The magnitude 2.8 earthquake off San Miguel Island wasn't big, but it is significant, and worth analyzing.
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci37818311#executive
It is the biggest earthquake at that epicenter since a magnitude 3.6 at 1:46 p.m. EST July 7, 2015.
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci37200503#executive
It was somewhat near Vandenberg Air Force Base and Lompoc, California, and is the first quake listed for that region since October 26:
BIGGEST EARTHQUAKE IN 58 YEARS ROCKS VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE CALIFORNIA (Missile Defense & Space Warfare Base)
Posted By: FrancisDrake
Date: Thursday, 26-Oct-2017 18:11:59
http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=86350
The local breaking news report describes it as a Magnitude 4.6 and USGS data puts it at 4.3 but in either case it it is the largest earthquake in the Lompoc and Vandenberg AFB region since a Magnitude 4.7 at 9:36 p.m. PDT September 30, 1959.
http://lompocrecord.com/news/magnitude-earthquake-centered-offshore-near-lompoc/article_8c7a1009-8b54-590d-bb1e-af6007699b9b.html#tncms-source=home-breaking
See:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandenberg_Air_Force_Base
Data for this afternoon's quake at 1:38:51 p.m. PDT:
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci38031584#executive
Data for the 1959 quake:
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci3297214#executive
Analysis is forthcoming. This is the third California earthquake in the news today:
http://m.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/3-5-magnitude-earthquake-lightly-shakes-South-Bay-12309193.php
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: Hm, a glitch is causing a bunch of my posts from July, August
: and September to all be timestamped "6:11 p.m. EDT
: September 7, 2017" I hope the error is temporary.
: I want to revisit the first time I publicly predicted a major
: earthquake to the minute, and suggest something for tonight
: at 9:59 p.m. EST.
: The prediction, posted 11:17 p.m. EST 16 August 2017:
: "Tomorrow night at 9:59 p.m. CDT IS 34320 days (11 x
: 12 x 260) since a megaquake struck near Tokyo Japan Friday
: night USA time August 31,1923.
:
: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1923_Great_Kantō_earthquake
: "And today August 17 at 9:59 a.m.CDT is 11 times 420 days
: since the harmless megaquake in the Macquarie islands
: southeast of Australia:
: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp000db93#executive
: From the post: "Sitting here amidst a heap of megaquake
: data and wondering what will happen tonight and tomorrow
: night..."
: Posted By: FrancisDrake
: Date: Thursday, 17-Aug-2017 00:16:58
: http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=81538
: The fulfillment of the prediction: "Initially registered
: as a magnitude 6.8, this 6.6 earthquake happened near
: Ascension Island at 9:59 p.m. CDT Thursday night August 17,
: 2017 and was duly added to the USGS list of Significant
: Earthquakes:
: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us2000a98r#executive
:
: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-quake-ascensionisland-idUSKCN1AY0BF?il=0
: From the post: "WE PREDICTED THIS BIG EARTHQUAKE TO THE
: MINUTE"
: Posted By: FrancisDrake
: Date: Saturday, 19-Aug-2017 09:18:24
: http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=81749
: Tonight at 9:59 p.m. EST is one hundred days since that
: Ascension Island earthquake at 9:59 p.m. EST August 17,
: 2017.
: Tonight at 9:59 p.m. EST is 34,420 days since the Great Japan
: Earthquake of Friday August 31, 1923 at 9:59 p.m. EST.
: Tonight at 9:59 p.m. EST is 34.5 years since a big Japan
: earthquake Wednesday May 25, 1983 at 9:59:59 p.m. EST.
:
: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp0001vmy#executive
: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Sea_of_Japan_earthquake
: 420 days after that earthquake was July 18-19, 1984:
: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Ysidro_McDonald%27s_massacre
:
: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Llyn_Peninsula_earthquake
: Tonight at 9:59 p.m. EST is 17940 days (69 times 260) since a
: major earthquake near Perth, southwestern Australia on
: Sunday 13 October 1968 at 9:59 p.m. EST.
:
: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/iscgem815895#executive
: Tonight at 9:59 p.m. EST is 4720.5 days after a megaquake near
: Macquarie Island Thursday 23 December 2004.
:
: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp000db93#executive
: Tonight at 9:59:59 p.m. EST is 20.5 days after an earthquake
: offshore Saint David's, Grenada at 10:00:24 a.m. Sunday 5
: November 2017
:
: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us2000bivm#executive
: Tomorrow morning at 9:59 a.m. EST is 20280 days (78 times 260)
: since a major earthquake in Acapulco Mexico on Saturday 19
: May 1962.
:
: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/iscgem17291870#executive
: Tonight at 9:59:08 p.m. EST is 2210 days (8.5 times 260) since
: a strong earthquake in the East China Sea northeast of
: Taiwan Monday 7 November 2011.
:
: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp000jajd#executive
:
: https://www.decodedscience.org/earthquake-of-m6-9-strikes-in-the-east-china-sea-off-taiwan/5339
: Tonight at 9:59:52 p.m. EST is 2771 days since an earthquake
: offshore Taiwan Sunday 25 April 2010.
:
: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp000hbws#executive
: 1820 days later (7×260=5×364) another large quake in Taiwan at
: 8:43 p.m. EST Sunday 19 April 2015.
:
: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us200027ps#executive
: Tonight at 9:59 p.m. EST is five times 365 days since an
: earthquake in Indonesia Monday 26 November 2012.
:
: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp000jw4d#executive
: Tonight at 9:59:59 p.m. EST is 36,124 days since a major
: earthquake in the South Pacific at 10:00 p.m. EST on
: Tuesday 31 December 1918.
:
: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/iscgem912700#executive
: That earthquake was 12,600 days before an earthquake in the
: Kuril Islands at 9:59:39 p.m. EST Tuesday 30 June 1953.
:
: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/iscgem891793#executive
: Tonight at 9:59 p.m. EST is 34,795 days after a major 7.7
: earthquake in far western China in Monday 21 August 1922.
:
: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/iscgem16957769#executive
: Enough 9:59s for now, I want to look at some other cycles and
: events pertaining to tonight.
: Tonight begins the day "9 Earthquake" in the 260-day
: round, the 217th day in the 260-day cycle. At 11:20 p.m.
: EST tonight, it is 39,780 days (110.5 times 360, 153 times
: 260, 18 times 2210) since the Great Messina Sicily
: earthquake of December 28, 1908.
: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1908_Messina_earthquake
: At 11:20 p.m. EST June 30, 2011 a moderate quake offshore
: Fukushima Japan, 2340 days (9 times 260) ago tonight. That
: was 104 times 360 days after the Messina quake.
:
: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp000j40j#executive
: This mild San Jose California quake happened at 9:59 p.m. EST
: Saturday 24 April 1982, 13,000 days (50 times 260) before
: tomorrow night.
:
: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc1073934#executive
: There, that's all, I'm done for now. Have a great day!
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