Late update… USGS has deleted this event after a review by a seismologist… Seems like it was related to mining. Steve Jones… Our quake expert… A small magnitude 2.5 earthquake was registered by the USGS earlier this morning at 16:01:05 UTC (10:01:05 am CST), in Alabama, east of the city of Jasper in extreme northern […]
From Steve Jones… our earthquake expert… A small magnitude 2.6 earthquake was registered earlier today at 15:20:10 UTC (9:20:10 am CST) in Alabama, at a location northwest of Birmingham, approximately 129 km (80 mi) from Huntsville. The quake focus was located at a depth of 1 km (0.6 mi) underground. There were no immediate reports […]
From Steve Jones of alabamaquake.com…. On this date in 1916, the largest earthquake in Alabama’s history struck in the Birmingham area. According to the USGS, “On the basis of the number of chimneys destroyed, the earthquake [shaking] was more severe in Irondale than in any other Alabama town between Easonville and Birmingham.” There were no […]
This is from Steve Jones in Huntsville…. our resident quake expert… A small magnitude 2.3 earthquake was registered by the USGS earlier today at 13:16:01 UTC (8:16:01 am CDT) in eastern Alabama near the city of Oxford, at a location approximately 137 km (88 mi) from Huntsville. The quake focus depth was located at a […]
A strong magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck this morning at 14:42:10 UTC (9:42:10 am CDT) in western Costa Rica at a location approximately 2719 km (1690 mi) from Huntsville. The quake focus was estimated at 40.8 km (25.4 mi) beneath the earth’s surface. There have been news reports of damages and utilities outages, and one fatality, […]
The quake was measured nicely in Huntsville by Steve Jones… Steve writes… “A small regional earthquake occurred earlier this morning at 09:58:43 UTC (3:58:43 am CST) in southeastern Missouri, in the New Madrid Seismic Zone. The quake was measured at magnitude 4.0 by the USGS. News sources are reporting no major damage or injuries from […]
A 2.9 earthquake was reported by the USGS between Jasper and Townley at 10:00… anyone feel it? See more details here…
This is from Steve Jones… he writes… “James, I have posted at https://alabamaquake.com the seismogram from my Huntsville seismic station, of the magnitude 2.1 earthquake last night near Double Springs, and have attached that seismogram image here also. The first P waves reached Huntsville about 15 seconds following the event, and the first S (secondary) […]
A 2.1 quake happened this morning over Winston County between Addison and Double Springs… Details here from the USGS…
Thanks to Steve Jones for this image… he writes… “The overnight hours have seen a notable increase in the number of moderate earthquakes in the Eastern Pacific / Western Americas region (Ecuador, Northern East Pacific Rise, Guatemala), with five separate events (six, if you include a M5.1 event in Russia last evening) visible during the […]
From Steve Jones in Huntsville… “James, I just got in from church tonight, checked the seismograph, and saw the small magnitude 2.7 earthquake today over in Georgia. I have posted the seismogram from my Huntsville seismic station of that event at https://alabamaquake.com on the “Recent Seismograms” page, and have also attached it here.”
From Steve Jones in Huntsville… “James, Here is the Huntsville seismogram from the small M3.0 event there in Birmingham a short while ago. Feel free to post this on the blog if you wish. The first P waves arrived here in Huntsville about 20 seconds following the event, and the S wave arrival followed some […]
At 5:59:23 pm CDT, a magnitude 3.0 earthquake occurred, and the epicenter was 5.0 km (about 17,000 feet, not that deep for an earthquake) between Huffman and Trussville. 12 seismic stations detected the earthquake, and over 40 people have reported it to USGS. I was here in Trussville, the dog started barking, and then the […]
Thanks to Steve Jones of Huntsville for this image… he writes… “James, I have attached the seismogram from my instrument here in Huntsville, from the M2.1 event this morning at about 7:18 in Northwest Alabama. I attempted to post it as promised on the alabamawx blog, but was unsuccessful in that endeavor. Please post this […]
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