Sunday, January 18, 2015

Earthquakes Near Palm Springs, Universal City, And West Hollywood/Beverly Hills!!!!!

M3.7 - 9km NNE of Borrego Springs, California 2015-01-18 13:23:43 UTC
Nearby Cities

9km (6mi) NNE of Borrego Springs, California
36km (22mi) S of La Quinta, California
40km (25mi) SSW of Coachella, California
42km (26mi) S of Palm Desert, California
396km (246mi) W of Phoenix, Arizona

M1.9 - 3km NNW of Universal City, California 2015-01-18 13:06:52 UTC
Nearby Cities

3km (2mi) NNW of Universal City, California
5km (3mi) WSW of Burbank, California
8km (5mi) NNW of Hollywood, California
8km (5mi) N of West Hollywood, California
564km (350mi) SSE of Sacramento, California

M1.2 - 2km SSE of West Hollywood, California 2015-01-18 13:15:04 UTC

Nearby Cities
2km (1mi) SSE of West Hollywood, California
3km (2mi) SW of Hollywood, California
4km (2mi) E of Beverly Hills, California
7km (4mi) S of Universal City, California
574km (357mi) SSE of Sacramento, California

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

OFFICIAL PREDICTION FOR A 7.3 RICHTERS EARTHQUAKE TO STRIKE SAN FRANCISCO BY NOVEMBER 17, 2014

The landfall of Super Typhoon Phanphone at Japan on October 4, 2014, was traveling in a most unfortunate straight-line which when tracked directly along to the other side of the Pacific comes out at exactly San Francisco and The Napa Valley. More approximately the line intersects California around Fort Bragg, Napa, Santa Rosa, Sacramento, Fresno, Modesto, Barstow, Twenty-Nine Palms, and Nogales. The line crosses the Napa Valley and actually does not dissect San Francisco or Oakland per se, although my newest theory of a "Broad Line" could be exaggerated to include both major cities.

There is also an existing Official Prediction that will run through November 1, 2014 for a lot of the same region however in a line perpendicular to our new line.

I will estimate this magnitude at 7.3 Richters and will run until Midnight on the night of November 17, 2014.

Although Anchorage did receive a 6.2 Richters Earthquake from the other lines discussed in my other Official Prediction, we should continue that alert through November 1, 2014 due to there still being line T-LV-S, and they received a 6.2 at the tip of The Gulf of California on October 6, 2014 agreeing with my theory that there is movement along this line. There was also just a 6.8 with aftershocks near Easter Island as I was writing this and there is now so much Earthquake Energy around the Pacific that California will have a much higher chance of earthquakes throughout the duration of this Official Prediction.

The earthquake energy generated at Japan upon the landfall of Super Typhoon Phanphone WILL result in an earthquake exactly as I describe in this Official Prediction. Additionally, there was a 6.2 at Napa, California on August 24, 2014 and that region could be due a major aftershock and it could be much larger than that original one was. Super Typhoon Vongfong with 200mph Gusts is also currently approaching Japan and looking like MORE Earthquake Energy for California following this one even still yet! I have to wait for that landfall to know, but it could become three in a row heading for California.

Folks in the Napa Valley Region as well as San Francisco, Oakland, and several of those other California communities may wish to be informed of the fact that there IS Earthquake Energy heading directly for them, and that Earthquake Preparations should be discussed right now.

Respectfully Submitted This Day 8 of October 2014 By The EQ Alert Guy

Thursday, August 28, 2014

LETTER SENT TO: California Earthquake Prediction Evaluation Council: Updated Information on San Francisco/Napa Earthquake From The EQ Alert Guy

August 28,2014

To: John Parrish, CEPEC, Michael Blanpied, NEPEC
Fm: Les Brown, The EQ Alert Guy

Gentlemen,
I recently traveled to California on Amtrak for what I call "Quake Chase 2014: Oakland" due to all of the foreshocks they had been getting and what was looking very much like a lot of danger from a Major Earthquake heading in the direction of San Franicsco and you could say Napa, California. While I like to declare my "Quake Chase 2014: Oakland" a success. . . the fact of the matter is I traveled there during the August Full Moon/Super Moon on August 9, 10, and 11, and left for home on Amtrak August 12, now actually just 12 days before the recent San Francisco/Napa Earthquake on August 24. You may like to see my weekly video Log covering Quake Chase 2014: Oakland @ https://t.co/hBEGIVjhp6

Today I thought I should write to CEPEC, and NEPEC and put in a good word for myself with regards to the fact that ultimately the Napa Earthquake actually struck 3 hours before the following August New Moon Window and it appears that it probably WAS a response to all of the foreshocks California had been getting at both Lakeview, North of Reno, as well as Incline Village, Mammoth Lakes and a number of other earthquakes that seemed unusual.

Finally, I'm asking the Councils to understand that in the great rush I undertook to schedule my itinerary and get to the location, I DID NOT notify either council of what I thought to be such an impending event. Today I am very sorry I do not appear to have any communications having been submitted to CEPEC/NEPEC communicating the fact that it was looking so much like a Major California Earthquake might be arriving with that August Full Moon/Super Moon that I was inspired to immediately travel out there in the wake especially of what was at that time the "Lakeview Swarm" North of Reno. A search revealed my original CEPEC/NEPEC submission of June 24, 2014 and which had been extended in the general sense to run through August 15, 2014 although it appears this was never submitted to the Councils. That entire Official Prediction with extensions, can be viewed at: http://earthquakealert3.blogspot.com/2014/06/official-prediction-due-to-chance-west.html AND it was recently my decision not to file additional Official Predictions for areas such as California/West Coast when one for similar areas is already in effect, rather, I decided I would submit updates and extend the existing Official Prediction based on new earthquake energy in the same manner as a Severe Weather Alert might need to be extended due to new Thunderstorms forming in a given area. In this case that present O.P. would have easily been extended at least until August 24, 2014, a discussion of the Full Moon/Super Moon was in order, and just the file date on that O.P. of June 24, 2014 would almost automatically tell me it should run by itself out to Day 60, or August 24, 2014. Additionally, landfalls of Typhoons Neoguri, Ramassun, Matmo, and Halong should have been cause for at least an Amendment being filed with the Councils and ultimately warning of increased Potential Earthquake Energy will into September 2014.

In the future, if the Gentlemen would not mind the potential whirlwind of my communications, mostly via E-Mail, I can attempt to more precisely maintain up-to-date filings with both Councils as needed and especially in situations such as that which preceded the recent San Francisco/Napa, California 6.0 Earthquake of August 24, 2014. I deeply regret not having forwarded any information stating all of what I knew to be going on in California and instead traveled there and enjoyed informing random people on my own. . . with the result being the California Earthquake Prediction Evaluation Council did not have any communications with regards to the fact that they did in fact, have a Major Earthquake heading for them. I am very sorry for the many folks hurt in that recent earthquake, too, and am Very Sorry for not keeping both Councils updated on what I believed to be going on in California during the August Full and New Moons and the subsequent risk of a Major Earthquake there!

Respectfully,
Les Brown,
The EQ Alert Guy



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Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Venice Beach Was Struck By Lightning on Sunday!!! Here Are Some Clips From A Random Local Webcam:

NO Actual Lightning in this shot, and nobody hurt here. . . scene just lights up and folks react and leave the scene. One lady stops and turns her bike around. Sorry for those hurt and loss of one of our friends there! God Bless!!!

Saturday, July 12, 2014

Geophysicists Concerned as Oklahoma's Earthquake Total Surpasses California's!!!!! Great Story borrowed from "Accuweather.com"

By Michael Kuhne, AccuWeather.com Staff Writer on July 11, 2014; 4:29 AM

Frequent, rumbling tremors beneath the earth may be a common occurrence in California, but Oklahoma has now surpassed the state in the number of earthquakes felt this year-a trend that is surprising geophysicists and raising concern. "It is actually very surprising to us as well," Pasadena, California-based U.S. Geological Survey Geophysicist Elizabeth Cochran said. Between 1975 and 2008, only an average of two earthquakes with a magnitude of 3.0 or greater would occur each year in Oklahoma. Since 2009, the number of quakes has climbed exponentially, and there are no signs of slowing.

"There has been a dramatic increase in that time," Cochran said. "We're seeing a very steep increase with 183 quakes occurring in a six-month period." Between October 2013 and April 2014, 183 earthquakes occurred with a magnitude of 3.0 or higher, and continue to occur with an average depth of 3 miles. Between 1975 and 2008, a total of 40 earthquakes with a magnitude of 3.0 or greater occurred, according to a USGS study. Cochran said the rate will continue to climb in the future based on the current data.

The cause for this increase does not appear to be natural and has likely been induced by fluid injection, part of the crude oil and gas industry's disposal of wastewater through the creation of wastewater wells. Changes in pressure near faults in Oklahoma that surpass the fault's critical pressure threshold are likely the cause of the seismic activity surge. The injection of wastewater fluids deep into the ground can lubricate existing, dormant faults and change the stress and pressure of the fault, leading to increased seismic activity, Cochran said. "These quakes tend to be shallower," she said. "At this point, we do not think this is a natural variation."

According to a recent research study Cochran cited, not only has the rate of occurrence increased, but the rate in which earthquakes have the potential to ignite other quakes. "There is a fundamental change in the seismicity and statistically they differ from natural earthquake sequences," she said. While there are currently a number of studies being conducted on the increased activity in Oklahoma, earthquakes caused by injection tend to occur more frequently in areas than they once did, have a shallower depth than tectonic quakes that occur at the basement rock, along with epicenters in proximity to wastewater wells, she said. "These are the key things we look at," Cochran said. "[Fluids] may run into a fault and decrease the strength of that fault, essentially allowing it to slip.

According to Cochran, there are thousands of wastewater injection sites across the state, and many more across the country, but understanding the physics behind why some areas have seen dramatic increases and others have not depends on understanding a variety of variables. Cochran said the rate in which injection occurs, the volume of fluid injected and the existing state of the geology may all play a role.

The largest event in the state to occur in the past century was a 5.6-magnitude quake that struck Oklahoma in November 2011. "That was the largest event linked to injection," Cochran said. With the growing number of quakes in the region, the hazards associated with an even larger event occurring near a major metropolitan area have geophysicists concerned. "That is our big concern," Cochran said. "There is an increased probability of a larger event occurring." With the increased frequency of quakes in the region, the potential for a larger, damaging earthquake is more and more likely, she added. "We're just lucky that it [5.6 quake] did not occur in a major metropolitan area," she said, adding it struck about 45 miles from Oklahoma City. Earthquakes cannot be predicted in advance and can occur without warning. "The best we can do is make a long term forecast," she said.

Thank-You to Accuweather.com for this story!!! EQ Guy

LINK To Original Story@ http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/oklahoma-earthquakes-wastewater-wells-fluid-injection/29640426

Friday, July 11, 2014

3.9 Richters Strikes 20 MIles Southwest of Island of Jersey, UK!!!!!

Now what I found to be the most interesting part of this particular earthquake, besides it having a fairly huge felt report that you can see below, is the fact that on this felt report for Jersey, UK. . . also appears the fact that it was ALSO felt in Guernsey, UK!!!!! Long I have known that both of these two islands just so happen to be the exact very islands where we get all of our Jersey and Guernsey cows, but until now had not given too much thought to the fact that the existence of these two breeds of cows might owe at least a little something to Plate Tectonics!!!

So, here is that felt report for a 3.9 Richters Earthquake that struck offshore from England and please feel free to give some thought to what way the two islands are connected or perhaps where all of the other cows such as the Jerseys and Guernseys might have ended up in the movement of all those tectonic "Micro-Plates" over around England. Did England also have cows that evolved into yet other species? France? And where were the Longhorns evolving while all of this was going on? How long ago? Was there a time when all these cows came from one prehistoric cow family???
(Felt Report Updated 8:30pm Pacicic on 7-11)
City.........Country, Etc..................................#.....Km
Binic, Bretagne, France.............................1.....61 km
Kingsbridge, England, United Kingdom..............1....158 km
La Richardais, Bretagne, France......................1.....68 km
Plouguiel, Bretagne, France...........................1.....62 km
Saint Helier, Saint Helier, Jersey.....................1.....34 km
Saint Martin, Saint Martin, Jersey....................1.....39 km
Saint Peter, Saint Peter, Jersey...................1.....30 km
Saint Peter Port, ", Guernsey and Alderney......11.....41 km
Saint Saviour, Saint Saviour, Jersey.................4.....35 km
Torteval, Torteval, Guernsey and Alderney........4.....38 km
Trinity, Trinity, Jersey......................................1.....36 km

This is also happening in the middle of the July 2014 Full Moon Window which Officially started just a couple hours ago and so keep watching for more shaking at Jersey, Guernsey and other places and you can see todays regular EQ Blog @ http://earthquakealert.blogspot.com/2014/07/looks-like-something-might-be-shaking.html

Thank-You for Reading!!! EQ Guy

Friday, April 25, 2014

OFFICIAL PREDICTION FOR ANCHORAGE, ALASKA AND ALASKA TO GET AN EARTHQUAKE BETWEEN 6.6 AND 8.9 RICHTERS BEFORE MAY 10, 2014

[On May 10, 2014, I filed an Extension By Letter for this Official Prediction now through June 1, 2014. You can view that at my EQ Blog@ http://earthquakealert.blogspot.com/2014/05/55-strikes-113-miles-southwest-of.html ]

It is more or less common knowledge that the Pacific Tectonic Plate moves towards the north along the edge of the North American Tectonic Plate. In recent days this movement was indicated by several earthquakes along the eastern edge of the Pacific. Most Notably and in order both chronologically as well as from south to north, they are 8.2 Chile, 6.6 Nicaragua, 7.5 Mexico and as of yesterday, April 24, 2014, a 6.6 at Vancouver Island, Canada.

The latter in the series received much discussion in the days before it occurred due to Chile, Nicaragua, and Mexico shaking in that order also more or less as predicted. Chile had also been in an EQ Blog under the heading “Next MegaThruster/Tsunami Could Be Coming” immediately before it shook and in a Twitter message as well. Here is a link to that EQ Blog entry: http://earthquakealert.blogspot.com/2014/04/new-moon-alert-ends-but-next.html

Therefore it seems necessary now to submit this Official Prediction to the National Earthquake Prediction Evaluation Council strictly for the purpose of noting that there should be a Major Earthquake in the range of 6.6 to 8.9 at or near the Denali Fault and very near the City of Anchorage, Alaska and well within the State of Alaska probably well before May 10, 2014 and very likely in the hours and days that will immediately follow the submission and posting of this Official Prediction. It seems most likely Anchorage and Alaska will shake at some point during the April 2014 New Moon Window of April 28 at 6:18 UTC through April 30 at 6:18 UTC if not before then. If this earthquake or series of earthquakes has not commenced by the final moments of the month of April 2014, then it will continue to remain likely into the very early hours and days of May 2014.

This type of occasional movement of the Pacific Tectonic Plate seems as though it is being fairly predictable at least on occasions such as this where it is exhibiting a circular motion thus resulting in the movement against the North American Tectonic Plate that it is rather famous for and has more than been established historically. You could say that if and when Anchorage does get this earthquake that when such a situation arises in the future we might alert people in the region around the Denali Fault. Not to mention those other areas where earthquakes actually struck this time as well as possibly areas such as, but not limited to, Los Angeles and San Francisco who have as of this writing not been directly affected by this particular movement of the Pacific Tectonic Plate.

Thank-You For Accepting this Official Prediction. Respectfully, EQ Guy