Uptick in Earthquakes And Volcanic Eruptions – A Serious Uptick

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Large earthquakes, tsunami warnings, and volcanic eruptions are rocking with the Earth today.

This week has started out quite active, to say the least. My Disaster Alert App has been going off all day – and signaling BIG movement – all over the planet.

We need to pay attention to this activity.

Large Quakes 6-23-14

Like I said, my app is going off as I write this article, so I expect more quakes to occur after I push “publish.”

Today’s quakes over 4.5 magnitude in order of occurrence (keep in mind many of these have been downgraded):

  1. Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge  4.5
  2. Papua New Guinea  5.4
  3. Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge  4.8
  4. Indonesia, Abepura  5.1
  5. Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge  4.7
  6. Uzbekistan  4.7
  7. New Zealand, Kermadec Region  7.2 (tsunami watch issued for Pacific Islands)
  8. Alaska, Rat Islands  7.1
  9. New Zealand, Kermadec Region   6.3
  10. New Zealand, Kermadec Region   6.2
  11. Alaska, Little Sitkin Island  8.0 (tsunami warning issued for Hawaiian and Pacific Islands)
  12. Alaska, Little Sitkin Island   6.0 (tsunami warning continued for Hawaiian and Pacific Islands)

Volcanoes

A picture of Ecuador's Tungurhua volcano erupting.

Explosive activity is increasing at Ecuador’s Tungurhua volcano.

  1. Bezymianny, Russia
  2. Zhupanovsky, Russia
  3. Nishinoshima, Japan
  4. Pavlof, Alaska
  5. Cleveland, Alaska
  6. Shishaldin, Alaska
  7. Veniaminof, Alaska
  8. Semisopochnoi, Alaska
  9. Mt. Etna, Italy
  10. San Miguel, El Salvador
  11. Tungurahua, Ecuador
  12. Sabancaya, Peru
  13. Piton de la Fournaise, Indian Ocean
  14. Sangeang Api, Indonesia

 

Earthquakes Increasing In Number And Intensity

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We’ve had another increase in earthquake intensity and tsunamis.

This was an active earthquake week, with a few small tsunamis thrown into the mix. The following quakes shook the Pacific Rim  and the Caribbean, 5/10 through 5/16, 2014:

  1. 5.6  Alaska  5/10
  2. 5.3  Off Oregon Coast  5/12
  3. 6.5  Southern East Pacific Rise  5/12
  4. 6.8  Panama  5/13
  5. 6.6  Yap  5/14
  6. 6.6  Yap  5/15
  7. 6.2  Philippines  5/15
  8. 5.7  New Caledonia  5/15
  9. 6.0 Antigua and Barbuda  5/16 –  local tsunami  Leeward Islands Caribbean Sea
  10. 5.0  Guadeloupe  5/16
  11. 5.5  Chile  5/16
  12. 5.0  Indonesia  5/16
  13. 5.1  Saint Helena

Large Earthquakes Continue To Rock The Pacific, Generating More Tsunamis

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More large earthquakes have occurred near the Solomon Islands, generating a 4th tsunami warning.

Over the past 24 hours, large earthquakes have continued to shake the Pacific Rim, sending out more tsunami warnings.

A 4th tsunami warning for the Pacific Islands was issued after a 8.3 magnitude quake struck at Kirakira, Solomon Islands 23 hours ago. Since my last post, April 10, 2014, the following quakes have occurred:

  1. 5.3  Iquique, Chile (offshore)
  2. 8.3  Kirakira, Solomon Islands (tsunami warning issued for Pacific Ocean)
  3. 7.7  Kirakira, Solomon Islands
  4. 5.7  Kirakira, Solomon Islands
  5. 5.6  Kirakira, Solomon Islands
  6. 5.3  Papua New Guinea
  7. 5.9  Kirakira, Solomon Islands
  8. 5.0  Kirakira, Solomon Islands

When an earthquake occurs, I record the initial magnitude reading from the Pacific Disaster Alert Center in Hawaii. You will notice that USGS typically lowers these magnitudes, but I maintain that the initial seismograph reading is the most accurate.

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Several large earthquakes have caused tsunami flooding along the Pacific island coasts.

Sea level readings did indicate that a tsunami was generated along the coasts near the earthquake epicenter. If damaging waves subside after two hours of the quake, local authorities can assume that the tsunami threat has passed. A danger to boats and coastal structures remains for several hours after a large quake due to rapid currents.

You won’t hear much about these tsunamis on US mainstream news, but they are very important to the people living in these island regions.