Wow. I thought I could take a day or two off from quakes, after last night's post.

But...

Depending on who's record you're looking at, three 6+ quakes in the last 24 hours.

Magnitude 5.7 - SUNDA STRAIT, INDONESIA
2008 August 26 03:07:30 UTC
Quakes shakes West Java
(reported as a 6.6 by their sensors)


Magnitude 6.3 - NORTHERN PERU
2008 August 26 21:00:37 UTC
Strong earthquake hits central Peru


Magnitude 6.3 - LAKE BAYKAL REGION, RUSSIA
2008 August 27 01:35:31 UTC
Only 2 1/2 hours ago, no articles yet.


Magnitude 5.1 - WESTERN XIZANG
2008 August 26 23:54:24 UTC
(aftershock)


Magnitude 4.7 - EASTERN XIZANG
2008 August 26 07:46:57 UTC


Magnitude 3.8 - EASTERN KAZAKHSTAN
2008 August 26 14:06:51 UTC


Magnitude 4.4 - SOUTHERN GREECE
2008 August 26 09:46:28 UTC


Magnitude 4.5 - STATE OF YAP, FED. STATES OF MICRONESIA
2008 August 26 13:50:50 UTC


Magnitude 5.0 - SOUTH OF AFRICA
2008 August 26 08:07:08 UTC


Minor earthquake rattles ACT
(3.1 Australia)



New analysis of earthquake zone raises questions

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State University scientists have completed a new analysis of an earthquake fault line that extends some 200 miles off the southern and central Oregon coast that they say is more active than the San Andreas Fault in California.

The Blanco Transform Fault Zone likely won't produce the huge earthquake many have predicted for the Pacific Northwest because it isn't a subduction zone fault. But the scientists say an earthquake of magnitude 6.5 to 7.0 is possible, if not probable in the near future, and their analysis suggests that the region may be under some tectonic stress that potentially could affect the Cascadia Subduction Zone.