Hi All,

As Lowell is on vacation, I just wanted to post the quake notices I received by e-mail today from the NEIC:

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake OFF THE COAST OF OREGON has occurred at:
43.75N 127.97W Depth 10km Sat Dec 8 18:08:37 2001 UTC

Time: Universal Time (UTC) Sat Dec 8 18:08:37 2001
Pacific Standard Time (PST) Sat Dec 8 10:08:37 2001

Location with respect to nearby cities:
190 miles (305 km) W of Coos Bay, Oregon
205 miles (330 km) WSW of Newport, Oregon
220 miles (355 km) WNW of Brookings, Oregon
260 miles (415 km) WSW of SALEM, Oregon

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake in the RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN has occurred at:
28.91N 130.10E Depth 33km Sat Dec 8 20:29:38 2001 UTC

Time: Universal Time (UTC) Sat Dec 8 20:29:38 2001
Pacific Standard Time (PST) Sat Dec 8 12:29:38 2001

Location with respect to nearby cities:
185 miles (300 km) S of Kagoshima, Kyushu, Japan
225 miles (360 km) SSW of Miyazaki, Kyushu, Japan
240 miles (385 km) NE of Naha, Okinawa, Japan
730 miles (1170 km) SW of TOKYO, Japan

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake in GULF OF CALIFORNIA has occurred at:
31.98N 114.91W Depth 10km Sat Dec 8 23:36:10 2001 UTC

Time: Universal Time (UTC) Sat Dec 8 23:36:10 2001
Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) Sat Dec 8 16:36:10 2001

Location with respect to nearby cities:
30 miles (50 km) SSW of San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, Mexico (pop
76,000)
55 miles (85 km) SSW of Yuma, Arizona (pop 54,000)
60 miles (95 km) SE of Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico (pop 438,000)
1300 miles (2100 km) NW of MEXICO CITY, D.F., Mexico

Boy, oh Boy, are we gonna miss him....Petra