Incomplete list of links to seismic/natural disaster reports from around the Pacific Ring of Fire, days 12 to 18 of Gregorian January 2020.

According to the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program, the overwhelming majority of volcanic eruptions taking place the third week of January are on the Pacific Ring of Fire.

ARGENTINA: 5.0 quake near border with Chile

AUSTRALIA: ‘Experts’ say murderous Mega Fire was preventable!

Fires followed by floods

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CHILE:   “It is clear to many of us that the Coquimbo region has an unusual, increasing seismicity that may be preparing the area for a very large earthquake near the end of the present century.” 

ECUADOR: Galapagos volcano eruption spews lava 

FIJI: 5.2 mag quake recorded in Ono-i-Lau region

INDONESIA:  Krakatau volcano explosive activity continues

JAPAN: Slow-motion interplate slip detected in the Nankai Trough

 Japan military planes arrive in Australia to help fight bushfires

Court halts nuclear reactor restart citing volcano, earthquake risks

Wildlife Is Still Reeling from the 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami

MEXICO:  Yet another quake hits the Oaxaca area

NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand Volcano Eruption Death Toll Rises to 20

What will the next decade of quakes look like?

PHILIPPINES:  Taal;

Gray pineapples: Volcano devastates farms

RUSSIA:  5.5 quake hits near Kamchatka

THAILAND: Japanese scientists observe ‘plasma bubbles’ in upper atmosphere

UNITED STATES:

Pic by Cassandra Eichner of a Pyrocumulonimbus Cloud (PyroCB) taken over the Pacific Northwest on 08AUG2019, during the FIREX-AQ field campaign from the cockpit of the NASA DC-8 aircraft. 

Between July and September 2019 the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, NASA, and other federal agencies, conducted studies of pyrocumulonimbus (PyroCbs) clouds.  The PyroCbs (pyro means fire) are formed by intense wildfires, NASA calls them “the fire-breathing dragon of clouds.”  

PyroCbs were first identified in the late 1990s, while scientists were trying to find out what was causing clouds in the upper atmosphere when the ‘natural’ weather conditions weren’t correct for such formations and there was no volcanic activity.  Since then studies show such dragon clouds can pump as much particulates into the upper atmosphere as a volcano: “They act as giant chimneys, transporting smoke from the ground to high altitudes. Intense PyroCbs can inject smoke into the lower stratosphere, where it can persist for weeks or months.”-Dave Peterson, Naval Research Laboratory, one of the first meteorologists to notice the PryoCbs phenomenon in the late 1990s

The data collected from the 2019 FIREX-AQ missions is now being studied to see how cloud water droplets and ice particles change in the presence of smoke.

Alaska;  3.7 quake 15JAN2020

  School district considers rejecting millions in FEMA earthquake funding due to required insurance!

California; Tech company spent U.S.$30-million to see if ‘earthquake lights’ could warn of temblors. It didn’t work

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Warnings of future flooding in burn areas of Santa Barbara County

Hawaii; Flooding Event Greatest Since Hurricane Lane

Oregon;  Can Scappoose Industrial Airpark survive a major disaster?

Sneaky ‘Sneaker’ Waves?

Utah;  4.0 quake in Beaver County

Washington; PacifiCorp to lower Yale Reservoir because earthen dam is “likely to liquefy in the event of an earthquake” 

Despite threat from Cascadia Event, Seattle has big plans for a new city extension, right along the coast line!

VANUATA:  What is Early Action Rainfall Watch?

Disposable diapers were banned at the end of 2019 (to “save the world”), now there’s a push to re-educate people how to use old fashioned washable diapers!

PACIFIC RING OF FIRE, 06-11 JANUARY 2020: MEGA-FIRE!

CLIMATE CHANGE, 12-18 JANUARY 2020: “ON SCALE WE’VE NOT SEEN BEFORE”