A very busy 36 hrs with earthquakes

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In the last 36 hours, five significant earthquakes have occurred in the Pacific Basin. The events include a magnitude 7.1 quake near Raboso, Mexico; a magnitude 6.1 quake 256 km west of Auckland Island, New Zealand; another magnitude 6.1 quake 281 km east-southeast of Kamaishi, Japan, which struck approximately 175 miles from the Fukushima nuclear plant at a depth of 6 miles; a magnitude 6.4 quake 85 km north-northwest of Isangel, Vanuatu; and a magnitude 5.6 quake 165 km north of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea. The quake near Kamaishi was characterized as a normal faulting event with some oblique motion.
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The last 36 hrs has seen 5 respectable quakes around the Pacific Basin

From top to bottom of my seismogram...

M 7.1 - 5km ENE of Raboso, Mexico

M 6.1 - 256km W of Auckland Island, New Zealand

M 6.1 - 281km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan

M 6.4 - 85km NNW of Isangel, Vanuatu

M 5.6 - 165km N of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea

170919-20 M 7.1 Mexico, 6.1 S of Sth Is NZ, 6.2 Japan, 6.4 Vanuatu, 5.6 PNG zhi.gif

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Astronuc said:
Its hypocenter — the underwater locus of the quake — happened at a depth of about 6 miles.

and a very nice normal faulting event with just a hint of oblique motion

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