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

 

What’s Yellowstone Trying To Tell Us?

A picture of a theater spotlight.

The spotlight is on the USA today for an increase in earthquakes.

There is an increase in both earthquake and volcanic activity around the western half of the USA today, and the spotlight is on Yellowstone. So, what’s Yellowstone trying to tell us?

Watch The USA

Magma is rising all over the world, but when we see an increase in earthquake activity in the USA, we need to pay attention to the patterns.

Specifically, we need to watch Oklahoma, the states surrounding the Yellowstone caldera, and California.

Oklahoma

A drawing of Yellowstone's supervolcano.

Large amounts of magma lie under Yellowstone’s super-volcano.

There has been an increase in earthquakes in Oklahoma, and although many people want to blame these quakes on fracking, this isn’t completely accurate.

Fracking has weakened the already vulnerable Craton boundary, much like shattering a broken window, but the signs to watch are that the Craton is heating up and expanding due to the magma channels beneath the North American Plate.

The Gulf of Mexico is rising and heating up, too, as well as the New Madrid (which is splitting and heating up), pushing the western half of the USA.

These are dangerous geologic times. Activity at Yellowstone is another sign that the USA is shifting.

Quakes In California

Expect an increase in the number and magnitude of quakes north and west of the Rockies, and this means California. We have been spoiled in the USA (you can say that again), and have experienced very few damaging earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in our recorded history.

It’s time to open our eyes to the reality that our country is not immune to geologic activity, and we have now entered into a new phase of Earth movement.

States To Watch Along The Craton

A map of the North American Craton boundary.

The North American Craton boundary – Wilipedia

Oklahoma (quakes March 29-31, 2014)

  1. 3.2  Chandler
  2. 2.7  Chandler
  3. 3.2  Chandler
  4. 2.5  Crescent
  5. 3.5  Crescent
  6. 4.3  Crescent
  7. 3.3  Crescent
  8. 3.5  Crescent
  9. 3.6  Crescent
  10. 4.3  Crescent
  11. 2.8  Crescent
  12. 3.2  Crescent
  13. 4.1   Crescent
  14. 2.7  Hennessey
  15. 3.5  Crescent
  16. 2.5  Crescent
  17. 2.7  Medford
  18. 2.5  Stillwater
  19. 2.9  Choctaw
  20. 2.7  Choctaw
  21. 2.7  Choctaw
  22. 3.7  Choctaw
  23. 2.7  Choctaw
  24. 2.6  Choctaw
  25. 2.7  Choctaw
  26. 3.1  Langston
  27. 2.9  Langston
  28. 2.8  Langston
  29. 3.0  Langston
  30. 3.0  Langston
  31. 2.6  Langston

 

California (quakes March 29-31, 2014)

  1. 3.2  La Habra
  2. 5.1  La Hebra
  3. 3.4  La Habra
  4. 3.6  La Habra
  5. 3.3  La Habra
  6. 3.1  La Habra
  7. 2.6  Searles Valley
  8. 2.4  Rowland Heights
  9. 4.1  Rowland Heights
  10. 3.6  La Habra
  11. 3.4  La Habra
  12. 2.7  Brea
  13. 2.7  La Habra
  14. 2.6  Brea
  15. 3.1  Brea
  16. 2.6  La Habra
  17. 2.5  La Habra
  18. 2.5  La Habra
  19. 3.2  Soledad
  20. 2.8  Soledad
  21. 2.8  La Habra
  22. 2.8  The Geysers
  23. (there are many more 2.0+ in these areas in California .. the list was repetitive)

Yellowstone (March 30-31, 2014)

  1. 3.1  Old Faithful Geyser, Montana
  2. 4.7  West Yellowstone, Montana
  3. 2.8  West Yellowstone, Montana
  4. 3.4  West Yellowstone, Montana
  5. 2.5  West Yellowstone, Montana
  6. 2.9  West Yellowstone, Montana
  7. 3.6  West Yellowstone, Montana
  8. 2.9  West Yellowstone, Montana
  9. 3.1  West Yellowstone, Montana
  10. 3.3  West Yellowstone, Montana
  11. 3.1  West Yellowstone, Montana
  12. 3.3  West Yellowstone, Montana
  13. 2.7  West Yellowstone, Montana

The list will continue in the days and weeks to come. Keep a watch for the patterns along the Craton, and for the quakes moving west.

Oklahoma And Texas Earthquakes Getting Stronger

A map of the North American Craton boundary.

The North American Craton boundary – Wilipedia

 

Earthquakes in Texas and Oklahoma are increasing along the ancient Craton Boundary, both in number and in magnitude.

The quakes are a result of mounting Earth movement due to Earth changes, but the concentration of movement in these two states is exacerbated by the oil and gas industry’s fracking procedures.

Fracking

Oil pumps in the sunset.

Our addiction to oil and gas is creating more future problems.

Our refusal to lessen our dependency on oil and gas has led us to using very eco-unfriendly techniques of “bleeding the Earth” of every drop of oil we can get our hands on.

Fracking does not cause earthquakes, but fracturing the weakest parts of the Earth’s crust certainly exaserbates them. THIS is what is happening in Texas and Oklahoma today.

Human interference is weakening an already fractured crustDon’t blame Nature for your property damage – blame our gluttony and addiction to profits.

The Craton

The Craton boundary is where the ocean (now the Gulf of Mexico) once met the North American shore, and these are areas rich in ancient, fossilized natural resources that we, modern humans, are addicted to. Cratons are found on every continent, and every Craton boundary is rich in minerals.

As modern technology over extracts these “boundary” resources, the crust becomes weaker. This leaves the people in these areas susceptible to earthquake effects. It doesn’t seem like people living in Oklahoma or Texas are expecting any major damage, but what we are NOT considering is the fact that:

  1. the North American plate (crust) is moving;
  2. this movement will eventually affect the US West Coast;
  3. crustal movement will also effect the Mississippi River Valley.

Pay attention to these quakes on the Craton and along the Mississippi Valley because they are the warning signs that the USA will respond to movement at the North American Plate. Increase your awareness so you can prepare for the changes ahead.