I was just watching the news on Channel 7 and saw a map of Ireland with vibrating circles around it. My wife told me that there had been a big earthquake 6.7 on richter scale. Being irish, I was pretty worried, so I checked the internet. There was an earthquake measuring 6.1 today, but it was in Iceland.

Hope not too many were injured or killed.

This is just another example of Thai News reporting.

6.1 Mw - ICELAND

Preliminary Earthquake Report Magnitude 6.1 Mw

Date-Time 29 May 2008 15:46:01 UTC

29 May 2008 15:46:01 near epicenter

29 May 2008 22:46:01 standard time in your timezone

Location 64.026N 20.985W

Depth 10 km

Distances 50 km (31 miles) ESE (106 degrees) of REYKJAVIK, Iceland

119 km (74 miles) NW (306 degrees) of Vik, Iceland

230 km (143 miles) SW (218 degrees) of Akureyri, Iceland

Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 4.7 km; Vertical 0.0 km

Parameters Nph = 206; Dmin = 82.2 km; Rmss = 0.88 seconds; Gp = 64°

M-type = Mw; Version = 6

Event ID US 2008sqba ***This event supersedes event AT00207596.

For updates, maps, and technical information, see:

Event Page

or

U.S.G.S. Earthquake Hazards Program

National Earthquake Information Center

U.S. Geological Survey

http://neic.usgs.gov