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FAULT WHISPERER October 8, 2009 INDEPENDENT EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR RESEARCH NEWS By Southern California s Resident FAULT WHISPERER A MAGNITUDE 6.

IT WAS RECORDED AT 17:27 (UTC) ON OCTOBER 8, 2009.

1 FAULT WHISPERER October 8, 2009 INDEPENDENT EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR RESEARCH NEWS By Southern California s Resident FAULT WHISPERER A MAGNITUDE 6.2 EARTHQUAKE WAS EPICENTERED IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS AT 21:16 (UTC). HIGH AMPLITUDE REMOTE MT TRIGGER PULSE WAS DETECTED WITH A PEAK READING OF 11.6 UNITS. IT WAS RECORDED AT 17:27 (UTC) ON OCTOBER 8, Space Weather Message Code: SUMSUD Serial Number: 97 Issue Time: 2009 May UTC SUMMARY: Geomagnetic Sudden Impulse Observed: 2009 May UTC Deviation: 33 nt 8 OCT 2009 (281) ot = 21:16: / SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS lat = /- 9.7 lon = / MAGNITUDE 6.2 (GS) dep = / km (150 miles) S of Lata, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Isl. 310 km (195 miles) NNW of Luganville, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu 780 km (485 miles) ESE of HONIARA, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands 2115 NEAR km (1320 REAL-TIME miles) NE DATA of BRISBANE, DISPLAY Queensland, WEB PAGE Australia INFO GUIDE: (South Pacific) A Magnitude 6.2 Earthquake was Epicentered 150 miles South of Lata, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands 1

2 Display Channel 1: (ULF) indicates the level of disturbance (modulation) within the MT signal s local region. Display channel 2: (AE) indicates how high the stress level (amplitude) is regardless of whether, or not its source is deep crustal compression, or upper level shear stress along the plate boundary. Display Channel 3: (Upper Level Shear Stress) indicates how much shear (tensor) versus compression, or normal stress is currently active. Whenever active, there is increased upper level shear stress. Display Channel 4: (MT) is an indicator used for monitoring the overall reaction to changes in lithospheric stress from both distant (triggered) and local sources Remote MT Trigger Pulse: Peak Amplitude M T U N I T S September 15, October 8,

3 MT TRIGGER PULSE AMPLITUDE GeoSeismic Labs 2009 Date Start UTC End MT Julian Date Pulse mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm hh:mm hh:mm Units /1/2009 0: /1/ : /1/ : /2/2009 4: /2/ : /3/2009 0: /3/ : /4/2009 0: /4/2009 2: /4/ : /6/2009 8: /6/ : /7/ : /7/ : /8/ : THE LATEST STRONG GLOBAL EARTHQUAKES: 7 OCT 2009 (280) ot = 23:13: / VANUATU lat = /- 9.8 lon = /- 8.0 MAGNITUDE 7.3 (GS) dep = / km (170 miles) S of Lata, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Isl. 280 km (175 miles) NNW of Luganville, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu 810 km (500 miles) ESE of HONIARA, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands 2100 km (1310 miles) NE of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia 7 OCT 2009 (280) ot = 22:18: / SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS lat = /- 0.0 lon = /- 0.0 MAGNITUDE 7.8 (GS) dep = 35.0 (geophysicist) 210 km (130 miles) SSE of Lata, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Isl. 340 km (210 miles) NNW of Luganville, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu 775 km (480 miles) ESE of HONIARA, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands 3

4 2160 km (1340 miles) NE of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia 7 OCT 2009 (280) ot = 22:03: / VANUATU lat = /- 5.3 lon = /- 4.7 MAGNITUDE 7.6 (GS) dep = 35.0 (geophysicist) 260 km (160 miles) S of Lata, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Isl. 295 km (180 miles) NNW of Luganville, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu 785 km (490 miles) ESE of HONIARA, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands 2100 km (1310 miles) NE of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia 7 OCT 2009 (280) ot = 21:41: / CELEBES SEA lat = /- 4.2 lon = /- 4.9 MAGNITUDE 6.7 (GS) dep = / km (175 miles) SE of Jolo, Sulu Archipelago, Philippines 320 km (200 miles) S of Zamboanga, Mindanao, Philippines 1185 km (730 miles) S of MANILA, Philippines 2085 km (1300 miles) ENE of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia 4 OCT 2009 (277) ot = 10:58: / MORO GULF, MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES lat = /- 3.1 lon = /- 3.6 MAGNITUDE 6.6 (GS) dep = / km (65 miles) WSW of Cotabato, Mindanao, Philippines (pop 163,000) 125 km (75 miles) S of Pagadian, Mindanao, Philippines (pop 142,000) 155 km (95 miles) E of Zamboanga, Mindanao, Philippines (pop 601,000) 915 km (570 miles) SSE of MANILA, Philippines 3 OCT 2009 (276) ot = 17:36: / TAIWAN lat = /- 3.2 lon = /- 3.6 MAGNITUDE 6.0 (UCMT) dep = / km (25 miles) S of Hua-lien, Taiwan (pop 108,000) 105 km (65 miles) ESE of T'ai-chung, Taiwan (pop 940,000) 110 km (65 miles) NNE of T'ai-tung, Taiwan (pop 111,000) 160 km (100 miles) S of T'AI-PEI, Taiwan (pop 2,641,000) ML 6.3 (TAP). Felt (III) at Taipei and Hsin-chu. Also felt at 4

5 Chia-i, Chung-ho, Chung-li, Ho-mei, Hsi-chih, Hsin-chuang, Hu-wei, Kao-hsiung, Lo-tung, P'ing-chen, Pu-li, San-hsia, T'ai-chung, T'ainan, T'an-shui, T'ou-liu, T'u-cheng and Yung-ho. Also felt at Fuzhou and Xiamen, China. Recorded (5 TAP) in Hua-lien; (4 TAP) in Chang-hua, Nan-t'ou and T'ai-tung; (3 TAP) in I-lan, T'ai-chung and Yun-lin; (2 TAP) in Kao-hsiung, Miao-li, P'eng-hu, T'ai-nan, T'ai-pei and T'ao-yuan; (1 TAP) in P'ing-tung. 2 OCT 2009 (275) ot = 01:07: / TONGA lat = /- 3.7 lon = /- 3.6 MAGNITUDE 6.1 (UCMT) dep = 10.0 (geophysicist) 50 km (30 miles) SE of Hihifo, Tonga (pop 2,000) 260 km (165 miles) NNE of Neiafu, Tonga 565 km (350 miles) NNE of NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga 2550 km (1590 miles) NNE of Auckland, New Zealand 1 OCT 2009 (274) ot = 01:52: / SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA lat = /- 5.5 lon = /- 5.5 MAGNITUDE 6.6 (GS) dep = 15.0 (geophysicist) 160 km (100 miles) NNW of Bengkulu, Sumatra, Indonesia (pop 262,000) 215 km (135 miles) SE of Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia 490 km (305 miles) SSW of SINGAPORE 705 km (435 miles) NW of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia 30 SEP 2009 (273) ot = 10:16: / SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA lat = /- 3.0 lon = /- 2.7 MAGNITUDE 7.6 (GS) dep = 81.0 (geophysicist) 60 km (35 miles) WNW of Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia (pop 721,000) 225 km (140 miles) SW of Pekanbaru, Sumatra, Indonesia 475 km (295 miles) SSW of KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia 975 km (600 miles) NW of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia At least 1100 people were killed, 2181 were injured and thousands are still unaccounted for in the Padang area. More than 2650 buildings have been damaged in the area and landslides have disrupted power and communications. Felt (VII) at Padang. Widely felt throughout Sumatra and Java, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. A small local tsunami with wave heights of 27 centimeters (amplitude measured relative to normal sea level) was generated. 5

6 29 SEP 2009 (272) ot = 17:48: / SAMOA ISLANDS REGION lat = /- 3.6 lon = /- 3.1 MAGNITUDE 8.0 (GS) dep = 18.0 (geophysicist) 190 km (120 miles) ENE of Hihifo, Tonga 190 km (120 miles) S of APIA, Samoa 710 km (440 miles) NNE of NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga 2700 km (1680 miles) NNE of Auckland, New Zealand At least 82 people killed in Samoa, 22 people in American Samoa and seven people on Niuatoputapu, Tonga. Widespread damage to infrastructure at Pago Pago, American Samoa, in many parts of Samoa and on Niuatoputapu, Tonga. Felt (V) at Apia and (IV) at Tafuna. Felt in much of American Samoa, Samoa and northern Tonga. Felt as far away as Wallis and Futuna Islands. A tsunami with wave heights (peak-to-trough) was recorded at: 314 cm at Pago Pago, American Samoa; 140 cm at Apia, Samoa; 47 cm at Rarotonga and 8 cm at Penrhyn, Cook Islands; 14 cm at Nuku`alofa, Tonga; 11 cm at Papeete, French Polynesia. 21 SEP 2009 (264) ot = 08:53: / BHUTAN lat = /- 4.0 lon = /- 4.0 MAGNITUDE 6.1 (GS) dep = 14.0 (geophysicist) 135 km (80 miles) NNW of Gauhati, Assam, India (pop 808,000) 180 km (110 miles) E of THIMPHU, Bhutan 610 km (380 miles) NNE of Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India 1395 km (870 miles) E of NEW DELHI, Delhi, India At least ten people killed and dozens injured in Mongar and Tashigang due to collapsed buildings. Many buildings destroyed and many roads have been damaged. Buildings cracked in Guwahati, India. Felt (IV) at Thimphu, Bhutan. Also felt at Tashigang and Tshongdue. Felt (II) at Calcutta, India. Also felt at Bidhannagar, Dispur, Kalimpong, Mussoorie, Nagaon, Nalbari, North Dum Dum, Patna, Shillong, Silchar and Tezpur. Felt at Lhasa, China. 18 SEP 2009 (261) ot = 06:23: / MINDORO, PHILIPPINES lat = /- 3.1 lon = /- 4.2 MAGNITUDE 5.9 (UCMT) dep = / km (70 miles) SW of Calapan, Mindoro, Philippines (pop 105,000) 140 km (85 miles) SSW of Batangas, Luzon, Philippines (pop 247,000) 225 km (140 miles) SSW of MANILA, Philippines 6

7 245 km (150 miles) S of Olongapo, Luzon, Philippines 17 SEP 2009 (260) ot = 23:21: / EASTER ISLAND REGION lat = /- 9.9 lon = / MAGNITUDE 6.2 (GS) dep = / km (220 miles) SW of Hanga Roa, Easter Island 3975 km (2460 miles) W of SANTIAGO, Chile 12 SEP 2009 (255) ot = 20:06: / OFFSHORE CARABOBO, VENEZUELA lat = /- 3.0 lon = /- 3.0 MAGNITUDE 6.3 (UCMT) dep = 10.0 (geophysicist) 30 km (20 miles) NNE of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela (pop 169,000) 55 km (35 miles) N of Valencia, Venezuela (pop 1,338,000) 110 km (70 miles) W of CARACAS, Venezuela (pop 1,975,000) 2100 km (1310 miles) SE of Miami, Florida At least 14 people were injured and 17 buildings damaged north of Moron. Felt (VI) in parts of Carabobo; (V) at Baruta, Caracas, El Cafetal, El Liman, Guarenas, La Victoria, Los Dos Caminos, Maiqueta, Maracay, Puerto Cabello, San Antonio de los Altos, and Valencia; (IV) at Barquisimeto, Cagua, Chacao, El Hatillo, Guatire, Los Teques and Petare. Felt in much of north-central Venezuela. 10 SEP 2009 (253) ot = 02:46: / KURIL ISLANDS lat = /- 3.0 lon = /- 2.2 MAGNITUDE 5.9 (GS) dep = / km (185 miles) SSW of Severo-Kuril'sk, Kuril Islands, Russia 590 km (370 miles) NE of Kuril'sk, Kuril Islands 1845 km (1140 miles) NE of TOKYO, Japan 7065 km (4390 miles) NE of MOSCOW, Russia 7

8 Preliminary MT Chart: October 2009 THE STATE OF THE CRUST SEPT 2009: LAST UPDATED ON OCT 1, During September, the number of strong magnitude global earthquakes was equal to twelve, and the number of moderate magnitude global earthquakes equaled one hundred-five, which is a ratio of approximately 9 moderate for every 1 strong magnitude global earthquake. The highest magnitude global earthquake equaled 8.0 and was located in the Samoa Islands in Polynesia. Two of the monthly total of thirty-two detected Remote MT Pulsations measured greater than 10 Units of Regional Lithospheric Stress. Seventeen semi-diurnal MT pulsations were timed to be associated with the Equatorial Pacific Plate s Stress Center. There were thirteen on the dayside, and four that were on the night side. Fifteen more had alternate timing, which may signify coming from a separately affected global position at the core-mantle boundary. The semi-diurnal MT Pulsations are associated with the arrival of solar energetic particles streaming towards Earth from the Sun, which increases the amplitude of convective currents coming from the core-mantle boundary within the Equatorial Pacific Plate s Stress Center located in Polynesia. As an earthquake engine, its overall result is to accelerate the motion of tectonic plates, and also increase volcanic unrest around the cir cum Pacific Ring of Fire 8

9 30 Day Remote MT Trigger Pulse Chart 9

10 FRANK CONDON-SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S RESIDENT FAULT WHISPERER... PREVIOUSLY RELEASED REPORTS: MEDIA CONTACT INFORMATION: GeoSeismic Labs PO Box Hesperia, CA Remove the before sending 10

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