Saturday, February 17, 2018

Planet X Incoming: Quakes! Mexico and Britain/ Big One Imminent?

7.2-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes South of Mexico City

A 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck along the west coast of Mexico Friday afternoon, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The epicenter of the quake was reported 220 miles south of Mexico City in Pinotepa de Don Luis, officials said.

The magnitude had preliminarily been reported as 7.5. The force of the temblor shook buildings in Mexico City, according to the Associated Press. There were no immediate reports of fatalities, and it was unclear how much destruction the quake wrought. READ MORE

Britain struck by 4.4 Quake, Reports of ‘violent shaking’ in homes from Cornwall to Blackpool

A major 4.4-magnitude earthquake shook buildings across western parts of Britain, with people from Cornwall to Blackpool reporting a strong tremor that damaged buildings, knocked objects off walls and caused lights to flicker. Terrified Britons told of violent shaking, objects falling off shelves or walls, and furniture moving when the UK’s strongest quake in a decade struck just after 2.30pm near Swansea in South Wales.
Several buildings in Bristol were damaged, Swansea University was evacuated and people ran into the streets in fear, as the tremor was compared to everything from a “massive explosion” to a car crash. The earthquake was felt by as many as 10 million Brits as far away as 200 miles from the epicenter in Cwmllynfell, and it was the strongest in South Wales in more than 100 years. There was confusion and panic in the immediate aftermath, as many Britons weren’t sure what they were experiencing as their homes were rattled by the tremor. READ MORE

Fears mount as ‘cluster’ strikes Ring of Fire…

Earthquakes and volcano eruptions around the Pacific’s ‘Ring of Fire’ have sparked fears that a ‘Big One’ quake is on the way. Scientists in California have analyzed 101 major earthquakes around the Pacific Ring of Fire, a horseshoe-shaped geological disaster zone, between 1990 and 2016. They believe a cluster of tremors around the area could indicate a “big one” is due to hit. Earthquakes have already struck in Japan, Tawain, Guam and Indonesia in the past few weeks.
Thorne Lay, professor of Earth and planetary sciences at UC Santa Cruz, said: “Based on the clustering of earthquakes in space and time, the area that has just slipped is actually more likely to have another failure.” He added that “the surrounding areas have been pushed towards failure in many cases, giving rise to aftershocks and the possibility of an adjacent large rupture sooner rather than later.” READ MORE

Sinkholes Galore!