The major earthquake thread-Updated Constantly

[spellbound]

Originally Posted by lobuk

Thats three 6+ today. Seems to have been a signficant rise in larger quakes since the two 8+ quakes on the 11th April. Quite an uptick going on now.

http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/

This will be the new normal soon....2 or 3 big quakes over 6 magnitude per day.....

[svarga]

352 EQs on the USGS map!
April 17 UTC 21:07

The world is on EQ watch!
This Romanian EQ scientist story is #1 at BIN.
(I take BIN - often only rubbish tales - as a place to gauge the collective.)

Quake Expert: Earth Is Cracking Up

A leading earthquake scientist has warned that the planet could be cracking up after a series of massive quakes in just 48 hours.

Expert Gheorghe Marmureanu - from Romania's National Institute of Earth Physics - says 39 quakes had hit the globe within two days.

The series started with two massive quakes in Indonesia measuring 8.6 and 8.2 on the Richter scale rapidly followed by three more only slightly smaller in Mexico within hours.

"There is no doubt that something is seriously wrong. There have been too many strong earthquakes," said Marmureanu.

He added: "The quakes are a surprise that cannot be easily explained by current scientific knowledge. With the Indonesian quake for example, statistically, there should be one big earthquake in this part of Asia every 500 years. However, since 2004, there were already three quakes with a magnitude of over 8, which is not normal.

Source: http://www.croatiantimes.com/news/Ar...th_Cracking_Up

http://beforeitsnews.com/story/2025/...acking_Up.html

NZ quite active also - especially around Taupo:

http://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/...nt_quakes.html

For those of you who might not know, Taupo is ...

The Taupo Volcanic Zone is a highly active volcanic V shaped area in the North Island of New Zealand that is spreading east -west at the rate of about 8mm per year.
It is named after Lake Taupo, the flooded caldera of the largest volcano in the zone.

Taupo Volcanic Zone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Taupo Volcanic Zone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Taupo Volcanic Zone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[pachelbeld]

There has been a rise in earthquakes. I heard that since 1900 there were an average of like 134 earthquakes a year over 5.0 magnitude, with like 1 over 8.0. This year 2012 so far there have been like 139 earthquakes over 5.0 with (at least) 2 over 8.0. It is not even one third through the year 2012.
But I assume it is just a little burp of the earth and things will quiet down. May be wrong. But THEY were wrong about y2k, Hale Bopp, Elenin, May 21, 2011, etc. So I am figuring on this being another false alarm.
But, we will see. So far on the west coast, no big earthquakes, and Mount Lassen is fine. So I am not too worried.

[chip1]

Originally Posted by pachelbeld

there has been a rise in earthquakes. I heard that since 1900 there were an average of like 134 earthquakes a year over 5.0 magnitude, with like 1 over 8.0. This year 2012 so far there have been like 139 earthquakes over 5.0 with (at least) 2 over 8.0. It is not even one third through the year 2012.

But i assume it is just a little burp of the earth and things will quiet down. May be wrong. But they were wrong about y2k, hale bopp, elenin, may 21, 2011, etc. So i am figuring on this being another false alarm.
But, we will see. So far on the west coast, no big earthquakes, and mount lassen is fine. So i am not too worried.

as the ground shakes this is just the beginning the egg has not cracked yet... They were wrong...

[dude111]

Quite scary thinking about bud!!!

352EQs on the map AT THE SAME TIME??

My lord......

[rbl_4nik8r]

Originally Posted by pachelbeld

There has been a rise in earthquakes. I heard that since 1900 there were an average of like 134 earthquakes a year over 5.0 magnitude, with like 1 over 8.0. This year 2012 so far there have been like 139 earthquakes over 5.0 with (at least) 2 over 8.0. It is not even one third through the year 2012.
But I assume it is just a little burp of the earth and things will quiet down. May be wrong. But THEY were wrong about y2k, Hale Bopp, Elenin, May 21, 2011, etc. So I am figuring on this being another false alarm.
But, we will see. So far on the west coast, no big earthquakes, and Mount Lassen is fine. So I am not too worried.

Well 5.0 earthquakes are not really kept track of that much, and going back just 40 years ago you could have 6.0 earthquakes in some spots of the earth and never know about it. So on one hand yes we maybe getting more quakes, but on the other hand the monitoring system of earthquakes have became so much better we can now pick up damn near every quake that happens anywhere in the world. I dug this up its a long read but useful.

Originally Posted by rbl_4nik8r

Well this is my first post on these forums an I know its going to get mixed views from some people on here, but that's why I came here to post an see what others have to say, even if your a crackpot,talk to the stars or deal in facts. Now I do have an odd sense of humor so if you get my jokes fine an if you don't I could care less.

So first thing lets start off with the science of earthquakes, its only been grasped over the last 130 years as to what they are, how strong they can be an where they tend to hit more then other places in the world, also its only been in the past 40-50 years that we have seen earthquakes under 7.0 measured threw out the world on a regular basis, an only about 25 years that you have real time data world wide. Now yes the earliest seismograph was invented in China around 136 A.D. but keep in mind that most of the world at that time still thought earthquakes to be an act of GOD, oh fuck me, some people still do think that.

Now keep in mind the earth is over 4 billion years old so IF you can find a trend with graphs, or charts showing data over 10 years or even 20 years that mean something you must be a fucking GOD or have GOD like powers. Having said that don't mean that common sense cant add up to things that even a kid could understand. So lets look at a chart of quakes 7.0 or greater since 1900.

NUMBER OF EARTHQUAKES PER YEAR MAGNITUDE 7.0 OR GREATER
1900 - 2011

1900----13 1930----13 1960----22 1990----13
1901----14 1931----26 1961----18 1991----10
1902----08 1932----13 1962----15 1992N---23
1903----10 1933----14 1963----20 1993M---16
1904 ----16 1934----22 1964----15 1994----15
1905----26 1935----24 1965----22 1995E---25
1906----32 1936----21 1966----19 1996----22
1907----27 1937----22 1967----16 1997----20
1908----18 1938----26 1968----30 1998----16
1909----32 1939----21 1969----27 1999----23
1910----36 1940----23 1970----29 2000----15
1911----24 1941----24 1971----23 2001----16
1912----22 1942----27 1972----20 2002----13
1913----23 1943*---41 1973----16 2003----15
1914----22 1944----31 1974----21 2004----16
1915----18 1945----27 1975----21 2005----11
1916----25 1946----35 1976----25 2006----11
1917----21 1947----26 1977----16 2007----18
1918----21 1948----28 1978----18 2008----12
1919----14 1949----36 1979----15 2009----17
1920----08 1950----39 1980----18 2010----23
1921----11 1951----21 1981----14 2011----19
1922----14 1952----17 1982----10
1923----23 1953----22 1983----15
1924----18 1954----17 1984----08
1925----17 1955----19 1985----15
1926----19 1956----15 1986#---06
1927----20 1957----34 1987----11
1928----22 1958----10 1988----08
1929----19 1959----15 1989----07

Total 1900-1997 = 1960 events = 20 per year

* Most active year since 1900
# Least active year since 1900
N First full year of operation on NSN/digital recording system
M Year moment magnitude quotes were introduced
E Year energy magnitude quotes were introduced

So what do we see on this not a fucking thing other then the fact we have earthquakes of 7.0 or greater every year, an that some years we have more then others. Funny I read in this post or one of the other posts dealing with earthquakes that this year has had more quakes then any other year over 7.0 if that's so I failed to find where they got there facts, oh yea I forgot Elenin caused all the quakes this year but for some reason we are still here go figure.

Anyways back to the subject at hand Cali-quakes, first thing all them 1.0 to 4.0 quakes that happen each day are a good thing, it means the earth is moving just like it should be, when to worry is when you have areas that should be moving and are not or moving less then what had been in the past. So do you have areas along the San Andreas Fault that should be moving ? Now for the past number of years a few hundred miles of San Andreas has had very little movement an hardly any quakes. Now if you have any idea of Cali-quakes then Parkfield should stand out because its been studied a lot over the years, an you had the Parkfield Experiment
if you feel that need to mean anything to you Google it if not, to sum it up you have a lot of 6.0+ quakes in that area every 20+ years or so, and this has been happening for well over 100 years hell maybe even 200 years.

Now a few years back I took note to something while watching quakes in Cali every couple of days on here http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqscanv/

You have a section that inculdes Parkfield, Tejon Pass, Palmdale and Cajon Pass this has become locked. What that means is that you have quakes below Cajon Pass an above Parkfield but nothing in between, an before you ask I mean on the San Andreas Fault not other Faultlines. I do think if quakes were to happen along the Garlock Fault around Tejon Pass it could mean something big is going to happen on the San Andreas Fault, but that's only a fucking guess and like most people we are still clueless when it comes to quakes. What I do know is that the San Andreas Fault is a strike-slip fault, an that in about 100,000 years or so the LA basin will be north of where San Francisco is now an there is nothing you or I can do about that, oh an you will be long past worm food so who gives a fuck anyways.

Well some people do an that brings me to my last point for this topic. The longer this area remains locked the odds are you will have a quake that will be greater in size when it rips a part, an this will lead to lots of worm food an its good to feed the worms.


4nE

[chip1]

Magnitude Average Annually
8 and higher 1 ą
7 - 7.9 15 ą
6 - 6.9 134 ˛
5 - 5.9 1319 ˛
4 - 4.9 13,000
(estimated)
3 - 3.9 130,000
(estimated)
2 - 2.9 1,300,000
(estimated)

It is perhaps more stark to record that earthquakes across the planet show a marked increase in activity since 1997. There are more major earthquakes occurring now, and this on an ever more frequent basis.

Trends since 1986

For example, between 1986 and 1996 (incl), a period of 11 years, there were "just" 15 earthquakes listed by USGS of magnitude 7.0 or greater. This is not markedly different (albeit a slight decrease) from previous (similar periods) of 20th century, where an average of about 18 might be expected.

But between 1997 and 2007 (incl), a period of only 11 years, there were 99 earthquakes with magnitude 7.0 or greater :

This is more than a six-fold increase on the previous similar period - and is a stark increase on any earlier decades in 20th century too.


The trends in nature here, particularly from 1997 support the wider realisation of prophesy about the "End Times", namely that an increase in earthquake activity is a pre-requisite...

BIRTHING PAINS BEGIN SLOWLY AND INTENSIFY... CORRECT...

‘in various places there will be famines and earthquakes - these things are the beginning of birth pangs’ (ref: Matthew 24). Now, because birth pains begin small and then increase in intensity and frequency, this passage can be interpreted to mean that earthquakes (and famines - caused primarily through lack of rainfall in certain areas) will increase both in frequency and impact/strength...

AND THIS SEEMS TO FIT WITH THE TREND SINCE 1996...

CAN YOU SEE THE CYCLE/

[nobodyswife]

Unusual geological phenomenon in New-Brunswick and Connecticut.

Swarms of small earthquakes or underground activity ? Strange. Read on:

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?p...0418-34934-CAN

[chip1]

MCADAM FOUNDED FOR ITS TRAIN... DURING WWII FOUR MEN FLYING IN A PLANE IT COLLIDED WITH A COMMUNICATION TOWER AND THE PLANE FELL INTO A WATER TOWER... DURING A TRAINING FLIGHT TO AID THEIR COUNTRY...

ANY WAY LET ME SHOW YOU SOMETHING OF INTEREST... START CONNECTING THE DOTS... A CHAIN IS BEING SHOWN... OLD DORMANT VOLCANO SITES...

THAT ARE NOW BECOME ACTIVE... AND CLEARLY SHOWN IN THE CHAIN...

WISE ONES DO A GRAPH AND PLOT THE SOUNDS TO OLD DORMANT SITES AND SEE IF THE CHAIN BECOMES CLEAR...

11/13/2011 — Georgia earthquake near DORMANT VOLCANO — Vulcan Mining company @ location !
Posted on November 14, 2011

A 2.7 magnitude earthquake struck the state of Georgia this past week — several people reported hearing some kind of “explosion”– then felt an earthquake.

I think I may have determined a “cause” or a likely “earthquake trigger” — and more specifically, why THIS area in particular can expect further movement . Also, I think this may explain why some people heard an explosion of some kind.

Screenshot of the earthquake culprit below:

We see a chain of “old” dormant volcanic sites .. furthest to the south we see a massive supervolcano caldera.. several miles across.. 4 miles long / 2 miles wide...



There is a MINE at the location in question — on Blue Hole Road @ Pigeon Mountain in Georgia…. the name of the mine is… seen on google earth street view —

VULCAN MINES !!

Check out the GATE TO THE MINE !

In between the cone volcano and the larger caldera, we see an old blasted out “flank volcano”:



Then to the north (seen below) is the smaller “cone volcano”.. — Pigeon Mountain — where VULCAN mines are located.



Screenshot of distance in miles from earthquake epicenter: 19 MILES




Screenshot of all three volcanic areas from above:


In short — my opinion — the earthquake in Georgia was due to the old dormant supervolcano caldera, cone, and blasted out flank volcano .. located 19 miles west of the earthquake epicenter.

This is due to the global uptick in volcanic / tectonic activity.. literally, we are seeing volcanic areas which have been dormant for thousands of years are starting to show some activity — Pisgah, Black Hills, Volcano CA, Mono Lake, Yellowstone uplift, sites in Idaho, Utah, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama have shown activity… this is just listing USA activity recently (past 2 months).

Now we can add Pigeon Mountain to the list .

[yass]

Originally Posted by svarga

Romania's Quake Expert: Earth Cracking Up

A leading earthquake scientist has warned that the planet could be cracking up after a series of massive quakes in just 48 hours.

Expert Gheorghe Marmureanu - from Romania's National Institute of Earth Physics - says 39 quakes had hit the globe within two days.

The series started with two massive quakes in Indonesia measuring 8.6 and 8.2 on the Richter scale rapidly followed by three more only slightly smaller in Mexico within hours.

"There is no doubt that something is seriously wrong. There have been too many strong earthquakes," said Marmureanu.

He added: "The quakes are a surprise that cannot be easily explained by current scientific knowledge. With the Indonesian quake for example, statistically, there should be one big earthquake in this part of Asia every 500 years. However, since 2004, there were already three quakes with a magnitude of over 8, which is not normal.

http://www.croatiantimes.com/news/Ar...th_Cracking_Up

This might interest. Something to think about.

The Temptation of Time Travel
and Earth giving birth

http://s6.zetaboards.com/Free_Thinkers/topic/8812933/

[busa]

Reminder of the increase in volcanic activity:

MEXICO CITY (AP) – Authorities in Mexico have raised the alert level for the Popocatepetl volcano southeast of Mexico City due to increasing activity. It's now at the fifth step on a seven-level warning scale.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/s...ano/54365344/1

Russian volcano spewing ash to a height of 9500 meters
http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/103409/

The Santorini volcano caldera is awake again and rapidly deforming
http://thewatchers.adorraeli.com/201...dly-deforming/

Rumblings Continue at Cleveland Volcano
http://kucb.org/news/article/rumblin...eland-volcano/

Sangay volcano (Ecuador), activity update: growing lava dome, lava flows and ash explosions
http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/sang...xplosions.html

Tungurahua volcano (Ecuador), activity update: thermal anomaly in crater
http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/tung...in-crater.html

Huge Icelandic volcano shows activity : Katla latest
http://www.disasternews.net/news/art...articleid=4562

[rbl_4nik8r]

Originally Posted by chip1

Magnitude Average Annually
8 and higher 1 ą
7 - 7.9 15 ą
6 - 6.9 134 ˛
5 - 5.9 1319 ˛
4 - 4.9 13,000
(estimated)
3 - 3.9 130,000
(estimated)
2 - 2.9 1,300,000
(estimated)

It'd is perhaps more stark to record that earthquakes across the planet show a marked increase in activity since 1997. There are more major earthquakes occurring now, and this on an ever more frequent basis.

Trends since 1986

For example, between 1986 and 1996 (incl), a period of 11 years, there were "just" 15 earthquakes listed by USGS of magnitude 7.0 or greater. This is not markedly different (albeit a slight decrease) from previous (similar periods) of 20th century, where an average of about 18 might be expected.

But between 1997 and 2007 (incl), a period of only 11 years, there were 99 earthquakes with magnitude 7.0 or greater :

This is more than a six-fold increase on the previous similar period - and is a stark increase on any earlier decades in 20th century too.


The trends in nature here, particularly from 1997 support the wider realisation of prophesy about the "End Times", namely that an increase in earthquake activity is a pre-requisite...

BIRTHING PAINS BEGIN SLOWLY AND INTENSIFY... CORRECT...

‘in various places there will be famines and earthquakes - these things are the beginning of birth pangs’ (ref: Matthew 24). Now, because birth pains begin small and then increase in intensity and frequency, this passage can be interpreted to mean that earthquakes (and famines - caused primarily through lack of rainfall in certain areas) will increase both in frequency and impact/strength...

AND THIS SEEMS TO FIT WITH THE TREND SINCE 1996...

CAN YOU SEE THE CYCLE/

If you take 1943 to 1953 you had 323 earthquakes of 7.0 or greater, not only that it was the middle of WWII, you had many country's testing Nukes in that time, and it ended around the start of the Korean war. Hell we were on the brink of nuclear not even 10 years later in 1962, but it never happened.

Oh crap if you take 1954 to 1963 you had 185 earthquakes greater then 7.0 so technically you would need over 300+ earthquakes of 7.0 in a 10 year period to be worried about an increase.

On a side note I am still worried about Katla kind of shocked its not went up yet.


4nE

[chip1]

It looks like a super volcano will erupt... It seems as if all the volcano's are going from dormant to some type of activity...

It appears that here in the usa the dots are connecting to yellowstone...

Like a spider web all the strings are tied to yellowstone...

The dots are drawing a picture of the new madrid fault snapping...

I had a vision a few years ago about atlanta looking as if it went through a war... Destruction and fire in all directions...

I hope this is not the case...

[chip1]

European Supervolcano Showing Signs of Life, Can Destroy Europe


A massive volcano in Germany is showing signs of life, and it has some scientists worried. The Laacher See Volcano which sits under a lake near Bonn has the potential of raining ash and fire over, well…pretty much all of Europe.

Scientists say the Laacher See Volcano is similar in size to Mount Pinatubo, which erupted in Indonesia in 1991. Mount Pinatubo was considered the biggest eruption of the 20th century, causing global temperatures to cool by 0.5 degrees Celsius for an entire year!


The Volcano has historically erupted once every 10,000 – 12,000 years. The last eruption was 12,900 years ago.


It is hard to say exactly how devastating the Laacher See Volcano would be to Europe, but some scientists who were willing to talk about it said it would basically be TOTAL devastation. Cities all over Europe such as London, Berlin, Paris and others would be completely covered in ash.

For a few years now mini earthquakes have been detected under the ground at the site. In addition the lake that rests over the volcano has seen carbon dioxide bubbles drifting to the top of the lake which is usually a sign that the magma chamber underneath the mountain is beginning to evacuate.

THIS IS HAPPENING WORLD WIDE...

ION WAVES IN EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE: Today, a volley of C-class solar flares sent waves of ionization rippling through the atmosphere high over Europe. Dave Gradwell of Birr, Ireland, detected the disturbances using a VLF radio monitoring system:


The source of the flares is a sunspot in the sun's southern hemisphere (tentatively numbered AR1463)--one of several active regions popping up around the solar disk. With sunspot numbers on the rise, more flares and ion waves are likely in the days ahead. Stay tuned

ION WAVES CHANGE AND TWEAK THE FREQUENCY TO IT'S PROPER ORIENTATION... LIKE TWEAKING A GUITAR STRING... TESLA AND HIS WORK WAS BASED UPON CHANGING OR CALLING UP A SPECIFIC FREQUENCY... THE SUN IS DOING THE SAME...

GROWING SUNSPOT: What a difference a day makes. On April 16th, sunspot AR1460 did not exist. Twenty-four hours later it was twice as big as the planet Earth. This April 17th movie from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory shows sunspot genesis in action:

[rbl_4nik8r]

Originally Posted by chip1

European Supervolcano Showing Signs of Life, Can Destroy Europe


A massive volcano in Germany is showing signs of life, and it has some scientists worried. The Laacher See Volcano which sits under a lake near Bonn has the potential of raining ash and fire over, well…pretty much all of Europe.

Scientists say the Laacher See Volcano is similar in size to Mount Pinatubo, which erupted in Indonesia in 1991. Mount Pinatubo was considered the biggest eruption of the 20th century, causing global temperatures to cool by 0.5 degrees Celsius for an entire year!


The Volcano has historically erupted once every 10,000 – 12,000 years. The last eruption was 12,900 years ago.


It is hard to say exactly how devastating the Laacher See Volcano would be to Europe, but some scientists who were willing to talk about it said it would basically be TOTAL devastation. Cities all over Europe such as London, Berlin, Paris and others would be completely covered in ash.

For a few years now mini earthquakes have been detected under the ground at the site. In addition the lake that rests over the volcano has seen carbon dioxide bubbles drifting to the top of the lake which is usually a sign that the magma chamber underneath the mountain is beginning to evacuate.

THIS IS HAPPENING WORLD WIDE...

ION WAVES IN EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE: Today, a volley of C-class solar flares sent waves of ionization rippling through the atmosphere high over Europe. Dave Gradwell of Birr, Ireland, detected the disturbances using a VLF radio monitoring system:


The source of the flares is a sunspot in the sun's southern hemisphere (tentatively numbered AR1463)--one of several active regions popping up around the solar disk. With sunspot numbers on the rise, more flares and ion waves are likely in the days ahead. Stay tuned

ION WAVES CHANGE AND TWEAK THE FREQUENCY TO IT'S PROPER ORIENTATION... LIKE TWEAKING A GUITAR STRING... TESLA AND HIS WORK WAS BASED UPON CHANGING OR CALLING UP A SPECIFIC FREQUENCY... THE SUN IS DOING THE SAME...

GROWING SUNSPOT: What a difference a day makes. On April 16th, sunspot AR1460 did not exist. Twenty-four hours later it was twice as big as the planet Earth. This April 17th movie from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory shows sunspot genesis in action:

Oh my fucking god I can't believe your bringing up Laacher See just because its bubbling, little known fact it was bubbling back in the fucking 80's. I was in Germany from 81 to 83 and I was there I and the summer of 82 and it was bubbling then on the southern side.

There has been no temperature raise of the water, no mass killing of fish in the water, no raising of the land around it. Its basically the same old shit different day nothing more and all your doing is fearmongering.

Hell Katla shows more signs of blowing its top then Laacher See, this is not some global event that's taking place on all dead volcanos.

Why not do some research into volcanos like this one ?

http://news.discovery.com/earth/zomb...ia-111103.html

Or is it the fact that its a piss poor 3rd world country and not in the middle of Europe ?



4nE

[chip1]

A broad swath of the Altiplano plateau in southwest Bolivia is inflating like a giant balloon, presumably as magma builds up deep underground. This aggressive rise hints that a new supervolcano could be awakening in South America, geologists say, and so they are keen to learn more about the underlying cause.

JUST ADD IT TO THE LIST...

I AM NOT FEAR MONGERING JUST POINTING OUT ALL THE DEAD THINGS THAT ARE AWAKENING... FROM PEOPLE TO THIS EARTH...



WITH THIS PICTURE IT SHOWS THE EARTH AS SHE HAS BEEN GROWING... AS SEEN EASILY BY THE PLATES... SHE HAS BEEN SWELLING...

WHEN SHE IS COMPLETE SHE WILL GO BACK TO HER ORIGINAL SHAPE...

ONE LAND MASS AS IN THE BEGINNING...

THE PACIFIC PLATE THIS TIME AROUND...

THE LAST RING OF FIRE WAS THE RING OF FIRE AROUND ATLANTIS... THAT WAS THE SECOND RING...

THE CONCERN WOULD BE;


The Taupo Volcanic Zone is a highly active volcanic V shaped area in the North Island of New Zealand that is spreading east -west at the rate of about 8mm per year. It is named after Lake Taupo, the flooded caldera of the largest volcano in the zone.

Activity

There are numerous volcanic vents and geothermal fields in the zone, with Mount Ruapehu, Mount Ngauruhoe and White Island erupting most frequently. The zone's largest eruption since the arrival of Europeans was that of Mount Tarawera in 1886, which killed over 100 people. Early Māori would also have been affected by the much larger Kaharoa eruption from Tarawera around 1300 CE.[1]

The last major eruption from Lake Taupo, the Hatepe eruption, occurred in 181 CE. It is believed to have first emptied the lake then followed that feat with a pyroclastic flow that covered about 20,000 square kilometres (7,722 sq mi) of land with volcanic ash. A total of 120 km3 (29 cu mi) of material is believed to have been ejected, and over 30 km3 (7.2 cu mi) of material is estimated to have been ejected in just a few minutes. The date of this activity is known since the ash expulsion was sufficiently large to turn the sky red over Rome and China (as documented in Hou Han Shu).
Taupo erupted an estimated 1,170 km3 (280 cu mi) of material in its Oruanui eruption 26,500 years ago. This was Earth's most recent eruption reaching VEI-8, the highest level on the Volcanic Explosivity Index.

CHRISTCHURCH DOES THAT RING A BELL...

CHRISTCHURCH WITH THE TORNADO IN THE MIDDLE OF TOWN...

26500 YEARS DOES THAT RING A BELL/

AS IN THE DAYS OF NOAH... THE DAY ATLANTIS SANK BENEATH THE SEA IN THE SOUTH EAST ATLANTIC...

[nobodyswife]

While you were arguing.....

6.3 Indonesia

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php

[andyh]

Originally Posted by rbl_4nik8r

Well 5.0 earthquakes are not really kept track of that much, and going back just 40 years ago you could have 6.0 earthquakes in some spots of the earth and never know about it. So on one hand yes we maybe getting more quakes, but on the other hand the monitoring system of earthquakes have became so much better we can now pick up damn near every quake that happens anywhere in the world. I dug this up its a long read but useful.

Yep, the stats are a waste of time.
We've no idea what the hell is 'normal', we haven't had the accurate data for long enough to know.
The more monitoring stations we have the more data we have and so you would obviously expect to see more quakes!!

Recent data basically shows we have a shitload of quakes in the ring of fire and particularly in places like vanuatu.
You only have to google 'vanuatu earthquakes' to see the obvious.

The more important data imho is from quakes OUTSIDE these areas, if you look at those then you might get some better indication of if there is trouble brewing etc.

[svarga]

Originally Posted by andyh

We've no idea what the hell is 'normal'

So true!

[svarga]

USGS lowered the magnitude to 5.7 ...

MAP 5.7 2012/04/20 23:14:31 2.239 93.400 25.0 OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA
MAP 5.5 2012/04/20 22:29:00 3.280 93.858 28.3 OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA
MAP 5.6 2012/04/20 22:19:46 3.261 93.850 16.9 OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA
MAP 5.2 2012/04/20 19:34:06 3.297 93.819 11.8 OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquak...quakes_big.php

But the OZ site reported 6.3

M6.3 Off W coast of Northern Sumatra.
Sydney time: 21 April 09:14
UTC time: 20 April 23:14

http://www.ga.gov.au/earthquakes/