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Strong 5.8 magnitude earthquake strikes off east coast of Brazil - quake from a previously unknown fault?

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A rather shallow 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck the ocean floor just off the coast of Brazil, south of the popular tourist destination of Natal. The eastern coast of Brazil is relatively free from faults and is not located on the border of any major tectonic plates. So this earthquake is quite unusual. If we look at the seismic hazard map of Brazil (below), it's clear to see that most of Brazil's seismic hazards lie in the western part of the country. See local quake map of Brazil.

Unusual: Is this quake from a previously unknown fault this close to the shoreline or might other factors be at work here...like the area of growing weakness of the planet's magnetic field in the South Atlantic Anomaly? Natal is virtually near the epicenter of the SAA. The South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA) is an area where the Earth's inner Van Allen radiation belt comes closest to the Earth's surface dipping down to an altitude of 200km (124mi). This leads to an increased flux of energetic particles in this region and exposes orbiting satellites to higher than usual levels of radiation. The effect is caused by the non-concentricity of the Earth and its magnetic dipole, and the SAA is the near-Earth region where the Earth's magnetic field is weakest. -The Extinction Protocol

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Authorities report volcanic eruptions and earthquakes intensifying in Kamchatka

Three volcanoes in Russia's Kamchatka continue to send steam and ash into the air while lava flows down their slopes. Volcanic activity on the peninsula has dramatically intensified. Aviation authorities issued an orange security level in the area. The volcanoes Shiveluch, Kizimen and Plosky Talbachek are erupting in different parts of the peninsula simultaneously, causing dozens of local earthquakes, as the vibrations accompanying the eruptions of the giants continue to increase. The biggest and most active is Shiveluch, Kamchatka's northernmost volcano and 3,283 meters high. Over the last days it made several eruptions of gases, steam and ash, the highest of which reached the 4,900 m above sea level. Unceasing earth tremors send avalanches down its slopes.
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USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 6.2 - Pacific-Antarctic Ridge

Pacific Antarctic Ridge
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Event Time
2013-01-15 16:09:37 UTC
2013-01-15 05:09:37 UTC-11:00 at epicenter

Location
62.580°S 161.397°W depth=10.0km (6.2mi)

Nearby Cities
1027km (638mi) ENE of Scott Island Bank, Antarctica
2571km (1598mi) SSE of Dunedin, New Zealand
2617km (1626mi) SE of Invercargill, New Zealand
2618km (1627mi) SE of Gore, New Zealand
2844km (1767mi) SSE of Wellington, New Zealand

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3.4-magnitude earthquake hits Tasmania

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Residents on Tasmania's northern coast have woken to tremors after a 3.4-magnitude earthquake struck 10km from the shore.

The earthquake, about 10 to 12 kilometres from Wynyard, hit at 7.21am (AEDT) on Sunday, sending short and sharp tremors to nearby Burnie and as far away as Launceston, said Geoscience Australia seismologist Jonathan Bathgate.

Mr Bathgate said the agency received around 100 calls from residents who felt the tremors.

"It's been fairly widely-felt across that section of Tasmania," he said.

"They generally hear a loud noise and feel a sharp, sudden jolt.

"The phones have been just ringing constantly.

"I think it woke a few people up."

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Earthquake measuring 5.7 in Gulf of California, Mexico

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Strong earthquake in the Gulf of California, Mexico

Preliminary readings are reporting a M5.7 to M5.9 earthquake

The epicenter was located in the middle of the Gulf which means that both coasts (Baja California and Mexico) will have been shaken but will normally not have damage or injuries.

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Yellowstone and Louisiana sinkhole jarred by 7.5 magnitude Alaskan earthquake?

The following graphs/charts show that the 7.5 Earthquake that struck Alaska earlier today also dealt a jarring blow to both the Yellowstone Supervolcano as well as to the Louisiana Sinkhole. According to the USGS, the Alaskan quake struck on 2013-01-05 at 08:58:19 UTC. The charts below show proof that the EQ was felt at both the Yellowstone Supervolcano as well as at the Louisiana Sinkhole. The first chart below shows the Alaska EQ in blue and Yellowstone's reaction to it in red. Purple shows the overlap. Source
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Earthquake swarm rattles seafloor along Carlsberg Ridge, Indian Ocean

Because the Carlsberg Ridge is one of the slowest-spreading, and so supposedly less active oceanic ridges, many had thought it unlikely to be the location of a major volcanic eruption.. At ridges such as this, heat is thought to be released more slowly from the underlying magma. However, we may have to rethink that previous assessment. The Carlsberg Ridge region is currently being shaken by a major seismic swarm, which could very well be volcanic in nature. The strongest tremor in the current swarm is a magnitude 5.0. Nature journal said in previous eruption, "A huge plume of hydrothermal chemicals, drifted up to 1.4 kilometers above the vent site and 70 kilometers along the underwater ridge was seen some years ago. It's by far the biggest vent plume ever seen, and confirms that such plumes form following volcanic eruptions at the sea floor, even at slow-spreading oceanic ridges." 1
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"Mt. Fuji should erupt by 2015": Ryuku University Professor Emeritus

Mt. Fuji
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Since the Great Tohoku Earthquake of March 2011, scientists have been anxiously watching the massive volcano known as Mt. Fuji for signs of activity. In September of last year, a report was released stating that Mt. Fuji's magma chamber pressure had risen to a worrisome 1.6 megapascals, which is estimated to be higher than when it last erupted.

According to retired professor Masaki Kimura of Ryukyu University, this and other recent phenomena indicate an eruption of Mt. Fuji should have taken place in 2011 with a four-year margin of error ending in 2015.

First, a little background on Mt. Fuji. Japan sits on the edge of a "subduction zone" which is where one layer of the Earth's crust is pushed under another. In the below image, courtesy of Google Maps, you can see the trench along which subduction is occurring around Japan.

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USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 5.7 - 47km WSW of Bozcaada, Turkey

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Event Time:
2013-01-08 14:16:09 UTC

2013-01-08 16:16:09 UTC+02:00 at epicenter

Location:
39.659°N 25.567°E depth=9.9km (6.1mi)

Nearby Cities:
47km (29mi) WSW of Bozcaada, Turkey67km (42mi) WSW of Ezine, Turkey

80km (50mi) NW of Mitilini, Greece

89km (55mi) SW of Canakkale, Turkey

246km (153mi) NE of Athens, Greece

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Earth in crisis: Is the planet on the verge of a 'meltdown'?

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Conditions on the planet continue to deteriorate, particularly in respect to more pronounced climate extremes seen across hemispheres, and the number of volcanoes that are now continuously erupting. The planet is undergoing dynamic change, whereby we're seeing early evidence that the physical dynamics of the planet is moving towards a spectrum of greater instability. This is happening, as the planet's magnetic field continues to abate in strength. This is suggestive that we've passed the rubicon in this internal process of a geological shift that has been brought on by an anomalistic fluctuation of thermal gradient in the planet's outer core. Consequently, change is now uniform, and these Earth changes can now generate events which will affect the entire planet. We had a 4.6 magnitude earthquake in Falcon, Venezuela on January 4, 2013 and that earthquake was immediately followed by a 4.3 earthquake in the Ceram Sea and a 4.9 in Halmahera, Indonesia.

Both points on the globe are on exact opposite ends of the planet. We call it an antipodal tangent. On January 5, we had a 5.1 magnitude earthquake on the Mid-Indian Ridge and that was followed approximately 4.5 hours later by an earthquake near the antipodal point of the Cascadian fault with a 7.5 magnitude earthquake in southeastern Alaska. What this means is the entire planet is now starting to resonate from this heightened state of seismicity. The Bible prophesized in Isaiah 24:20 there would come a time, in the very near future, where the Earth would be reeling to and fro or back and forth like a drunkard. This is a state of resonate seismicity resulting from the impact of very large cluster earthquakes or what we refer to in geology as an earthquake storm.