Update: 10/7/21

Instead of making a post immediately the next morning following an earthquake somewhere, it would be wiser for me to wait and process everything else going on in the world. After I deliver the news of the aftermath, I also scope what else could be going on out there in the world. It was not feeling immediately active out there earlier this morning, but that changed about an hour or two later. The magnitude 5.9 that struck southwestern Pakistan early Thursday morning has claimed the lives of 20 people. There has also been significant damage to structures in the area. Officials fear that the death toll may rise. There is still a very high potential for more strong earthquake activity in the world anytime or day now. This could extend into the weekend and early next week. A magnitude 5.9 occurred east of Tokyo, Japan several hours ago. The shaking was estimated to be a VI on the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale according to reports coming out of the area. It came up as code green on the pager which means that casualties and damage are unlikely. The structures in this region are resistant to earthquake shaking, though some vulnerable structures exist. On the other hand, the earthquake that struck Pakistan was of the same magnitude, yet it had an intensity rating of VII and the overall structures are extremely vulnerable to earthquake shaking. The pager came up as green likely due to the affected region being sparsely populated. Other regions that could be candidates for the next significant or major earthquake may include: Papua New Guinea, Indonesia(Sumbawa region, Java, Sumatra, or Nias), the Myanmar region, Philippines(Luzon), New Zealand, Peru, Argentina, Fiji, Tonga, Solomon Islands.. Some more seismic activity has occurred in the Sierra Nevada region of California as well as Nevada and a couple of Rocky Mountain States. There has also been some more small quakes popping up across parts of Texas and Oklahoma. There are still signs of some activity taking place in the Central and Eastern side of the country. One micro earthquake was recorded in the New Madrid Seismic Zone early this morning. I will be monitoring this side of the country more thoroughly. It is unclear what could be going on, but it has seemed a little more active most recently. Around 50 quakes have been recorded in the Central and Eastern U.S. over the past month. I may recall the number being a little lower the month prior to the latest. 29 earthquakes have been recorded in the New Madrid region over the past month, 12 in Eastern TN/Appalachian region, around 11 throughout parts of Arkansas(leaning towards the northeastern corner of the state towards New Madrid), one in southeastern Illinois, one in Virginia, 3 in the Northeast, and 3 near Charleston, SC(Charleston was once devastated by a major earthquake in 1886). I will be watching this side of the country more consistently. Other than that, I will also be monitoring the rest of the world and the potential for more significant EQ activity going on somewhere is still very high.

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