At first, there was not very much going on, but there has been a major earthquake in the world today. A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck the Kepulauan Barat Daya region in Indonesia, some 113 km northeast of Lospalos, Municipio de Lautem, Timor-Leste. It struck at 3:25 a.m. local time at an immediate and considerable depth of 200 km according to the EMSC. That has since been downgraded to a depth of 167 km by the USGS. No tsunami warning was issued for the surrounding islands. This earthquake was felt 600 km away in Darwin, Australia. Around 1,700 of its residents reported feeling tremors early on Thursday, according to Geoscience. The quake was not expected to cause any significant damage due to its focal depth and proximity to higher populations. There may still be more significant activity going on in the world anytime now this week. There has been some more activity in/near Japan and some more seismic activity has occurred across parts of the United States including the Eastern side.
Wednesday, December 29, 2021
Update: 12/29/21
At first, there was not very much going on, but there has been a major earthquake in the world today. A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck the Kepulauan Barat Daya region in Indonesia, some 113 km northeast of Lospalos, Municipio de Lautem, Timor-Leste. It struck at 3:25 a.m. local time at an immediate and considerable depth of 200 km according to the EMSC. That has since been downgraded to a depth of 167 km by the USGS. No tsunami warning was issued for the surrounding islands. This earthquake was felt 600 km away in Darwin, Australia. Around 1,700 of its residents reported feeling tremors early on Thursday, according to Geoscience. The quake was not expected to cause any significant damage due to its focal depth and proximity to higher populations. There may still be more significant activity going on in the world anytime now this week. There has been some more activity in/near Japan and some more seismic activity has occurred across parts of the United States including the Eastern side.
Tuesday, December 28, 2021
New Watch: 12/28/21-1/4/22
I know there was already a lot of significant activity in the world over the past week, but there now may be something going on again somewhere in the world. There may be more mag. 6+ going on somewhere any time or day now within the week ahead so far. At the same time, it may not become active, but I will put this out just in case something does happen. Regions that may be active may include: Greece(Eastern Mediterranean Sea region), Myanmar(Burma), Pakistan, Andaman Islands region, Indonesia(Banda Sea region), Philippines, New Zealand, Tonga, Vanuatu, Ecuador or Peru.. Again, it may or may not act up anywhere right now. I could end up deleting this post within the next few days, but as of right now, there may be more significant activity going on somewhere at any time. There could also be more going on across parts of the U.S. including California, the Pacific NW, and/or possibly the Central and/or Eastern U.S. There has been more activity taking place across the country over the past day or two.
Tuesday, December 21, 2021
Update: 12/21/21
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck just off the coast of Northern California yesterday causing moderate to strong shaking around the region. However, it likely caused little damage and it was a sparsely populated area. There may be more moderate earthquake activity taking place in parts of the world. There has also been higher levels of seismic activity in Alaska lately. At this point, there may not be anymore large earthquake activity going on in the world for now. There is still a chance for more significant activity somewhere, but there has already been a lot of that over the past week.
Sunday, December 19, 2021
Update: 12/19/21
Earlier today, a magnitude 6.3 struck the Fiji region. Shortly after, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck the country of Laos. Just now, a magnitude 6.0 struck the South Sandwich Islands which was an aftershock. There has still been a lot of activity in the world. It may not be over yet. There is activity also taking place throughout Alaska and there could be more going on again in the Central United States. A small magnitude 2.4 struck Illinois this morning. There still may be more significant activity taking place in the world.
Saturday, December 18, 2021
Update: 12/18/21
There is a chance more significant earthquake activity could be going on somewhere in the world anytime now or within the next few days. At the same time, there may not be a thing happening for now. I made an outlook yesterday, but deleted it. I figured that I normally post those towards the latter part of the month instead of the middle of the month. I also realized it may not be done yet out there. There is still a high potential for a strong earthquake somewhere, but at the same time, there may not be anymore serious activity for now as there had already been a major earthquake most recently.
Tuesday, December 14, 2021
Update: 12/14/21
Hours ago, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck off Flores Island, Indonesia. A tsunami warning was issued, but then lifted. According to the USGS, the earthquake had a focal depth of 11.5 miles(18.5 km). No major damage or casualties have been reported so far. The shaking was felt in 14 districts and cities across the provinces of East Nusa Tenggara, South Sulawesi and Southeast Sulawesi. There has been not much going on elsewhere in the world. Though there is still a heightened potential for more significant earthquake activity somewhere, that may also be it for now at the same time.
Sunday, December 12, 2021
EQ Watch: 12/12-19/21
Yesterday morning, I was thinking about making a new post, but then it went quiet again and decided not to yet. However, I later realized it was probably about to become active again. A few hours ago, a magnitude 6.5 struck west of Macquarie Island. Fortunately, it was in a remote part of the world underneath the ocean. There could be more significant activity going on elsewhere this week, potentially in areas that are not so remote. So far, there is a very high potential for magnitude 6+ in the world any time or any day now. Regions to watch would include: Pakistan, Iran, the Hindu Kush region, Myanmar, China(Sichuan, Yunnan), Indonesia(Banda Sea region), East Timor, Japan(Hokkaido), Kuril Islands, Aleutian Islands, Chile.. Meanwhile, more activity has occurred across parts of the U.S. More activity has flared up in Western Texas with a mag. 4.1 and there has also been activity taking place in Kansas. There has also been signs of more activity in the New Madrid Seismic Zone over the past week so far. Once again, there is a heightened potential for more strong earthquake activity in the world this week so far.
Friday, December 3, 2021
Update: 12/3/21
There have been a couple of magnitude 6-pointers in the world overnight - a magnitude 6.2 in the Easter Island region and a magnitude 6.0 in the South Sandwich Islands. There has also been some more moderate earthquakes over the past 12 hours including a magnitude 5.5 south of Tonga. There still could be more significant activity going on out there, but that also could be it for now. There could be some more activity going on in or around Alaska.
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