Twin 7.3 Earthquakes, Sea Of Okhotsk, Russia

And..  We're back.  I would swear not three minutes ago, there were Two 7.3 earthquakes listed on USGS, not one, as the current status asserts.  Two.  Like the headline I had just finished typing, actually containing the word "twin."  Huh.  Link to USGS.  I must have imagined the phantom quake being 100 miles south of the listed quake. 

Odd where my mind takes me..

Authorities still searching for answers behind May 27 mysterious booms and explosions in Michigan

Video courtesy You Tube via The Extinction Protocol.

The April 11, 2012 Event: cluster of large earthquakes rattle the globe from Indonesia to Mexico

A really significant, tectonically-active day.  More to come?   The Extinction Protocol.  Excerpts: 

A strong earthquake hit Mexico on Wednesday, shaking buildings and sending people running out of offices onto the streets of the capital Mexico City. The U.S. Geological Survey said the 6.5 -magnitude quake was centered on Mexico’s Pacific coast near Michoacan and struck fairly deep under the earth at 65 km or 40 miles. Prior to the Mexico earthquake, a powerful and shallow 5.9 struck near the Juan de Fuca tectonic plate off the coast of Oregon- indicating tectonic plates worldwide are being rattled by planetary seismic tension. Prior to Oregon earthquake, two massive 8.0+ magnitude earthquakes (8.6 and 8.2) struck the ocean floor off the north coast of Sumatra, Indonesia.
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The Indian Ocean strike-slip fault earthquakes are very unusual. As a matter of fact, I’ve never heard of a strike-slip lateral earthquake of this great a magnitude; especially under water. Preliminary assessment of the Indonesian quakes by U.S. geologists suggests one plate lurched past each other as much as 70 feet. San Andreas is a strike-slip, lateral- can we even imagine two sections of ground moving 70 feet near San Francisco? Had the force of the Sumatra quakes been unleashed upon San Andreas, the city would have been completely destroyed. Ironically, the largest surface displacement ever recorded in a lateral strike-slip fault was 21 feet and that was in the 1906 7.9 San Andreas earthquake. Just so we understand the significance of what transpired today; the Japanese March 11, 2011 earthquake move the ocean floor 79 feet sideways and 10 ft upwards, but today’s earthquakes happened in double 8.0+ magnitude sequence and moved the earth nearly as far. Worst, the seismic tension from the event ricocheted around the world and contributed to other earthquakes.

Late to the party:  Quakes in Utah, the Gulf of Maine, and Gulf of California.  I bet the earthquake sensitives were freaking out these last couple of days..

Another Major Earthquake Again Off The Coast Of Banda Aceh, Sumatra

Magnitude 8.9 - OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA



A tsunami watch is in effect.  This earthquake's saving grace?  The epicenter is over 300 miles off the coast, as opposed to 100 miles like the Boxing Day quake, giving people a chance to head for higher ground..
 
Maybe Timewave Zero isn't bullshit, after all..

China builds scores of dams in earthquake hazard zones

Look on the bright side:  At least they're not nuclear plants!  The Extinction Protocol.  Excerpts:

More than 130 large dams built, under construction, or proposed in western China’s seismic hazard zones could trigger disastrous environmental consequences such as earthquakes and giant waves, finds a new report from the Canadian watchdog group Probe International. The report shows that 98.6 percent of the dams being constructed in western China are located in high to moderate seismic hazard zones. The location of large dams near clusters of recorded earthquakes with magnitudes greater than 4.9, and especially when the earthquake focal points are also close to the surface, “is cause for grave concern,” said the report’s author geologist “John Jackson.”
And:
In a worst-case scenario, Jackson reports, dams could collapse, creating a giant wave that would inundate everything in its path, including downstream dams, causing great loss of life and property.

Bright side, China..  Bright side..

Clintonville’s reign of terror from mysterious booms continues

From The Post Crescent via The Extinction Protocol.  Excerpts:


Geological officials said Wednesday they are considering putting a seismometer in a Wisconsin city where a small earthquake was recorded last week after strong booms and rumblings shook residents once again. Clintonville police received 65 calls Tuesday night between 10:35 p.m. and 11:40 p.m. and another 19 calls came in between 3:25 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Clintonville Police Chief Terry Lorge said. Several of the booms were heard by officials at City Hall, he said. Residents reported the most recent booming as the worst yet, city administrator Lisa Kuss said.

Interesting that the USGS is considering putting a seismometer in Clintonville..  Again..  You'd think if it registered a quake(albeit small) during an ongoing event of high visibility, they'd have kept that seismo there to determine a pattern.  Huh..

One more from The Extinction Protocol.  Seems like Pennsylvania feels left out.. ‘That noise was not thunder,’ Poconos residents say: Boom violently shakes houses in Pennsylvania  Excerpts: (Plum emphasis EP, red emphasis mine..)

 Strong thunderstorms hit the Poconos Friday night, moving through shortly after 10 p.m. and continuing for at least a half hour, but the weather event that had folks talking was a loud sonic-like boom that shook houses at about 10:15 p.m. Gilda Spiotta of Long Pond said, “The shaking last night lasted unusually long. Didn’t sound like thunder, didn’t feel like thunder, was wondering if something happened on 380/80; tanker accident.” Another Long Pond resident, Lorene R. Allman-Mars: “My son was at the back door letting the dogs out and he reported that he saw a large flash of light fill the sky toward/above the FedEx distribution site on 940, then he heard a loud boom. It didn’t look like lightning; it looked like a bomb blew up in the air. I was on the second floor of the house; I didn’t see anything but I heard the boom and felt it shake the house. I actually felt it under my feet. The floors shook; I have never felt lightning shake the house like that before and we’ve been up here 20 years!” Some readers suggested an earthquake or an explosion, but said that definitely was no routine thunder. Meteorologist and Pocono weather expert Ben Gelber offered this explanation: “One possibility is that thunderstorms in our chilly environment near the surface tonight, associated with an inversion of warm air aloft, sound much louder.” He added, “The sound waves are refracted back to the surface and reverberate in ways that we normally do not experience as they bounce between the surface and the inversion near the base of the clouds."  (Maybe..)

Most conventional plausibility?  Positive lightning.  Those babies manifest some power!  But the unusually long shaking?  Still, maybe..  But prolonged shaking has not accompanied my personal experiences with Positive lightning.. 

I'd like to know how much area was effected by this event, as the booms in Clintonville, WI were initially limited to a 1.5 mile wide area, whereas booms in Montello, WI seemed to be heard by many more people throughout the town.  This "boom" was heard in multiple towns in Pennsylvania.  Is this the same phenomenon, or just coincidental timing?

And finally, back to Wisconsin for exploding tiles and a recoding of a genuine Clintonville Boom.

Enjoy your weekend!

7.2 Earthquake-Offshore, Chile

Magnitude 7.2 - OFFSHORE MAULE, CHILE This is a preliminary magnitude, so USGS will be sure to downgrade this eq shortly..

March, 20, 2012: Earthquake Roundup

Of course, there was a big one in Mexico..  Plus a  5.1 and 5.0 aftershock (Mexico), 6.2 in Indonesia, 5.0 in Vanuatu,  4.6 in Greece,  a 5 in the Loyalty Islands, 5.2 in Tonga, and a 4.3 in Bolivia..  Nothing HUGE, but taken all together so close to the recent solar activity, 188 day theory (Which is exact Thursday, March 22), all this activity is interesting..  Oh yeah, not to mention that the government of the Mexican province of Chiapas scheduled a 7.9 Earthquake drill for almost that exact time!  Somebody call The freakin' Mentalist!

Also..  What if the Mexico quake was a fore shock?  Hopefully, when we revisit Friday, this theory will be disproved.  We shall see..

Fukushima at Increased Earthquake Risk, Scientists Report

An old fault line reactivates almost right underneath Fukushima?  Not awesome.  Really Not Awesome, considering Reactors 2 and 4 seem to be much worse than thought.  The only ingredient missing for Catastrophe is a 7.0 or greater quake.  According to the article, there's a 70 percent chance of that happening this year, and a 98 percent chance of that happening in the next three years.

Not If.  Only When.

Earthquake or Foreshock? Sumatra Hopes It's The Former..

7.3 magnitude earthquake strikes off the west coast of northern Sumatra  The Extinction Protocol.  Excerpts:

A 7.3magnitude tectonic earthquake at a depth of 29 km (18 miles) was recorded on Tuesday, 420 km (260 miles) south west of Banda Aceh, Indonesia, the U.S. Geological Survey said. No immediate tsunami warning was issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center for its Indian Ocean area but later that was changed. The epicenter of the strong earthquake was about 1789 km (1111 miles) WNW of Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. The earthquake lasted for about 30 seconds, and residents in the provincial capital, Banda Aceh, rushed out of their homes in fear, an AFP reporter said. They later returned indoors. In recent weeks, a spasm of earthquakes have rattled the region in around Indonesia and currently 7 volcanoes in the very geologically-active archipelago are on high alert status.

This Bad Boy's Name Is "Hekla."

'Gateway to Hell': Airports brace themselves for ANOTHER Icelandic volcanic eruption putting summer holidays at risk  The Daily Mail UK via Rense.  Excerpts:

Scientists are closely monitoring unusual underground activity that could signal a massive explosion at a volcano dubbed the 'Gateway to Hell.'

The Heckla volcano in southern Iceland is capable of producing four times the debris of the country's last ash-producing blast that caused flights to be cancelled across northern Britain in May.
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'No eruption has started in Hekla volcano. But it might start without any warning.' said Icelandic volcano expert Jon Frimann.
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If Heckla blows, the amount of disruption it causes will depend on it size and the speed and direction of the wind.  (Obviously, experts expect this to be a substantial eruption..)

Both of Iceland's latest eruptions provided warning signs several hours before, but Hekla is known for having a very short fuse.

'Hekla never gives you much of a warning,' said Mr Einarsson, In 2000, it began rumbling an hour and a half before the outbreak of magma, which was actually an unusually long warning. In 1970 we only got 25 minutes notice,' he added.

Sweet.  The potential or active catastrophes continue to pile on, don't they?  In honor of Hekla resurgence, here's some B-52's.  Fuck it; let's dance..

This One's Called "Grimsvotn"

Volcano erupts in Iceland, spurs quakes  MSNBC.  Excerpts:

Iceland's Meteorological Office confirmed that an eruption had begun at the Grimsvotn volcano, accompanied by a series of small earthquakes. Smoke could be seen rising nearly seven miles from the volcano, which lies under the uninhabited Vatnajokull glacier in southeast Iceland.

A no fly zone has been designated for 120 nautical miles (220 kilometers) in all directions from the eruption. Isavia, the company that operates and develops all airport facilities and air navigation services in Iceland, described this as standard procedure around eruptions.