PLANET X INCOMING: BIRTH PANGS, SWARMS OF QUAKES ALL OVER

Over 270 quakes rock Canary Islands; Fears of volcanic eruption…

INCLUDES:  Earthquake swarm hits El Salvador, Destroys 11 homes and damaging 200

More than 270 earthquakes have been recorded in just ten days near Spain’s Canary Islands raising fears of a volcanic eruption.  The quakes have struck near Tenerife and Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands where there is a huge submarine fault between the two islands. Spain’s National Geographic Institute said the biggest recent quake reached a magnitude of 3.2 on the Richter scale at only about 35km from Puerto La Luz in Gran Canaria. 

A report said the fault line has not been active in recent times, but it added, “What if it started spewing magma again? And what if it was reactivating the Teide volcano? That would be cataclysmic.” The Mount Teide volcano on Tenerife sits nearby. The National Park draws three million visitors yearly and the volcano’s 3,718-metre (12,198 ft) summit is the highest point in Spain and the highest point above sea level in the islands of the Atlantic. The last eruption was on November 18, 1909. READ MORE

 

Earthquake swarm hits El Salvador, Destroys 11 homes and damaging 200

A swarm of earthquakes hit southern El Salvador on Sunday, May 6, 2018, damaging nearly 200 homes and producing several small landslides. There are no reports of deaths or serious injuries.  The first quake measured M4.5 on the Richter scale. It hit at 04:04 UTC and was followed by 9 more quakes with magnitudes ranging from 4.3 to 5.6 and depths between 4.4 and 10 km (2.7 to 6.2 miles). The sequence had three M5+ quakes and ended with M5.6 at 19:02 UTC, at the time considered as the mainshock.  The Associated Press quoted the civil defense director Jorge Melendez saying that 11 homes were destroyed and considerable damage was done to 180 more. “Most of the structures affected were made of bahareque, a material composed of cane or sticks mixed with mud and straw,” Melendez said, adding that one of the quakes produced landslides on a highway leading to Playa El Cuco, one of the most visited tourist beaches in the area.  READ MORE

4.6-magnitude earthquake strikes near Mt. San Gorgonio in California

A preliminary-magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck about six miles south-southeast of Mt. San Gorgonio on Tuesday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.  The quake occurred at 4:49 a.m. at a depth of 8 miles, the USGS said. Its epicenter was located 8 miles north of Cabazon and 20 miles northwest of Palm Springs.  There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. READ MORE