[KathyKeegan]

(05-07-2015, 10:45 AM)Island Chris Wrote: There has been a M7.1 quake relatively far SE of the New Britain (Papua New Guinea) quakes; far outside the aftershock zone/swarm zone. But, logically liable to be related. But, the process on how it might be triggered would not be clear. Probably not seismic wave triggering (although who knows). Someone would have to look at static stress.

OK, I'm curious about the geology of the big swarm. One of the largest ones was thrust.

Chris

I only just found the board. Like I said, I've been watching stuff for years.
I'm really thinking more of a volcanic blow coming around there somewhere. The quakes are progressively getting closer to the surface. That's inside the island arc systems, I believe. There must be a cone over there in a bad mood because of Nepal. There's been quakes from everywhere like west Sumatra to to the far South Pacific, but the biggest are near New Britain so far.