There was a large earthquake in the Kermadec Islands region of New Zealand this
evening. NEIS gives the following preliminary parameters for this event:

03JUN2001 02:41:59 29.5S 178.6W Mb=7.0 NEIS KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND

Shortly after we received the following listing of events which have followed within
10 days such events in the Kermadec Islands. We permission, I thought the
board would like to have a look.
The format is the first line is the date and magnitude of the Kermadec Isl. mainshock,
a blank line follows followed by earthquakes of M>=5 which occurred in the succeeding
days. These lines have location, latitude, longitude magnitude and date MO-DA on it.

Sep 20, 1997 Mw 7.2

Fiji Isl. 16S 177W Ms 5.0 9-20
Santa Cruz Isl. 11S 163E Ms 5.3 9-21
No. Califor. 41N 126W Ms 5.4 9-21
Lake Tanganyika 7S 30E Ms 6.2 9-21
Fox Islands 52N 171W Ms 5.2 9-21
Chiapas MX 14N 93W Mw 5.6 9-22
Balleny Isl. 65S 178E Mw 5.8 9-23
Central Italy 43N 13E Mw 6.4 9-26

Jul 03, 1995 Mw 7.2

New Mexico 36N 104W ML 3.8 7-04
Tennessee 35N 84W ML 3.7 7-05
Texas 30N 103W ML 2.7 7-06
Loyalty Isl 20N 170E Mw 5.1 7-06
Honshu Japan 33N 137E Mw 5.9 7-07
North Carolina 36N 82W Ml 3.1 7-07
No. Honshu 39N 143W Ms 5.9 7-08
Unimak Isl 53N 164W Ms 6.0 7-08
Fiji Isl 24S 176W Ms 5.8 7-08
Myanmar-China 22N 99E Ms 5.9 7-09

Oct 22, 1992 Mw 7.2

Egypt 30N 31E Ms 4.5 10-22
Morocco 31N 4W Ms 5.2 10-23 (note the antipodal position)
New Britain 5S 152E Ms 6.5 10-23
Romania 45N 26E Ms 4.8 10-23
Caucasus 42N 45E Ms 6.5 10-23
Parkfield CA 36N 121E Ms 3.9 10-26
Myanmar 19N 96E Ms 5.6 10-28
Papua N.G. 2N 141E Ms 6.4 10-31

Oct 20, 1986 Mw 8.0

Guatemala 13N 90W Ms 5.2 10-21
Vanuatu 15S 167E Ms 5.7 10-23
New Britain 5S 154E Ms 6.3 10-24
Montana 46S 112E Ml 3.5 10-24
Santa Cruz Isl 11S 165E Ms 6.0 10-24
New England 43N 71W Ml 3.9 10-25
Vanuatu 16S 168W Ms 5.9 10-25
No. Atlantic 46N 27W Ms 5.3 10-26
Cntral Calif. 37N 121W Ms 3.8, 3.7 10-27
Rep. So. Africa 26S 26E Ms 5.2 10-28
So. California 32N 117W Ms 4.1 10-29
Illinois 38N 90W Ms 2.7 10-29
Utah 41N 112W Ms 3.7, 3.5 10-30
Fiji Isl. 21S 176W Ms 6.4 10-30

Jan 26, 1983 Ms 7.3

Honshu, Japan 35S 139E Ms 5.0 01-27
Argentina 32S 67W Ms 5.6 01-27
Argentina 32S 67W Ms 5.6 01-27
Celebes sea 2N 124E Ms 5.6 01-28
Santa Cruz Is. 11S 165E Ms 5.6 01-28
Honshu, Japan 36S 141E Ms 5.0 01-28
Honshu, Japan 33S 141E Ms 5.7 01-31
So. Sandwich I 58S 24E Ms 5.5 01-29

Dec 24,26, 1981 Mw 7.0

West Irian 3S 139E Ms 5.9 12-27
Aegean Sea 38N 25E Ms 6.5 12-27
Vanuatu Isl. 15S 168E Ms 5.6 12-27
Fiji Isl 17S 178E Ms 5.5 01-01
Bonin Isl. 26N 142E Ms 6.7 01-01
Tennessee. 35N 87E Ms 3.0 01-02
Mid-Atlantic 0S 22W Ms 6.3 01-03
Mariana Isl. 18N 145E Ms 6.1 01-04
Santa Cruz . 12S 166E Ms 5.9 01-07

Feb 09, 1978 Mw 7.7

Mid-Atlantic 5N 32W Ms 6.1 02-11
Gulf Aden 13N 51E Ms 5.3 02-11
So. Alaska 59N 152W Ms 5.4 02-12
Turkey 40N 40E Ms 4.9 02-15
Honshu 38N 141E Ms 6.1 02-20

Jan 14, 1976 Mw 8.2

Arkansas 36N 92W Ms 3.2 01-16
Central Califor 36N 120W Ml 4.8 01-14
Tennessee 36N 84W Ml 4.0 01-19
Greece 39N 20E Ms 5.7 01-18
Loyalty Isl. 22S 170E Ms 5.6 01-18
Svalbard region 77N 18E Ms 5.9 01-18
Hawaii 19N 155W Ms 4.9 01-16
Lake Tanganyika 5S 28E Ms 5.2 01-19
New Britain 5S 154E Ms 5.4 01-19
Mariana Isl 17N 145E Ms 5.2 01-19
Co. No. Calif. 40N 124W Ms 4.8 01-20
Kuril Isl. 45N 149E Ms 7.0 01-21
Montana 48N 114W Ms 3.1 01-21
Texas 32N 103W Ms 2.8, 3.9 01-22
Flores SEa 7S 120E Ms 6.6 01-23

Sep 14, 1959 Mw 7.8

Kuril Isl. 46N 151E Ms 6.9 09-14
Fiji Isl. 22S 179W Ms 7.1 09-15
Kuril Isl. 44N 148E Ms 6.0 09-15
Greece 36N 26E Ms 6.4 09-16
Colombia 7N 77W Ms 4.4 09-16
Yellowstone 45N 111W Ms 4.4 09-16
Guatemala 13N 89W Ms 5.5 09-17
So. Sandwich Is 57S 24W Ms 5.9 09-18
Honshu 35N 138E Ms 5.7 09-24
Papua N.G. 9S 149E Ms 5.5 09-20

Mar 23, 1951 Mw 7.7

So. California 33N 116E Ms 4.4 03-29
No. Isl. N.Z. 37S 177E Ms 6.9 03-28
Santa Cruz Isl. 11S 165E Ms 7.1 03-24

Dec 10, 1950 Mw 7.8

Peru 8S 71W Ms 6.3 12-11
No. California 40N 120W Ml 5.0+12-11 (a swarm of > 100 events at this time)
Tonga/Fiji 20S 175W Ms 7.9 12-14
Central Calif 35N 119W Ms 4.4 12-14
Guerrero MX 17N 98W Ms 7.8 12-14
Coast Oregon 43N 127W Ms 4.5 12-16
No.Isl. N.Z. 39S 176E Ms 5.7 12-17

Sep 14, 1943 Mw 7.6

Central Calif 36N 118W Ml 4.5 09-16
Sicily 39N 15E Ms 5.5 09-17
No. N.Z. 36S 179W Ms 6.8 09-22
Hindu Kush 36N 73E Ms 7.1 09-25
Guatemala 15N 91W Ms 6.8 09-23
Tonga/Fiji 22S 171E Ms 7.5 09-14 (early)

May 26, 1932 Mw 7.8

Romania 45N 26E Ms 5.6 05-27
Ryukyu Isl 28N 132E Ms 6.5 05-28
Central Atlantic 7N 38W Ms 6.0 05-31
Honshu 38N 142E Ms 5.8 06-02
Mexico 19N 104E Ms 8.1 06-03
Celebes 2N 122E Ms 5.8 06-06
Coast No. Calif 24N 125E Ms 6.4 06-06

In general, areas which appear to consistently have moderate to
strong earthquakes in the 10 days following Ms 7+ earthquakes in
this area of the Kermadecs are:
Fiji/Tonga about 20 S.
Honshu - off East Coast between 32 and 37N
Central/No Atlantic Ridge
Guatemala/Mexico
Santa Cruz Isl. 11S 165E
Kuril Islands
New Britain/Solomon Isl.

Areas which have had several occurrences of unusual earthquakes
following such events include:
Texas
Tennessee
Central and No. California and off Coast of California
Romania
Greece
So. Sandwich Islands
Lake Tanganyika
Loyalty Islands