Incomplete list of seismic/natural disaster reports from around the Pacific Ring of Fire, August 2019.

A Mega-Tsunami on Early Mars

Crack in Pacific seafloor caused volcanic chain to go dormant for 10-million years

What tourists/travelers need to do in after a disaster

AUSTRALIA: Oil industry seismic operations delayed

Hidden ‘Jurassic World’ of Volcanoes Uncovered

KitKat introduces rare volcanic chocolate

CANADA:  Researchers discover why oil industry fracking causes earthquakes

BC school district braces for mega earthquake

CHILE: 6.8 earthquake reveals stress is building on the megathrust

Increased Volcanic activity threatens fish farms, plans being made to evacuate the fish!

CHINA: Insurance industry adopts new earthquake catastrophe model, to predict insurance payouts and identify buildings most at risk of failure

5.0 hits Taiwan

COLOMBIA:  5.3-magnitude quake hits 28 km NW of Guapi

ECUADOR: There are 47 volcanoes in Ecuador, and 27 of them are potentially active, and five of them have erupted since 2000.

EL SALVADOR:  Colossal volcano behind ‘mystery’ global cooling finally found

FIJI:  5.0 earthquake – Fiji Islands Region on 27AUG2019

5.9 earthquake – Fiji Islands Region (Wallis & Futuna) on 22AUG2019

 A floating ‘island’ made up of volcanic rock, meandering through the Pacific.

GUATEMALA: Appeals for more help from International Red Cross, for dealing with the 2018 eruption (is this why so many Guatemalans are flooding into the U.S.?)

HONDURAS:  Mysterious white smoke emanating from mountain that is not considered a volcano

How many U.S. taxpayers know that over the past four decades a small outpost in Honduras has housed a mix of U.S. military forces, backed by aid organizations to provide medical assistance and disaster response for Latin American countries? 

INDONESIA:  volcano chaser documenting Indonesia’s volatile craters

Activities banned within 3 kilometers from the summit of Mount Merapi

Huge Oil Spill in Land of Earthquakes, Tsunamis and Volcanoes

JAPAN: belief in link between deep-sea fish sightings and quakes finally debunked

Asama-yama erupts

Underground links between quakes and eruptions of Japan’s biggest active volcano

5.4-magnitude quake strikes Aomori Prefecture

Video of Aomori Prefecture conducting a disaster drill, a week after 5.4 quake, in conjunction with U.S. Misawa Airbase:

MEXICO:  Dramatic eruption by Mexico’s Popocatepetl 

5.5 earthquake – Chiapas, 12AUG2019

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Video explainer of U.S. taxpayer supported Humanitarian Assistance Disaster Relief exercise PACIFIC ENDEAVOR:

PERU: Oil industry to increase offshore seismic operations

Proposes earthquake resistant cities

PHILIPPINES: 6.3 magnitude on the Richter scale shook the Luzon island

5.0 earthquake – Mindanao, 11AUG2019

European Union brings relief to victims of powerful earthquake

RUSSIA: Karymsky volcano spews

5.0 earthquake – East of Kuril Islands, 25AUG2019 

Lightning strikes Ebeko volcano during eruption

TONGA: 5.4 earthquake – 24AUG2019

5.0 earthquake – 24AUG2019

new submarine volcanic eruption discovered

UNITED STATES: Watch tsunami waves from a 9.0 earthquake hit the Pacific Northwest in new simulation videos

Alaska; After major quake, budget cut to seismic monitoring system

California;  UCBerkeley is in the middle of conducting seismic evaluations of the more than 600 buildings on campus.

Ridgecrest earthquakes caused up to $5 billion in damage to China Lake naval base

At Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, U.S. Navy SeaBees were recognized for their efforts to help with recovery after the July earthquakes.

In San Diego, the U.S. Navy conducted exercise Citadel Rumble, enlisting the help of Amateur Radio Emergency Service to test emergency radio communications between USN hospitals during natural disasters.

Groundbreaking earthquake catalog may have just solved a seismic mystery

Community Seismic Network has installed 1-thousand sensors across the region

Hawaii;  Large Earthquakes, Hilina Fault System Relationship

What does water in Halema‘uma‘u mean?

Montana; More small quakes reported

60 years ago 7.3 magnitude earthquake killed 28 people

Nevada; UN Reno gets 1-million additional tax dollars for ShakeAlert quake warning system

Oregon;  Critics blast Oregon repeal of tsunami-zone building ban

A 6.3-magnitude earthquake just struck

$1.6-million in additional taxpayer funding for ShakeAlert warning system

Washington;  Funding from the U.S. Geological Survey is expected to double the number of sensors in the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network

Seismic Tremor Event Has Begun, Seismologists Say

Wyoming;  1959 quake changed landscape, structures and more in Yellowstone, 160 new geysers sprang to life

VANUATU: Mount Yasur is – incredibly or frighteningly, depending on how you look at it – open to members of the public game enough to walk up and peer into the belly of the Earth.

5.5 earthquake – Santa Cruz Islands (Vanuatu), 22AUG2019

6.3 earthquake strikes between Vanuatu, Solomon Islands

PACIFIC RING OF FIRE, JULY 2019: “LOST IN TIME”