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Xmas bells are ringing!: Pacific Ring of Fire, December 2019

Incomplete list of links to seismic/natural disaster reports from around the Pacific Ring of Fire, December 2019.

 

Scientist say it snows in the center of the Earth; snow made out of Iron!

AUSTRALIA:  The perfect (fire) storm

Small earthquake at South West Rocks on (western christian) Christmas day

  Residents rocked by earthquakes at Muswellbrook and Denman

CANADA:  Forget a bus shutdown — here’s what getting around could be like after a major earthquake

Burst of earthquakes on (western christian) Christmas day near Vancouver Island raise fears of the Big One

320 years since the last Cascadia Megathrust doesn’t mean it’s overdue

CHILE: Explosive activity of Nicanor Crater continues 

4.2 quake 29DEC2019

6.0 quake 03DEC2019

CHINA:  4.9 quake, Hubei Province

Over 2,000 earthquake monitor stations to be built

5.2 quake injures 18 people

4.5 quake, Hebei Province

4.6 quake, Sichuan Province

COLOMBIA: The Christmas Eve (western christian Gregorian calendar) gift from the Earth to the people of Colombia was a reminder of Earth’s immense power and destructive potential. A magnitude-6.2 earthquake struck near the town of Mesetas.

COSTA RICA:   northwest shakes with magnitude 5.5 quake

ECUADOR: 4.23 quake

Reventador erupts again

EL SALVADOR:  Quake reported in San Salvador

FIJI:  5.2 quake near Lambasa, 27DEC2019

  5.1-magnitude quake hits 116km W of Ceva-i-Ra, on the western christian day of Christmas

INDONESIA: Anak Krakatau erupts, spewing out 200-meter-high column of ash

Since just before the western christian day of
Christmas (eastern christian Christmas is in January) the area around Indonesia has been hit by swarms of quakes.  Check website Volcano Discovery, at least 140 quakes greater than 2.6.

JAPAN:  5.2 quake, 30DEC2019

4.4 quake, 28DEC2019

 Meteorological Agency says the country was hit by nearly double the usual number of typhoons this year.

Magnitude 5.5 earthquake jolts Aomori Prefecture 

 

Cost of the never ending recovery from the 2011 quake/tsunami to hit U.S.$14-billion by 2025!

KOREA:  U.S. personnel at Osan Air Base practiced emergency responder training, 19DEC2019.

LAOS:  The Lao National Earthquake Data Center is now operational after funding assistance from the People’s Republic of China.

MEXICO:  Popocatepetl volcano spews smoke and ‘incandescent material’ on western christian Christmas Day

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NEW ZEALAND:  5.2 quake, 29DEC2019

American woman dies from burns suffered in volcano eruption

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NICARAGUA: 4.2 quake, 08DEC2019

PANAMA:  4.0 quake, 20DEC2019

4.1 quake, 14DEC2019

U.S. Joint Task Force-Bravo personnel and Panamanian forces joined for an emergency response and humanitarian assistance exercise in the Darien Province, called Exercise Mercury.  Panama is a highly valued regional security partner to the U.S. and the only country in Central America with a humanitarian assistance hub.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: 4.8 quake, 30DEC2019

4.5 quake, 21DEC2019

PERU: 4.6 quake, 30DEC2019

PHILIPPINES:  5.2-magnitude quake hits 85km south of Sarangani

35 dead after typhoon hit on (western christian) Christmas day

RUSSIA: 4.4 quake, 29DEC2019

5.4 quake, 27DEC2019

Activity with Bezymianny’s lava dome, inside its summit caldera, has increased.

 

SINGAPORE: U.S. taxes spent on a  Humanitarian Assistance Response Training (HART) Course at the U.S. Navy’s Commander, Logistics Group Western Pacific Headquarters in Singapore.  Also in attendance were the Canadians and Singaporeans.

TONGA: 4.8 quake, 24DEC2019

6.4 quake, 06DEC2019

UNITED STATES: 

Alaska;  Low-Level Eruption At Shishaldin Volcano Continues

 More taxpayer Funding Needed to Maintain Earthquake Sensors

 

Magnitude 5.2 quake hits Southeast Alaska

Aleutian volcano erupts sending ash 25,000 feet

California;  9 earthquakes shake residents on (western christian) Christmas Eve and Christmas

New USGS Seismic Hazard Map Shows Increased Risks in East Bay, San Jose

Californians living with ‘backyard volcanoes’?

Colorado;  Earthquakes trigger new plans for salt water injection well 

Hawaii;  Geothermal company almost done with volcano repairs

A Tiny Leak Led to a Massive, Unexpected Collapse at Kilauea

Idaho;  East Idaho quake connected to Yellowstone

Nevada;  2.7 quake, 26DEC2019 

Oregon;  Undersea volcano, off Oregon’s coast, has a giant magma chamber!

 City of Portland issues teenagers Earthquake Kits

 

Utah; 50% chance that “A large earthquake could result in thousands of deaths and life-threatening injuries….”

 

Washington;  Whatcom Sheriff’s Office monitoring earthquake cluster activity

Satellites can sense when the ground shifts

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VANUATU (New Caledonia):  5.0 quake, 26DEC2019 

 

Pacific Ring of Fire, November 2019: POLITICIANS SPEND TAX MONEY ON BAKA HELMETS, FOR THEMSELVES!

Yellowstone Magma expanding?

In a National Geographic article, researchers say the magma under Yellow National Park, is even bigger than before.

The latest scans of the super volcanic plume under Yellowstone, measured electrical conductivity, and is described as being like a giant medical CT scan.

Scientists now say the super volcanic plume extends 643km (400 miles), that’s increased from the 241km (150 miles) detected in 2009.  Back then scientist predicted that the plume was actually larger, and the new scanning technique proved them correct.

They also discovered that hot, salty water surrounds and is mixed in with the plume.