Cthulhu On The Move? More Real-life Cthulhu Science.

The Morrison Co.'s freighter Vigilant, bound from Valparaiso, arrived this morning at its wharf in Darling Harbour, having in tow the battled and disabled but heavily armed steam yacht Alert of Dunedin, N.Z., which was sighted April 12th in S. Latitude 34°21', W. Longitude 152°17', with one living and one dead man aboard.

Is Cthulhu on the move? :) In the last day or so, major earthquakes have appeared in the most desolate part of the Pacific Ocean.

One can track earthquakes as they happen at USGS (click here). Above is a map of recent earthquakes in the area near that designated by The Call of Cthulhu.

Earthquake List for Map of S Pacific Region
Update time = Mon Oct 1 00:00:08 UTC 2007

Here is a list of the earthquakes located by the USGS Most recent events are at the top.

Magnitude, time y/m/d h.m.s; Latitude, Longitude; Locale
6.8 2007/09/30 09:47:49 -49.409 163.265
AUCKLAND ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND REGION
7.3 2007/09/30 05:23:34 -49.416 163.843
AUCKLAND ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND REGION