Incomplete list of seismic/natural disaster reports from around the Pacific Ring of Fire, September 2019.
How Amateur Video Is Helping Us Understand Deadly Tsunamis
AUSTRALIA: 3.1 magnitude earthquake strikes south of Canberra
In Northern Territory, the Australian military, along with U.S. Marines, trained for operation Crocodile Response, a bilateral humanitarian assistance and disaster relief exercise in order to more rapidly respond to natural disasters and crises throughout the region.
CANADA: Moderate earthquake – Southern Yukon Territory- September 26
Earthquake analyst says Vancouver is full of “killer buildings”
CHILE: 6.8 quake 29 September
4.6 quake Tarapaca, 28 September
5.8 south east of Easter Island, 27 September
Rumbling volcano triggers Orange Alert
CHINA: A CCTV camera captured the unusual scene of dozens of fish leaping out of a pond moments before an earthquake hit
5.2-magnitude earthquake jolted the South China Sea
Taiwan earthquake hero dog off to world rescue championship
Taipei uses VR games to teach earthquake survival
COLOMBIA: 5.0 quake, 22 September
ECUADOR: 4.5 quake, 11 September
EL SALVADOR: 4.7 quake, 10 September
FIJI: 5.1 quake, 27 September
GUATEMALA: 5.2 quake, 15 September
INDONESIA: Death toll rises after 6.5 quake, thousands in homeless shelters
One year after deadly tsunami, tens of thousands still struggle to recover
Explosive volcano eruption powered by water, not magma
Five years after deadly volcano eruption, half of cities near volcanoes lack escape plans
U.S. Army video report, disaster drill for Sagamihara City:
The Japanese military held Remote Island Disaster Exercise training at Yaeyama Islands, 01SEP2019.
KOREA: 2.3-magnitude ‘natural’ earthquake hits North Korea
Holy volcano attracts tens of thousands of pilgrims
South Korea Ministry of Environment’ K-water operations, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, work with NASA to develop satellite technology in the hopes of preventing future water disasters.
U.S. personnel from Osan Air Base respond to the aftermath of Typhoon Lingling, 07SEP2019.
NEW ZEALAND: 6.0 quake south of Raoul Island, 27 September
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: 5.4 quake, 25 September
Manam volcanic ash plume rose up to estimated 8000 ft (2400 m)
PERU: 4.0 quake, 28 September
Volcano Ubinas erupted three times in one day
INCA CHILD SACRIFICE VICTIMS WERE PLACED ON VOLCANOES SO THEY’D BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
PHILIPPINES: 6.3 quake hits Mindanao, 29 September
4.1 quake, Mindanao, 22 September
4.7 quake, Mindanao, 21 September
5.7 quake, Davao City, 10 September
RUSSIA: 4.4 quake, Kamchatka, 28 September
4.9 quake, south eastern Siberia, 28 September
4.3 quake, Kuril Islands, 27 September
TONGA: 5.3 quake, 25 September
UNITED STATES: 
FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) hints that its running out of money by telling people to save money to help pay for disaster expenses!
USMC video promoting 30SEP2019 deployment to Colombia, bragging about spending U.S. taxes to help the South American country prep for a major natural disaster:
Yet again, U.S. taxes going to send U.S. Marines to Central American countries for yet more natural disaster preps (in October):
Alaska; New Volcanic Eruption Forecasting Technique Unveiled
4.0 quake, Kodiak, 29 September
5.2 earthquake that shook Southcentral Alaska wasn’t an aftershock
View live earthquake data at earthquake.alaska.edu/earthquakes
California; Residents upset over California’s earthquake insurance law
MOUNT WHITNEY DEATH TRAP, becomes Search-And-Rescue MONEY PIT
RED BANK & SOUTH FIRE HELICOPTER OPS
Idaho; Idaho State University, working with Idaho National Laboratory and Center for Advanced Energy Studies, gets $1.1-million taxpayer funded grant to build first ever Disaster Response Complex. The goal is to train emergency responders in a realistic catastrophic environment with multiple scenarios such as earthquakes, hurricanes, flooding, and even terrorist threats.
New discovery, volcanoes cause algae blooms
Why Alaskan and Hawaiian volcano observers work together
Health professionals representing 20 countries gathered for the 22nd annual Health Emergencies in Large Populations (H.E.L.P.) course in Honolulu, from September 9th-20th. It was hosted by Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (CFE-DM) in collaboration with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the University of Hawai’i Office of Public Health Studies. The main goal is to create a common language, and procedures, between civilian and military emergency responders around the world.
Nevada; 4.5 quake near Austin, 09 September
Oregon; 5.9 quake off the coast
Lakes hold the secret to tracking the history of The Big One: “…lake records are the missing link.”
Even though Mongolia is not a Pacific Rim country, the U.S. decided to conduct humanitarian assistance and disaster relief ‘Pacific Resilience’ training in the Central Asian country, and ordered Oregon’s Army National Guard to participate.
Utah; Quake hits northern Utah, 24 September
Panguitch hit by three small quakes within five hours
Small quake hits Zion National Park
Washington; Who’s monitoring the killer volcanoes?
To learn more about Washington’s natural disaster preps go to mil.wa.gov/preparedness (by the way, the ‘mil’ stands for military)
Wyoming; Confessions of a Yellowstone Volcano Observatory scientist
VANUATU: 4.6 quake, 26 September
PACIFIC RING OF FIRE, August 2019: TREMOR EVENT HAS BEGUN