Searching the CNSS Earthquake Catalog for quakes 5.0 Richter or greater, during a comparable time during August, 1999, we find there is an almost instant (or within days) reverberation on the opposite side of the plate, rolling around the world from west to east.
catalog=CNSS
start_time=1999/08/17,00:00:00
end_time=1999/08/22,23:59:59
minimum_magnitude=5.0
maximum_magnitude=9
minimum_depth=0
maximum_depth=100
event_type=E
Offered by Nancy.
Date Location No. Lat. Long. Mag. 8/17/99 Turkey 1 40.70 29.98 7.6 Turkey 2 40.70 30.59 5.0 Turkey 3 40.78 30.08 5.0 Turkey 4 40.63 30.70 5.3 Burma 5 29.37 105.61 5.1 8/18/99 New Zealand 6 -37.25 177.27 5.8 Chili 7 -30.79 -71.65 5.1 8/19/99 Turkey 8 40.58 29.07 5.0 Japan 9 43.04 146.96 5.0 8/20/99 Tongo 10 -25.78 -179.68 5.3 Costa Rica 11 9.20 -84.09 6.9 Costa Rica 12 9.21 -84.04 6.7 Idaho 13 44.87 -112.73 5.3 Idaho 14 44.78 -112.77 5.3 Tongo 15 -21.59 -174.45 5.1 Japan 16 34.06 135.37 5.7 8/21/99 Tongo 17 -20.50 -173.70 5.7 Costa Rica 18 9.06 -83.94 5.4 Brazil 19 -58.16 -13.21 5.6 8/22/99 Peru 20 -40.42 -74.82 6.3 Tongo 21 -16.10 167.92 6.2 Tongo 22 -16.10 167.92 6.5 Costa Rica 23 8.99 -84.01 5.3 Guam 24 13.86 145.51 5.1 Tongo 25 -15.24 167.81 5.1