I have put together a few dozen earthquake monitoring links at the bottom of this article, so you can monitor yourself:
Today, November 7, 2011 — we saw a large 6.9 magnitude earthquake shake the region around Taiwan.
Location was out to sea — no tsunami warning issued.
Here are the official earthquake stats:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usb0006lpm.php
arthquake Details
- This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.
Magnitude |
6.9 |
Date-Time |
- Tuesday, November 08, 2011 at 02:59:06 UTC
- Tuesday, November 08, 2011 at 11:59:06 AM at epicenter
|
Location |
27.291°N, 125.868°E |
Depth |
209.5 km (130.2 miles) |
Region |
NORTHEAST OF TAIWAN |
Distances |
- 218 km (136 miles) NW (305°) from Naha, Okinawa, Japan
- 362 km (225 miles) NNE (27°) from Ishigaki-jima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan
- 497 km (309 miles) ENE (59°) from T’AI-PEI, Taiwan
- 1140 km (708 miles) S (186°) from SEOUL, South Korea
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Links to monitor the earthquake situation globally:
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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/