A highly unusual earthquake has just shook the North Pole. On May 26 at 03:27 UTC, a magnitude 5.0 at a depth of 6.2 miles occurred just 270 miles from the true north pole, the axis from which the earth spins. Just as interesting, 2 minutes prior, a magnitude 4.6 earthquake shook in the same region. In other words, the earthquakes were getting stronger. Could this be a foreshock to an event even larger? And what is the significance of the earthquake occurring so close to the north pole?
Historically, there have been earthquakes there before, according to a USGS historical chart, but they appear to have been fairly small. A magnitude 5 event is not small and is not large. I just find it interesting to see it up there in an unusual location, while wondering what’s going on with the stresses of the earth’s crust.
The magnetic north pole has been ‘shifting’ rapidly in the direction indicated in the image above. Who’s to say that it’s not somehow interconnected? It could all be coincidental.
All very interesting indeed…
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I don’t know Ken I think you are quite right to bring this event to our attention.Your the first site I’ve seen it posted it on.Thank You to you and Mrs.MSB for keeping up this very reliable informative site,R
I too found it highly unusual to see the spot near the North Pole marked as having had an earthquake on the USGS maps. In the past few days, there were also numerous earthquakes in the Norwegian Sea. About one week ago, there was also an earthquake near Moose Factory/James Bay, Northern Ontario. All of these sites have been locations where I do not recall having seen earthquakes reported before, and I have been following USGS maps for years. Does anyone else have any comments about these unusual events?
Wow, what a trip. I am going to be keeping a close eye on this. As you always do, please update this as it changes Ken! You are our eyes and ears to the world! Kinda makes me a bit nervous, but we shall see!