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

 

It’s No Surprise That Volcanic Eruptions Are Increasing

A picture of Ecuador's Tungurhua volcano erupting.

Explosive activity is increasing at Ecuador’s Tungurhua volcano.

It comes as no surprise that volcanoes, worldwide, are now ramping up alongside the increase in large earthquakes these days.

Two new areas to watch are the increases in activity at the super-volcanoes under Yellowstone and New Zealand.

Maps of the ancient Craton boundary in the US and of the increase in earthquakes.

Earth activity is increasing along the ancient Craton boundary in the USA. This includes Yellowstone.

Current Activity

These volcanoes have been spewing, ashing, and out-gassing over the past few years, but explosive activity is on the rise:

  1. Santa Maria, Guatemala
  2. Pacaya, Guatemala
  3. San Miguel, El Salvador
  4. San Cristobal, Nicaragua
  5. Ubinas, Peru
  6. Tungurahua, Ecuador
  7. Reventador, Ecuador
  8. Shishaldin, USA
  9. Yellowstone, USA
  10. Popocatepeti, Mexico
  11. Copahue, Chile-Argentina

Map It

If you pin point the locations of the most recent earthquake activity on top of these volcano locations, you’ll see a pattern. As the Earth moves with greater magnitude, it releases magma flowing beneath the crust, and the magma and gas rise upward through the weaker pores in the crust – volcanoes.

We are witnessing this activity today. This can be a good thing, actually, because as long as the Earth releases internal pressure, the planet maintains its balance.

 

 

 

An Increase In Volcanic Activity Follows Recent Increase In Earthquakes

A picture of Ecuador's Tungurhua volcano erupting.

Activity Increases at Ecuador’s Tungurhua volcano.

There has been an uptick in 6.0+ earthquakes over the past weeks, and an increase in volcanic activity along these quake zones is to be expected.

Here is the recent line-up of volcanic eruptions today:

  1. Tungurahua, Ecuador
  2. Shiveluch, Russia
  3. Sinabung, Indonesia
  4. Shishaldin, USA
  5. Chirpoi, Russia
  6. Dukono, Indonesia
  7. Karymsky, Russia
  8. Kilauea, USA
  9. Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
  10. Tara, Batu, Indonesia

Many volcanic eruptions can spawn wildfires, so heads up in these regions.