Update: October 23, 2020

 

So far, the world EQ map may look somewhat scant, but 2 earthquakes of mag. 6+ have occurred over the past 10 hours. A mag. 6.0 struck the West Chile Rise and then 2 hours later, a magnitude 6.1 occurred South of the Fiji Islands. That does not seem very significant because the West Chile Rise is a remote area and was along a small divergent part of the Nazca and Antarctic plates. The one near the Fiji Islands was far too deep and nowhere near land. At this point, it may go back to being relatively quiet out there in the world for now. However, there is still a high potential for more large earthquake activity going on somewhere within the next several days. There has also been more taking place along parts of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. There is the possibility of something going on in Iceland. However, there may not be much significant activity going on anywhere at all yet. The areas of potential concern may include: New Guinea, Indonesia(Kepulauan Barat Daya, Sulawesi, Sumatra), East Timor, Northern Mariana Islands, Peru, Bolivia, the Aleutian Islands, Gulf of Alaska, Tonga, Fiji, New Zealand, Greece or possibly other parts of the Mediterranean including Italy... Again, while there is still a high potential for more strong earthquake activity in the world, it could end up becoming quiet again. There has also been more activity increasing in Southern California. There was a flare-up down at the Southern end of the Salton Sea yesterday afternoon and some more happened overnight. There has also been a number of quakes occurring in the Mojave Desert near the town of Barstow.