Friday, February 22, 2019

Update: Feb. 22, 2019

A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.5 occurred 71 miles ESE of Palora, Ecuador overnight. Yesterday was relatively uneventful. The last major earthquake in the world was before New Year's Eve. Before calling it quits last night, I advised(via Twitter) that while there was little significant activity taking place globally at the moment, there was still a chance something big could happen somewhere overnight or by the next morning.
While there is still the potential for more dangerous activity elsewhere, that may be it for now. At this point, it looks like there will be these little big spurts - a single large earthquake between intervals - over the next several weeks. However, more strong earthquakes may also be imminent somewhere else in the world anytime or day now. As of right now, there is little taking place all over. The potential regions that could be hit next include: Indonesia(Sumatra, Java, Halmahera, Sulawesi), East Timor region, the Flores Sea, Banda Sea, Molucca Sea, New Guinea and Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Vanuatu, Tonga, Loyalty Islands, New Zealand(possibly), Guam, Northern Mariana Islands region, Philippines(Mindanao, Luzon), Taiwan, Japan(Honshu, Hokkaido, Izu Islands, Bonin Islands, Ryukyu Islands), Kuril Islands, Kamchatka Peninsula, Aleutian Islands or potentially Southern Alaska, Andaman Islands region, Myanmar(Burma), the Hindu Kush region, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, Greece, South Sandwich Islands region, Chile, Argentina, Peru, Central America and Southern Mexico. Western Turkey and the Eastern Mediterranean Sea region(including Greece) has been recently showing signs of becoming more violently active. A powerful earthquake could potentially strike the region anytime within the next 3-4 weeks. However, it also might not happen. I'm taking this to a higher level where I'm attempting to determine the exact areas that could be the next potential candidates for the next round of large quakes within the next 2-3 months. The regions in particular that I'm focusing on now include: Atacama, Chile, Central Turkey(as well as Western Turkey and/or Greece), Northeastern Pakistan and the vicinity, potentially the Himalayas, parts of the Philippines such as Mindanao and/or Luzon, Guam, Micronesia, and the Northern Mariana Islands, Ryukyu Islands(Japan), the Alaska Peninsula and the Kodiak Island region, possibly the coast from Washington to British Columbia, and Central America(Panama, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, or the Chiapas region of Mexico). As of right now, there is not very much interesting activity taking place here in Southern California. I cannot say whether we could get hit by a strong earthquake within the next 4 weeks or not. Something can suddenly spring up on us at anytime. I've been sort of playing hit-or-miss here. There is a chance more could take place this week in terms of more magnitude 4+, but it could hold off for another 2 weeks. It may be becoming more active here this spring so far. A magnitude 5 or higher anytime soon is definitely not out of the question. It could even happen any day now.
There was a magnitude 4.0 near Ludlow 2 weeks ago, but there has not been any magnitude 3 or higher since - at least anywhere South of the Garlock Fault. There is definitely a high chance of more magnitude 3 or greater this weekend or within the next week so far. More activity is warming up again so far. There may also be more noticeable activity popping up elsewhere in California and the Western U.S. including Utah, Wyoming, and Idaho. The activity is changing everywhere all the time, so I keep consistent updates on Twitter. I always share the link at the end of every blog post: https://twitter.com/SeismicFox1

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