Increase In EQs – Solomon Islands Are Getting Slammed While Nevada Is Ramping Up

A USGS small globe showing the May 1, 2013 earthquake swarm around Vanuatu.

Earthquakes are on the rise in the South Pacific – USGS

Friday, May 22, 2015 saw an uptick in powerful earthquakes and island tsunamis around the Solomon Islands, and they just keep coming.

Large quakes are ramping up worldwide, but another place to watch closely is Nevada, Montana, and the Yellowstone area in the USA.

Solomon Islands

In less than 24 hours, the following 6.0 and above magnitude quakes occurred around the Solomon Islands. These quakes did not generate a tsunami large enough to reach Hawaii, but with this number of recurring, large quakes, local tsunami waves are generating over the island region:

  1. 6.9  May 21, 2015
  2. 6.0  May 22, 2015
  3. 6.9  May 22, 2015
  4. 6.8  May 22, 2015

Nevada, Montana, and the Yellowstone Area

A Red Fox.

Earthquake activity is picking up around Yellowstone.

This is an area to watch closely. May 22, 2015 quake activity:

Nevada 

  • 24 quakes

Wyoming (Yellowstone National Park)

  • 2 quakes

Montana

  • 6 quakes

Utah

  1. 1 quake

Earthquake activity is increasing all over the world, but these areas are of particular interest at this time. Keep a watch on both of these fault zones. They are not typically this active in such a short time span.

 

 

March Uptick in Earthquake, Tsunami, and Volcanic Activity

A picture of the Earth and the Ring of Fire with rising magma along the tectonic plates and cracks near Papua New Guinea.

The Ring of Fire along the Pacific Rim is increasing earthquake, tsunami, and volcanic activity.

March 2015 is ending with a bang – the globe is experiencing a wave of volcanoes, large earthquakes, and tsunamis, with most of the activity rocking the Western Pacific Rim and the Antarctic Plate.

Earthquakes

The following are listed by date:

  1. 5.6  Calama, Chile  3-28-15
  2. 5.8  Tilamuta, Indonesia  3.-28-15
  3. 5.6  Kota Ternate, Indonesia  3-28-15
  4. 7.6  Kokopo, Papua New Guinea  3-29-15
  5. 5.0  Taron, Papua New Guinea  3-29-15
  6. 5.7   Papua New Guinea  3-29-15
  7. 5.4  Qimeng, China  3-29-15
  8. 5.0  Ile Hunter, New Calendonia  3-29-15
  9. 5.3  Ile Hunter, New Calendonia  3-29-15
  10. 6.8  Hihifo, Tonga  3-30-15
  11. 5.6  Hihifo, Tonga  3-30-15
  12. 5.3  Kokopo, Papua New Guinea  3-30-15
  13. 6.8  Lotofaga, Samoa  3-30-15
  14. 6.8  Lotofaga, Samoa  3-30-15 (second quake)
  15. 5.5  Amsterdam Island, France S. Indian Ocean  3-30-15

Tsunamis

A picture of a large ocean wave.

Tsunamis are hitting the coastlines on many South Pacific Islands.

  1. 7.6  New Ireland Region, Papua New Guinea  3-29-15
  2. 7.6  Pacific Rim  3-29-15
  3. 6.8  Tonga  3-30-15
  4. 6.8  Pacific Rim  3-30-15
One of the many underwater volcanoes erupting today.

Highly active underwater volcanos are erupting along the Pacific Rim..

Volcanoes

  1. Chirinkotan, Russia
  2. Fuego, Guatemala
  3. Lewotobi, Indonesia
  4. Moyorodake, Japan
  5. Popocatepeti, Mexico
  6. Sinarka, Russia
  7. Tongariro, New Zealand
  8. Villarrica, Chile
  9. Talang, Indonesia
  10. Turrialba, Costa Rica
  11. Kilauea, USA

 

Stay tuned  – more to come, I’m sure.

Uptick in Earthquakes And Volcanic Eruptions – A Serious Uptick

A picture of a temperature thermometer that says problem, emergency, crisis, disaster.

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