Re: agnitude 5.6 - UNIMAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA

In article <1Pydnc73_9tZcx7eRVn-rQ@xxxxxxxxxxx>, johnk8spamless@xxxxxxxxxxx
(John Krempasky) wrote:

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> "John Popelish" <jpopelish@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:A7qdnQ-QyblVKh7enZ2dnUVZ_tCdnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> > This has now developed into a swarm.
> >
> http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/Maps/AK2/53.55.-166.-162_frames.html
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> Huh?
>
> It's a perfectly normal aftershock sequence to the M 6.2 earthquake at
> Unimak Island on November 20th.
>
> I'm a bit befuddled that people seem surprised at aftershocks, ever since
> the Sumatran quake, either acting like they're something amazingly unusual
> or mislabling them.

The latest one is another 5.3 which is hardly an aftershock, and as I said, this
is one of the areas I had marked out for special interest before I changed my
web-page and made the icons smaller.



Alan

http://www.veloceraptor.free-online.co.uk/enigma.html

http://veloceraptor.blogspot.com/
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