My loved ones are living in Southern California, so I am increasingly worried as major quakes are hitting The Ring Of Fire.
As a magnitude 7.0 earthquake just shook Venezuela, something may be happening to the crust of planet Earth. According to USGS, their scientists define an earthquake of a magnitude 4.5 or greater as significant and there were recently more quakes which met that criteria recently.
Earth changes seem to be accelerating all over the world, but even I was stunned by the ferocity of the seismic activity that we witness. Because none of the earthquakes happened in the United States, many of US entirely ignored Mother Nature’s alarm.
Unfortunately, the entire US West coast falls along the “Ring of Fire”, and experts fear that it is only a matter of time before the seismic tension that is building up along the tectonic plates in that area is released.
Much of this recent seismic activity has been close to the small island nation of Fiji, and it is true that Fiji often experiences earthquakes because it sits directly inside the Ring of Fire…
Fiji falls in the Pacific Ring Of Fire – a massive horseshoe-shaped area in the Pacific basin. The ring is formed of a string of 452 volcanoes and sites of seismic activity (earthquakes), which encircle the Pacific Ocean.
Roughly 90 percent of all earthquakes occur along the Ring of Fire, and 75 percent of the world’s active volcanoes are dotted along the expansive ring.
It’s not unusual to see quakes occur along the Ring of Fire, but what is unusual about this recent activity is the size of these earthquakes.
The largest one was 8.2 earthquake that could have done an enormous amount of damage if it had been closer to the surface
A massive quake of magnitude 8.2 struck in the Pacific Ocean close to Fiji and Tonga but it was so deep that it did not cause damages. The USA Tsunami Warning Center also said the quake was too deep to cause a tsunami.
Earthquakes that are that deep are usually not large. This deep focus earthquake was among the largest deep focus earthquake that has ever been recorded…
USGS calls these deep-focus earthquakes, and while some of the biggest earthquakes a to strike the earth are a deep focus, their depth usually minimizes damage.
The largest deep focus earthquake ever recorded was in 2013 when an M 8.3 struck near Russia and was felt all over Asia, giving us a sense of how massive this Fiji quake was.
In addition to this massive earthquake in Fiji, other areas of the South Pacific were also hammered.
You may remember that the Indonesian island of Lombok was shaken by a tremendous quake back on August 5th which killed hundreds of people, and on Sunday it happened again.
A trio of intense earthquakes shook several islands in the South Pacific and Indonesia, including two on the already battered island of Lombok.
The most recent major quake was a 6.9 magnitude tremor centered just 4 kilometers south of Balancing, on the Indonesian island of Lombok.
That island is still trying to recover from the devastating effects of an August 5 earthquake that killed more than 430 people.
Not until earthquakes occur here, Americans may ignore all of this. What they need to understand is that this is truly a global problem, and shaking in one part of the globe can have tremendous implications for people living on the other side of the planet. Especially anyone living along the west coast should be deeply alarmed that seismic activity along other areas of the Ring of Fire appears to be intensifying.
According to one British news source, scientists are warning that “increased seismic activity” along the Ring of Fire “may mean the so-called ‘Big One’ killer earthquake is on the way”…
Scientists warn increased seismic activity in the area may mean the so-called “Big One” killer earthquake is on the way.
If California was hit, experts warn tens of thousands could be killed.
Sadly, the truth is that we would be extremely fortunate to only have “tens of thousands” killed in the event of a historic earthquake on the west coast.
The 1906 and 1989 earthquakes were actually not that big compared to some of the monster quakes that we have seen elsewhere along the Ring of Fire, but they still did tremendous amounts of damage…
Two major earthquakes have hit the Bay Area in modern history. In 1906, a 7.9 magnitude earthquake hit San Francisco and 80 percent of the city’s buildings fell or burnt to the ground, leaving 300,000 people homeless and killing nearly 3,000. In 1989, a 6.9 magnitude quake caused the ground to liquefy in parts of the city and collapsed highways, killing more than 60 people.
A new report from the U.S. Geological Survey says that there is more than a 70 percent chance that a 6.7 magnitude or higher earthquake will hit the area in the next 30 years.
We live at a time when our planet is becoming increasingly unstable. In recent weeks we have witnessed earthquake swarms off of the Oregon coast, record-setting heatwaves, hail the size of softballs, and wildfires of unprecedented size and scope.
There are some who claim this is completely normal, but I worry that too many folks are buying that explanation.
Because there has not been a major seismic event on the west coast for decades, most have grown complacent. They simply assume that because nothing has happened in such a long time that nothing will occur.
Unfortunately, the experts assure us that the “Big One” is definitely coming to the west coast at some point, and all of this seismic activity may be an indication that it is coming sooner rather than later.