Posted on January 19, 2012 by Michael Janitch

1/19/2012 — 6.1 magnitude earthquake hits New Zealand

Today, January 19, 2012 — a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck about 120 miles south of New Zealand.

The entire south/west pacific plate has been moving exponentially faster over the past few months — things are picking up — not letting off.

Look at the screenshot below — showing the last 48 hours of earthquakes around the Pacific ring of fire.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc0007ng0.php

Earthquake Details

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude	6.1
Date-Time	Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 06:48:48 UTC Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 05:48:48 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	46.676°S, 165.724°E
Depth	18.1 km (11.2 miles)
Region	OFF WEST COAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, N.Z.
Distances	204 km (126 miles) W of Invercargill, New Zealand 293 km (182 miles) SW of Queenstown, New Zealand 380 km (236 miles) WSW of Dunedin, New Zealand 940 km (584 miles) SW of WELLINGTON, New Zealand

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Here are a series of links to monitor global seismic information:

http://sincedutch.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/11302011-list-of-earthquake-links-for-global-monitoring/

Link to DOZENS of Volcano webcams:

http://sincedutch.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/112012-all-the-volcano-webcams-of-the-world/

Volcano webcams:Yellowstone park geyser webcams: http://www.nps.gov/yell/photosmultimedia/webcams.htm

Japanese Mount Fuji Webcams:

http://www.goandroam.com/webcams/japan/mt_fuji

http://www.fujigoko.tv/live/shotList.cgi

Japanese Sakurajima Volcano webcams: http://webcam-svo2.pr.kyoto-u.ac.jp/local/camera.html

Sakurajima official youtube page: http://www.youtube.com/cubhf137

Cascades Pacific Northwest webcams: http://www.skimountaineer.com/CascadeSki/CascadeWebCams.php?weather=true

Mount St. Helens webcams: http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/

All the known volcano webcams of the world (Italy, Russia, Iceland, South/Central America, Spain and several other locations) : http://bigthink.com/ideas/26619

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United States earthquake sources:

List of US seismographs : http://www.ceri.memphis.edu/seismic/heli/index.html

Arkansas seismic network: http://www.geology.ar.gov/geohazards/ark_seismic_network.htm

map of New Madrid Seismic Zone seismograph locations (interactive): http://www.ceri.memphis.edu/seismic/stations/nmsz.html

Midwest USA seismographs:

http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/heli/heli_sp_mkta/

http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/heli_bb_slu/

http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/heli/heli_sp_nmad/

http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/heli/heli_sp_athn/

http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/heli/heli_sp_lnxt/

http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/heli/heli_sp_mttn/

http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/heli/heli_sp_ceri/

http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/heli/heli_uky/

USGS netquakes site live :

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/monitoring/netquakes/

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/monitoring/netquakes/map/

New Madrid seismic zone (NMSZ information): http://www.showme.net/~fkeller/quake/maps.htm

Pacific Northwest Seismic Network :

http://www.pnsn.org/WEBICORDER/BETTER/pnsn_staweb/index.html

http://www.pnsn.org/OPS/stations.html

Official USGS earthquake site: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/

USGS live internet seismic server: http://aslwww.cr.usgs.gov/Seismic_Data/heli2.shtml

USGS full index of seismographs : http://aslwww.cr.usgs.gov/Seismic_Data/telemetry_data/

California seismographs:

http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/webicorder/

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/monitoring/helicorders/nca/

USGS ANSS seismograph backbone:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/monitoring/anss/

http://aslwww.cr.usgs.gov/Seismic_Data/telemetry_data/map_sta_eq.shtml

USGS weekly volcanism report: http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/

USGS Hawaii data clearinghouse: http://hawaii.wr.usgs.gov/

USGS Hawaii earthquakes : http://tux.wr.usgs.gov/

Alaska Volcano observatory: http://www.avo.alaska.edu/

Mount Baker (pacific northwest): http://mbvrc.wwu.edu/index.shtml

West Coast / Alaska Tsunami warning center: http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/events/eventmap.php

Pacific Tsunami Warning center: http://ptwc.weather.gov/

National Data Buoy Center (monitor buoys for wave activity): http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/

Pacific Basin Information node: http://www.nbii.gov/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=240&mode=2&in_hi_userid=2&cached=true

East coast (columbia college) seismographs: http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/LCSN/WebSeis/24hr_heli.pl?id=

Yellowstone supervolcano seismographs: http://www.isthisthingon.org/Yellowstone/daythumbs.php

Montana .edu / yellowstone seismographs: http://mbmgquake.mtech.edu/earthworm/wavef_disp/current/welcome.html

University of Utah yellowstone seismographs: http://www.quake.utah.edu/helicorder/

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Rest of the world (always updating with more):

Mexico seismographs: http://www.ssn.unam.mx/

Belgium seismographs: http://seismologie.oma.be/index.php?LANG=NL&LEVEL=210

Philippines earthquakes and volcanic activity: http://www.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph/

Swiss seismology: http://www.seismo.ethz.ch/index

Canadian seismographs:

http://earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/recent/index-eng.php

http://earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/stndon/wf-fo/trace_app.php?target=MNTQ.BHZ

http://earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/recent/maps-cartes/index-eng.php

http://www.ggl.ulaval.ca/

Russian seismographs: http://www.ceme.gsras.ru/ccd.htm

Japanese seismographs: http://www.gsi.go.jp/ENGLISH/index.html

Thailand seismicity / seismographs : http://www.seismology.tmd.go.th/en/index.php

Australian seismographs:

http://www.seis.com.au/

http://www.ga.gov.au/earthquakes/

Netherlands seismographs: http://www.knmi.nl/seismologie/aardbevingen-nederland.html

New Zealand seismographs: http://quake.crowe.co.nz/Mobile/

Iceland seismographs: http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/earthquakes/

England / UK seismographs: http://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/helicorder/heli.html

Italy seismographs: http://cnt.rm.ingv.it

Taiwain earthquake information: http://www.cwb.gov.tw/V6e/index.htm

EMSC European Mediterranean earthquake agency map/index :

http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/Map/jsmap.php?key=1&typ=world

http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/index.php

http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/Map/index.php

Spanish (El Hierro Canary islands) seismographs: http://www.01.ign.es/ign/head/volcaSenalesAnterioresDia.do?nombreFichero=CHIE_2011-11-03&ver=s&estacion=CHIE&Anio=2011&Mes=11&Dia=03&tipo=2

Indonesia seismographs: http://aeic.bmg.go.id/

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Global links for earthquake monitoring:

Monitor earths rotation: http://hpiers.obspm.fr/

COSMOS earthquake data global list: http://db.cosmos-eq.org/scripts/earthquakes.plx

Download the free version of earthquake3D: http://download.cnet.com/Earthquake-3D/3000-2054_4-10395116.html

Global IRIS earthquake browser: http://www.iris.edu/servlet/eventserver/map.do

Global earthquake mashup of EMSC, USGS, GFZ : http://www.oe-files.de/gmaps/eqmashup.html

Topographic maps of the USA and Canada: http://www.topozone.com/

intellicast (turn on earthquake view): http://www.intellicast.com/Local/WxMapFull.aspx

Global Incident Map: http://www.globalincidentmap.com/

RSOE EDIS global incident map : http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/