A Resurge In Big Earthquakes Today

A USGS map of the Middle East and Pakistan.

Pakistan is having a swarm of large earthquakes north of the Persian Gulf – USGS.

I woke up this morning to my PDC Disasters Alert app going off non-stop. It’s been rather quiet for a few days, and this was  a calm before the storm, it appears.

Today, there has been a resurge in some big quakes.

Early Quakes On Tuesday, September 24, 2013

In order of occurrence:

  1. 5.6  Carlsberg Ridge (west of Persian Gulf)
  2. 7.8  Awaran, Pakistan (approximately 150 killed, north of Persian Gulf)
  3. 5.9  Awaran, Pakistan
  4. 4.7  Awaran, Pakistan
  5. 5.0  Awaran, Pakistan
  6. 5.7  Awaran, Pakistan
  7. 5.6  Awaran, Pakistan
  8. 4.8  Hachijo-shima, Japan
  9. 5.1  Chichi-shima, Japan
  10. 5.2  Khuzdar, Pakistan
  11. 4.8  La Ligua, Chile
  12. 4.9  Awaran, Pakistan
  13. 5.0  Druzhina, Russia
  14. 5.5  Aaran, Pakistan

State-Side

Map of Typooh Pabuk heading toward Japan.

Typhoon Pabuk heads toward Japan – AcuWeather.com.

Now, throw in a few quakes around Yellowstone and the Western US today:

  1. 3.2 West Yellowstone, Montana
  2. 3.0 Smith Valley, Nevada
  3. 3.0 Leavenworth, Washington

And then, throw in Typhoon Pabuk heading toward Southern Japan (just to stir things up a bit …)

It’s been an active morning. Let’s see what the afternoon brings.

 

 

Natural Disasters Made In Japan

Sakurajima Volcano

Strong explosions are occurring at Sakurajima Volcano, Japan – NASA

Japan is really getting hammered with natural disasters right now, and they are coming from everywhere.

Volcanoes

Japan is lined with volcanoes along the Ring of Fire, which slices down the island.

The volcanoes to watch right now are (especially the volcanoes located where active earthquakes are taking place):

USGS map of the volcanoes in Japan.

Japanese volcanoes along the Ring of Fire – USGS.

  1. Sakurajima (Kyushu)
  2. Kirishima (Kyushu)
  3. Kuchinoerabu-jima (Kyushu)
  4. Suwanose-jima (Ryukyu Islands)
  5. Kikai (Ryukyu Islands)
  6. Iwo-Tori-shima (Ryukyu Islands)
  7. Shikotsu (Hokkaido)
  8. Mt Fuji (Honshu)
  9. To-shima (Izu Islands)
  10. Miyake-shima (Izu Islands)
  11. Iwo-jima (Volcano Islands)

Earthquakes

(over the past week)

  1. 4.8 (Nishinoomote) followed by
  2. 5.0 (Nishinoomote)
  3. 4.5 (Chichi-shima) followed by
  4. 4.8 (Chichi-shima)
  5. 4.9 (Naze)
  6. 5.1 (Ofunato)
  7. 4.3 (Ishikaua) followed by
  8. 5.3 (Ishikaua – under Fukushima)
  9. 4.5 (Makurazaki)

Radiation Hazard Fukushima

The 4.3 and 5.3-magnitude earthquakes at Ishikaua (listed above) struck at Fukushima on September 19, 2013 where the nuclear power plant was dangerously damaged during the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

The question everyone should ask is why would you build a nuclear power plant ON TOP of an active earthquake zone, which sits ON TOP of the Ring of Fire? Almost 90 percent of the world’s earthquakes occur in this region.

The 2011 natural disaster caused three reactors to melt, and damaged a fuel cooling pool at a fourth reactor. It is confirmed that radiation-contaminated groundwater began seeping, has been seeping and is still seeping, into the Pacific Ocean since the 2011 meltdowns.

And we wonder why dead whales, dolphins, and seals are washing onto the Pacific shores? A major disaster that’s “Made In Japan.”

The words Japan with a red moon behind the letters.

The Fukushima radiation leak is a global disaster “Made In Japan.”

 

Smacking the globe with natural disasters – all at once.

A man pointing to Portugal on a map of the Earth.

The Earth is covered with all kinds of natural disasters, and all at the same time.

The Earth is packing a punch. Mother Nature is smacking the globe with all kinds of natural disasters – all at once.

The planet is covered with cyclones, floods, thunderstorms, and volcanoes … and we can throw in an earthquake or two, or three.

This is what’s happening today…

Cyclones

  1. Usagi – Philippines
  2. Humberto – Mid-Atlantic
  3. Ingrid – Mexico
  4. Manuel – Mexico (Pacific)
  5. Man-yi – Japan

Severe Storms

  1. Greece
  2. Malaysia
  3. Southeast Coast, Queensland, Australia
  4. Eastern Uruguay
  5. Hawaii (highwind)

Floods

  1. Colorado
  2. Eastern Uruguay
  3. West Africa
  4. Guatemala
  5. Nigeria

Volcanoes

  1. Sinabung -Mayalsia
  2. Lokon-Empung – Philippines
  3. Arenal – Costa Rica
  4. Ubinas -Peru
  5. Suwanosejima – Japan
  6. Santa Maria – Guatemala
  7. Sakurajima – Japan
  8. Kliuchevskoi – Russia
  9. Etna – Italy

Earthquakes

(…just a couple of big ones; there have been more …)

  1. 6.1 Atka, Alaska
  2. 5.3 Elatia, Greece

Manmade Radiological Event

  1. Fukushima Daiichi, Japan

Wow.