Sunday, April 27, 2008

The Big One - There has been a lot of activity for quite some time now in the northeast Pacific


The Global Activity with less activity in the southwest Pacific and more in the northeast. The techtonic activity is increasing. I could 'get into' what I believe, but, hard rock geologists always say it is nonsense. The Earth is a planet of FLUID. Air/atmospheres is a fluid. Water is a fluid. And magma is a fluid. They are all related and they all absorb the turbulence of Earth's troposphere and lower stratospheric ionic vortices caused by Human Induced Global Warming.


A man who said his name was Juan cleans up the groceries that toppled from the shelves at Save Mart in Northwest Reno after Friday night's strong earthquake April 25, 2008. The quake had a preliminary reading of 4.7 and is the latest of 100's of earthquakes that have swarmed the northwest Reno area in the past six weeks with the quakes getting progressively stronger. (AP Photo/Reno Gazette Journal - Marilyn Newton)


Magnitude 4.7 - NEVADA (click here)
2008 April 26 06:40:10 UTC



Reno urged to prepare for worse as earthquakes continue (click here)
By MARTIN GRIFFITH – 10 hours ago
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Scientists urged residents of northern Nevada's largest city to prepare for a bigger event as the area continued rumbling Saturday after the largest earthquake in a two-month-long series of temblors.
More than 100 aftershocks were recorded on the western edge of the city after a magnitude 4.7 quake hit Friday night, the strongest quake around Reno since one measuring 5.2 in 1953, said researchers at the seismological laboratory at the University of Nevada, Reno.
The latest quake swept store shelves clean, cracked walls in homes and dislodged rocks on hillsides, but there were no reports of injuries or widespread major damage....



Magnitude 5.2 - ILLINOIS (click here)
2008 April 18 09:37:00 UTC


Aftershocks expected for weeks to come (click here)
(Published April 26, 2008)
EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Geologists who gathered a week after a 5.2-magnitude earthquake shook the Midwest said they expect mild aftershocks to rattle the region for several weeks.
The latest aftershock, a 3.7 magnitude temblor, was felt in Evansville on Friday as geologists from nine states met in the southwestern Indiana city to discuss the recent quakes....




U.S. Geological Survey Says WA, OR Are On Shaky Ground. Home and Business Owners Should Be Prepared and Consider Earthquake Insurance, Notes I.I.I. (click here)

NEW YORK, April 24, 2008 — The revised earthquake-hazard maps released this week by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) provide greater understanding of the seismically active areas of the country, particularly the Pacific Northwest, while also highlighting the need for property owners to consider purchasing earthquake coverage, according to the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.)....



Magnitude 6.6 - ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA (click here)
2008 April 16 05:54:19 UTC

Moderate quake shakes up northwest Alaska (click here)
By The Associated Press
ANCHORAGE — A moderate earthquake is being reported in the Bering Strait region.
The Alaska Earthquake Information Center says the quake struck at 5:41 a.m. today. It had a preliminary magnitude of 5.0.
The earthquake was centered 34 miles southwest of Point Hope.
Dorcus Rock, a Point Hope resident, tells Alaska Public Radio Network that she was making coffee when she felt the quake. Rock says she initially thought she heard a tractor trailer passing by.
There are no immediate reports of damage.