Important Takeaways:
- California is hit by 13 earthquakes in just 25 minutes overnight – with the first striking just after midnight
- California was struck by 13 earthquakes in a span of just 25 minutes overnight, the National Weather Service (NWS) has confirmed.
- The first quake struck just after midnight on Monday, hitting northwest of El Centro – a city in the southern border region.
- The United States Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake recorded a 4.8 magnitude and reportedly shook much of San Diego County.
- The area was hit with a 4.5 aftershock just six minutes later, which was then followed by a series of smaller aftershocks, originating west of the Salton Sea.
- The quakes appear to have been caused by the San Jacinto fault system, meteorologists have said. It is one of the most active faults in southern California.
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- A 4.5 magnitude earthquake hit southern California on Wednesday night, originating in San Bernardino and generating a shockwave that could be felt between Los Angeles and Palm Springs.
- No current damage has been reported out of the San Bernardino epicenter, which serves as home to Lake Arrowhead and Big Bear…
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- Magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes Kepulauan Talaud
- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 has been registered in the area of the Talaud Islands in Indonesia, the European Mediterranean Seismological Center reported.
- The quake’s epicenter was located 171 kilometers southeast of the Philippine city of General Santos, home to about 679,000 people. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 91 kilometers.
- It did not trigger a tsunami alert, according to the US Tsunami Warning System and the Philippine seismological agency.” By the grace of God it was not that strong in our province,” said Chief Master Sergeant Ian Roy Balandan of the Sarangani provincial police office on Mindanao. Balandan told AFP there had been no reports of casualties or damage to infrastructure or houses. “It was really mild. People hardly felt it,” he said.
- This article was published in thejakartapost.com with the title “Magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes Kepulauan Talaud.”
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Important Takeaways:
- Japan earthquake death toll rises to 94 with dozens still missing
- The US has pledged $100,000 in aid for blankets, water and medical supplies
- Despite rescue efforts, the death toll Friday grew to at least 94 people, and the number of missing was lowered to 222 after it shot up the previous day.
- More than 460 people have been injured, at least 24 seriously.
- The Earthquake Research Institute at the University of Tokyo found that the sandy coastline in western Japan shifted by up to 250 meters (820 feet) seaward in some places.
- The earthquakes set off a large fire in the town of Wajima, as well as tsunamis and landslides in the region. With some routes cut off by the destruction, worries grew about communities in which water, food, blankets and medicine had yet to arrive.
- Experts warned of disease and even death at the evacuation centers that now house about 34,000 people who lost their homes, many of them older.
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Important Takeaways:
- Search for survivors continues after Japan earthquakes with critical 72-hour window closing
- The search for survivors continues following a series of earthquakes in Japan that killed at least 60 people, with the critical 72-hour window closing.
- A magnitude 7.6 earthquake hit the Noto Peninsula in the Ishikawa prefecture as part of a series of quakes on Monday, 1 December.
- The regional government confirmed on Wednesday that 62 people are dead and more than 300 injured as a result of the quake, with the search for survivors ongoing through the rubble.
- The first 72 hours following an earthquake are vital as the chance of finding and saving people greatly diminishes after three days.
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- Daylight reveals full destruction of Japan’s deadly 7.6 magnitude earthquake with homes toppled, temples destroyed and white smoke rising from charred remains of buildings as country reels from 150 quakes in the last 24 hours: Death toll ‘rises to 13’
- As daylight broke across Japan this morning the full destruction of the deadly 7.6 magnitude earthquake was laid bare showing collapsed homes, toppled temples and huge cracks in the middle of roads.
- White smoke continued to rise from the charred remains of buildings, as the country woke to the horrific aftermath after being hit with 150 quakes in less than 24 hours.
- The New Year’s Day disaster left at least 13 people dead in the Ishikawa Prefecture according to the Japan Times, with dozens more injured and unaccounted for as emergency workers plough through rubble to try and find survivors.
- One building, believed to be a seven-story block, was seen lying on its side while a temple in Suzu City is said to have been completely destroyed. In popular tourist site Wajima City, in the Ishikawa Prefecture at least 100 buildings have been destroyed.
- Shocking images emerging from the country show houses flattened to the ground, with abandoned cars being engulfed into huge crevices in the road.
- A major search and rescue operation continued into the early hours of Tuesday, with Japan’s Prime Minister saying that rescue efforts had been made ‘extremely difficult due to damage to roads’ in the Ishikawa prefecture, near the epicenter of the quake.
- As Japan was on high alert on Monday, waves of at least 1.2 meters (four feet) high hit the port of Wajima, and a series of smaller tsunamis were reported elsewhere, including as far away as the northern island of Hokkaido.
- Dozens of aftershocks registering between 3.1 and 6 on the Richter scale rang out after the largest quake hit around 4pm local time (7am UK time), with Wajima City’s Fire Department in Ishikawa reporting it had received more than 30 reports of collapsed buildings, according to Japanese broadcaster NHK.
- Elements of Japan’s military have been called up to aid in the rescue and evacuation efforts, Hayashi added, with a total of 51,000 told to abandon their homes.
- Japan’s meteorological agency said that the earthquake’s magnitude of 7.6 is the largest ever recorded in the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa prefecture.
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Important Takeaways:
- At least 131 killed, 700 injured in China’s deadliest earthquake in 9 years
- A devastating earthquake, measuring 6.2 in magnitude, rocked northwestern China shortly before midnight on Monday. The seismic event, impacting Gansu and Qinghai provinces, stands as the most lethal earthquake in China in the past nine years, claiming the lives of at least 131 individuals and injuring over 700.
- The disaster left residents in dire conditions, with many spending the night in tents in freezing temperatures, the newswire noted.
- The quake also caused landslides, complicating rescue efforts. Emergency workers are searching for missing persons, with Qinghai officials reporting 16 missing in a landslide.
- According to Reuters, 78 people were found alive in Gansu, where rescue operations concluded Tuesday afternoon. Attention is now turning to treating the injured and resettling residents as they brace for the challenges of the approaching months-long winter.
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Important Takeaways:
- Another Tsunami Prophecy – When Will The American People Start Listening To The Warnings?
- We have been warned for decades that someday gigantic tsunamis will hit the United States. Unfortunately, most of the population is not interested in such warnings at all.
- Perry Stone has had a number of “tsunami dreams” over the years, and on November 9th he had another one which greatly startled him.
- …he reveals that he was shown that the tsunami threat is caused by a large earthquake…
- Stone then transitioned into a series of dreams he has had over the years, specifically focusing on tsunami scenarios affecting various coastal areas of the United States. While clarifying that he does not actively seek such visions, Stone shared a recent dream from Nov. 9, in which he witnessed an earthquake and the subsequent threat of a tsunami.
- “I do not go to bed thinking about tsunamis. I do not ask God to show me events concerning tsunamis. As a matter of fact, these dreams often come at a time when I least expect it,” Stone reveals.
- According to Oregon State University paleoseismologist Chris Goldfinger, the Cascadia Subduction Zone has the potential to cause an earthquake that is “almost 30 times more energetic” than anything that the San Andreas Fault is capable of producing…
- Such a quake would have the ability to create a giant tsunami that could potentially destroy everything west of Interstate 5 in the Pacific Northwest.
- Needless to say, we have never seen a disaster of that magnitude in the entire history of our country, and we are completely and utterly unprepared for it.
- Goldfinger claims…The tsunami would bring water 20 to 80 – maybe even 100 – feet higher than today’s high tides. Most of the structures that have survived the killer quake but built too low will be smashed into by a devastating wall of water. And the next surge could be even higher, and the one after that higher still.
- It won’t just be the water causing destruction, but everything it picks up.
- A number of years ago, the former head of FEMA’s Region X was quoted by the New Yorker as saying that “everything west of Interstate 5 will be toast”…
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Important Takeaways:
- 7.6 magnitude earthquake off Philippines prompts evacuations more than 1,000 miles away
- The earthquake near the southern Philippines island of Mindanao was strong enough and close to land to shake nearby communities, the U.S. Geologic Survey said in a post on X, formally known as Twitter. It occurred just after 10:30 p.m. Saturday local time
- The Tsunami Warning Center initially said that based on the magnitude and location, it expected tsunami waves to hit the southern Philippines and parts of Indonesia, Palau and Malaysia. But the center later dropped its tsunami warning.
- In Japan, authorities issued evacuation orders in various parts of Okinawa Prefecture affecting thousands of people. Okinawa is more than 1,200 miles from Mindanao.
- More than three hours after the quake hit, there was no report of a tsunami hitting the coast, Teresito Bacolcol, the head of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, told The Associated Press. Based on the quake’s magnitude, Bacolcol said a 3.2-foot tsunami could hit, but the wave could be higher in enclosed coves, bays and straits.
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Important Takeaways:
- A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck near the eastern Caribbean Island of Barbados on Tuesday. No immediate damage was reported.
- The quake occurred some 30 miles south-southwest of the capital of Bridgetown at a depth of 24 miles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
- There was no risk of a tsunami, according to Barbados Meteorological Services.
- Earthquakes are relatively infrequent in Barbados, with only an average annual of 13 tremors greater than magnitude 2.5, according to the University of the West Indies Seismic Research Center.
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