SATURDAY, September 1, 2012

Major quake off Philippines causes panic but minor damage - A 7.6-magnitude undersea quake struck off the eastern coast of the Philippines late Friday, triggering tsunami warnings across a wide swath of Asia. One woman was killed in Cagayan de Oro town on the island of Mindanao when heavy rain and the quake triggered a landslide that buried her house. A child was injured.
Quake off Philippines spurs small tsunami - The quake set off car alarms, shook items off shelves and sent many coastal residents fleeing for high ground before the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center lifted all tsunami alerts it had issued for the Philippines and neighboring countries.

LARGEST QUAKES -
Live Seismograms - Worldwide (update every 30 minutes)

The number of large quakes increased in August -
7.7 Sea of Okhotsk on the 14th.
7.3 El Salvador on the 27th.
7.6 Philippines on the 31st.
The last month that there was a magnitude 7 quake was April.

This morning -
5.0 NORTHERN COLOMBIA
5.4 PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION
5.7 PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION
5.4 PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION

Yesterday -
8/31/12 -
5.7 PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION
5.1 PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION
5.0 PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION
5.1 PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION
5.1 PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION
5.0 PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION
5.3 PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION
5.1 PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION
5.3 PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION
5.5 PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION
5.5 PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION
7.6 PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION
5.0 GALAPAGOS ISLANDS REGION
5.2 NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.
5.0 SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION
5.2 GULF OF ADEN
5.0 GULF OF ADEN
5.3 CENTRAL MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE

TROPICAL STORMS -
In the Atlantic -
- Category 1 Hurricane Kirk was located about 905 mi [1455 km] SSE of Cape Race, Newfoundland. No threat to land.
- Tropical storm Leslie was located about 595 mi [955 km] E of the Leeward Islands. Leslie could become a hurricane by Sunday. Seems it will be no threat to land.

In the Eastern Pacific -
- Hurricane Ileana was located about 435 mi [700 km] W of the southern tip of Baja California. No threat to land. Ileana is forecast to degenerate to a remnant low in about 36 hours.