5.7 EQ East Central Pacific Ocean

[AlaskaDenise]

(the strange thing about this quake area is that there are NO earthquakes since 1990 & none over 7 since 1900)
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Earthquake Details

Magnitude 5.7

Date-Time Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 08:03:23 UTC
Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 01:03:23 AM at epicenter

Location 8.369?N, 110.305?W

Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program

Region EAST CENTRAL PACIFIC OCEAN

Distances 250 km (155 miles) SSW of Clipperton Island
1710 km (1060 miles) SW of MEXICO CITY, D.F., Mexico

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 5.2 km (3.2 miles); depth fixed by location program

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2010rta4.html#details

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[AlaskaDenise]

Re: 5.7 EQ East Central Pacific Ocean

The tsunami warning centers haven't sent out any info yet. I imagine they're still calculating.

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[Emily]

Re: 5.7 EQ East Central Pacific Ocean

Don't know if this is related, but people are wondering about this.
Originally published Friday, January 22, 2010 at 10:02 AM
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010863149_apwastrandedwhale.html

Tropical whale found on Puget Sound beach

A biologist says a dead whale that washed ashore on a south Puget Sound beach this week is a tropical whale thousands of miles from its normal range.

The Associated Press
OLYMPIA, Wash. ?

A biologist says a dead whale that washed ashore on a south Puget Sound beach this week is a tropical whale thousands of miles from its normal range.

Biologist John Calambokidis of Cascadia Research tells The Olympian newspaper that the animal found on Harstine Island is a Bryde's (BROO'-dus) whale, which typically aren't found north of Southern California. The organization says it's apparently the first confirmed sighting and stranding of a Bryde's whale in the Northwest.

Cascadia and state and federal biologists are studying the 39-foot immature whale, which may have been in the sound for several weeks. Tests are still being conducted, but Calambokidis says it appears that starvation and exposure to cold water played a role in its death.