After weeks with no large earthquake activity, this current week has proved to be a real jolt back into reality — first a M7.2 earthquake struck the West Pacific, now a M7.5 earthquake (M7.7 revised) strikes the mideast in Afghanistan.
Just as expected, yesterday (October 25) a very deep earthquake occurred below the Pacific plate, which led me to issue a warning for a coming large earthquake measuring at least TWO magnitudes higher than the deep event, which was a deep M5.2.
We were watching for a M7.2 or greater to strike West / Northwest of the deep earthquake. Now a M7.5 struck West / Northwest within 1 day of the deep earthquake event.
See my post on the deep event here:
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This new large earthquake location in Afghanistan, near the India border, was discussed in the most recent earthquake forecast, see the earthquake forecast video here:
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Information on this event from the USGS:
M7.5 – 45km N of `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan, Afghanistan
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us10003re5#scientific_origin:us_us10003re5
| Magnitude | 7.5 mww |
|---|---|
| Location/uncertainty | 36.441°N 70.717°E± 6.4 km |
| Depth/uncertainty | 212.5 km± 1.8 |
| Origin Time | |
| Number of Stations | – |
| Number of Phases | 132 |
| Minimum Distance | 77.03 km (0.69°) |
| Travel Time Residual | 1.23 sec |
| Azimuthal Gap | 21° |
| FE Region | Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan (718) |
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