Earth Changes: Communities on edge after latest massive earthquake on “Ring of Fire”
Earth Changes: Communities on edge after latest massive earthquake on “Ring of Fire”
Communities across Indonesia, Vanuatu and southwestern Japan are on
edge after more rumblings from the earthquake and volcano hotbed dubbed
the Ring of Fire. An earthquake struck Japan on Wednesday and was
quickly followed by the latest eruption of Mount Sinabung in Indonesia –
the latest incident in a worrying increase of seismic activity in the
volatile region.
The 6.1 magnitude quake struck off Japan’s Ryukyu Islands at around
6pm local time, according to the United States Geological Survey. Early
reports suggested there were no damage or casualties but the shaking was
reported on inhabited islands nearest to the epicentre. The tremors
come just days after the Shinmoedake volcano in southwestern Japan
started erupting for the first time in about six years. READ MORE
Typhoon Lan to strike Japan with 50-mile wide eye!
Typhoon Lan, a storm with an eye 50 miles wide, is expected
to lash parts of Japan with intense wind and rain, the country’s
meteorological office has warned. Currently, west of Okinawa, the
typhoon is traveling north towards mainland Japan. According to
forecasts by the Japan Meteorological Agency, the “large” storm will
barrel across the nation on Sunday before subsiding on October 23. NASA
imagery reveals the huge scale of the typhoon, with pictures taken by the
Suomi NPP satellite revealing powerful thunderstorms swirling around an
eye 50 nautical miles in diameter. The US space agency stated that on
October 20, Lan’s wind speed reached a whopping 115 miles per hour. It
clarified in a later tweet that the weather system has not been
designated a “superstorm”. READ MORE
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