- 2015-05-30 18:49:07 (UTC)
- Times in other timezones
- 398km (247mi) SE of Hachijo-jima, Japan
- 546km (339mi) SSE of Katsuura, Japan
- 552km (343mi) SSE of Tateyama, Japan
- 552km (343mi) SSE of Kawaguchi, Japan
- 627km (390mi) SSE of Tokyo, Japan
No distant #tsunami threat from magnitude 6.8 Alaska #earthquake http://t.co/2tOlRAZzMS #PTWC— NWS PTWC (@NWS_PTWC) May 29, 2015
@BritGeoSurvey Felt in Penygroes and loud rumble. Building reacted to shake.
— Aaron d'Avalon (@ADeAvalon) May 26, 2015
And it is undeniable that California has been hit by an unusual number of earthquakes recently. Could this be a sign that our portion of the "Ring of Fire" is heating up? Just over the past few days, there have been significant earthquakes at dormant volcanoes all over the state of California and in Nevada. I don't know about you, but to me all of this shaking is reason for concern.A recent report by the U.S. Geological Survey shows the inevitability of just such a quake, which is predicted to hit within the next couple of decades.
"The new likelihoods are due to the inclusion of possible multi-fault ruptures, where earthquakes are no longer confined to separate, individual faults, but can occasionally rupture multiple faults simultaneously," lead author of the study and USGS scientist, Ned Field says. "This is a significant advancement in terms of representing a broader range of earthquakes throughout California's complex fault system."
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