“This must be what hell looks like.”: Pacific Ring of Fire, December 2018

Incomplete list of seismic/disaster reports from around the Pacific Ring of Fire, 29NOV2018 through to 31DEC2018.

Science News: Super volcano events sucks oxygen out of the air, causing mass-extinction event 

Scientific American: Can Rivers Cause Earthquakes?

GlobeNewswire:  Global $1.98 Billion Seismic Survey Equipment Market Outlook to 2026

CHILE: Minor mag. 3.6 earthquake

6.2-M Quake Shakes Easter Island

CHINA: Light mag. 4.4 earthquake – TAIWAN

STRONG 5.1 earthquake STRIKES Taiwan

China’s NYC-Sized ‘Earthquake Warning System’ 

COLUMBIA: Light mag. 4.5 earthquake -W of Molagavita

COSTA RICA: Minor mag. 3.5 earthquake – Puntarenas

ECUADOR: Light mag. 4.2 earthquake

FIJI: Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake

INDONESIA:  Agung volcano spews ash in fresh eruption

Killer tsunami caused by collapse of Anak Krakatau volcano

extraordinary footage showing intense explosions of water with lava

Strong mag. 6.0 earthquake – Irian Jaya

How a tsunami could wipe out the last Javan rhinos

Light mag. 4.7 earthquake – SW of Sibolga

JAPAN: Light mag. 4.9 earthquake

Moderate mag. 5.6 earthquake – Hokkaido

Light mag. 4.4 earthquake – SW of Nishinoomote

MEXICO: Light mag. 4.2 earthquake – MICHOACAN

NEW CALEDONIA-LOYALTY ISLANDS: Magnitude 7.5 quake strikes 

Strong mag. 6.6 earthquake

Major mag. 7.4 earthquake 

Moderate mag. 5.3 earthquake

 NEW ZEALAND: Minor mag. 3.8 earthquake

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Light mag. 4.7 earthquake

Light mag. 4.5 earthquake – WNW of Madang

PERU: Minor mag. 3.9 earthquake

U.S. Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force (SPMAGTF) Peru show off their disaster response equipment to Peruvian news media, 01DEC2018.

Official USMC video explaining that Natural Disaster Preparedness was the reason for a massive war game in Peru:

PHILIPPINES: Major mag. 7.0 earthquake

14 aftershocks recorded off Davao Oriental

Moderate mag. 5.1 earthquake 

Light mag. 4.7 earthquake – Negros

RUSSIA: Light mag. 4.6 earthquake

Major mag. 7.3 earthquake – W of Nikol’skoye

Strong mag. 6.0 earthquake – Komandorskiye Ostrova Region

Moderate mag. 5.6 earthquake – Komandorskiye Ostrova Region 

SOLOMON ISLANDS: Light mag. 4.6 earthquake

Light mag. 4.8 earthquake

TONGA: Strong mag. 6.2 earthquake 

UNITED STATES: America’s year of extreme weather and eruptions – in pictures

Alaska; Year-end 5.0 quake shakes Southcentral Alaska

Minor mag. 3.8 earthquake

Strong mag. 6.0 earthquake

7.0 quake hit Alaska on 30NOV2018.

Video of National Guard 211th Rescue Squadron HC-130J Combat King-2, and Para-rescuemen of the 212th Rescue Squadron, over flying 7.0 earthquake zone, 30NOV2018:

Over 6,000 aftershocks tied to Nov. 30 earthquake

Glenn Highway, 30NOV2018.

Official National Guard earthquake response video:

California; “This must be what hell looks like.”Sylvia Broyles, veteran, widow and survivor of deadly Camp Fire

Florida; Miami was the site for U.S. Southern Command’s 2nd Annual Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Workshop.  It was supposedly co-sponsored (financed) by the taxpayers of Chile.  In attendance were the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency, Coordination Center for the Prevention of Natural Disasters in Central America, Conference of the Armed Forces of Central American, and the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies: “We’re here to mitigate the disaster risk in the region. It’s imperative that we understand the resources available in the region and utilize coordination between civil and military assets to ensure that the right resources are available when and where they’re needed.”-Rodolfo Gonzalez Palaneck, retired Chilean General

Hawaii; America’s Most Hazardous Volcano Erupted This Year. Then It Erupted and Erupted.

‘Volcano Watch’ Suspended During government Shutdown

Idaho; 2.5 quake: 32km SW of Arco

Nevada; Earthquakes rattle Carson City area 

Northern Mariana Islands;  Light mag. 4.6 earthquake

U.S. Indo-Pacific Command continues FEMA led recovery efforts 10DEC2018, weeks after Super Typhoon Yutu hit.

Oregon; Scientists claim progress on earthquake prediction

Washington;  Puget Sound Prepares For The Big One

Seattle Fire Department trains for disaster response alongside Washington National Guard personnel, 04DEC2018.

Official U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District, video showing efforts to control flooding in Washington, Oregon and Idaho:

Washington DC;  The DC based Inter-American Development Bank issues natural disaster preparedness loans to countries considered at high risk.  The IADB compiled a list of American countries that have suffered the most natural disasters in the past 25 years (note that most border the Pacific Ring of Fire): Mexico – 480, Brazil – 332, Colombia – 288, Peru – 279, Argentina – 234, Chile -196, Guatemala -195, Ecuador – 150, Honduras – 127 and Nicaragua – 125

Wyoming; Yellowstone volcano explosion WARNING – expert fears GLOBAL devastation

VANUATU: Strong mag. 6.0 earthquake

PACIFIC RING OF FIRE: VOLCANOES & GLACIERS CAUSE GLOBAL WARMING?