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Earthquake of 6.1 magnitude rocks Japan's south


TASS
Sat, 13 Jul 2019 08:56 UTC
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An earthquake of 6.1 magnitude rocked Japan's southern Okinawa prefecture on Saturday, US Geological Survey reported.

The earthquake's epicenter lay in 350 km to the north of the prefecture's capital city Naha at the depth of 237 km.

No injuries or damages were reported, and no tsunami alert was issued.
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Strong magnitude 6.0 earthquake rocks Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands


eturbonews.com
Thu, 11 Jul 2019 20:47 UTC
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Magnitude 6.0 earthquake rocked Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands today.

Preliminary Earthquake Report:

Magnitude 6.0

Date-Time - 11 Jul 2019 17:08:38 UTC

- 12 Jul 2019 04:08:38 near epicenter
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The shaking won't stop: There have been more than 10,000 earthquakes in California and Nevada in the last 7 days

Michael Snyder
End of the American Dream
Wed, 10 Jul 2019 17:44 UTC
California earthquakes
The ground is constantly shaking in southern California right now, and this has many concerned that another large earthquake may be coming. I have been keeping my eye on Cal Tech's recent earthquake map, and as I write this article it says that there have been 10,053 earthquakes in California and Nevada over the past 7 days.

I have never seen that number so high, and southern California is being hit by yet another new earthquake every few moments. Most of the earthquakes are happening out in the Ridgecrest area where we witnessed the magnitude 6.4 earthquake that hit on July 4th and the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that hit on July 5th.


Comment: Southern California hit by 7.1 magnitude earthquake just one day after M6.4 tremor - the largest for 20 years


But as you can see from Cal Tech's map, there has been a tremendous amount of seismic activity along the San Andreas fault as well. As I discussed the other day, the San Andreas fault is "locked and loaded" and it is way overdue for "the Big One".

Could it be possible that all of this earthquake activity is leading up to something really big?

California earthquakes map
And it isn't just earthquakes that we need to be concerned about. According to Fox News, "geologists are nervously eyeing eight nearby volcanoes"...

Comment: See also:

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5.9 magnitude earthquake hits southwest Iran, felt in Kuwait and Iraq


Gulf News
Mon, 08 Jul 2019 12:38 UTC
Iran earthquake
The Kuwaiti National Seismic Network said Monday that tremors were felt earlier in the country, which were caused by a 5.9 magnitude earthquake that hit early morning West of Iran.

The tremors lasted for seconds and it was felt in various parts of the country according to KUNA. Adding that no casualties were reported on the ground.

Iran is located on major seismic faults and experiences one earthquake per day on average.

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Giant fissures appear near epicenters of California's major earthquakes


Strange Sounds
Sun, 07 Jul 2019 16:11 UTC
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© David McNew/Reuters
A deep fissure discovered in the Mojave Desert near Ridgecrest, the epicenter of the M6.4 earthquake in Southern California on July 4, 2019. Picture by
There were multiple fissures that broke the ground in the Mojave Desert in southern California on Thursday and Friday after two major M6.4 and M7.1 earthquakes struck the area. The power of nature is amazing... And these deep fissures near Ridgecrest, California are just terrifying!

On the Fourth of July, people from Los Angeles to Las Vegas felt the ground shake. Books fell off library shelves, trees collapsed, and cracks spidered through building walls and highway asphalt.

The magnitude 6.4 earthquake was centered in the California city of Ridgecrest, about 175 miles northeast of Long Beach. It ended a five-year drought in California's seismic record: Before yesterday, the ground had not shook in the state since a magnitude 6 quake struck Napa in August 2014, causing $1 billion in damages.

Comment: See: Southern California hit by 7.1 magnitude earthquake just one day after M6.4 tremor - the largest for 20 years

Gaping sinkholes and massive fissures are occurring all over the planet:

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7.0 magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia, tsunami warning issued


RT
Sun, 07 Jul 2019 16:17 UTC
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© USGS.gov
Indonesia's geophysics agency has issued a tsunami warning, after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck in the Moloccan Sea to the country's east. The figure was later downgraded to 7.0

The quake struck shortly after 10 PM local time on Sunday, at a depth of 36km, the Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics reported. The earthquake's epicenter lies 180km southeast of Manado, a city with a population of 450,000, and 129km west of Ternate, home to 200,000.


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Southern California hit by 7.1 magnitude earthquake just one day after M6.4 tremor - the largest for 20 years

Chris Robertson
Sky News
Sat, 06 Jul 2019 04:48 UTC
A house burns in Ridgecrest, near the quake's epicentre

A house burns in Ridgecrest, near the quake's epicentre
A 7.1-magnitude earthquake has hit California less than two days after another strong tremor, rattling parts of LA and causing fire and building damage near its rural epicentre.

It hit at 8.19pm local time 11 miles from Ridgecrest in the Mojave Desert, the site of Thursday's 6.4-magnitude quake.

Offices in downtown Los Angeles shook for around 30 seconds and it was also felt in the Hollywood Hills, Las Vegas and parts of Mexico.

The earthquake is the strongest to hit the region in 20 years, with experts giving it an early rating of 6.9 to 7.1 on the Richter scale.

There are "significant reports of structure fires, mostly as a result of gas leaks or gas line breaks" in Ridgecrest, said Mark Ghillarducci, head of the California Office of Emergency Services.

He said the full extent of the damage would not be revealed until daybreak on Saturday.

There have been minor injuries, but no deaths reported so far.



Comment: The quake superseded the previous day's 6.4 magnitude earthquake, on US Independence Day, which was the largest in Southern California for 20 years... until this latest one. See also: 6.4M earthquake rattles LA on Independence Day: Strongest to hit SoCal in 20 years - UPDATE 5.0 aftershock recorded


This is therefore the 10th most powerful in SoCal's history. Not long until The Big One?

Locals have been posting photographs of enormous dents and cracks on roads, as well as this picture of a highway blocked by large rocks from a rockfall:




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6.4M earthquake rattles LA on Independence Day: Strongest to hit SoCal in 20 years - UPDATE 5.0 aftershock recorded

Harriet Ryan
LA Times
Thu, 04 Jul 2019 10:55 UTC
socal earthquake july 2019
An 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck Southern California Thursday, the largest temblor to hit the region in decades.

The quake was centered in the Searles Valley, a remote area of San Bernardino about 100 miles from Los Angeles.


Comment: This is located in the Mojave Desert, aka Death Valley.


It was unclear of the temblor caused major damage or injuries.

The quake was the largest in Southern California since the 1994 6.6 Northridge quake, which killed dozens and caused billions in damage. But Northridge hit in the center of a populated area, while Thursday's quake was located far from the metropolitan Los Angeles area.


Comment: Actually, the earthquake was the strongest since a 7.1 quake struck in the region on October 16, 1999.




Comment: The Santa Monica Observer reports:
An earthquake at 10:33 pm PST on July 4 was felt from Santa Barbara to San Diego, and as far East as Las Vegas.

The temblor went on for over a minute. It was felt throughout the Westside of Los Angeles County as a powerful rolling motion. The quake was centered 12 KM southwest of Searles Valley California. It registered a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 on the Richter scale makes it probably the biggest southland shock in 25 years, since the 1994 Northridge Earthquake.

Searles Valley is near Death Valley, in Eastern Southern California's Mojave Desert, San Bernardino County. The earthquake was at 8.7 KM depth.

The earthquake occurred during Santa Monica's annual 4th of July parade. Stilt walkers wondered why they suddenly felt off balance, and cars in the parade shook from side to side.

If we could offer our readers a word of advice, don't drive right now, especially on area freeways. Firefighters and Police must check the roads and bridges for potential collapse. After the Northridge quake, bridges fell down and a handful of people were injured or killed driving off of them. This earthquake seems to have had similar intensity.

See also: M5.6 earthquake hits California - Follows seismic swarm of 400 quakes this month

UPDATE 5/7/19: NBC News report from Ridgecrest




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Earthquake of magnitude 6.5 strikes northwest off Canada's Vancouver Island - USGS


Sputnik International
Thu, 04 Jul 2019 05:15 UTC
Canada earthquake
© City News
According to the United States Geological Survey, a strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake rocked Vancouver Island in the Canadian province of British Columbia.

The epicentre was about 225 km northwest of Port Hardy at a depth of 10 km.

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Magnitude 6.2 quake hits east of Vanuatu


Today
Mon, 01 Jul 2019 19:32 UTC
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A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck around 35 kilometers east of Vanuatu on Monday, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

The quake was initially measured at a magnitude of 6.1.

Source: Reuters
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