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Sunday, March 10, 2013

Surprising statements of earthquake by USGS

hi
watch these surprising statements by none other than USGS

first a quake post by USGS

== PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT ==



Region: OFF THE COAST OF CENTRAL AMERICA
Geographic coordinates: 12.801N, 90.679W
Magnitude: 5.8
Depth: 17 km
Universal Time (UTC): 10 Mar 2013 10:18:17
Time near the Epicenter: 10 Mar 2013 04:18:17
Local standard time in your area: 10 Mar 2013 15:18:17

Location with respect to nearby cities:
125 km (77 mi) S of Puerto San Jose, Guatemala
127 km (78 mi) SW of Acajutla, El Salvador
144 km (89 mi) SW of Sonsonate, El Salvador
145 km (89 mi) SSW of Chiquimulilla, Guatemala
189 km (117 mi) WSW of San Salvador, El Salvador


AND

THE EVENT DELETED!!!!!!!!???

DELETED: Event us b000fi8j

== EVENT DELETED NOTIFICATION ==

***This event has been deleted after review by a seismologist.***

Geographic coordinates: 12.809N, 90.694W
Magnitude: 5.5
Universal Time (UTC): 10 Mar 2013 10:18:17
Time near the Epicenter: 10 Mar 2013 10:18:17

Location with respect to nearby cities:

Can anybody guess or explain how and why such things happen?

i have received both mail from USGS EXACTLY 1 hR AND 01 MINUTES APART

QUESTIONS ARE 
1)HOW AND WHY SUCH ERRORS OCCUR?
2)WHY DOES IT TAKES ONE HOUR TO RECOGNIZE THE ERROR?
3)FIRST THINK,HOW SUCH A BIG QUAKE OF 5.5+ CAN BE MISJUDGED?
4) IT IT IS A COMPUTER OR SOFTWARE ERROR ,HOW WE CAN TRUST SUCH SOFTWARE?
5)LAST BUT NOT LEAST
HOW CAN SEISMOLOGISTS IN GENERAL AND USGS IN PARTICULAR DEMANDS FROM
THOSE(LIKE ME )WORKING IN THE FIELD OF PREDICTION TO PREDICT EXACT MAGNITUDE(+ OR -0.3),THAT TOO BEFORE IT HAS OCCURRED?

I WOULD LIKE USGS AND /OR SEISMOLOGIST TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS

AMIT

Sunday, March 03, 2013

Earthquake prediction for March 2013

Hi
As my wife is operated for colostomy ,I could not find any time.In fact I was staying in hospital since last 16 days.As such could not calculate dates for march 2013
Nevertheless , from hospital and mobile phone,I could pridict the first probable date as
5/6th March 2013----------6.5

Rest of the probable dates will be posted shorly
Amit