Incomplete list of links to seismic/natural disaster reports from around the Pacific Ring of Fire, days 19 to 25 of Gregorian January 2020.

ARGENTINA: 4.8 quake

5.5 quake

CANADA:  4.5-magnitude earthquake strikes off Vancouver Island

FIJI: 4.3 quake, 24 January

JAPAN:  new Nankai trough quake tsunami predictions

Animals are thriving in nuke disaster area

Diet considers an extra 4.47 trillion yen (U.S.$40.8-billion) for disaster recovery efforts

MEXICO:  Yet another quake hits Oaxaca

NEW ZEALAND:  5.4 quake northwest of Wellington

RUSSIA: 5.6 earthquake – Near East Coast of Kamchatka

UNITED STATES:

Alaska; 6.1 quake Andreanof Islands 

6.2 Magnitude earthquake felt in Adak

 U.S. Coast Guard investigating reason why a group of S-O-S radio towers are now in a communications ‘dead-zone’

Arizona; Mesa settles lawsuit from massive 2014 flooding; homeowners receive $1.6M payout

California; Quake and aftershock near Barstow

Pacific Gas & Electric opens new Vacaville Emergency Response Center

Granada Hills Struck by 3.6 Magnitude Shake

Folsom Dam Raise Project groundbreaking, at the Folsom Point Boat Launch near Dike 8, 21JAN2020.  In a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers directed project the Folsom Dam is going to be raised as part of a plan to both increase water storage and prevent future flooding.

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Hawaii; Minor earthquake – Honaunau-napoopoo

Idaho;  3.4 quake Soda Springs area

Oregon; Could you survive for two weeks if ‘The Big One’ hits?

Utah; Small earthquake hits Box Elder County

Washington;  All of Lewis County Now Included in Flood Watch

King County’s Flood Warning Center shutdown, this report doesn’t give a clear reason why but says Flood Warning employees will still be monitoring the ongoing flooding.

Property owners in Island County hit with surprise U.S.$50 flood insurance surcharge, blamed on FEMA

Washington National Guard’s Homeland Response Force toured the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Western Regional Center in Seattle: “The information provided by these resources is critical to anticipating weather’s effects on hazardous material incidents and our response operations during an incident.”-Sergeant First Class James Peters

Washington National Guard also showed-off its disaster response communications equipment, along with AT&T’s First Net.

PACIFIC RING OF FIRE, 12-18 JANUARY 2020: “THE FIRE BREATHING DRAGON OF CLOUDS.”

CLIMATE CHANGE, 19-25 JANUARY 2020:  OPERATION SUDDEN RESPONSE