June 18, 2013 - Significant Global Earthquakes by Country: I downloaded 352 global earthquakes from 1973 to 2012, greater than or equal to (>=) 7.0 magnitude. I sorted the quantity by country from highest to lowest and graphed the results you see above.
Clearly, Indonesia had significantly more quakes (45) than second place Japan (27). It is interesting to note that the 290 tremors graphed above, represents 82.4% of the total 352 quakes (>= 7.0 Mag.).  Additionally, the top two countries, in terms of quantity of quakes, also saw the two most recent mega-quakes and tsunamis. Japan on March 11, 2011 and Northern Sumatra, Indonesia; on December 26, 2004.
Further, notice that the United States placed fourth with 21; composed of 12 for Alaska, 9 for California, and 1 each for Idaho and Hawaii = 21. If you add the four for Guam (a U.S. Protector it) that brings the total to 25, which is tied with Russia. Speaking off Russia, most of those 25 quakes occurred in the far east along the Kuril Island Chain. Similarly, most of the 12 Alaska quakes occurred along the Aleutian Island Chain.
Lastly, based strictly on history and probabilities, the next big meg-quake will probably occur among the top ten countries, which accounted for 214 out of the 352 major quakes (61.1%).
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March 20, 2013 - Thor not Ready to Bring Down his Hammer on the World - Yet:  In Norse mythology, Thor is a hammer-wielding God associated with thunder, lightning, storms, strength and destruction. Thor is a prominently mentioned God throughout recorded history. He was highly popular during the Viking Age. Thor is frequently referred to in place names, for example, the day of the week Thursday (“Thor’s day”) bears his name. Thor wields a world crushing hammer and his exploits, including his relentless slaughter of his foes, are recorded throughout history.

Here is my vision of the future for planet earth, using the Edgar Cayce and Seth readings and my own intuition. I have very strong intuitional visions about the future, which have proved to be uncannily correct in the past. Therefore, if you see the sequence of world events unfolding, as I have stated below, prepare!

A powerful 7.5 to 8.5 magnitude earthquake will occur in the Antarctic south of Latitude 58 degrees (probably south of the Magellan Strait at the southern tip of South America). This will signal the eruptions of Mount Etna in Italy, Mount Vesuvius in Sicily or Mount Pelee on the French Caribbean Island of Martinique in the Lesser Antilles. Three months after the eruptions, Japan will be struck by massive earthquakes and tsunamis and go into the sea, much as Atlantis did 12,000 years ago. Several months after this, the San Andreas Fault will rupture from the Salton Sea in Southern California, through San Francisco and off the north coast of California; destroying or severely damaging most major cities from San Diego to north of San Francisco. This will trigger the release of the Juan de Fuca plate system, off the coast of Oregon and Washington State and completely destroy Portland, Seattle and Vancouver, British Columbia. The volcanoes of the Cascade Range will explode in fiery congruence with Thor, God of destruction.

After the west coast of North America is devastated, the obliteration of the east coast of the United States will begin. First to go will be the coastal areas of Georgia and South Carolina, followed by the annihilation of New York City and the Tri-State Area. Subsequent to those events will see massive earthquakes in the New Madrid area of Missouri, in the central U.S.

During this cataclysm, there will be rising and falling of large land masses in North America. In the end, The Great Lakes will empty into the Gulf of Mexico. Great tsunamis will inundate the large population centers around the world, killing billions!

The entire world will see massive earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides and tsunamis; as God destroys those who follow the “darkness” of lust, greed, power and control and save those who follow the “light” of love and truth, joy and bliss and mercy and grace.

The era of this world transformation will be between 2013 and 2019. The years 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2018 will be particularly harsh!

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August 9, 2012 – - Earth Assassinated by Trojan Asteroid: Astronomers studying observations taken by NASA’s new Infrared Survey Telescope, have discovered the first known “Trojan” asteroid orbiting the Earth; trailing along behind ,or in front of our World, like a dog on a leash.

The picture, above, shows the Sun (left center), the Earth (lower center), the Earth’s orbit around the Sun (blue solid line with small blue balls), and the Orbit of the Trojan asteroid (bright green) making wide swings around the planet.

“Trojans” are asteroids that share an orbit with a planet. They constantly lead or follow in the same orbit as the planet. In our solar system, Trojans also share orbits with Neptune, Mars and Jupiter. Two of Saturn’s moons share orbits with Trojans.

Scientists had predicted Earth should have Trojans, but they have been difficult to find because they are relatively small and appear near the Sun from Earth’s point of view. Trojan asteroids dwell mostly in the daylight, making them very hard to see. However, astronomers finally found one. Its nondescript name is “2010 TK7” and it is roughly 1,000 feet (300 meters) in diameter. It has an unusual orbit, in that it is very far from Earth most of the time (by as much as 50 million miles or 80 million kilometers). The asteroid’s orbit is well-defined for at least the next 100 years. That’s one of the reasons scientists discovered the “Dog Asteroid.” Its distant orbit looks like a trick roper with a big lasso, swinging it around his horse while seated in the saddle. Only in this case, the horse is the Earth and the lasso is Trojan Asteroid 2010 TK7’s orbit.

Astronomers estimate that there are many Trojan Asteroids, some of which may impact our planet, causing a world changing catastrophic event. Astronomers have a vast search on for asteroids, comets and other space objects that may collide with Earth. Now they’ve expanded their search, to include Trojan Asteroids (and other near Earth objects) that may be lurking in the daylight and, therefore are “Cloaked” from our view. Chaos now lurks in the shadows!

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July 25, 2011 – - A 6.2 magnitude Earthquake strikes Close to New Britain Island, East of Papua New Guinea: The quake was 125 miles north-west of New Britain Island and 493 miles north-east of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. July 25th in Papua New Guinea is July 24th in the United States, because of the International Date Line. The quake was located east of the Bismarck Sea and west of the Solomon Islands. On July 20, 2011, there was another 6.2 magnitude quake 1,019 miles east of Port Moresby in the Solomon Islands. These locations border the south-west “Ring of Fire.”
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April 24, 2013 – A 6.5 Magnitude Earthquake Struck North of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea (PNG): The quake hit at 11:14PM GMT, on April 23, 2013. It was 819 kilometers (507 miles) Northeast of Port Moresby, PNG.

As you can clearly see from the map above, the quake occurred just east of the “Ring of Fire” in the PNG region. Here is a picture of Port Moresby:

Port Moresby and the PNG Region was the site of some significant World War II battles. Here is a 5.25 inch gun left over from WWII that is still in place near the city:

This picture was taken in 1944 by a local resident of the city.

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April 14, 2013 – A 6.6 Magnitude Earthquake Struck Near West Panguna, Paupa New Guinea (PNG): The strong quake hit at 1:32AM GMT (UTC), at a depth of 35 kilometers (21 miles). No tsunami is expected.

The Australia-Pacific plate boundary is over 4000 km long on the northern margin, from the Sunda (Java) trench in the west to the Solomon Islands in the east. The eastern section is over 2300 km long, extending west from northeast of the Australian continent and the Coral Sea until it intersects the east coast of Papua New Guinea. The boundary is dominated by the general northward subduction of the Australia plate.

Along the South Solomon trench, the Australia plate converges with the Pacific plate at a rate of approximately 95 mm/yr. towards the east-northeast. Seismicity along the trench is dominantly related to subduction tectonics and large earthquakes are common: there have been 13 M7.5+ earthquakes recorded since 1900. On April 1, 2007, a M8.1 interplate megathrust earthquake occurred at the western end of the trench, generating a tsunami and killing at least 40 people. This was the third M8.1 megathrust event associated with this subduction zone in the past century; the other two occurred in 1939 and 1977.

Further east at the New Britain trench, the relative motions of several micro plates surrounding the Australia-Pacific boundary, including north-south oriented seafloor spreading in the Woodlark Basin south of the Solomon Islands, maintain the general northward subduction of Australia-affiliated lithosphere beneath Pacific-affiliated lithosphere. Most of the large and great earthquakes east of New Guinea are related to this subduction; such earthquakes are particularly concentrated at the cusp of the trench south of New Ireland. 33 M7.5+ earthquakes have been recorded since 1900, including three shallow thrust fault M8.1 events in 1906, 1919, and 2007. (Credits – USGS).

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April 9, 2013: 5,293 Global Earthquakes from 1973 to 2013: I downloaded all earthquakes, with a magnitude of 6.0 or greater, from January 1, 1973 to April 8, 2013. This produced a data set of 5,293 global earthquakes, which I analyzed using an Excel spreadsheet.
The Earth’s equator is zero degrees Latitude, and is a 25,000 mile line dividing North and South Latitude. The results of separating those earthquakes into North or South Latitude are shown in the graph above.
As you can see, the South Latitudes had more earthquakes than the North. The average (mean) is 2,646.5 earthquakes. The South had 211.5 more quakes than the mean and the North had 211.5 less. The South, in total, had 424 (211.5 + 211.5 +1) more earthquakes than the North. The south had 54%, while the north had 46% of the total.
The reason for the difference is due to the fact that the South Latitudes include most of South America and the South-West Pacific Ocean Region of Sumatra, Tonga, Fiji, The Solomon Islands, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, New Guinea and Samoa; which are more earthquake prone. The North Latitudes include North America, Alaska, most of the Alaskan Aleutian Island Chain, Japan, the Russian Kirul Island Chain and the Russian Kamchatka Peninsula. These regions mark the Pacific Ocean “Ring of Fire,” where over 80% of the worlds earthquakes take place. 
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March 2, 2013 – Pacific Ocean Region Map of Volcanoes, Impact Craters and Earthquakes: The map above reflects significant volcanoes, impact craters and earthquakes, over the last 2,000 years. The tectonic plate boundaries are shown; with red representing divergent (spreading) boundaries, white displaying transform (strike/slip) margins and dark gray presenting divergent (one plate dives under another) borders.

The black dots represent significant earthquakes, over the last 2,000 years. I have highlighted several notable events. The 9.1 magnitude Sumatra quake of December 26, 2004 ruptured over 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) of subduction boundary. The subsequent tsunami killed more than 278,000 people, some as far away as Africa.

In the distant past, a Cascadia earthquake greater than 9.0 magnitude, drowned local coastal forests and triggered a tsunami that damaged distant Japan. Since the Juan de Fuca subduction (divergent) fault zone has not had a major release in centuries; this is a grave threat to the United States. Now there are millions of people in this region and an earthquake and tsunami of the Cascadia event (Pacific North-West, USA) size, would be a catastrophe of unimaginable proportions.

If the Cascadia event were coupled with a major release of the transform fault along the California coast, the entire west coast of the United States would be destroyed; killing over 50 million people.

The Kilauea volcano of Hawaii has been erupting since 1400 A.D. and has already created 1.4 square miles of new land. On a positive note, volcanoes create very rich sole for crowing crops and produce new land. The negative consequences are well documented in the cataclysmic eruptions of Tambora and Krakatoa in Indonesia.

The impact craters in Sikhote Alin, in Russia; from a large meteorite shower in 1947, left over 100 impact craters and over 8,000 meteorites. The danger from an impact by a meteorite, comet or other space object cannot be under estimated.

Augustine volcano, rising above Kamishak Bay in the southern Cook Inlet about 290 kilometers (180 miles) south-west of Anchorage, is the most active volcano of the eastern Aleutian arc. It consists of a complex of overlapping summit lava domes surrounded by an apron of volcanic debris that descends to the sea on all sides. The flanks (sides) consist mainly of debris-avalanche and pyroclastic-flow deposits formed by repeated collapse and regrowth of the volcano’s summit. The latest episode of collapse occurred during Augustine’s largest historical eruption in 1883; subsequent dome growth has restored the volcano to a height comparable to that prior to 1883. The oldest dated volcanic rocks on Augustine are more than 40,000 years old. At least 11 large debris avalanches have reached the sea during the past 1,800 to 2,000 years. A major eruption in the 21st century would devastate Alaska and kill 90% of its population. The subsequent tsunami would inundate the Pacific Rim Countries, including the United States.

Some believe that natural disasters are a manifestation of negative vibrations sent forth by the people of the Earth. If this is true, world events occurring now do not bode well for the globe; in terms of significant volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis and earth impacts from space!

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February 3, 2013 - 40 Years of Global Earthquakes by Region: The chart above reflects global earthquakes, greater than or equal to 7.0 magnitude, by five regions of the world over the last 40 years. The SW (south-west) Pacific was the “winner” by far. This region included all of the SW Pacific below 30 degrees North Latitude. The countries, in this region and the number of quakes are Indonesia (36), the Solomon Islands (19), Papua New Guinea (16), the Philippines (14), New Zealand (14), Vanuatu (12), and others. This area saw the December 26, 2004 Sumatra mega-quake; that killed over 200,000 people, primarily from the subsequent tsunami.
Next in line was the NW (north-west) Pacific (above 30 degrees North Latitude). Prominent here are Japan (37) and Russia (24). This region witnessed the recent Japanese earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011. Again, most of the damage and deaths were due to the tsunami.
The United States and Mexico were a surprising third (I was expecting the west coast of South America).

South America was fourth, with Chile experiencing over half of the major tremors in this location. The largest earthquake in the last 100 years occurred near Santiago, Chile in 1960.
The other groups includes seven regions such as Antarctica, Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and others.
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This figure summarizes sunspot number observations. Since 1749, continuous monthly averages of sunspot activity have been available and are shown here as reported by the Solar Influences Data Analysis Center, World Data Center for the Sunspot Index, at the Royal Observatory of Belgium. These figures are based on an average of measurements from many different observatories around the world.

The most prominent feature of this graph is the 11 year solar magnetic cycle which is associated with the natural waxing and waning of solar activity.

On longer time scales, the sun has shown considerable variability, including the long Maunder Minimum when almost no sunspots were observed, the less severe Dalton Minimum, and increased sunspot activity during the last fifty years, known as the Modern Maximum. The causes for these variations are not well understood, but because sunspots and associated faculae affect the brightness of the sun, solar luminosity is lower during periods of low sunspot activity. It is widely believed that the low solar activity during the Maunder Minimum and earlier periods may be among the principal causes of the Little Ice Age. Pictured below, the Frozen Thames, by Abraham Hondius (1677).

Throughout the Little Ice Age, the world experienced heightened volcanic activity. When a volcano erupts, its ash reaches high into the atmosphere and can spread to cover the whole earth. This ash cloud blocks out some of the incoming solar radiation, leading to worldwide cooling that can last up to two years after an eruption. Also emitted by eruptions is sulfur in the form of sulfur dioxide gas. When this gas reaches the stratosphere, it turns into sulfuric acid particles, which reflect the sun’s rays, further reducing the amount of radiation reaching Earth’s surface. The 1815 eruption of Tambora in Indonesia blanketed the atmosphere with ash; the following year, 1816, came to be known as the Year Without a Summer, when frost and snow were reported in June and July in both New England and Northern Europe. Pictured below, the mechanism for volcanic atmospheric cooling.

Other volcanoes that erupted during the era and may have contributed to the cooling include Billy Mitchell (1580), Mount Parker (1641), Long Island, Papua New Guinea (1660); and Huaynaputina (1600).

The Modern Maximum is between 1900 and 1950. (Credits: The 400 Year of Sunspot figure was prepared by Robert A. Rohde and is part of the Global Warming Art project)

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September 30, 2012 – Major Global Earthquakes by Country: The chart above summarizes the quantity of major earthquakes, greater than or equal to 7.0 magnitude, by country. The period covered is from January 1, 1973 to September 30, 2012.

Indonesia and Japan are # 1 and # 2. The Russian Federation was # 3, with almost all of those quakes occurring in or around the Kamchatka Peninsula and the Kuril Island Chain.

Two states, in the U.S.A. saw most of the major quakes: (1) Alaska – 12 and (2) California – 7. The U.S. Protectorate Guam had 4 and Idaho and Hawaii had one each.

The “80/20 Rule” holds true once again. The Pareto principle (also known as the 80–20 rule, the law of the vital few, and the principle of factor sparsity) states that, for many events, roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes.

Business-management consultant Joseph M. Juran suggested the principle and named it after Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto, who observed in 1906 that 80% of the land in Italy was owned by 20% of the population; he developed the principle by observing that 20% of the pea pods in his garden contained 80% of the peas.

It is a common rule of thumb in business; e.g., “80% of your sales come from 20% of your clients“. Mathematically, where something is shared among a sufficiently large set of participants, this rule seems to manifest. There is nothing special about the number 80% mathematically, but many real systems with a large number of cases (N) seem to follow the 80/20 rule.

Looking at the chart above of the top 12 countries, in terms of 7.0 magnitude earthquakes over the last 40 years the rule is almost spot on. There were 56 countries with quakes greater than or equal to 7.0 magnitude. The top 12 countries are shown in the chart above. Therefore, 80% of major global earthquakes occurred in 20% of the countries. The actual percentage is 21.4% (12/56 = 21.4%).

The chart above totals 246 major earthquakes in 12 countries. Total major quakes over the 40 year period were 358. Therefore, the quakes shown on the chart account for 68.7% of total quakes (246/358 = 68.7%).

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September 8, 2012 – A 6.0 Magnitude Earthquake Struck Near Nabire, Indonesia: The quake occurred 56km (35mi) WNW of Nabire, Indonesia; 277km (172mi) SSE of Manokwari, Indonesia: 370km (230mi) NE of Tual, Indonesia: 489km (304mi) ESE of Sorong, Indonesia; and 1,122km (697mi) NNE of Darwin, Australia.

It was 10:51AM (GMT, +00.00) and 7:51PM (UTC, +09:00) at epicenter.

Pictured above, is a closer look at today’s tremor. The Australia-Pacific plate boundary is over 4,000 km long on the northern margin, from the Sunda (Java) trench in the west to the Solomon Islands in the east. The eastern section is over 2,300 km long, extending west from northeast of the Australian continent and the Coral Sea until it intersects the east coast of Papua New Guinea. The boundary is dominated by the general northward subduction of the Australia plate.

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August 19, 2012 – A 6.2 Magnitude Quake Hit PNG: The 6.2 tremor struck at 8:41AM local time (August 20th). It was 10:41PM in London (August 19th – GMT), 6:41PM in New York, 5:41PM in Chicago, 4:41PM in Denver and 3:41PM in Los Angeles. The quake occurred at a depth of 77 kilometers (48 miles). There is no danger of a tsunami since it took place on land.

The tremor occurred 72 miles NNE of Mount Hagen, NG, PNG; 90 miles WNW of Madang, 103 miles northwest of Goroka, 212 miles northwest of Lae and 366 miles NNW of Port Moresby, PNG.

Mount Hagen is the third largest city in Papua New Guinea. It is the capital of the Western Highlands Province and is located in the large fertile Wahgi Valley in central mainland Papua New Guinea, at an elevation of 1,677 meters (5,502 feet). Since the tremor occurred 72 miles NNE of Mount Hagen, the city will definitely feel moderate to strong shaking and some damage. However, because the quake took place at a depth of 48 miles, the damage should be light. The deeper the earthquake, the wider the area it is felt over and less damage occurs on the surface. A relatively weak earthquake, that occurs directly under a populated area; may cause significant damage and loss of life. For example, the Christchurch, New Zealand tremor was under 6.0 magnitude, but occurred directly under the city and was very close to the surface – hence magnified damage was seen.

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July 31, 2012 – - Potentially Active Volcanoes of the Western United States: There are 14 volcanoes, on the map above, that have been active in the last 2,000 years. Another nine are potentially active.

Mount St. Helens is most the notorious for its catastrophic eruption on May 18, 1980, at 8:32 am PDT, which was the deadliest and most economically destructive volcanic event in the history of the United States. Fifty-seven people were killed; 250 homes, 47 bridges, 15 miles (24 km) of railways, and 185 miles (298 km) of highway were destroyed.

However, this was a small eruption compared to those of the past. The Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) was devised by Chris Newhall of the U.S. Geological Survey and Stephen Self at the University of Hawaii in 1982 to provide a relative measure of the explosiveness of volcanic eruptions. The lowest value is 0, and the highest is 8.

Kilauea is a VEI 0 example; It’s non-explosive and there are many occurrences of these types of volcanoes around the globe. Mount Etna is a VEI 3 example; it’s severe and there are roughly 870 occurrences in the last 10,000 years. Mount St. Helens is a VEI 5 example; it’s violent with 165 occurrences. Krakatau (Indonesia) is a VEI 6 example; it’s colossal with 50 occurrences. Tambora (Indonesia) is a VEI 7 example; it’s super-colossal with 5 occurrences. The Long Valley Caldera is a VEI 7 example shown on the map. Its last eruption was 760,000 years ago. The Yellowstone Caldera is a VEI 8 example, its’ mega-colossal and is on the map in Wyoming. Fortunately, the last eruption was 640,000 years ago. There have been zero occurrences of this type of eruption, over the last 10,000 years. VEI 6 and especially 7 and 8 eruptions are world changers with drastic consequences for our planet.

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July 28, 2012 - 70 Million Years of Pacific Plate Movement: The map above shows significant volcanoes over the last 3,500 years, in and around the Pacific Ocean. Almost all noteworthy volcanoes and earthquakes occur along Convergent plate boundaries (see below).

There are four types of plate boundaries: (1) Divergent boundaries, where new crust is generated as the plates pull away from each other – red lines, (2) Convergent boundaries (see picture belwo), where crust is destroyed as one plate dives under another – green lines, (3) Transform boundaries, where plates slide horizontally past each other – yellow lines and (4) Plate boundary zones, broad belts in which boundaries are not well-defined and the effects of plate interaction are unclear – none shown.

Almost all momentous volcanoes, and earthquakes, occurred in and around the Pacific Ocean near Convergent boundaries (Ring of Fire – see below). This was the case with the mega earthquakes, and subsequent tsunami’s, in Japan (2011) and Indonesia (2004). Significant volcanoes also occur on Convergent boundaries. This was the situation with Krakatau (1883) and Tambora (1815) in Indonesia. The country of Iceland is an example of volcanoes occurring in a Divergent boundary zone (not shown).

Volcanoes can also occur over “Hot-Spots” such as Hawaii (USA), Yellowstone (USA), the Galapagos Islands (Ecuador) and the Azores (Portugal).

Over the past 70 million years, the combined processes of magma formation, volcanic eruption and growth, and continued movement of the Pacific Plate over the stationary Hawaiian “hot-spot” has left a long trail of volcanoes across the Pacific Ocean floor (see purple line marked by the “Pacific Plate Shift” box). The Hawaiian Ridge-Emperor seamounts’ chain extends some 6,000 km (3,730 miles) from the “Big Island” of Hawaii to the Aleutian Trench off Alaska. The Hawaiian Islands themselves are a very small part of the chain and are the youngest islands in the immense submarine mountain chain composed of more than 80 volcanoes. A sharp bend in the chain indicates that the motion of the Pacific Plate abruptly changed about 43 million years ago, as it took a more westerly turn from its earlier northerly direction. Why the Pacific Plate changed direction is not known.

As the Pacific Plate continues to move west-northwest, the Island of Hawaii will be carried beyond the hotspot by plate motion, setting the stage for the formation of a new volcanic island in its place. This process is already under way. Loihi Seamount, an active submarine volcano, is forming about 35 km (22 miles) off the southern coast of Hawaii. Loihi already has raised about 3 km (1.9 miles or 10,000 feet) above the ocean floor to within 1 km (0.6 miles or 3,170 feet) of the ocean surface. As Loihi continues to grow; it will become the next island in the Hawaiian chain. In the future, Loihi will eventually become fused with the Island of Hawaii, which itself is composed of five volcanoes knitted together: (1) Kohala, (2) Mauna Kea, (3) Hualalai, (4) Mauna Loa, and (5) Kilauea.

Notice that the “recent” submarine mountain chain, marked by the short purple line closest to Hawaii, points directly toward Japan and the Kamchatka Peninsula of Russia! (Credits: USGS and NOAA).

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July 25, 2012 – A 6.5 Magnitude Earthquake Struck the Solomon Islands: The quake occurred at 10:20PM at the epicenter at a depth of 22 kilometers (14 miles). It was 7:20AM in New York, 6:20AM in Chicago, 5:20AM in Denver and 4:20AM in Los Angeles. Since the quake struck land, there is no danger of a tsunami.

This is the second quake to hit today, from a GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) perspective. Earlier today a 6.4 magnitude quake hit near the Indonesian Island of Sumatra.

The quake occurred 23 miles southwest of Honiara, Solomon, Islands; 94 miles southwest of Auki, 125 miles SSE of Dadali, and 854 miles east of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.

The Solomon Islands are a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. It covers a land mass of 28,400 square kilometers (11,000 sq. miles). The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal. The nation of the Solomon Islands is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. Pictured above, one of the idyllic beaches of the Solomon Islands.

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June 5, 2012 – The Manam Volcano Sees Mild Eruptions: The SW avalanche valley, one of four large regularly spaced radial valleys that extend from the summit of Manam volcano to its lower flanks, is seen above in August 1972. The SW valley is the smallest of four and is located below the southern summit crater, which is steaming in the distance. The headwalls of the valleys expand into distinctive amphitheaters, which are straddled by the summit cone. During larger eruptions, pyroclastic flows and lava flows descend all four valleys, sometimes to the coast.

Residents living around Manam Island off Madang in Papua New Guinea have been warned to take precautions after volcanic eruptions on the island. Manam is one of PNG’s most active volcanoes and recent explosions in the craters have been heard 15 kilometers (9 miles) away. Ima Itakarai from Rabaul’s Volcanology Observatory says he doesn’t believe a major eruption is imminent, but it cannot be ruled out. “There has been an ongoing mild eruptive activity happening at one of the craters on the side of Manam,” he said. “That activity has consisted of occasional plumes, coming up every now and then, with a bright glow at night.“ (Credits: Photo by Wally Johnson, 1972, of the Australia Bureau of Mineral Resources; Narrative: The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and RSOE EDIS).

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May 17, 2012 - The Coming Solar Eclipse and Past Powerful Earthquakes: The map above shows the May 20, 2012 Annual Solar Eclipse path and all global earthquake, from 1973 to yesterday, that were greater than or equal to 7.0 magnitude (the pink crosses). The “Ring of Fire” is clearly outlined; from north of New Zealand, continuing west through Indonesia, the Philippines, Japan, the Russian Kirul Islands, the Alaskan Aleutian Islands, the west coast of the United States, Mexico, Latin America, and South America.

The May 20th Solar Eclipse goes through past powerful earthquakes in Japan, the middle of the Aleutian Islands and the west coast of northern California. Will the Solar Eclipse set off any earthquakes or volcanoes? I have made my predictions in prior posts (the middle of the Aleutian Islands), while others favor Cascadia (along the west coast of U.S. northwest) and Japan.

If this eclipse generates any significant earthquakes, my prediction is it’s going to occur today (May 17th) through the day before the eclipse (May 19th). However, since this eclipse is part of a family of Solar Eclipses called, “Saros Series 14 South,” that began on August 29, 984 A.D. (at the South Pole), any serious earthquake damage is mitigated.
As Bernadette Brady described it, in her landmark book, “Predictive Astrology: The Eagle and the Lark,” Jupiter is softening the effects of Mercury, Mars, Saturn and Pluto. In other words, the “Mother Chart” for this eclipse shows no strong earthquake signatures.
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May 15, 2012 - A 6.0 Magnitude Earthquake Struck the Papua New Guinea (PNG) Island of New Britain: The quake hit at 10:59AM on May 16th, because of the International Dateline, at the epicenter. Since it struck on land and was relatively small, there is no danger of a tsunami. Further, it occurred at a relatively deep 154 kilometers (96 miles), which means the shaking occurred over a wide region.  
The epicenter was 29 miles west of Kimbe, New Britain (NB), PNG; 45 miles NNE of Kandrain, NB, PNG; 318 miles NNE of Port Moresby, PNG (see map) and 1,524 miles north of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.  PNG is an independent country located partly on the Island of New Guinea, the second largest Island in the world.  The eastern half of new Guinea is PNG, while the western half is part of Indonesia.

It was 8:59PM (May 15th) in New York, 7:59PM in Chicago, 6:59PM in Denver, and 5:59PM in Los Angeles.
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April 20, 2012 - A 6.6 Magnitude Struck Near the North Coast of Papua, Indonesia: The quake occurred on April 21st at 10:16AM at the epicenter (because of the International Dateline) at a depth of 30 kilometers (19 miles). No tsunami was expected according to the NOAA Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. It was April 20th, 9:16PM in New York, 8:16PM in Chicago, 7:16PM in Denver and 6:16PM in Los Angeles.
The large tremor hit 51 miles SSE of Manokwari, Papua, Indonesia; 211 miles ESE of Sorong, Papua, Indonesia; 615 miles south of Koror, Palau; and 781 miles NNE of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia (see map).
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April 17, 2012 - A 6.8 Magnitude Quake Struck Eastern New Guinea, Papua New Guinea: New Guinea (NG) is the second largest Island in the world, after Greenland. The western portion is part of Indonesia, while the eastern half is part of the Independent Nation of Papua New Guinea (PNG). Today’s powerful 6.8 magnitude tremor struck three hours and 23 minutes after a 6.7 magnitude tremor struck Valparaiso, Chile.
It was 5:13AM near the epicenter. The quake occurred at a relatively deep 208 kilometers (129 miles) and, therefore, was felt over a very wide area. No tsunami warning was issued as deep earthquakes do not usually generate tsunamis.
When the quake occurred, it was 3:13AM in New York, 2:13AM in Chicago, 1:13AM in Denver, 12:13AM in Los Angeles and 7:13AM in London England.
The powerful tremor was centered 86 miles north of Lae, NG, PNG; 90 miles ESE of Madang, NG, PNG; 273 miles north of Port Moresby, PNG (see map) and 1,563 miles NNW of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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April 15, 2012 – 6,372 Years of Global Volcanic Eruptions: I downloaded all volcanic eruptions, from 4360 B.C. to 2012 A.D.; which is a total of 6,372 years. I graphed the volcanic eruptions by VEI (Volcanic Explosive Index), which is displayed above. Only 540 of the volcanoes in the NOAA database had VEI ratings, out of a total of 614 events.

The VEI is a method of eruption classification that volcanologists use to classify events, much like the Richter scale classifies earthquakes. The VEI is an exponential scale, in that one increase up the scale (which runs from 0 to 8) is a tenfold increase in destruction power. For example, a VEI 4 event is ten times stronger than a VEI 3 event. A VEI 5 event is 100 times stronger (10 X 10 = 100), while a VEI 6 is 1,000 times stronger than a VEI 3 (10 X 10 X 10 =1,000). See below for the complete Volcanic Explosive Index (VEI) scale:

Volcanoes and earthquakes are related in that the tectonic plate boundaries that cause most global earthquakes are also responsible for most volcanoes. The belt of volcanoes that surround the Pacific Ocean and the “Ring of Fire,” contains about two-thirds of the world’s active volcanoes.

Next, I graphed the volcanic eruptions by month, as shown below:

Of the 614 events in the NOAA database, only 509 had a month listed. The unusual thing about this chart is that the high of 65 for August and the low of 30 for November are beyond two standard deviations from the mean, which puts them in the statistical oddity category. Again, each research answer leads to ten new questions.

I then graphed the day of the month that the eruption fell on, as can be seen in the graph below:

The low of 7 eruptions on the 14th of the month and the high of 24 eruptions on the 17th of the month are outside the statistical reasonableness. Something else is at work here.

Volcanoes can cause destruction in more ways than earthquakes: the blast itself, avalanches, lightning, floods, gas emissions; indirect deaths from disease, starvation, exposure and desolation; lave and mudflows, pyroclastic flows, ash, bombs, steam blasts, and tsunamis.

Lastly, I graphed all eruptions from 1900 to 2012 (291) by year as seen below:

The average per year is about 2.5. The exponential trend line is slopping up. The last seven years on the graph show the following number of eruptions per year: 2006 = 7, 2007 = 2, 2008 = 4, 2009 = 2, 2010 = 7, 2011 = 9 and 2012 (thru April 13th) = 1. It looks like world-wide volcanic activity is increasing at an alarming rate. Other cycle information supports this conclusion.

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April 11, 2012 - Seven Earthquakes Struck the West Coast of Northern Sumatra Today: Two of the quakes were greater than 8.0 magnitude, one was 6.0 and five were greater than 5.0. This is close to the same location that saw the mega-quake and tsunami on December 26, 2012 that killed over 200,000 people and created massive destruction and carnage world-wide, especially around the Indian Ocean.
The details of the quakes are shown in the update graph, from the USGS, shown above. The carnage started at 8:38AM GMT with a massive 8.6 magnitude quake (3:38AM in New York and 12:38AM in Los Angles). Another powerful 8.2M aftershock occurred at 10:43AM GMT (5:43AM New York and 2:43AM Los Angeles).
This region is home to more strong earthquakes than any other in the world. Of the 354 tremors, greater than or equal to 6.0 between 1973 and 2012, Indonesia saw 45, Japan 37, Russia 24, the USA 22, the Solomon Islands 19, Chile and PNG (Papua New Guinea) 16, New Zealand 15, followed by Mexico, the Philippines, Vanuatu and China with 14 each.
I will continue to post on this extraordinary series of earthquakes throughout the day.
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April 7, 2012 Major Global Earthquakes Over the last 2,000 Years: The world map above was produced from the NOAA website. It reflects all global earthquakes greater than or equal to 7.0 magnitude.

To interpret the map, use the following legend:

The legend shows earthquake magnitudes across the top and the effects of those earthquakes, in terms of deaths, down the left side.

Generally, major earthquakes occur along the earths tectonic plates (the red lines on the map). However, this is not always the case. The Hawaiian Hot Spot and the New Madrid three major quakes in 1811 and 1812 are but two examples.

Also significant are the number of destructive earthquakes in Europe. This does not bode well for the European Union.

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April 6, 2012 - A 6.2 Magnitude Quake Hit Near New Ireland: New Ireland is part of the country of Papua New Guinea (PNG), and additionally occupies the eastern half of the Island of New Guinea (see map below). This area, PNG and Indonesia, is at the juncture of the southern portion of the Pacific Tectonic “Ring of Fire” plate and sees many earthquakes.

The charts above are from the USGS and show: (1) Earthquakes >= 5 magnitude from 4/2/12 and one hour ago, and (2) the location of today’s 6.2 magnitude tremor. It was 549 miles northeast of Port Moresby and 1,580 miles north of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Today’s quake struck at 2:15AM at the epicenter, 12:15PM in New York, 11:15AM in Chicago, 10:15AM in Denver and 9:15AM in Los Angeles.
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