EARTHQUAKES!

[brianj]

On the subject of earthquakes, there was a magnitude 6.3 earthquake Sunday morning in North Korea, a man made tremor. If the math was correct that's in the vicinity of a one megaton explosion.

[oxbloodangel]

Watching all this earthquake news with a feeling of awe, in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, with Irma tearing through Baja California and an earthquake swarm felt from Idaho to SLC, Utah and over the border in Wyoming. Could Yellowstone's geological activity trigger a Wasatch event?
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/8656 ... Idaho.html

North Korea: I'm praying for the good people there who have most likely been struck by an experiment gone wrong by their military!

[Spaced_Out]

On the subject of earthquakes, there was a magnitude 6.3 earthquake Sunday morning in North Korea, a man made tremor. If the math was correct that's in the vicinity of a one megaton explosion.

It has been confirmed a nucler test and Japan is saying that the blast was 10 times bigger than precious. NKorea is claiming a hydrogen bomb and also having capability for delivering an EMP.

[Kaarno]

I was looking on RSOE and it is showing a lot of activity around soda springs. Is that common there?

[Rosevhs]

Watching all this earthquake news with a feeling of awe, in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, with Irma tearing through Baja California and an earthquake swarm felt from Idaho to SLC, Utah and over the border in Wyoming. Could Yellowstone's geological activity trigger a Wasatch event?
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/8656 ... Idaho.html

North Korea: I'm praying for the good people there who have most likely been struck by an experiment gone wrong by their military!

Irma is in the Atlantic headed toward the Leeward Islands. Where do you get it "tearing through Baja California"?

[oxbloodangel]

Yep, you're right. I made a mistake. There are storms going through Baja California, but it's not Irma.

[EmmaLee]

8.1 EARTHQUAKE IN MEXICO

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/magnitude-8-e ... ories.html

At least 15 people were killed as a magnitude-8.1 earthquake rocked Mexico late Thursday night, leveling buildings in southern Mexico, triggering tsunami warning in several countries and causing people to flee into the street, buildings to sway and lights to go out in Mexico City, some 650 miles from the quake's epicenter.

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, who said the quake was 8.2 in magnitude, called it the strongest the country has seen in a century. The U.S. Geological Survey measured it at 8.1 magnitude.

The powerful temblor occurred some 50 miles southwest of Pijijiapan, Mexico, off the coast of the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, at 11:49 p.m. local time (12:49 a.m. ET), according to the USGS. The depth of the earthquake was 43 miles, the USGS said.

National civil defense chief Luis Felipe Puente told the Televisa network that at least 15 people had died, according to the Associated Press.

Two children were reported dead by the Associated Press in Tabasco, the state just north of Chiapas. Tabasco Gov. Arturo Nunez told The Associated Press one child died when a wall collapsed while a baby died when electricity went out at a hospital where the infant was on a ventilator.

Nieto said 1 million customers were without power in the immediate aftermath of the quake, but that 200,000 remained without power early Friday.

[BroJones]

Thanks, EmmaLee.
Wow - we see lots of "natural disasters" this month so far...

More on the Mexico equake:

The strongest earthquake to hit Mexico in 100 years struck off the country's southern coast late Thursday night local time, officials report. So far, five people are reported dead from the magnitude-8.1 temblor, which was felt by 50 million people across Mexico, according to news reports.

The powerful earthquake hit the country at 04:49:21 UTC on Friday (Sept. 8), which was 11:49 p.m. local Mexico time. The shaking was felt as far away as Guatemala and Mexico City, according to a CNN report. The epicenter of the quake occurred 54 miles (87 kilometers) southwest of Pijijiapan, in the Mexican state of Chiapas.

New York Times reporters in Mexico City described the terrifying scene: "The force sent residents of the megacity fleeing into the streets at midnight, shaken by the alarms blaring over loudspeakers and a full minute of tremors. Windows broke, walls collapsed, and the city seemed to convulse in terrifying waves."

[ParticleMan]

Solar activity is one predictor of earthquakes.

[EmmaLee]

Mexico City earthquake: Powerful 7.1 magnitude tremors hit Mexican capital
Tuesday, September 19, 2017

A powerful earthquake has jolted Mexico City - measuring magnitude 7.1 according to the US Geological Survey (USGS) - causing buildings to sway sickeningly on the anniversary of a 1985 quake that did major damage to the capital.

The extent of damage or injuries was not immediately clear, but people fled office buildings along the central Reforma Avenue.

Mexico's seismological agency estimated its preliminary magnitude at 6.8 and said its centre was east of the city in the state of Puebla. That municipality is about 40 miles southeast of the capital.

Pictures fell from walls and objects were shaken off of flat surfaces. Some people dove for cover under desks.

A video that appear to show the earthquake in action show lights swaying above people crowding into hallways for safety, and then those lights seeming to lose power.

The earthquake hits less than two weeks after a devastating 8.1 magnitude trembler that impacted off the coast of Chiapas. That event killed at least 98 people, and left devestation primarily in the souther Mexican states of Chiapas and Oaxaca. All told, those two states have a combined population of nine million people, and are impoverished.

The USGS estimated that there were at least six aftershocks exceeding a 5.0 magnitude after that quake earlier this month. An estimated 1.85 million homes lost power after the initial shock wave, but 74 per cent of those homes saw services restored within hours.

Also - https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/majo ... 57047.html

[Alaris]

3.8 Idahoan Earthquake today as well - http://www.theindychannel.com/news/loca ... of-indiana

3.6 in California last night: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/19/fash ... shian.html

[Matchmaker]

Park City, Utah 3.3 yesterday

[Elizabeth]

Breaking: A major magnitude-7.1 has struck central Mexico, killing at least 134 people and toppling buildings in the heavily populated capital where rescuers are searching frantically for survivors under the rubble.

[Spaced_Out]

Breaking: A major magnitude-7.1 has struck central Mexico, killing at least 134 people and toppling buildings in the heavily populated capital where rescuers are searching frantically for survivors under the rubble.

Yip lots of warning signs. New Zealand had a 6.1 south of South Island and a 5 between N-S Islands... Definitely a ramp up of disasters.

Mount Agung activity on the rise: AgencyLevel 3 warning
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2017 ... gency.html

Scientists Say Italian Supervolcano Is "Becoming More Dangerous" As Magma Builds Beneath It
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-09-1 ... soon-erupt

[EmmaLee]

Mexico City earthquake: Powerful 7.1 magnitude tremors hit Mexican capital Also - https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/majo ... 57047.html

Latest info with video -

http://www.dailywire.com/news/21307/mas ... benshapiro

A massive 7.1 magnitude earthquake has rocked Mexico, approximately 75 miles southeast of Mexico City, near the town of Raboso.

The earthquake comes 32 years to the day after the 1985 Mexico City earthquake that killed as many as 10,000 people, and just 11 days after an 8.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Tres Picos, Mexico, killing as many as 58 people.

The death toll currently stands at 149 and counting, reports CNN.

According to CBS News: “The quake caused buildings to sway sickeningly in Mexico City and sent panicked office workers streaming into the streets … thousands of people fled office buildings and hugged to calm each other along the central Reforma Avenue as alarms blared, and traffic stopped around the Angel of Independence monument.”

[EmmaLee]

http://www.ldsliving.com/Church-Release ... dium=email

Church Releases Statement After Deadly Mexico City Earthquake, Status of All Missionaries Still Unsure

The Church issued the following statement in English and Spanish following the Mexico City earthquake, the second earthquake over a 7.0 magnitude to hit Mexico in the last two weeks:

We are heartbroken to see the destruction and suffering that is occurring as a result of another serious earthquake in Mexico. At this time, it's difficult to understand fully the impact, including to Church members and facilities. The Missionary Training Center in Mexico was not damaged, and the missionaries there are safe. There are several missions in this region, and mission presidents are working to determine the status of all missionaries. Some have reported that all are safe, while others are still assessing the situation. This is complicated by damaged communications systems, large distances, and travel difficulties. Mission presidents will keep families updated as they are able, and we will provide additional details as we learn more. We pray for their safety and invite others to join us in our prayers for Mexico and her people.

[Elizabeth]

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake has hit off the coast of Japan, the US Geological Survey says.
The agency's website says the quake hit early on Thursday about 283 kilometres southeast of the city of Kamaishi and more than 322km east of Fukushima.

[Elizabeth]

Rescuers frantically searched for survivors of a powerful earthquake that killed more than 200 people in Mexico on the anniversary of another massive quake that left thousands dead and still haunts the country.

The death toll as of mid-morning Wednesday was 225, the head of the national disaster response agency, Luis Felipe Puente, wrote.
At daybreak, firefighters, police, soldiers and volunteers were still swarming over the ruins of some 40 buildings that collapsed in the capital.

They had worked through the night after Tuesday's 7.1-magnitude quake, hoping to find survivors beneath the mangled remains of collapsed buildings, in scenes echoed across a swath of central states.
"We are continuing to search for people," Mexico City mayor Miguel Angel Mancera told Televisa TV. At least 40 people have been found alive in two of the collapsed buildings.

The structures of some 600 other buildings whose walls swayed and cracked were being inspected.

The most agonizing search was at a school in the capital where 21 children - aged between seven and 13 - and five adults were crushed to death. At least 30 children were still missing.
The nation's attention was fixed on the school, the Enrique Rebsamen elementary and middle school on Mexico City's south side.
Hundreds of soldiers, police and volunteers wrestled with the wreckage through the night, trying to extract a teacher and two students found alive beneath the rubble.
There were signs of life in the rubble below.

Women are covered in dust after making it out of a building that collapsed.
"It seems that some 20 children are safe with a teacher inside a classroom," a rescuer said as he clambered down from the mountain of bricks, concrete and twisted metal.
There also appeared to be nine lifeless bodies in the debris, he said.
Suspicion was already mounting of shoddy building standards at the school.
The three-story building "ought to have had in-built earthquake resilience," said geoscience professor David Rothery of the Open University in Britain.

A man walked out of the door frame of a building that collapsed after the earthquake and said:
"Had it been properly constructed it should not have collapsed, and I expect questions will be asked about whether the appropriate building codes were adhered to."

Many residents spent the night in parks and plazas, in tents or makeshift shelters, unable or unwilling to return to their homes as authorities reported 22 aftershocks and urged the utmost public caution.
"If you don't feel safe, you are advised not to stay in your home," warned Carlos Valdes, head of the national disaster centre.
The death toll form the quake continues to rise as authorities discovery bodies in the rubble.

Mexico is prone to earthquakes, being located in a seismically active region. Its last major quake, on September 7, killed 96 people in the southern part of the country.
The destruction revived haunting memories in Mexico on the anniversary of another massive quake in 1985 that killed more than 10,000 people, the disaster-prone country's deadliest ever.
Tuesday's quake struck just two hours after Mexico held a national earthquake drill, as it does every September 19 to remember the 1985 event.
Adding to the national sense of vulnerability, the earthquake struck just 12 days after another quake that killed nearly 100 people in southern Mexico.
Experts said the two quakes did not appear to be related, as their epicenters were far apart.
Mexico sits atop five tectonic plates, making it particularly vulnerable to earthquakes.

The death toll will continue to rise as more bodies are discovered in the rubble.
There were 94 dead in Mexico City, 71 in Morelos, 43 in Puebla, 12 in Mexico state, four in Guerrero and one in Oaxaca, he said.

Rescue workers reported that families were getting WhatsApp messages pleading for help from desperate relatives trapped under debris.
Patients were evacuated from the capital's hospitals, wheeled out on beds and wheelchairs.
Mexico City's international airport closed for more than three hours following the quake. The stock market was forced to shut, but was set to reopen Wednesday.
In Puebla, a picturesque colonial city near the quake's epicenter, several churches were damaged and one collapsed, killing 11 people, officials said."

[Elizabeth]

A strong magnitude 6.1 quake hit off the east coast of Japan early but authorities did not issue a tsunami warning.

It struck 283 kilometres east of the city of Kamaishi on Honshu, the largest Japanese island, at a shallow depth of just 10 kilometres, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said.

The Japan Meteorological Agency said no tsunami warning was in effect and the USGS said only weak shaking would have been felt on Honshu and the risk of damage was likely to be minor.

Japan sits at the junction of four tectonic plates and experiences a number of relatively violent quakes every year.

But rigid building codes and strict enforcement of them mean even strong tremors typically do little damage.

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake has hit off the coast of Japan, the US Geological Survey says.
The agency's website says the quake hit early on Thursday about 283 kilometres southeast of the city of Kamaishi and more than 322km east of Fukushima.

[Alaris]

6.4 in the pacific

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world ... 58251.html

[Alaris]

More in New Zealand
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... 56491.html

[Elizabeth]

[Elizabeth]

A STRONG 6.4-magnitude earthquake has struck Vanuatu’s Erromango island in the Pacific Ocean, the US Geological Survey says.
It says the quake struck the centre of the island, Vanuatu’s fourth largest, at 7.09am Thursday local time and was fairly deep at 200km, which would have dampened its effect.
Erromango has a population of just under 2000 people.
The Vanuatu archipelago, east of Australia in the Pacific Ocean, is in the so-called Ring of Fire.

[EmmaLee]

UPDATE
September 20, 2017 at 6:15 p.m. MDT
The Church issued the following statement on the Mexico City earthquake:

We have confirmed that all missionaries in the region affected by Tuesday's earthquake in Mexico have been contacted and are safe. Mission presidents have been in contact with families to let them know they are well. Missionary apartments in several missions sustained damage, including a few that are now uninhabitable. Missionaries are eager to participate in the cleanup efforts and will do so as they are able to safely engage. Several Latter-day Saint chapels were also impacted, and teams are assessing the extent of the damage. We continue to pray for the people of Mexico as they recover from this serious earthquake.

[Elizabeth]

"China's seismic service CENC on Saturday detected a zero-depth, 3.4-magnitude earthquake in North Korea, calling it a "suspected explosion".

The epicentre is roughly the same as that of a previous shallow earthquake on September 3, which turned out to be caused by a North Korean nuclear test, the official Xinhua news agency said.

The earthquake comes after days of increasingly bellicose rhetoric between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un's regime over Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions that has raised international alarm.

There seemed to be some initial difference of opinion, however, with Seoul's Korea Meteorological Agency (KMA) saying that it had registered a tremor of a similar size, but judged it a "natural quake".