Alain Michaud's 2025 Archive

Here you find mostly the description of the earthquakes that were recorded during the year 2025.

2025-12-08 Mww5.8 Southeastern Alaska and Mww7.6 Hokkaido, Japan Region

2025-12-06 ML6.8 Southeastern Alaska

2025-12-03 Weather Forecast: A Few Fluries

2025-11-27 Mww6.0 Southern Alaska

2025-11-07 Mww5.6 Gulf Of California

2025-10-27 M6.5 - 162 km E of Beauséjour, Guadeloupe

2025-10-10 M7.6 Drake Passage

2025-06-08 Mww6.3 Colombia

2025-05-04 ml5.4 Western Texas

2025-05-02 mww7.4 Drake Passage

2025-04-25 mww6.3 Near Coast Of Ecuador

2025-04-03 mww6.9 Reykjanes Ridge

2025-03-30 mww7.0 Tonga Islands

2025-03-28 mww7.7 Myanmar

2025-03-25 mww6.7 Off W. Coast Of S. Island, N.Z.

2025-02-08 Mww7.6 North Of Honduras (B: 2025-02-09)

2025-02-08 Mww7.6 North Of Honduras (A)

2025-01-12 mww6.2 Near Coast Of Michoacan, Mexico

2025-01-07 mww7.1 Xizang


2025-12-08 Mww5.8 Southeastern Alaska and Mww7.6 Hokkaido, Japan Region

Activity for 2025-12-08

COORD: 60.338802 °N,139.533188 °W, 2025-12-08 00:56:52 UTC, 5.0 km, Mww5.8 Southeastern Alaska.

COORD: 41.0426 °N, 142.141 °E, 2025-12-08 14:15:10 UTC, 44.146 km, Mww7.6 Hokkaido, Japan Region.

2025-12-06 ML6.8 Southeastern Alaska

Activity for 2025-12-06

COORD: 60.3586 °N, 139.5457 °W, 2025-12-06 20:41:49 UTC, 10.0 km, ML6.8 Southeastern Alaska.

2025-12-03 Weather Forecast: A Few Fluries

Activity for 2025-12-03

An uncommon amount of noise settled during the day. See the figure. The contrast is striking.

Although there is no proof that this noise is linked to the atmospheric pressure, we are left with no more hypothesis. "A few fluries" had been forecasted for tonight. Obviously, one could suspect the effect of the wind on movements of the house. However there was no special wind condition today. Also the radar images showed the clouds slowly moving above the station this afternoon."

This phenomenon has been obseved regularly in the past. Although I was a little sceptical regarding the actual cause of this noise, I can not find any other factor. I should mention that the instrument is inside a barometric enclosure. It is not under vacuum, but in a rigid, hermetically sealled vessel. (See the figures at the bottom of this page.) Although this is not perfect, the shielding should be suffcient as the wall deformation is minimal.

Therefore the effect should likely be due to gravity fluctuations as the clouds move in-and-out above the station. Wow! Now you see my scepticism.

Remark: As I write this, many more doubdt sink in:

I am an amateur radio operator (VE2KLW) and every day at 00h00 UTC, I meet some friends on the 80 meter frequency band. However, today the communication is impossible due to a solar geomagnetic storm. Well, well, well. Over the last 12 hours, the "K_p" factor went from the usual "normal" value of 2 to the "strong" value of 5. The coincidance is strong. But that is no proof... Once more I have to say that I do not know the actual source of the noise.

2025-11-27 Mww6.0 Southern Alaska

Activity for 2025-11-27

COORD: 61.569519 °N, 150.750793 °W, 2025-11-27 17:11:29 UTC, 69.433395 km, Mww6.0 Southern Alaska.

2025-11-07 Mww5.6 Gulf Of California

Activity for 2025-11-07

COORD: 27.9761 °N, 111.9866 °W, 2025-11-07 12:04:30 UTC, 10.0 km, Mww5.6 Gulf Of California.

2025-10-27 M6.5 - 162 km E of Beauséjour, Guadeloupe

Activity for 2025-10-27

COORD: 2025-10-27 08:38:40 (UTC-04:00), 16.530°N 59.572°W, 9.0 km, 162 km E of Beauséjour, Guadeloupe.

2025-10-10 M7.6 Drake Passage

Activity for 2025-10-10

COORD: 60.174 °S, 61.967 °W, 2025-10-10 20:29:20 UTC, 10.5 km, M7.6 Drake Passage.

The AM1 seismometer is now back in operation! After a mains power failure, followed by a computer crash,(a plastic clip holding the CPU and its heat-sink was found broken!) I could not rebalance the beam. I opened the hermetic chamber several times to manually reset the beam, but the result was the increased background noise by a factor of one hundred, probably due to some friction inside the force transducer. Finally I had to put this on the back burner due to my kidney operation in June. I was finally resigned to do a major realignment, one week ago. There it is; this M-7.6 plot from Cape Horn appears to be normal.

2025-06-08 Mww6.3 Colombia

Activity for 2025-06-08

COORD: 4.512 °N, 73.1553 °W, 2025-06-08 13:08:05 UTC, 9.0 km, Mww6.3 Colombia.

2025-05-04 ml5.4 Western Texas

Activity for 2025-05-04

COORD: 31.647 °N, 104.458 °W, 2025-05-04 01:47:05 UTC, 7.5354 km, ml5.4 Western Texas.

2025-05-02 mww7.4 Drake Passage

Activity for 2025-05-02

COORD: 56.7817 °S, 68.2085 °W, 2025-05-02 12:58:26 UTC, 10.0 km mww7.4 Drake Passage.

2025-04-25 mww6.3 Near Coast Of Ecuador

Activity for 2025-04-25

COORD: 1.1049 °N, 79.5345 °W, 2025-04-25 11:44:55 UTC, 35.0 km, mww6.3 Near Coast Of Ecuador.

2025-04-03 mww6.9 Reykjanes Ridge

Activity for 2025-04-03

COORD: 52.4601 °N, 32.1106 °W, 2025-04-03 14:09:29 UTC, 10.0 km, mww6.9 Reykjanes Ridge.

2025-03-30 mww7.0 Tonga Islands

Activity for 2028-03-30

COORD: 20.3294 °S, 173.9074 °W, 2025-03-30 12:18:47 UTC, 29.0 km, mww7.0 Tonga Islands.

2025-03-28 mww7.7 Myanmar

Activity for 2028-03-25

COORD: 22.0128 °N, 95.9216 °E, 2025-03-28 06:20:54 UTC, 10.0 km, mww7.7 Myanmar

COORD: 21.7096 °N 95.9697 °E, 2025-03-28 06:32:04 UTC, 10.0 km, mb6.4 Myanmar.

202 5-03-25 mww6.7 Off W. Coast Of S. Island, N.Z.

Activity for 2025-03-25

COORD: 46.708 °S, 165.933 °E, 2025-03-25 01:43:12 UTC, 21.0 km, mww6.7 Off W. Coast Of S. Island, N.Z.

Please note only the tail of the surface wave is visible after one hour delay.

2025-02-08 Mww7.6 North Of Honduras (B: 2025-02-09)

Activity for 2025-02-09

COORD: 17.7016 °N, 82.4564 °W, 2025-02-08 23:23:14 UTC, 10.0 km Mww7.6 North Of Honduras.

2025-02-08 Mww7.6 North Of Honduras (A)

Activity for 2025-02-08

COORD: 17.7016 °N, 82.4564 °W, 2025-02-08 23:23:14 UTC, 10.0 km Mww7.6 North Of Honduras.

2025-01-12 mww6.2 Near Coast Of Michoacan, Mexico

Activity for 2025-01-12

COORD: 18.5249 °N, 103.3158 °W, 2025-01-12 08:32:50 UTC, 34.0 km, mww6.2 Near Coast Of Michoacan, Mexico.

2025-01-07 mww7.1 Xizang

Activity for 2025-01-07

COORD: 28.639 °N, 87.3608 °E, 2025-01-07 01:05:16 UTC, 10.0 km, mww7.1 Xizang.