Here was my first stop on my latest "Quake Chase" which I can now officially call it because we had a good shaker strike Southern Illinois last night while I was waiting for my chicken at a local Popeyes!!!!! @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickson_Mounds_Museum
Then when I got back to my room to enjoy my Popeyes Chicken, I immediately noticed on the list of latest earthquakes that there had just been a whole series of smallish earthquakes in Southern California, and Central America. This morning I was awoken early to my phone chiming with a 3.6 in Borrego Springs, California!!!!! And this trip was originally NOT even supposed to be a Quake Chase!!!!! What could happen next!!!!! Just Sayin' there is not too much earthquake energy supposed to be out there!? EQ Guy / Quake Chaser
Friday, May 18, 2012
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Live From Quake Chase Central--Clintonville, Wisconsin!!!
It was a very noisy, and shaky night here in beautiful downtown Clintonville, Wisconsin where noises, noises, noises have been being reported over the last couple weeks and it was determined along the way that it was geological in nature!
There was a lot of small ground rumblings throughout the night and up until around 1 am and past that before I actually heard anything that might have been blamed on the movement of large geological fragments underground. There was one fairly large and reletively short one followed by a quick bump around 2, but that was pretty much it. Thought that while it had been much colder at the end of the day yesterday, and now headed up to the 60's that the coldness contracting, and incoming warmth expanding might be to blame for a little plate tectonics happening there.
Finally a quick close inspection of their downtown area along the Pidgeon River, that I can actually see out the window of my motel, I noticed that each of the 4 road bridges and 2 walkway bridges all seem to show signs of very minor "Pull-Apart" movement. Got some pics and measured with a folded dollar bill and came up with around .010 to .035 inches throughout the downtown area which had been well reported as more or less the exact epicenter of all the shaking.
Notice how clean and sharp these brand new cracks are! There are many and they are CONSISTANT throughout these downtown bridges. Seemed obvious they couldn't be more than a couple days old, here! Some day one side of this river will be Japan, the other side California! Look sort of like the beginning of the next San Andreas Fault, am I right?
Today, there is like one more foot bridge to check out, and it looks like the sun will be coming out so probably some Rollerblading, too! Thank-You for Reading! Quake Chaser / EQ Guy
There was a lot of small ground rumblings throughout the night and up until around 1 am and past that before I actually heard anything that might have been blamed on the movement of large geological fragments underground. There was one fairly large and reletively short one followed by a quick bump around 2, but that was pretty much it. Thought that while it had been much colder at the end of the day yesterday, and now headed up to the 60's that the coldness contracting, and incoming warmth expanding might be to blame for a little plate tectonics happening there.
Finally a quick close inspection of their downtown area along the Pidgeon River, that I can actually see out the window of my motel, I noticed that each of the 4 road bridges and 2 walkway bridges all seem to show signs of very minor "Pull-Apart" movement. Got some pics and measured with a folded dollar bill and came up with around .010 to .035 inches throughout the downtown area which had been well reported as more or less the exact epicenter of all the shaking.
Notice how clean and sharp these brand new cracks are! There are many and they are CONSISTANT throughout these downtown bridges. Seemed obvious they couldn't be more than a couple days old, here! Some day one side of this river will be Japan, the other side California! Look sort of like the beginning of the next San Andreas Fault, am I right?
Today, there is like one more foot bridge to check out, and it looks like the sun will be coming out so probably some Rollerblading, too! Thank-You for Reading! Quake Chaser / EQ Guy
Thursday, March 29, 2012
New Quake Chase!!!!! Clintonville, Wisconsin!!!!! Noise?????
Yes, they keep getting those loud noises in the middle of the night and keep wondering what it is all about and where it's coming from? Well, I decided it's time Quake Chaser makes an appearance up there in Clintonville, Wisconsin to try and solve this problem once and for all!!!!! Leaving early tomorrow and plan to spend the weekend right in the middle of that town. . . until I basically have everything figured out that is going on up there! I'll report back right here at some point along the way!!!!! And plan on doing some Rollerblading, too!!!!! EQ Guy / Quake Chaser
Friday, March 16, 2012
FROM NEWSPAPER IN CALI: EQ Alert Guy becomes world’s first quake chaser
On Oct. 11, 2011, The EQ Alert Guy (EQ) landed at San Francisco International Airport on his way to what was about to become the world’s very first official "Quake Chase." Since the day of the Northridge Quake, EQ had been investigating exactly what causes earthquakes and when Oct. 2011 came around, he knew he had Northern California narrowed down very closely. When he incorporated the fact that the night of Oct. 12 would have a full moon, he immediately bought a ticket to Frisco and embarked on this new field of quake chasing.
Immediately upon landing in San Francisco, EQ headed to the USGS Offices in Menlo Park where he hand-delivered a copy of an "Official Prediction" for a major earthquake to strike between Oregon and California before Oct. 21, 2011, to a person who is actually on the California Earthquake Prediction Evaluation Council.
The next day, EQ headed to UC Berkeley to meet his old friend from seismology who he met years earlier when he was featured on the news for his earthquake early warning system. His friend was very happy to see EQ once again and demonstrated the very latest in the Earthquake Early Warning technology. Two earthquakes struck right at that instant, with the computer beeping and buzzing and announcing the number of minutes before the shock would be felt at Berkeley. On this occasion, they were small earthquakes, but served as a great illustration for how the system would eventually work all over California.
The earthquake that EQ was waiting for struck at 8:15 p.m. that night, Oct. 12, 2011, at Coos Bay, Oregon, and while it originally registered 5.9 Richters, it was downgraded to 5.3 Richters, but still ranks as among the biggest earthquakes ever to strike that California area. It officially made EQ the world’s very first successful quake chaser.
Only a few days after he flew out of San Francisco and headed for home, there were two more earthquakes, a 4.0 and a 4.2 Richters that struck Berkeley at or very near the campus at UC Berkeley, as well as a big 5.6 Richters earthquake at Oklahoma where EQ immediately headed for his next quake chase.
To follow EQ, visit www.earthquakealert.blogspot.com.
EQ, whose real name is Les Brown, has worked in TV and Motion Pictures in both Chicago and Hollywood, as well as the Carpenters Union in both Milwaukee and Los Angeles. Along the way, he decided to devote his life to his work with earthquakes. He is currently putting the finishing touches on his book, "My Earthquake Memoirs."
Immediately upon landing in San Francisco, EQ headed to the USGS Offices in Menlo Park where he hand-delivered a copy of an "Official Prediction" for a major earthquake to strike between Oregon and California before Oct. 21, 2011, to a person who is actually on the California Earthquake Prediction Evaluation Council.
The next day, EQ headed to UC Berkeley to meet his old friend from seismology who he met years earlier when he was featured on the news for his earthquake early warning system. His friend was very happy to see EQ once again and demonstrated the very latest in the Earthquake Early Warning technology. Two earthquakes struck right at that instant, with the computer beeping and buzzing and announcing the number of minutes before the shock would be felt at Berkeley. On this occasion, they were small earthquakes, but served as a great illustration for how the system would eventually work all over California.
The earthquake that EQ was waiting for struck at 8:15 p.m. that night, Oct. 12, 2011, at Coos Bay, Oregon, and while it originally registered 5.9 Richters, it was downgraded to 5.3 Richters, but still ranks as among the biggest earthquakes ever to strike that California area. It officially made EQ the world’s very first successful quake chaser.
Only a few days after he flew out of San Francisco and headed for home, there were two more earthquakes, a 4.0 and a 4.2 Richters that struck Berkeley at or very near the campus at UC Berkeley, as well as a big 5.6 Richters earthquake at Oklahoma where EQ immediately headed for his next quake chase.
To follow EQ, visit www.earthquakealert.blogspot.com.
EQ, whose real name is Les Brown, has worked in TV and Motion Pictures in both Chicago and Hollywood, as well as the Carpenters Union in both Milwaukee and Los Angeles. Along the way, he decided to devote his life to his work with earthquakes. He is currently putting the finishing touches on his book, "My Earthquake Memoirs."
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Welcome To My Official "Quake Chaser" Blog!!!
Yes, this is the place where as you might notice, I post all of my latest Quake Chase stuff! Right at the moment the Major Earthquake we are watching and waiting for looks like it might strike Nicaragua and while I have found a friend who has a place down Central America way. . . I have also been told there is NO LAW in some of those places so looking at beautiful downtown Guatamala City on Google Earth may be as close as I am going to get to seeing this one because for the time being I have decided no Quake Chases to Central America in my immediate future!!! Also seen somewhere that Coasta Rica averages about one 8 Richters earthquake every two years and after thinking about it have decided that while the likelyhoood MAY BE high of actually catching an 8 Magnitude earthquake really close-up; the likelyhood of me wanting to be in the middle of it down in Guatamala is very low! Keep in touch with this blog for my next Quake Chase! Got my passport renewed AND got one of those fancy new passport cards to boot, but haven't decided where the next big Quake Chase will be! Alaska 2012??? Thank-You for reading!
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Earthquake Energy Heading for Southern California!
It's not the type of earthquake energy that makes good Quake Chases, though! Whenever the Pacific Tectonic Plate pushes against the North American Tectonic Plate like it is doing now, it would seem possible to Quake Chase Southern California the night of the upcoming full moon on Monday January 9, 2012 but just simple plate tectonics alone is not enough for me.
Stay tuned for the next Quake Chase that involves earthquake energy headed for a specific point on the map such as October 2011 was headed directly for Northern California. This new energy could well be headed for Mexico City, Guatamala, or Coast Rica, however tectonic plate movement alone is harder to forcast, and so virtually impossible for me to Quake Chase.
Meantime, I found some good prices on flights to Anchorage, Alaska and San Diego, California so keep watching for a good Quake Chase to one of them places in 2012!
Stay tuned for the next Quake Chase that involves earthquake energy headed for a specific point on the map such as October 2011 was headed directly for Northern California. This new energy could well be headed for Mexico City, Guatamala, or Coast Rica, however tectonic plate movement alone is harder to forcast, and so virtually impossible for me to Quake Chase.
Meantime, I found some good prices on flights to Anchorage, Alaska and San Diego, California so keep watching for a good Quake Chase to one of them places in 2012!
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Next QUAKE CHASE = New Madrid, Missouri
Yes, It's the 200 Year Anniversary of the 8 Magnitude Earthquake that struck down in the Tennessee, Missouri Region in the year 1811 and 1812!!! There were actually a Grand Total of 3 Major Earthquakes and a lot of aftershocks!!!!! Also, no actual seismographs as we know them today and so as a result no actual number for the Magnitude! Those numbers are ones that have been calculated over the years using systems that are used to calculate the size of an earthquake based on the amount of damage and are fairly accurate just the same. In any event it is the system that was always used traditionally before seismographs came along and sometimes reads like X, IV, IX, and VIII, etc. for the size of an earthquake if you know what I mean! Although I do not refer to it as the "Roman Numeral System" either!
So, be watching for that 6 Magnitude Earthquake that might strike this Saturday since it will be the Full Moon!!! But as one smart reader pointed out. . . I won't have to worry about tsunami in Oklahoma! Then WHY do I already have my Personal Floatation Device packed????? See You All! Quake Chaser / EQ Guy
So, be watching for that 6 Magnitude Earthquake that might strike this Saturday since it will be the Full Moon!!! But as one smart reader pointed out. . . I won't have to worry about tsunami in Oklahoma! Then WHY do I already have my Personal Floatation Device packed????? See You All! Quake Chaser / EQ Guy
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