California has had two significant earthquakes recently. Yellowstone has had quakes, as has Oklahoma. I was sitting at home last week and felt an earthquake where I live (several hundred miles from the New Madrid fault). As always, Michael Snyder sees catastrophe and doom. Do you think these quakes portend a coming catastrophe?
12 Signs That Something Big Is Happening To The Earth’s Crust Under North And South America
By Michael Snyder, on March 30th, 2014
Why are fault lines and volcanoes all over North and South America suddenly waking up? Are we moving into a time when major earthquakes and volcanic eruptions will become much more common? For the past several decades, we have been extremely fortunate to have experienced a period of extremely low seismic activity along the west coast of the United States. You see, the west coast lies right along the infamous Ring of Fire. Approximately 75 percent of all the volcanoes in the world are on the Ring of Fire, and approximately 90 percent of all global earthquakes occur along the Ring of Fire. Scientists tell us that it is inevitable that “the Big One” will hit California someday, but people have gotten very apathetic about this because things have been so quiet out there for so many years. Well, now it appears that things are changing in a big way – and not just along the California coast.
The following are 12 signs that something big is happening to the earth’s crust under North and South America…
#1 The 5.1 earthquake that shook Los Angeles on Friday was the worst earthquake that the city had seen in many years.
#2 Following that earthquake, there were more than 100 aftershocks.
#3 A 4.1 earthquake shook Los Angeles on Saturday. Scientists are hoping that this earthquake swarm in southern California will end soon.
#4 Earlier this month, a 4.4 earthquake rattled Los Angeles so badly that it caused news anchors to dive under their desks.
#5 A 6.9 earthquake just off the coast of northern California in early March was the largest earthquake to hit the west coast of the United States since 2010.
#6 Up in Oregon, Mt. Hood recently experienced more than 100 earthquakes over the course of just a few days.
#7 During the past month, there have also been some other very unusual geologic events that have been happening up in Oregon…
Two large landslides – one in the Columbia River Gorge dumped about 2,000 cubic yards of rock and debris on highway I84 just 3 miles west of the Hood River, and another blocked US30 near Portland.
Loud booms and ground shaking reported by people from Lincoln to Tillamook Counties; some reported hearing a rumble, as well (No earthquakes recorded by the USGS in the area at the time.)
A 20 ft. deep sinkhole swallowed a woman and her dog in her Portland backyard.
#8 A 4.8 earthquake rattled Yellowstone National Park on Sunday, and there have been at least 25 earthquakes at Yellowstone since Thursday.
#9 Scientists recently discovered that the Yellowstone supervolcano is now releasing far more helium gas than they had anticipated.
#10 Over the past month, there have been more than 130 earthquakes in the state of Oklahoma. This is highly unusual.
#11 There have been several dozen earthquakes in Peru over the past month, including a 6.3 earthquake that made headlines all over the globe.
#12 Earlier this month, the northern coast of Chile was hit by more than 300 earthquakes in a seven day stretch. 41 of those earthquakes were stronger than magnitude 4.5.
Fortunately, the quake that hit Los Angeles on Friday did not cause too much lasting injury. But it sure did shake people up. The following is how the Los Angeles Times described the damage…
The quake, centered near La Habra, caused furniture to tumble, pictures to fall off walls and glass to break. Merchandise fell off store shelves, and there were reports of plate glass windows shattered.
In Brea, several people suffered minor injuries during a rock slide that overturned their car. Fullerton reported seven water main breaks. Carbon Canyon Road was closed.
Residents across Orange and Los Angeles counties and the Inland Empire reported swinging chandeliers, fireplaces dislodging from walls and lots of rattled nerves. The shake caused a rock slide in Carbon Canyon, causing a car to overturn, according to the Brea Police Department.
Why this particular earthquake is of such concern is because it occurred along the Puente Hills fault line. According to one seismologist, this is the fault line that would be most likely to “eat L.A.”…
Experts said that the earthquakes occurred on the Puente Hills thrust fault, which stretches from the San Gabriel Valley to downtown Los Angeles.
Last night’s quake was shallow, which ‘means the shaking is very concentrated in a small area,’ said Caltech seismologist Egill Hauksson.
Hauksson revealed that the earthquake was unusual because the 5.1 quake was preceded by the weaker foreshock.
Scientists such as Hauksson are very concerned about the Puente Hills fault because it runs directly under downtown Los Angeles.
‘This is the fault that could eat L.A.,’ seismologist Sue Hough told The LA Times in 2003.
The fact that this fault appears to be waking up is really bad news.
According to seismologists, a major earthquake along this fault line could cause hundreds of billions of dollars of damage…
Video simulations of a rupture on the Puente Hills fault system show how energy from a quake could erupt and be funneled toward L.A.’s densest neighborhoods, with the strongest waves rippling to the west and south across the Los Angeles Basin.
According to estimates by the USGS and Southern California Earthquake Center, a massive quake on the Puente Hills fault could kill from 3,000 to 18,000 people and cause up to $250 billion in damage. Under this worst-case scenario, people in as many as three-quarters of a million households would be left homeless.
For years, we have watched as the rest of the Ring of Fire has been absolutely ravaged by major seismic events.
We all remember the earthquakes that caused the Indonesian tsunami of 2004 and the Japanese tsunami of 2011.
And the world mourned when major earthquakes devastated New Zealand, Chile, Peru, Japan and the Philippines.
Scientists assured us that it was only a matter of time before the west coast started to become seismically active again, and now it is happening.
If you live on the west coast, I hope that you will consider these things very carefully.
Just because the earth under your feet has been relatively quiet for a very long time does not mean that it will always be that way.
Something big appears to be happening to the earth’s crust, and you won’t want to be in the “danger zone” when things finally break loose.
Regarding Oregon, Mt. Hood is an active volcano (same as Mt. St. Helens), although it has not erupted in any significant manner in a long time, although it does occasionally vent steam. If it did, the mud flows would destroy much of portland’s water supply and might reach the suburbs of portland itself.
The pacific coast of Oregon is due for an offshore subduction quake over the continental shelf. These quakes are massive (in the 9 range) and occur about every 300 years, so they are capable of generating large tsunamis. If you drive along the oregon coast at low areas, you can see evidence of the last one in the form of bogs and ponds that have ancient stumps protruding above the water. Today one would utterly destroy every city and harbor on the coast.
In the 80’s I did some programming for a large waste water managment firm.
Most of the waste needs to be mixed with water, and pumped to the sewer treatment facility. A major quake – if it destroyed the large sewer lines / pumping stations – they would litterally be in ‘deep shit’ How long do you think 10,000,000 people could occupy LA when they can’t flush?
It’s gonna happen. I have no idea where 10,000,000 people will go. I predict that a lot of people are gonna die.
Read my book!
“Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.”
It means I’m coming back SOON, bitchezz! (bb will be spared!)
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A quick spot of “research” via the Internet reveals two schools of thought; one school supports the “small events act as a “safety valve” which reduces the likelihood of later, larger events”
The other school prefers the “small events have the effect of concentrating stress in more “rigidly attached” areas, so increasing the likelihood of later, larger events” outcome scenario.
It doesn’t help that there are plenty of Seismologists (professional, not amateur) in each camp, and the arguments put forward by these “opposing forces” are pretty cogent, and well-researched.
Time will eventually tell which group are right in this particular instance, but I believe we can all safely guess which camp Simon Black supports most fervently (!!)
Damn, it would be a catastrophe if California sank into the ocean. Really. I mean it. I mean if it just dropped into the ocean along the line shown below, I would be really, really sad.
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I have a cousin that lives in Los Angeles, she’s not concerned at all. Told me they can make milk shakes without a blender now.
The Northridge quake over 20 years ago was upgraded after the fact to something in the 8.something area. I didn’t feel the latest one. However, the beautiful blonde felt it over in Rosamond.
Col Troyer said he was airborne at the time an earthquake hit the ground below. He said he watched as it progressed like a wave from point A to point B. That would probably be the kind that shakes the ground for weeks in a minute and a half. After that sensation it is hard to be sure the ground is firm under your feet.
Reminds me of a joke my friend told me. A new kid went to the cathouse for the first time. Afterwards, his friend asked him how it went. Great, he said, I’m still coming.
Great piece from the Christian Science Monitor today:
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Is California overdue for a big earthquake?
Was the recent earthquake in Los Angeles a warning of more to come? ‘Earthquake Storms’ author John Dvorak shares his thoughts.
By Randy Dotinga / March 28, 2014
On March 17, a mild earthquake rattled countless Los Angeles-area residents awake shortly before their alarms went off at 6:30 a.m. The Monday morning temblor was the first notable L.A.-area quake in years.
A lengthy vacation from earthquakes certainly sounds nice. But John Dvorak, a geophysicist who now works at a astronomical observatory in Hawaii, warns that a quake break can just be the calm before the earthquake storm.
He makes his case that the Golden State is in for trouble in his readable and aptly named new book “Earthquake Storms: The Fascinating History and Volatile Future of the San Andreas Fault.”
But it’s not just Californians who should pay attention to his exploration of earthquake science, the unfolding mysteries of geology, and the gaps in our seismic knowledge.
As he notes in an interview, plenty of other parts of the country are vulnerable to earthquakes, including the Northwest, the Midwest, the South and – yes – even the Big Apple.
Q: Scientists weren’t just wrong about earthquakes in the centuries leading up to the 1906 San Francisco quake. They were really wrong. What did they believe?
A: If you go back to the Enlightenment, they thought they were related to chemical explosions. By the 19th century, many scientists said they were caused by large volcanic explosions happening within the Earth.
There was no wide acceptance of the idea that earthquakes were actually caused by the sliding of great crustal blocks against each other until the 1906 earthquake, which ruptured the earth’s surface for almost 300 miles. The ground had actually slid tens of feet along that rupture.
Q: Earthquakes can happen when giant chunks of land relieve the pressure that builds as they press against each other. You write that this is akin to what happens to a railroad car when it’s pushed.
Could you explain that?
A: Imagine you’re in a railroad car with the brakes on. It’s getting pushed by another car, but it won’t slide because of the brakes.
Eventually, however, the friction is overcome and the wheels start to slide on the iron rails. This makes the whole car shudder.
Another way to look at it is to put your hands palm down on a table and try to slide it. It only goes in little jerks.
Q: What is an “earthquake storm”?
A: During the last few decades, it has been realized that earthquakes do not occur randomly, nor do they occur like clockwork.
Instead, earthquakes, even large ones, tend to cluster in time and space. An earthquake storm is when there is a cluster of large earthquakes in a region occur over a period of several decades.
The best examples are the earthquakes that are now happening in northern Turkey along the North Anatolian fault.
The storm began in 1939. Since then there have been 13 major earthquakes, and scientists expect at least one more major earthquake is yet to happen at the west end near Istanbul. So the Turkish government is trying to retrofit many buildings for the coming shaking as well as protect many of the art treasures in the city and much of the ancient architecture.
Q: What does that mean for quakes in our lifetimes?
A: The last major earthquake to strike Istanbul was in 1509. The next one is expected in the next few decades.
There is also an earthquake storm happening at the eastern end of the Indian Ocean. It began in 2001 with a magnitude-7.9 event and includes the disastrous December 2004 earthquake that struck Sumatra. In total, there have been seven major earthquakes there since 2001, and at least a few more are expected.
Q: How does California fit into the world of earthquake storms?
A: Most of the motion between the Pacific and North American plates occurs along coastal California. In the last hundred years, there has been only one significant earthquake along those plates: the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, also known as the World Series earthquake.
But during the previous hundred years before that, there were five significant earthquakes along the California coast, in 1812, 1838, 1857, 1868, and 1906.
Large earthquakes are the major means by which seismic energy gets released after building up between the two tectonic plates. And so one or more large earthquakes are in California’s future. It is a matter of when.
Q: A few years ago, I interviewed the authors of a book about a destructive 7.3-magnitude earthquake in Charleston, S.C. The 1886 quake not only destroyed buildings but also managed to worsen race relations.
Where else do people face earthquake risks in the US outside of California?
A: Alaska is the most seismically active place in the United States, followed by California. In third place is Utah, fourth is Hawaii. And there is a big seismic potential in the Pacific Northwest.
There is also the New Madrid area in southeast Missouri where a series of four major earthquakes struck in 1811 and 1812. A repeat of those events will cause major damage in Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas.
There’s also New York and New England. The largest historic earthquake in New York occurred beneath New York Harbor in 1884. It was felt along most of the East Coast. The largest New England earthquake occurred in 1755 off the coast at Cape Ann.
It is still a mystery why earthquakes occur in these areas.
llpoh says:
“Damn, it would be a catastrophe if California sank into the ocean. Really. I mean it. I mean if it just dropped into the ocean along the line shown below, I would be really, really sad.”
You’ll be crying croc tears just like Iron Eyes. At least bb’s covered
From the Dutchman
Most of the waste needs to be mixed with water, and pumped to the sewer treatment facility.
That makes perfect sense since we use fuckin useless water saver toilets.
Maroons running the circus. Incredible the mindless masses fall for it every time.
Who wants to bet when the big one comes, liberals will find a way to blame fracking.
..and as I posted on other sites, THIS is a high risk culprit:according to the compound damage theory:
mean while in Albertturkey…another form of shake, rattle and roll takes a fourth turn..
Albuquerque Erupts Over Police Shootings
Hundreds of protesters take to streets
http://www.newser.com/story/184566/albuquerque-erupts-over-police-shootings.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=clearchannel&utm_campaign=story
What started as a peaceful protest yesterday in Albuquerque ended up with at least six protesters arrested, one officer injured, and more than two dozen canisters of tear gas thrown into the hundreds-strong crowd. Demonstrators started rallying downtown at noon, protesting against officer-involved shootings in the city, particularly the March 16 fatal shooting of homeless man James M. Boyd. The tear gas was used after 9pm, when protesters ignored commands to disperse, the Albuquerque Journal reports. Demonstrators also blocked traffic and caused “mayhem,” the mayor said, as they tried to get onto freeways, the AP reports. Protesters were accused of vandalism, fighting, throwing rocks, and trying to break the windows of a police cruiser with an officer trapped inside. “We respected their rights to protest, obviously,” said the mayor, but “they’ve taken it far beyond a normal protest.”
“And if California slides into the ocean,
Like the mystics and statistics say it will,
I predict this hotel will be standing,
Until I pay my bill” W. Zevon
It has been proven that animals instinctively know when a natural disaster is about to occur and move away in droves prior to the event happening. They can sense tsunami’s and earthquake well in advance of humans, recently, according to Park Rangers the animals have been leaving Yellowstone Park at an alarming rate. What does this mean, seismic event, eruption of the super volcano, who knows.
One thing is or sure, something is eminent. On March 30th there was a 4.8 earthquake in the the park, it has been 640,000 years since the last eruption, helium releases are currently 1,000 times higher than the norm. My common core math instincts are kicking in and telling the answer this is all adding up to is not so friendly.
When you are in the the wilderness and a bunch of animals go running past you, you best get to running yourself, somethings coming…………….