZDT: Tuesday, December 17 2013 at 1:26:07 am
Maximum intensity ?: strong
Depth: 6 km
Magnitude: 4.2
Location:  95 km west of Tuatapere

Tuatapere is in the South of the South Island.

[The Matrix Traveller]

We are back in NZ once again and Last night we had two more shallow Earthquakes,
one "moderate" (9 Km Deep) and another "strong" (8 Km Deep)...

The 1st took place just off the East coast of the North Island, South of Hastings...

Public Id: 2013p982130
NZDT: Monday, December 30 2013 at 10:18:52 pm
Maximum intensity ?: moderate
Depth: 9 km
Magnitude: 3.5
Location:  60 km south-east of Hastings

Hastings is marked by the Red flag.

(Scale at the lower left of the Sat. picture.)






and the 2nd took place in the "Southern Alps" in the South Island 

Public Id: 2013p982945
NZDT: Tuesday, December 31 2013 at 5:33:14 am
Maximum intensity ?: strong
Depth: 8 km
Magnitude: 4.3
Location:  85 km west of Tuatapere


Tuatapere is marked on the Sat map below, with a Red flag.

(Scale at the lower left of the Sat. picture.)






I see we are still having small Shallow Earthquakes occurring near Cook Strait.

[The Matrix Traveller]

There has just been another Shallow Moderate Earthquake, 3.6 magnitude 10 Km Deep,
20 km south of Seddon..... (south of Cook Strait)


Public Id: 2013p984431
NZDT: Tuesday, December 31 2013 at 6:44:55 pm
New Zealand region intensity ?: light
Maximum intensity ?: moderate
Depth: 10 km
Magnitude: 3.6
Location:  20 km south of Seddon

[The Matrix Traveller]

Another 3 Shallow Earthquakes near Tuatapere in the Southern end of the Alpine Ridge...

Two Moderate Earthquakes and One Strong

Public Id: 2014p008826
NZDT: Saturday, January 4 2014 at 7:22:32 pm
Maximum intensity ?: moderate
Depth: 5 km
Magnitude: 3.6
Location:  120 km west of Tuatapere



Public Id: 2014p008043
NZDT: Saturday, January 4 2014 at 12:25:44 pm
Maximum intensity ?: moderate
Depth: 5 km
Magnitude: 3.8
Location:  120 km west of Tuatapere



Public Id: 2014p008065
NZDT: Saturday, January 4 2014 at 12:37:25 pm
Maximum intensity ?: strong
Depth: 5 km
Magnitude: 4.1
Location:  110 km west of Tuatapere


The RED flag showing the location of Tuatapere...

[The Matrix Traveller]

Another Shallow Moderate Earthquake last night south of Seddon near Cook Strait.


Public Id: 2014p009531
NZDT: Sunday, January 5 2014 at 1:38:36 am
Maximum intensity ?: moderate
Depth: 14 km
Magnitude: 3.6
Location:  20 km south of Seddon


I am just reporting on Earthquakes of Moderate magnitude or Stronger.

There can be more than a hundred Earthquakes a day in NZ but they tend to be weak
or much deeper i.e. 200 Km deep or more.

[The Matrix Traveller]

There has just been another Shallow Moderate Earthquake 55 km west of Te Anau
in the South of the Alpine Ridge (Southern Alps)


NZDT: Sunday, January 5 2014 at 10:28:36 pm
Maximum intensity ?: moderate
Depth: 15 km
Magnitude: 3.8
Location:  55 km west of Te Anau


Te Anau marked with a RED flag in the satellite image below...

[The Matrix Traveller]

There has just been another Shallow 14 Km Deep, Moderate Earthquake magnitude 3.6,
50 Km east of Castle Point in the North Island, North East of Cook Strait.

Public Id: 2014p016093
NZDT: Tuesday, January 7 2014 at 11:54:40 am
Maximum intensity ?: moderate
Depth: 14 km
Magnitude: 3.6
Location:  50 km east of Castlepoint

Castlepoint is shown located in the Sat image below by the RED flag.

A photo of the East cost at Castlepoint.

[The Matrix Traveller]

Another Shallow Moderate Earthquake only 11 Km Deep and 4.0 Magnitude
on the Richter Scale.

Richter Scale:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richter_magnitude_scale

The Richter magnitude scale (often shortened to Richter scale) was developed to assign
a single number to quantify the energy released during an earthquake.

The scale is a base-10 logarithmic scale. The magnitude is defined as the logarithm of the ratio
of the amplitude of waves measured by a seismograph to an arbitrary small amplitude.

An earthquake that measures 5.0 on the Richter scale has a shaking amplitude 10 times larger
than one that measures 4.0, and corresponds to a 31.6 times larger release of energy.

Public Id: 2014p018052
NZDT: Wednesday, January 8 2014 at 5:18:13 am
Maximum intensity ?: moderate
Depth: 11 km
Magnitude: 4.0
Location:  70 km north-west of Te Anau

Shown, marked with the RED Flag in the map below.

Lake Te Anau

[The Matrix Traveller]

Just had 2 more Shallow Moderate Earthquakes....

Public Id: 2014p022834
NZDT: Thursday, January 9 2014 at 11:46:23 pm
Maximum intensity ?: moderate
Depth: 10 km
Magnitude: 4.0
Location:  10 km south-east of Martinborough
in the South of the North Island East of Wellington.

and

Public Id: 2014p022906
NZDT: Friday, January 10 2014 at 12:24:02 am
Maximum intensity ?: moderate
Depth: 13 km
Magnitude: 3.7
Location:  65 km north-west of Opunake
South West of Mt. Taranaki

[The Matrix Traveller]

Just had another Shallow Moderate Earthquake 4.2 Magnitude,
this time back near Christchurch. (20 Km West of Christchurch)

Public Id: 2014p024613
NZDT: Friday, January 10 2014 at 3:33:54 pm
New Zealand region intensity ?: moderate
Maximum intensity ?: moderate
Depth: 12 km
Magnitude: 4.2
Location:  20 km west of Christchurch