Incomplete list of links to seismic/natural disaster reports from around the Pacific Ring of Fire, November 2019.
Any body remember the Gilligan’s Island episode where the underwater telecom line washes ashore? New study says old underwater phone lines make great earthquake detectors
AUSTRALIA: 71% increase in drowning deaths in Victoria
4.8 quake Queensland, 29NOV2019
CANADA: South Okanagan quake
Trio of quakes hit Haida Gwaii
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CHILE: 4.0 quake, 30NOV2019
5.1 quake border with Bolivia, 29NOV2019
CHINA: 1 killed, 4 injured as strong earthquake hits
Xiaomi is adding early earthquake warnings to MIUI phones
COLOMBIA: Sisters split-up after Nevado de Ruiz volcano disaster reunited decades later
COSTA RICA: 5.4 quake 24NOV2019
EL SALVADOR: U.S. military issues tidal wave warning, which turned out to be false because nothing had happened to cause a tsunami
FIJI: 5.5 quake
GUATEMALA: 4.6 quake, 30NOV2019
6.3 quake strikes Puerto San Jose
Stunning image captures rare moment ‘upward lightning’ shoots out of a volcano
INDONESIA: 4.8 quake Christmas Island
Small tsunamis detected after 7.1-magnitude quake in North Sulawesi, North Maluku
The 2018 tsunami was as high as 492 feet (150 meters)
early warning signals of Anak Krakatau volcano collapse
JAPAN: 
Baka politicians try on their new idiotic plastic Earthquake Helmets in the Diet (I calls it a Baka Helmet)
Sakurajima volcano increasing activity
Volcano erupts on Satsumaio Island
Japan’s disaster warning system is confusing foreign residents and tourists
LAOS: 6.1 quake hits near border with Thailand
MEXICO: Volcano forces Dutch flight of horses back to Europe
M4.1 earthquake, 22NOV2019, Off Coast Of Oaxaca
Slow recovery in Mexico City after deadly 2017 quake
NEW ZEALAND: 5.3 quake off shore
5.9 quake rattles Bay of Plenty
Poorly understood fault could produce magnitude 9 or greater quakes
Insurance disputes from the 2018 earthquake halted due to statute of limitations (meaning the insurance industry could get away with not properly compensating customers)
NICARAGUA: 4.0 quake, 30NOV2019
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: 5.4 quake off coast
PERU: 5.1 quake near Lampa
PHILIPPINES: Philippine private sector responds to Mindanao earthquakes
Filipino soldiers donate the equivalent of two meals each (in cash) to help build 1-hundred temporary homes for Mindanao quake victims
RUSSIA: 4.3 earthquake – Northwest Of Kuril Islands
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Satellite Shows Ash Plume From Volcano Streaking Across the Pacific
SAMOA, Independent State of: Magnitude 5.9 quake off Apia
TONGA: Tonga gets BIGGER: Underwater volcanic eruption which lasted 18 days creates new 1300 feet island
UNITED STATES: Alaska;
One year after 7.1 quake, neighborhoods still not recovered
Railroad finally begins repairs to earthquake damaged bluff (just in time for winter)
Repairing earthquake damage to city schools will cost local taxpayers U.S.$82-million
California; MYSTERIOUS TECTONIC FAULT ZONE FOUND
Humans are an unknown in state’s new earthquake warning system
Second Day Of Quake Swarm Rattles Ventura With 70 Estimated Earthquake Events
Guam;
FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) orders Hawaii National Guard to conduct Vigilant Guard disaster training with the Guam National Guard. The training includes everything from responding to a natural disaster to responding to a weapon of mass destruction event.
Hawaii; man dies after falling down lava tube under his garden
On 18-19 November, the People’s Liberation Army of China traveled to Hawaii to take part in disaster response training with the U.S. Army. According to military sources, this is the 15th time such ‘disaster management’ training between China and the U.S. took place.
01NOV2019, United Nations Humanitarian Civil-Military Coordination Course training for Asia and the Pacific was conducted at the Navy Lodge, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.
4.9 quake reported near Waimea
Nevada; Quake near Indian Hills
Oregon; Portland to pay $350K linked to earthquake warning sign lawsuit
In a possible round-a-bout way of training for the Cascadia Event, personnel with the state Army National Guard were deployed to Bangladesh to take part in a five days Disaster Response Exercise and Exchange (DREE). The international training for a catastrophic earthquake is considered to be the biggest yet: “There are 20 different countries at this DREE which is great and that means just over 100 individual actual foreign participants which makes up more than 650 participants on opening day. It’s a long way from where we started and you can see the direct impact the DREE program has had over the years.”-Master Sergeant Robert Bentcliff, U.S. Army Pacific Command (USARPAC)
Utah; Earthquakes in Payson area
Washington; Grand Coulee Dam unaffected by ‘rare’ earthquake
July’s Monroe earthquake is informing plans for future danger
On 06NOV2019, U.S. Army and local EMTs conducted training in preparation for the catastrophic Cascadia Event. The Puget Sound Federal Coordinating Center National Disaster Medical System exercise was held at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. The training included loading mass-casualties onboard a USAF C-17 of the 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (shows you how bad the military thinks it’ll be).
9 quakes hit Puget Sound region in less than a week
3.2 earthquake hits near Snoqualmie, following a smaller quake
Pacific Ring of Fire, October 2019: “NEW NORM”