Japan Earthquake Swarm May Be Endangering Fukushima Nuclear Reactors
May 21, 2012, Submitted by: Ken
An earthquake swarm is occurring off the east coast of Japan, 170 miles from the badly damaged and teetering Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the one with an exposed fuel pool with 10-thousand nuclear rods wobbling 100 feet above the ground, which if they (nuclear fuel pool) collapse – will be the end of the world as we know it.
It (the Fukushima nuke disaster) hasn’t gone away folks. In fact, when earthquakes such as this occur very near Japan, it makes people particularly nervous for a number of reasons including… it reminds us that if a quake is strong enough and close enough to Fukushima, it stands a high chance of toppling the fuel pool at reactor #4 there.
Dozens of earthquakes have been swarming for about a week now, including a magnitude 6.0 during May 20, located 70 miles east of Miyako. The earthquakes have occurred in a pattern that spreads across an area greater than 50 miles, whereas a typical quake and aftershocks will often occur very close to each-other. This appears to be a swarm event with something clearly happening to the Pacific plate there. These aren’t small earthquakes either… they are sizable.
The region around Japan is VERY seismically active. This fact alone should be cause for great concern of the horrifically damaged and exposed nuclear reactors at Fukushima Daiichi. Could this current earthquake swarm be the one that proceeds to finish it off? Hopefully not. But one thing’s for sure… one day, if the situation there isn’t fortified, there will be a quake that is strong enough…
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HAARP Magnetometer Spikes and Earthquakes
May 20, 2012, Submitted by: KenThe HAARP complex / ionospheric observatory up in Gakona Alaska, in association with University of Alaska Geophysical Institute, publishes live and historical charts of their fluxgate magnetometer. The traces represent the earth’s magnetic field.
It is interesting to overlay what the USGS considers to be ‘significant’ earthquakes on to the charts to observe if there is indeed any correlation at all between earthquakes and the earth’s magnetic field.
The following chart shows the period between late March and late April, a time when the earth shook with 8 ‘significant’ earthquakes. It also happened to be a time of apparent spikes and activity on the fluxgate magnetometer. The earthquakes are positioned at the top of the chart during the days when they occurred.
The next chart shows the period of time in May, up until today. The magnetometer was fairly quiet, and so were the earthquakes. However I do notice a spike that just occurred during today, May 20. This may or may not mean anything. But I thought it was noteworthy nonetheless.
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Earthquakes 2012
April 1, 2012, Submitted by: Ken
Here is some of the latest earthquake information regarding,
Recent Earthquakes
Earthquake Prediction
Earthquake Damage
Earthquake Preparedness
and 2012 earthquakes.
We will be keeping this updated throughout the year will the latest information and statistics, so bookmark this page and check back when you are curious.
Earthquake Statistics 2012
Statistics can be analyzed in quite a number of ways, many of which are neither right nor wrong, but simply different ways of looking at the data. While using USGS data, we will view the statistics using a simple method of year-to-date numbers while comparing to data gathered since 1990.
In other words, we are comparing earthquake occurrences so far this year with the average number that have historically occurred during this same time frame – averaged since 1990.
through 5/1/2012
| magnitude | # so far | # expected to today | % of avg. |
| 5.0 – 5.9 | 679 | 567 | 120% |
| 6.0 – 6.9 | 50 | 53 | 94% |
| 7.0 – 7.9 | 5 | 5.5 | 92% |
| 8.0 + | 2 | 0.38 | 533% |
Recent Earthquakes 2012
January-10
Magnitude 7.2 off the west coast of northern Sumatra of the Indo-Australia plate. Depth: 20.5 km (12.7 miles)
February-2
Magnitude 7.1 near Vanuatu in the southwest Pacific Ocean at the boundary between the Australia and Pacific plates. Depth: 23.1 km (14.4 miles)
March-20
Magnitude 7.4 near Oaxaca, Mexico. At least 11 people injured in Oaxaca and two injured at Mexico. At least 800 houses collapsed in Igualapa. Depth: 20 km (12.4 miles)
March-25
Magnitude 7.1 at Maule, Chile. 11 people injured in the Santiago area and 3 injured in Bio-Bio. Some buildings damaged slightly at Santiago. Depth: 34.8 km (21.6 miles)
April-11
Magnitude 8.6 off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Wednesday afternoon. It took place at a depth of 23 kilometers (14 miles). A second quake, magnitude 8.2, occurred off the west coast of Sumatra about two hours later. At least 2 people killed, 8 others died from heart attacks and 12 injured.
We will be adding more to this page, so stay tuned…
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Baja Earthquake Gash While Sea Rushes In
March 2, 2012, Submitted by: KenCould it happen? There have been an extraordinary number of earthquakes occurring at the southern California border and across into Mexico at the north end of Baja California and the Gulf of California, an active continental rift region that is transitional between the San Andreas fault system to the north and a spreading ridge of the East Pacific Rise in the Gulf of California to the south.
Since 2010 there have been more than 2,000 earthquakes there, including one powerful magnitude 7.2 during April of 2010, all indicating a very active ‘something’ is going on beneath the surface. In fact, most of what is going on is not that far beneath the surface! Just 6 km (3.7 miles) below the desert is where most of the shaking is happening.
There is a volcano in the region (named ‘Cerro Prieto’), although it is located east of where the earthquake activity has been. The earthquakes do seem to be lined up with the Laguna Salada fault. Laguna Salada is a vast dry lake some 30 feet below sea level in the Sonoran Desert of Baja California. The lake and the Laguna Salada fault is linked to the San Andreas Fault. Uh-oh.
The curious thing is that these quakes, and the fault zone region are at very low altitude, nearly sea level (and below). In fact, it seems as though a significant tear in the earth in this region could conceivably cause sea water from the Gulf of California to rush inland, possibly all the way up into California, the Salton Sea. That would be an extreme event, for sure, but it’s curious to note the possibility.
Another thought is ‘what if’ there is a major earthquake in this region, which also sets off the San Andreas fault, which itself is stretched tight as a drum waiting to rip through the state of California. It could be pretty cataclysmic. Imagine the Baja peninsula beginning in San Francisco instead of in Mexico? A bit of a stretch… pun intended…
The following is a chart of earthquakes there since 2010 which shows how the vast majority of shakers have been in the magnitude 3 – 4 range. Earthquakes of this magnitude do not relieve much pressure. Instead they may be indicating a quivering region of earth which is ready to snap.
The second chart shows the depth (km) at which these earthquakes have been occurring. They have all been very shallow, meaning the ‘crack’ in the earth is near the surface compared with lots other fault zones. What this means is that when ‘it’ happens, the effects will be quite severe on the surface compared with a much deeper quake.
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2011 Earthquakes
December 23, 2011, Submitted by: Ken2011 was another shaky year for earthquakes, meaning, there were more earthquakes than ‘normal’ again this year, a year in which a rare magnitude 9 changed or extinguished the lives of countless thousands in Japan and beyond.
The definition of ‘normal’ is arguably a stretch, but it’s the best we have in today’s modern world. The earthquake quantity and magnitude data of 2011 is being compared to data that has been collected since 1990 by the USGS, which is conveniently listed on their website.
Magnitude 7 – 7.9
Average # per year (14)
2011 (19)
136% of normal
Magnitude 6 – 6.9
Average # per year (131)
2011 (183)
140% of normal
Magnitude 5 – 5.9
Average # per year (1,290)
2011 (2,226)
173% of normal
Map of the largest 5,000 earthquakes of 2011
Japan earthquake map – 2011
Puerto Rico earthquake map – 2011
Christchurch New Zealand earthquake map – 2011
United States earthquake map – 2011
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