A quiet end to 2011

The last few days of 2011 have been fairly calm on the shaky planet. Several days have past since anything in the red zone and nothing above 5.4 anywhere on Earth.
2011 will be remembered for the 9.0 magnitude quake and resultant tsunami in Japan back in early March where they are a long way from recovered from the devastation. The 5.8 quake here in Central Va will never leave our memories and our recovery, while trivial compared to Japan, is still a long way from over. New Zealand is still dealing with major aftershocks after a series of strong quake has trashed the city of Christ Church. The shaky earth is still doing what it does. Hang on in 2012!!!

The Usual Suspects

Nothing on today's (fairly light) earthquake list come as any surprise to a regular follower: Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, western America's,  some minor shakes in the southern Asian mountain belts and magnitudes are all in the 4's and 5's. Just Earth doing what it does.
The aftershocks in the Central Va. Equake Zone continue to shrink in magnitude and number; a good thing for those of us that don't like living in an active earthquake zone.
Earth is likely to have other plans (a figure of speech - I don't buy that the Earth has any plans of it's own - and I know that's a problem for some)

Earthquakes

A 6.0 earthquake hit the coast of New Zealand at 4:34 p.m. At 38S and 179E, aftershocks continue to happen. There was no damage reported and there were no deaths or injuries.

Molucca Sea Quake

The Australian plate is now active. On Monday November 14th at 4:05 a 6.3 quake hit in the Molucca Sea. No tsunamis are expected. The quake epicenter was located at 1 south and 126E, no damage was reported.

Virgin Islands Shakin'

The northern edge of the Caribbean Plate continues to get jammed and responds by shifting and shimming and lots of quakes, the strongest 4.9 off the Virgin Islands with lots of smaller quakes. Oklahoma continues to have pretty good aftershocks and with nothing much above 5 the rest of the world is fairly quiet.

Semi-quiet Friday

Friday is not looking too shaky, so far. Many of the usual suspects and the unusual US locations are NOT on the list today.
Louisa is quiet.