Hi Canie. Thank you for the kudos, but I do believe you have one coming also. Does this ring a bell? A little hint. It concerns this quake. 2001/12/23 22:52:57 9.54S 159.51E 33.0 7.0 Solomon Islands

I was just looking at solar data and noticed the electron flux has been bottomed for a while now - one of our previous posters used to watch this bit of solar info - I'm not sure I'm doing him justice but when its been bottomed out as it has over a number of days he saw that as a warning for a large (6.5+, 7+) quake being due but no location information.

I'm not sure if he waited until it rose again to start the alert or not.... I guess I'll have to check the archives and see if I can find out.

I guess we'll see how the next couple of days pans out? Any ideas on a location?

Canie

Hi Canie. There are four possible locations. Fiji Islands, Kermadec Islands, Solomon Islands and New Britain.

If a quake of the size you mentioned were to occur it would occur between 12/17/2001 and 12/23/2001.

For the Fiji Islands it would be at 33.8S/179.0W

For the Kermadec Islands it would be at 32.7S/178.2W

For the Solomon Islands it would be at 9.9S/159.1E

For New Britain it would be at 6.6S/151.7E

It’s not likely that all of these areas will have a quake of the magnitude you stated, but there is a good chance that at least one of them could. Anyway here is a good chance to combine two different types of data to see if this could result in an accurate forecast. Take Care…Don in creepy town

I would have never looked at these areas with a forecast in mind had it not been for your post about what you have noted in the past in regards to solar storms. Take Care…Don in creepy town