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Many Earthquakes Today
I check this web page all the time:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_big.php
It lists every earthquake greater than 5.0 for the last week, and it is updated in real-time.
On most days there’s less than five quakes listed, and often just one or two. Today there are 39!
To be fair, when there’s a really big quake, a lot of aftershocks will make the list – so to account for them the list really looks like this:
8.6 OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA
8.2 OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA (+ 22 aftershocks)
6.0 NORTH INDIAN OCEAN (+ 9 aftershocks)
5.3 BANDA SEA
5.5 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
5.1 SOUTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE
5.2 SOUTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE
5.4 SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION
5.9 OFF THE COAST OF OREGON
6.5 MICHOACAN, MEXICO
I’ve definitely not seen such an array of large quakes in one day before. Hopefully it’s just a freak occurrence.
UPDATE: Very next day, GULF OF CALIFORNIA has had a 6.9 and a 6.2, while …
Mexico City Earthquake: Predicted!
“State System for Civil (public) Protection
Mega Simulation
Setting: Presence and effect of an earthquake of 7.9 on the Richter Scale.
Participants: General Public, Schools and Hospitals, both public and private, businesses, social and private agencies, as well as those dependents of the three levels of government.
The simulation with take place at 12 hrs
In School or at Work
Before – Be aware of the evacuation route and the reunion point established by your institution.
During – At 12 hrs suspend your activities and follow the evacuation route to the point of reunion, where you must remain until 1:00pm
After – Report your participation, results, and observations to the numbers: (list the numbers)
“Pas the Voice”
They are facts, not words”
Remarkably, not far from Mexico City, just two minutes after the drill commenced there was a 7.4 earthquake. Either this was a massive coincidence, or the drill was planned to occur at the same time as …
Australia: Biggest Quake in 15 Years
As reported by news.com.au:
The earthquake’s epicentre was recorded at shallow depth near Ernabella, 415km north west of Coober Pedy and about 320km south west of Alice Springs, just before 8pm.
Geoscience Australia reported the quake could have been felt by people up to 500km away and damage experienced within a 40km radius of the epicentre.
…The earthquake was the most powerful in Australia since a 6.3 magnitude quake off Collier Bay, on Western Australia’s north coast, on August 10, 1997.
I figure it almost makes a case for the 188-day earthquake cycle – it was just outside the predicted days, and it wasn’t the biggest of quakes, but for Australia it was huge. Keep in mind that unlike Japan / NZ / Chile etc, the middle of Australia is the middle of a tectonic plate, not the edge.
188 Day Earthquake Cycle?
I’m actually on vacation (my last for perhaps a very long time…), so I’ve not been able to fully investigate this, but here goes:
Chile — February 27, 2010 — 8.8-magnitude
New Zealand — September 4, 2010 — 7.1-magnitude
Japan — March 11, 2011 — 9.1-magnitude
Fiji — September 15, 2011 — 7.2-magnitude
The dates fall between 186 and 190 days apart. Partially due to time zones – the NZ quake was September 3 USA time, and partially due to the organic nature of the processes involved – just like rainy seasons don’t begin on the same day each year, but roughly the same time.
The next date in the cycle is/was March 21-23, 2012 and so it happens there’s a big 7.4 quake in Mexico City that fits the pattern. And there’s still time for another somewhere.
Such large quakes occur on average every 25 days, so a four day window means each time the …
No Rise in Earthquakes
Massive earthquakes are no more likely today than they were a century ago, despite an apparent rise in recent years of the devastating temblors, US researchers said on Monday.
The deadly 9.0 earthquake this year in Japan, an 8.8 quake in Chile last year and the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake that registered 9.0 on the moment magnitude scale have raised alarm in some science and media circles that such events may be linked.
But researchers at the University of California went back over the world’s earthquake records dating back to 1900 and found over time there was no statistically significant rise in the number of big quakes, 7.0 and higher.
“One has to be careful, because humans have a tendency to see patterns in random sequences,” lead author Peter Shearer of the UC Berkeley Department of Statistics told AFP.
…Even though there is “a disproportionate number of very large 8.5 earthquakes between 1950 and 1965,” …
Ron Paul Bets on Gold / Aum Cult Member Arrested
I mentioned a couple of weeks ago how Newt Gingrich is fearful of an EMP Doomsday. He’s not the only Republican presidential candidate who has some understanding of survivalism.
Ron Paul has an investment portfolio worth as much as five million dollars. 64% is in gold and silver-mining stocks. An investment manager, quoted by the Washington Post, says Paul has made an extreme bet on economic collapse:
“This portfolio is a half-step away from a cellar-full of canned goods and nine-millimeter rounds”
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After 17 years on the run Makoto Hirata has surrendered himself to Japanese authorities. He was a member of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult that caused the deadly Tokyo subway Sarin gas attack. I find it interesting that he chose the first day of 2012 to surrender. Aum Shinrikyo is still active (under the new name Aleph) with 1000 members, so could 2012 be meaningful to them??
Hold on to your conspiracy …
Hurricanes = Earthquakes / Another Atlantis Candidate
Very wet rain events are the trigger. The heavy rain induces thousands of landslides and severe erosion, which removes ground material from the Earth’s surface, releasing the stress load and encouraging movement along faults.
…found a strong temporal relationship between the two natural hazards, where large earthquakes occurred within four years after a very wet tropical cyclone season.
The two countries that were used to demonstrate the connection are Taiwan and Haiti – avoid these places after a very wet cyclone season…
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Two sunken islands almost the size of Tasmania have been discovered in the Indian Ocean west of the Australian city of Perth.
…the two islands that now are covered by about a mile (1.5 kilometers) of ocean water.
“The sunken islands charted during the expedition have flat tops, which indicates they were once at sea level before being gradually submerged,” Whittaker said in a statement. The rocks retrieved from the islands also surprisingly …
Earthquake Alert: Lunar Eclipse on Saturday
According to my research, the five days either side of a lunar eclipse are twice as likely to have a major earthquake – the type that cause deaths and appear on the evening news. We haven’t a major one for a while, so conditions are ripe, especially seeing as it is a total eclipse.
Western Australia just had a 5.1 quake, near the Murion Islands. Cornwall in the UK had a 2.2 quake, which is small but big news for them.
Quakes of magnitude 6.5+ occur on average once a week, yet the last was more than 2 weeks ago. Combined with the knowledge that within 4 days of a lunar eclipse we are almost twice as likely to receive a 7.5+ quake, we could be in for a big one.
Two Earthquakes in USA Today
Most notably there was an earthquake centered northwest of Richmond, Virginia today, with a magnitude of 5.8. At this stage damage and injuries do not appear to be widespread, but a nuclear power plant at North Anna has lost off-site power. Although operations of the two reactors have ceased, they still rely on diesel generators to maintain cooling. If they fail for any reason, there is no further backup plan, and meltdown will occur.
In my upcoming book I have this to say about earthquakes and the East Coast:
The other region that could suffer is between Memphis and the southern border of Illinois, known as the New Madrid Fault. Back in the early 1800s this location received a pair of 7.0+ earthquakes and experts have warned it could get hit again, especially with the recent tremors.
Did they just have the big one, or was it a preliminary tremor? Or, being some …
In Brief: Elenin, NASA and more
2012 Forum has been written about at Vice Magazine, where they condescendingly describe the five types of folk who visit there. By the way, that’s not my picture:
http://www.viceland.com/blogs/en/2011/08/15/the-five-people-you-meet-on-the-apocalyptic-message-board/
NASA has decided to make a page that debunks Elenin. They conveniently did not address the major earthquakes that occured whenever Elenin was aligned with Earth and the Sun. And the didn’t address the idea that long period comets accumulate substantial negative charge:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-255&cid=release_2011-255
Some good news from NASA – New observations from NASA’s Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory, or STEREO mean that they can reduce the prediction window for Earthly impacts of CMEs from 12-24 hours to 8 hours of even less. This means a greater likelihood that power grids can be shut down to protect them. See a solar storm reaching earth in stereo for the first time:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-20094308-76/at-nasa-first-steps-toward-space-weather-prediction/
Lastly, major earthquakes have been very quiet again, but in the last 48 hours we have seen …
Tsunami Survival Capsule
Found at TechFlash:
…a tsunami escape capsule that could protect up to six people for as little as $1,000….The idea is simple: a 7-foot diameter ball, probably made out of aluminum, outfitted with internal seats and safety harnesses. In general it would have to protect people only for an hour or two, until tsunami waters receded.
This isn’t a bad idea, but personally my preference would be to not live on the coast, or just make sure you are alerted by tsunami warnings and flee inland. So while I certainly wouldn’t rely on one of these, I think they would be well suited to being your plan B for if normal escape is hindered.
Over the years I’ve had a similar idea percolating, but because I am not an engineer it won’t become reality (unless this post inspires someone). I think if you made a capsule but gave it …
Eclipse Quakes in Melbourne, Auckland & Taupo
While lunar eclipses tend to trigger major quakes, we have been seeing solar eclipses (July 1) setting off quakes in places that don’t usually get them. On Friday Auckland had a 2.9 quake – unusual for that part of New Zealand and the largest they have received in four years. Scientists said was not associated with any known faults, and although it was beneath Auckland’s volcanoes, normally a cluster of quakes would be signs of unrest. Fingers crossed on that!
Today there were quakes on both sides of the Tasman Sea. Melbourne felt a 4.4 quake with an epicenter 120 kms away. This is the biggest we have received in 44 years. Yep, I live in Melbourne and hopefully Australia is still one of the safest places in the world…
Lake Taupo in New Zealand (which by the way is a supervolcano!) had their biggest in a decade, and it was felt …
Piers Corbyn: Red Alert until July 2nd
Piers Corbyn of WeatherAction.com has forecast the following for the period of June 27-July 2, with the greatest likelihood July 1-2:
Major Earthquake
Volcanism
Tornadoes and Tornado Swarms
Other Extreme Weather
His methodology is not clear, but it might not be a coincidence that we will be having a partial solar eclipse on July 1. While solar eclipses are correlated with greater likelihood of major earthquakes, my research indicates that the real risk lies with lunar eclipses. Still, a few good quakes are all solar eclipses need to be equally ranked.
If you are curious about the man and his predictions, check out this recent interview from Al Jazeera TV:
Researchers Picked Ch’Ch Earthquake
Evidence continues to accumulate – the heavens are a factor when it comes to large earthquakes. Occasionally an orthodox geologist will admit that full moons are a minor factor, and the recent research of myself and others point out that lunar eclipses are a factor as well.
Last week’s earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand was the biggest there since the fatal quake back in February. It caused significant damage, and was predicted by two researchers who are making a name for themselves lately. In both cases the predictions are based on observations, rather than a solid scientific theory.
On live radio two days before the quake, New Zealander Ken Ring said:
I’m still expecting a bit of earthquake risk around, or on, Monday to come from that in the Christchurch to Wellington region, plus or minus a day or so.
Predicting the same quake was an Australian, thebarcaroller, who stated a 6.5 to 7.5 …
6.6M Earthquake in Papua New Guinea
This is the first 6.5+ earthquake in 30 days, highlighting how the average of every 6 days doesn’t mean they will be evenly spaced, they can occur in bunches, or be absent for quite some time.
The U.S. Geological Survey says a 6.6-magnitude quake struck Thursday just off the island of New Britain. It was at a depth of 13 miles (22 kilometers).
The quake comes just 5 hours after the lunar eclipse – strong earthquakes are up to twice as likely to occur around lunar eclipses. Hopefully if a larger quake occurs in the next day or so, it doesn’t harm anyone.
