Earthquake Russia
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WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said on Friday there was no earthquake in western Russia after earlier reporting on its website a magnitude 6.8 near the border with Belarus.
USGS Geophysicist Paul Caruso said the agency's sensors mislocated an earthquake that was taking place elsewhere. The Russia earthquake appeared on the USGS website while a series of strong temblors were taking place in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, some 700 miles (1,100 km) south of Greenland. (Reporting by Sandra Maler; Editing by Frances Kerry)
USGS Geophysicist Paul Caruso said the agency's sensors mislocated an earthquake that was taking place elsewhere. The Russia earthquake appeared on the USGS website while a series of strong temblors were taking place in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, some 700 miles (1,100 km) south of Greenland. (Reporting by Sandra Maler; Editing by Frances Kerry)
So where was it then
Middle of the Atlantic, pretty much in the middle between Ireland and Canada.
2 x 6.8 quakes
As Aedus, posted look here
http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/
Edit actually looking at it, probably just the one, they just disagree on depth.
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What is the significabce of the size and colour of the circles, I thought it was to do with magnitude, but it doesn't seem to follow for all of them?
Size is magintude, larger size is more powerful. The colour seems to be how recent the quake was, with red being recent, fading to yellow as time goes by
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I'm no geologist but doesn't an earthquake in the middle of the oacen cause massive tidal waves?
Isn't it only when the sea bed is moved by a huge amount either dropping, or raising, thus moving huge amounts of water. So doesn't happen in all sea earthquakes.
