Two Mag 6.0 earthquakes off NE coast, Iwate, Japan

[Astronuc]

Strong 6.0 quake hits northern Japan: USGS
https://www.yahoo.com/news/japan-hit-6-0-magnitude-quake-no-tsunami-095210913.html

The shallow 6.0 magnitude quake hit at 00:58 am (1558 GMT Saturday) 170 kilometres (105 miles) east-northeast of Miyako city, the US Geological Survey said. It was followed by a 5.3 aftershock.

The two Mag 6 earthquakes were preceded by a mag 5.3 and followed by two Mag 5.3 earthquakes.

Two Mag 6.0
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us10006fdp#executive
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us10006ffg#executive

Mag 5.3
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us10006ffj#executive
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us10006ffr#executive

 

[jedishrfu]

Are we getting an unusual number of earthquakes right now?

 

[davenn]

Are we getting an unusual number of earthquakes right now?

not that I can see from the numbers.

see here for yearly averages for the different magnitude ranges
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/year/eqstats.php Dave

 

[jedishrfu]

Is there a more recent page of stats than the one you presented as it stops at 2012 curiously?

(or maybe we're just past the end of the world as we know it)

 

[fresh_42]

Is there a more recent page of stats than the one you presented as it stops at 2012 curiously?

Their web administrator might be a Mayan

 

[davenn]

Is there a more recent page of stats than the one you presented as it stops at 2012 curiously?

(or maybe we're just past the end of the world as we know it)

I just grabbed that page to show you the numbers ( note the comments in the red box near the top of the page)
The yearly averages haven't changed in the last 4 years when looked at over the long term

Unfortunately the USGS www site is not as good as it was prior to 2012 and many features have either disappeared or are there but no longer work. I guess the lack of govt funding has hit home

the list at the top of this page goes to 2015 for world wide events
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/browse/stats.php

Dave