Posted by Lowell on November 14, 2001 at 14:49:31:
All right, Don, Another great forecast - even if PNSN was a bit late getting around to including it in the catalog. PNSN is showing the following events which match Don's predicted event in this region: O: 11NOV2001 13:59:16 43.9N 128.1W ML>3.0 PNSN OFF THE COAST OF OREGON O: 11NOV2001 15:57:28 43.9N 128.3W ML>3.0 PNSN OFF THE COAST OF OREGON ===>O: 12NOV2001 18:27:00 43.0N 128.4W ML>3.0 PNSN OFF THE COAST OF OREGON O: 12NOV2001 19:10:44 44.1N 127.7W ML>3.0 PNSN OFF THE COAST OF OREGON O: 12NOV2001 19: 3:37 43.9N 127.9W ML>4.0 PNSN OFF THE COAST OF OREGON O: 12NOV2001 19:16:13 43.8N 129.2W ML>3.5 PNSN OFF THE COAST OF OREGON Source: http://www.geophys.washington.edu/SEIS/PNSN/CATALOG_SEARCH/cat.search.html Remember, that earthquakes off the coast are nearly always underestimated in magnitude by at least 1 unit of magnitude and may be considerably off in location (up to 50 km). A local magnitude scale is used and no correction for distance is incorporated by PNSN for these events. This swarm coincides with the other events of Ml>=4 in the region on the 10th of November and makes that regional activation all the more interesting. Remember, also to expand your search parameters to include this area if you do a search at the above site, or you will not see these events. Don had expected an earthquake of Ml2.5-3.9 at 43N 128.4W on Nov. 11, (window was Nov 9-13). The swarm began north of his expected epicenter on the 11th, put the event at 18:27 on Nov 12 is located exactly at the epicenter predicted by Don. This has to be a grade A++, Don, either you are getting better at this, or I am getting more accepting of your predictions.
Statistics: There have been 10 earthquakes since 1980 which would have been successful matches to Don's forecast. The Ml>4.0 on Nov 12 was the largest ever recorded in this region. The last occurred on July 1, 2000 (Ml 2.5). So, 10 of 1533 five-day periods have contained a "successful event", for a success probability of 0.006 or odds of about 1 in 153. That's a pretty good guess - do you do horse races too, Don? Don's forecast had read:
Eugene, Oregon Earthquake Forecast Posted by Don In Hollister on November 08, 2001 at 11:54:42: Magnitude: 2.4-3.9Md From: 11/09/2001 - To: 11/13/2001 Location: Eugene, Oregon Lat: 43.0N - Long: 128.4W - Range: 40Km Hi All. This forecast should make Lowell work a little harder then usual. He will really have to look hard to find an indication of a quake and score it. The problem is the quake may be too small to register on a seismograph. However to make it easy for him it will be a miss if there is no indication of a quake anywhere in the area. There should be a quake with a magnitude 2.4 to 3.9 at 43.0N/128.4W on 11/11/2001. This is about 300Km off the coast of Oregon and about 425Km WSW of Eugene, Oregon. The widow opens on 11/09/2001 and will close on 11/13/2001. The radius is 40Km.
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