First quakes are in - Sikkim, Banda Sea and Turkey all appear to be FFA from Honshu
Posted by Lowell on December 02, 2001 at 18:39:21:

Just a quick note on the FFA activity from the Honshu earthquake.
Red Puma has listed three earthquakes since that event. In each
case they fall in an area where FFA were expected. They are:

O: 02Dec2001 22:41:19 27.9N 88.4E MS=4.2 GSR SIKKIM, INDIA
O: 02Dec2001 22:41:14 27.2N 88.3E MB=4.9 NEIS SIKKIM, INDIA

O: 02Dec2001 17:13:15 4.5S 128.8E MS=4.2 GSR BANDA SEA

The distance from the Honshu quake to the Banda Sea is 45.2 degrees
as is the distance to the NEIS epicenter of the northern India quake
(Sikkim). Both areas were identified as possible locations for FFA.
Ceram is an island in the Banda Sea. The FFA forecast had stated:

"43-45 degrees: ... Nepal/No. India, .... Ceram"

O: 02Dec2001 17:05:30 37.8N 44.2E MS=3.3 GSR TURKEY-IRAN BORDER REGION
O: 2DEC2001 17:05:22 37.7N 43.9E ML=4.2 KAN HAKKARY,TURKEY

The distance of this event from Honshu is 72 degrees. The FFA forecast
had noted about this possibility:

"71-73 degrees: ... Eastern Turkey"

Data Sources:
http://seismo.ethz.ch/redpuma/redpuma_ami_list.html
http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/bulletin.html
http://www.koeri.boun.edu.tr/sismo/ztrk.txt

Canie has posted the FFA forecast map at the link below. For
further possible upcoming FFA check the map or the FFA textual forecast
also below.

Map is at:
http://www.earthwaves.org/wwwboard/messages/11461.html
FFA forecast is at:
http://www.earthwaves.org/wwwboard/messages/11459.html


"71-73 degrees: ... Eastern Turkey"