Category Archives: International

COLOMBIA: The Christmas Eve (western christian Gregorian calendar) gift from the Earth to the people of Colombia was a reminder of Earth’s immense power and destructive potential. A magnitude-6.2 earthquake struck near the town of Mesetas.

COSTA RICA: northwest shakes with magnitude 5.5 quake

ECUADOR: 4.23 quake

Reventador erupts again

EL SALVADOR: Quake reported in San Salvador

FIJI: 5.2 quake near Lambasa, 27DEC2019

5.1-magnitude quake hits 116km W of Ceva-i-Ra, on the western christian day of Christmas

INDONESIA: Anak Krakatau erupts, spewing out 200-meter-high column of ash

Since just before the western christian day of
Christmas (eastern christian Christmas is in January) the area around Indonesia has been hit by swarms of quakes. Check website Volcano Discovery, at least 140 quakes greater than 2.6.

JAPAN: 5.2 quake, 30DEC2019

4.4 quake, 28DEC2019

Meteorological Agency says the country was hit by nearly double the usual number of typhoons this year.

Magnitude 5.5 earthquake jolts Aomori Prefecture

A Baby Volcano Was Just Discovered, and It’s so Kawaii!

Cost of the never ending recovery from the 2011 quake/tsunami to hit U.S.$14-billion by 2025!

KOREA: U.S. personnel at Osan Air Base practiced emergency responder training, 19DEC2019.

LAOS: The Lao National Earthquake Data Center is now operational after funding assistance from the People’s Republic of China.

MEXICO: Popocatepetl volcano spews smoke and ‘incandescent material’ on western christian Christmas Day

4 new webcams installed at El Popo, Colima volcanoes

4.4 quake, 29DEC2019

4.1 quake, 28DEC2019

4.3 quake, 28DEC2019

Revealed; the World Bank, along with Central America and Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Project, held a three day seminar in November for the purpose of preparing Latin American/Caribbean countries for the financial difficulties of dealing with a catastrophic natural disaster!

NEW ZEALAND: 5.2 quake, 29DEC2019

American woman dies from burns suffered in volcano eruption

New Zealand volcano: Police call off search for missing pair

Ancient volcano created hurricanes made of volcanic ash!

NICARAGUA: 4.2 quake, 08DEC2019

PANAMA: 4.0 quake, 20DEC2019

4.1 quake, 14DEC2019

U.S. Joint Task Force-Bravo personnel and Panamanian forces joined for an emergency response and humanitarian assistance exercise in the Darien Province, called Exercise Mercury. Panama is a highly valued regional security partner to the U.S. and the only country in Central America with a humanitarian assistance hub.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: 4.8 quake, 30DEC2019

4.5 quake, 21DEC2019

PERU: 4.6 quake, 30DEC2019

PHILIPPINES: 5.2-magnitude quake hits 85km south of Sarangani

35 dead after typhoon hit on (western christian) Christmas day

RUSSIA: 4.4 quake, 29DEC2019

5.4 quake, 27DEC2019

Activity with Bezymianny’s lava dome, inside its summit caldera, has increased.

The History and Mystery of Russia’s ‘Valley of Death’

SINGAPORE: U.S. taxes spent on a Humanitarian Assistance Response Training (HART) Course at the U.S. Navy’s Commander, Logistics Group Western Pacific Headquarters in Singapore. Also in attendance were the Canadians and Singaporeans.

TONGA: 4.8 quake, 24DEC2019

6.4 quake, 06DEC2019

UNITED STATES:

Alaska; Low-Level Eruption At Shishaldin Volcano Continues

More taxpayer Funding Needed to Maintain Earthquake Sensors

One Year After Big Alaska Earthquake, Many Still Struggle

Magnitude 5.2 quake hits Southeast Alaska

Aleutian volcano erupts sending ash 25,000 feet

California; 9 earthquakes shake residents on (western christian) Christmas Eve and Christmas

New USGS Seismic Hazard Map Shows Increased Risks in East Bay, San Jose

Californians living with ‘backyard volcanoes’?

Colorado; Earthquakes trigger new plans for salt water injection well

Hawaii; G eothermal company almost done with volcano repairs

A Tiny Leak Led to a Massive, Unexpected Collapse at Kilauea

Idaho; East Idaho quake connected to Yellowstone

Nevada; 2.7 quake, 26DEC2019

Oregon; Undersea volcano, off Oregon’s coast, has a giant magma chamber!

City of Portland issues teenagers Earthquake Kits

4.3 quake shakes near Brookings

Utah; 50% chance that “A large earthquake could result in thousands of deaths and life-threatening injuries….”

2.24 magnitude earthquake hits near St. George

Washington; Whatcom Sheriff’s Office monitoring earthquake cluster activity

Satellites can sense when the ground shifts

Puget Sound is an earthquake hot zone, according to new seismic update

Mount Rainier Rumbles With Seismic Activity

Wyoming; Steamboat Geyser sets another record for eruptions, day after xmas

The world’s tallest active geyser won’t stop erupting, and scientists don’t know why

Tracking the Yellowstone hotspot across the Northwest

VANUATU (New Caledonia): 5.0 quake, 26DEC2019

Pacific Ring of Fire, November 2019: POLITICIANS SPEND TAX MONEY ON BAKA HELMETS, FOR THEMSELVES!

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Politicians spend tax money on Baka Helmets, for themselves!: Pacific Ring of Fire, November 2019

Image December 2, 2019 Hutchins AAron

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

Any body remember the Gilligan’s Island episode where the underwater telecom line washes ashore? New study says old underwater phone lines make great earthquake detectors

AUSTRALIA: 71% increase in drowning deaths in Victoria

4.8 quake Queensland, 29NOV2019

CANADA: South Okanagan quake

Trio of quakes hit Haida Gwaii

Vancouver’s food and water supply vulnerable

CHILE: 4.0 quake, 30NOV2019

4.4 quake, 30NOV2019

4.7 quake, 29NOV2019

5.1 quake border with Bolivia, 29NOV2019

CHINA: 1 killed, 4 injured as strong earthquake hits

Xiaomi is adding early earthquake warnings to MIUI phones

COLOMBIA: Sisters split-up after Nevado de Ruiz volcano disaster reunited decades later

COSTA RICA: 5.4 quake 24NOV2019

EL SALVADOR: U.S. military issues tidal wave warning, which turned out to be false because nothing had happened to cause a tsunami

FIJI: 5.5 quake

GUATEMALA: 4.6 quake, 30NOV2019

5.5 quake, 13NOV2019

6.3 quake strikes Puerto San Jose

Stunning image captures rare moment ‘upward lightning’ shoots out of a volcano

INDONESIA: 4.8 quake Christmas Island

Small tsunamis detected after 7.1-magnitude quake in North Sulawesi, North Maluku

volcano sends ash up to 1,000 meters (3,200 feet) into the air

The 2018 tsunami was as high as 492 feet (150 meters)

early warning signals of Anak Krakatau volcano collapse

JAPAN:

Baka politicians try on their new idiotic plastic Earthquake Helmets in the Diet (I calls it a Baka Helmet)

Sakurajima volcano increasing activity

Volcano erupts on Satsumaio Island

Japan’s disaster warning system is confusing foreign residents and tourists

LAOS: 6.1 quake hits near border with Thailand

MEXICO: Volcano forces Dutch flight of horses back to Europe

M4.1 earthquake, 22NOV2019, Off Coast Of Oaxaca

Earthquake of magnitude 6.3 strikes off Chiapas

Slow recovery in Mexico City after deadly 2017 quake

NEW ZEALAND: 5.3 quake off shore

5.9 quake rattles Bay of Plenty

Poorly understood fault could produce magnitude 9 or greater quakes

Insurance disputes from the 2018 earthquake halted due to statute of limitations (meaning the insurance industry could get away with not properly compensating customers)

NICARAGUA: 4.0 quake, 30NOV2019

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: 5.4 quake off coast

PERU: 5.1 quake near Lampa

Sabancaya volcano moderate explosions

PHILIPPINES: Philippine private sector responds to Mindanao earthquakes

Filipino soldiers donate the equivalent of two meals each (in cash) to help build 1-hundred temporary homes for Mindanao quake victims

4.3 hits Bukidnon Province

3rd strong quake this month kills 5

Philippine Red Cross to the rescue as number of quake-affected schools in Mindanao rise

RUSSIA: 4.3 earthquake – Northwest Of Kuril Islands

6.0 earthquake – Sea of Okhotsk

Satellite Shows Ash Plume From Volcano Streaking Across the Pacific

SAMOA, Independent State of: Magnitude 5.9 quake off Apia

TONGA: Tonga gets BIGGER: Underwater volcanic eruption which lasted 18 days creates new 1300 feet island

UNITED STATES: Alaska;

4.1 quake, 22NOV2019

6.3 quake near Adak

One year after 7.1 quake, neighborhoods still not recovered

Railroad finally begins repairs to earthquake damaged bluff (just in time for winter)

Repairing earthquake damage to city schools will cost local taxpayers U.S.$82-million

California; MYSTERIOUS TECTONIC FAULT ZONE FOUND

Humans are an unknown in state’s new earthquake warning system

Second Day Of Quake Swarm Rattles Ventura With 70 Estimated Earthquake Events

Biggest earthquake in two decades ruptured at least 24 faults

Third quake in a week hits Kincade fire region

Camera caught scurrying raccoons and flying insects several minutes before 4.5 quake hit

Guam;

FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) orders Hawaii National Guard to conduct Vigilant Guard disaster training with the Guam National Guard. The training includes everything from responding to a natural disaster to responding to a weapon of mass destruction event.

Hawaii; man dies after falling down lava tube under his garden

On 18-19 November, the People’s Liberation Army of China traveled to Hawaii to take part in disaster response training with the U.S. Army. According to military sources, this is the 15th time such ‘disaster management’ training between China and the U.S. took place.

01NOV2019, United Nations Humanitarian Civil-Military Coordination Course training for Asia and the Pacific was conducted at the Navy Lodge, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.

4.9 quake reported near Waimea

What Kilauea Crater Lake Water Chemistry Tells Us

Nevada; Quake near Indian Hills

Oregon; Portland to pay $350K linked to earthquake warning sign lawsuit

In a possible round-a-bout way of training for the Cascadia Event, personnel with the state Army National Guard were deployed to Bangladesh to take part in a five days Disaster Response Exercise and Exchange (DREE). The international training for a catastrophic earthquake is considered to be the biggest yet: “There are 20 different countries at this DREE which is great and that means just over 100 individual actual foreign participants which makes up more than 650 participants on opening day. It’s a long way from where we started and you can see the direct impact the DREE program has had over the years.”-Master Sergeant Robert Bentcliff, U.S. Army Pacific Command (USARPAC)

Utah; Earthquakes in Payson area

Washington; Grand Coulee Dam unaffected by ‘rare’ earthquake

July’s Monroe earthquake is informing plans for future danger

On 06NOV2019, U.S. Army and local EMTs conducted training in preparation for the catastrophic Cascadia Event. The Puget Sound Federal Coordinating Center National Disaster Medical System exercise was held at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. The training included loading mass-casualties onboard a USAF C-17 of the 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (shows you how bad the military thinks it’ll be).

9 quakes hit Puget Sound region in less than a week

3.2 earthquake hits near Snoqualmie, following a smaller quake

Seattle greyhound sensed approaching quake; Walnut Creek shih tzu snoozed

Wyoming; Previously unknown fault lines found under Grand Teton National Park

Yellowstone Area Experiences 193 Earthquakes in one month

Pacific Ring of Fire, October 2019: “NEW NORM”

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“new norm”: Pacific Ring of Fire, October 2019

Video October 31, 2019 Hutchins AAron

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

AIR Reinsurer revealed that past disaster prediction models have been lacking for Asian countries, when compared to North America and Europe, is warning “Re/insurers have to be prepared for that new norm and adjust pricing and all the other conditions they have to deal with…”

If you like math try Scaling Laws for earthquakes and Cascadia slow-slip events

NASA says rice farming increases the chance of liquefaction during earthquakes!

British scientists discover How your morning coffee can help you survive an earthquake

Scientist claims hurricanes-typhoons can create 3.5 magnitude earthquakes

Magma crystallization makes volcanoes more explosive

Volcanic ash modifies the height, width and lifetime of a standing shock wave that can occur during volcanic eruptions

Now scientists say Earth can absorb a shocking amount of carbon (no shit Sherlock, where do you think the carbon comes from?!)

Ocean acidification now blamed on asteroid, not volcanoes

AUSTRALIA: 5.5 quake Macquarie Island

3.4 quake off Queensland

CANADA: Recent natural disasters reveal that ignorant west-coast Canucks were using the 911 emergency help number as a tsunami early warning system (which it was never designed to be). City of Victoria experiences sudden 54-thousand person subscribership increase to its alert system, in just one week!

Record one million people take part in British Columbia earthquake drill

Maybe it’s because a New map reveals quake-deathtraps for people of Vancouver

Study shows mega-disaster could kill Canadian insurance industry

Killer fungus brought to Canada by Alaskan tsunami

Believe it or not, Canada’s geologically active western mountains (including volcanic Mount Meager) are little understood, scientists demand government fund research

CHILE: 5.9 quake

CHINA: 5.2 quake

5.4 quake hits Taiwan

4.7 quake Taiwan

Stricter Seismic Resistant Measures for Public buildings mandated

COLOMBIA: U.S. Southern Command spends tax-dollars, and ten days, training Colombian soldiers how to respond to natural disasters.

Video of U.S. Marines practicing disaster response on Base de Enternamiento de Infanteria de Marina, Coveñas, 01OCT209:

ECUADOR: 4.6 quake

EL SALVADOR: 4.4 quake

FIJI: 5.0 quake 24OCT2019

5.3 quake 21OCT2019

GUATEMALA: 4.8 quake along border with Mexico

INDONESIA: 5.6 quake

Merapi erupts

More proof that you must not rely on the government and/or private sector organizations; a year after a September 2018 tsunami “…the government reported that 4,140 people died in the disaster, of which 1,016 were not identified; and a further 705 people remain missing. More than 4,400 were seriously injured and more than 110,000 houses destroyed….. more than 172,000 people were displaced…. …170 organizations were or are carrying out recovery activities across 63 location…. … is encouraging the community to actively take ownership and be more involved in repair, recovery and reconstruction efforts.”

JAPAN: Fate and denial: The Fukushima reactor 3, and the L’Aquila earthquake 7

Landslide kills two more

Japan braces for two more destructive storms, two weeks after chaos of Typhoon Hagibis

Typhoon Hagibis farm, forest, fishery losses rise

Deadly typhoon forces Japan to face its vulnerability to increasingly powerful storms

Typhoon Hagibis highlights need for multilingual emergency alerts

Typhoon Hagibis: Homeless men denied shelter in middle of typhoon

5.7 earthquake jolts Chiba-Tokyo area

Extreme weather and natural disasters make Japan’s civil protection agencies among world’s busiest

Nearly 20% of Large Earthquakes Happen in Japan

More proof JAPAN is the MODERN DAY ATLANTIS

KOREA: In a nation that was relatively earthquake free, a national earthquake drill was conducted

3.4 quake

MEXICO: Two quakes hit near border with Arizona

Aztec Anales de Tlatelolco reveal massive catastrophic earthquake that struck in Gregorian year 1575

NEW ZEALAND: 5.7 quake hits Milford Sound

New Plymouth quake

Scientists claim human pollution exceeds volcanic pollution

NICARAGUA: Masaya erupts?

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: 4.2 quake 31OCT2019

4.5 quake 29OCT2019

4.6 quake 29OCT2019

5.5 quake 17OCT2019

Oil industry excited about potential for offshore hydrocarbon mining

PERU: Machu Picchu was hit by strong earthquakes during construction

4.4 quake 25OCT2019

PHILIPPINES: 31OCT2019-Three deadly quakes in one month

2nd Very Strong earthquake – 29OCT2019

The largest known volcano in the world discovered in the Philippine Sea

Yet another deadly quake, landslide

RUSSIA: 5.1 quake 30OCT2019

5.3 quake 05OCT2019

Scientists claim new tech can warn of the ‘Big One’ five days before it happens

moderately large explosive eruption occurred on Shiveluch volcano

SAMOA, Independent State of: Magnitude 6.0 quake

TONGA: Metis Shoal erupts

UNITED STATES: Beer industry reveals new warehouses to be built with “weather and seismic-related considerations”!

Alaska; 20% of dock supports failed in last year’s earthquake, drastically reducing amount of products being off-loaded. Turns out that local government had already been spending U.S.$3-million per year ‘kicking-the-can-down-the-road’ trying to maintain the aged docks!

Seismic airguns used to map the ocean floor are injuring beluga whales

“…the agency arbitrarily dismissed the risks from seismic, including the likelihood that denning polar bears will be run over and killed by seismic vehicles.”

5.7 quake strikes

Underwater volcano creates air pockets that can sink ships!

Tsunami that happened 55 years ago created killer tropical fungus

California; Massive fire storm expected after the next Big One

Revealed; 600 buildings on college campuses will collapse during Big One

New earthquake warning system 30 years after deadly quake

NASA discovers ‘web’ of ruptures, warns dormant Mojave Desert fault is moving, 8.0 on its way

Whales breach wildly in Monterey Bay after magnitude-4.7 earthquake strikes

World’s Largest Outdoor Seismic Simulator

Registration for 2020 National Earthquake Conference Now Open

Hawaii; New lava formation off Puna

False tsunami warning caused by police

Nevada; USGS gives university million dollar grant to build additional seismic monitoring stations

Seismic risks for delayed public building renovations creates urgency for state taxpayer funding

each year Nevada experiences anywhere from 15,000 to 20,000 earthquakes

Oregon; Towns to go under, literally, due to tsunami

4.7 quake hits on day of earthquake drill

Homeless shelter spends 18 months upgrading in preparation for major earthquake

Utah; FEMA gives Salt Lake City U.S.$4-million in additional tax funding for ongoing earthquake preps

Washington; State disaster experts say Cascadia Event will push a swath of ocean 18 feet high toward the coast at speeds of at least 20 knots. That’s why state officials are spending tax dollars creating new tsunami warning/evac system.

Know the 4 types of tsunamis that could impact people after an earthquake

Cascadia Event will create tsunami that will swamp coastline within 15 minutes, not enough time to get to higher ground, so what about Vertical Evacuation towers?

New tsunami evac-pods, get one now!

Wyoming; What’s really happening under Yellowstone?

Yellowstone’s ‘big one’ is coming, just not tomorrow

VANUATU: Yasur volcano continues to be unstable and seismic activity is set to continue

PACIFIC RING OF FIRE, September 2019: “THE MISSING LINK”

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“the missing link”: Pacific Ring of Fire, September 2019

Video September 30, 2019 Hutchins AAron

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

In the event of a killer asteroid, volcanic apocalypse, or nuclear holocaust, mushrooms could save humanity from extinction

How Amateur Video Is Helping Us Understand Deadly Tsunamis

New study says even if oil industry fracking stops the damage is done, and earthquakes related to the fracking could happen for years after the fracking is stopped.

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

6.1 quake, 26 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

JAPAN: “If nobody died, it would be easy to explain about the history. But many died and I survived by running faster than those who did not run, or did not know how to escape. It is really hard to explain emotionally.”-tsunami survivor

Sakurajima explodes

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.

MEXICO: Historic earthquakes suggest Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt’s quiet regions are active, home to 40% of Mexico’s residents

Popo erupts, yet again

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

4.8 quake, 27 September

4.8 quake, 03 September

5.2 quake, 02 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

That purple tinge you’ve been seeing in North American sunsets? Thank a Russian volcano that erupted several months ago.

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

36 tiny earthquakes in 6 days

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.

Hawaii; One year after eruption steam continues to appear in new places, or reappear in old places, and vegetation continues to die.

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

Major quake to leave Portland without clean water, city analysts predict 3-thousand water lines will break!

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?

In 1964, a subduction zone earthquake in Alaska triggered a tsunami that reached a height of almost 13 feet on Washington’s coast….the next one “could happen tomorrow, or it could happen 200 years from now”

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

5.3 quake, 20 September

5.9 quake, 06 September

5.1 quake, 05 September

PACIFIC RING OF FIRE, August 2019: TREMOR EVENT HAS BEGUN

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Germany rocked by major earthquake?

Video September 27, 2019 Hutchins AAron

“The normal infrastructure was completely down and therefore our team came in to do our quick assessment. The Bundeswehr came out and they’re getting assessed on what they do on their medical side.”-Specialist Christopher Wise, U.S. Army Europe

On 14SEP2019 Wackernheim, Germany, was rocked by a 6.2 earthquake. U.S. and German Soldiers hoisted casualties from the debris, evacuated them to a medical treatment area and rendered first aid.

For some reason Civil Air Patrol cadets went nuts, creating a chaotic environment by running through the streets and harassing the emergency responders!

Just kidding! It was part of NATO war game Cobra Strike 19. Here’s the boring official video explainer:

Here’s a slightly better video explainer:

Earthquakes are rare in Germany, but every now and then they have a big one. Seismicity in Germany

NUKE ATTACK HITS UNITED STATES, NEARLY 6,000 U.S. PERSONNEL MOBILIZED!

WYOMING MILITIA RESPONDS TO ‘CHEMICAL ATTACK’ IN COLORADO?

International

Tremor Event Has Begun: Pacific Ring of Fire, August 2019

Video September 9, 2019 Hutchins AAron

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”

International, U.S.

New Jersey National Guard saving pets in Qatar!

Image August 19, 2019 Hutchins AAron

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A struggling pet shelter in Doha, Qatar, has only three full-time staff members and more than 130 dogs and cats! It’s looks more like a farm.

Staff Sergeant Lia Carter, New Jersey National Guard.

“We started out just wanting to find the animals in Doha, Qatar’s capital, and see what was going on with rescues.”-Staff Sergeant Lia Cater, New Jersey National Guard, who helps rescue strays in her hometown of Queens, New York

“We took 100 pounds of dog food and 50 pounds of cat food. The shelter’s staff was overwhelmed to see us. They had never had such a large group come out all at once and volunteer.”-Staff Sergeant Lia Cater, New Jersey National Guard, who helps rescue strays in her hometown of Queens, New York

“They primarily need people to come out and walk dogs, help the dogs exercise, and give the animals some personal attention.”-Staff Sergeant Lia Cater, New Jersey National Guard, who helps rescue strays in her hometown of Queens, New York

“This program gives something for everyone to look forward to. It is also good for relations between the U.S. and Qatar.”-Sergeant Jimmy Simmeron, New Jersey National Guard

“We are going to have to stop being the policemen of the world.”-Donald Trump, August 2015 interview with Hugh Hewitt

OPERATION APPALACHIAN CARE; PROOF OBAMACARE FAILED, AND OBAMA KNEW IT DID!

GREAT RENEGER: GUARD DEPLOYMENTS SO COMMON EVEN BEERS ARE NAMED AFTER THEM

International

1939 v 2019; Germany invades Poland again, this time with the help of NATO!

Video August 18, 2019 Hutchins AAron

In September 1939, Germany invaded Poland on the pretext that Polish terrorists were attaching German radio stations (which is now considered a False Flag attack). It actuality was vengeance for having German territory stolen by the French and British empires, after World War One, to create what is now known as Poland.

The same thing happened after World War Two, and hundreds of thousands of Germans were disappeared by the Soviets and British empire as even more German territory was taken to create today’s boundaries for Poland!

(A generation gap exists between Germans expelled from Eastern Europe after World War II and their grandchildren, The monument was erected by members of Poland’s ethnic German minority, which was suppressed under four decades of Polish communism, Revenge on Ethnic Germans: Czech Town Divided, For the first time, a central memorial and monument for the Germans expelled from Hungary were inaugurated in Budaörs, The 1,000s of Germans massacred after WWII, also during the war the Soviet Union rounded up hundreds of thousands of ethnic Germans, and what happened to the thousands of German civilians expelled from Iran by the British and Soviet invaders?)

Marder 1A3/5. U.S. Army photo Sergeant First Class Class Michael O’Brien, 01JUN2019.

Leopard 2A5. USA photo Sergeant First Class Class Michael O’Brien, 01JUN2019.

From June thru July 2019, Germany invaded and occupied Poland, this time as part of a larger NATO operation called Noble Jump 2019. The German led NATO ‘spearhead battalion’ also consisted of units from Netherlands (just troops as the Dutch got rid of their main battle tanks in 2011) and Norway.

Swedish made Norwegian CV90. Norwegian Army photo by Kommandersersjant Florian Fergen, 04JUN2019.

Norwegian Army photo by Kommandersersjant Florian Fergen, 04JUN2019.

Even women took part in the invasion (oh my!).

NATO video explaining the German led invasion:

“Noble Jump is a defensive exercise. It will prove our very high readiness ground troops are ready and rapidly deployable, wherever and whenever needed. Readiness and mobility are key to NATO’s deterrence posture.”-U.S. Admiral James Foggo, Allied Joint Force Command Naples/NATO Response Force 2019

German Fox (Fuchs). Norwegian Army photo by Kommandersersjant Florian Fergen, 08JUN2019.

On 13JUL2019, the invasion culminated in an epic tank battle involving armor from the United States, Germany and Poland. However, in the video it seems they were all on the same side and you can’t tell who they’re fighting. I don’t know who won.

Isn’t it ironic that a country punished for trying to regain and hold onto stolen territory is now helping U.S. led NATO to occupy those same territories?

HI-TECH FAIL: GERMANY STILL TRAINS UP OLD-SKOOL CAVALRY!

GERMANY FINALLY ADOPTS THE MINIGUN!

International, Technology

Hi-tech fail: Germany still trains up old-skool Cavalry!

Video August 17, 2019 Hutchins AAron

It’s pronounced Cav-all-ry, not calvary (calvary is the name of the hill where supposedly somebody named Jesus of Nazareth was executed), and today’s German army still trains up old fashioned horse riders.

Video with soothing music in which male and female German mountain-soldiers (Gebirgsjäger) profess that their blond-haired horses are their comrades:

Video with more upbeat music showing Mountain troops having fun riding their horses (Pferde) through Alpine villages:

HI-TECH FAIL: NATO GERMANY PROVES MULES (Mulis) STILL RULE MOUNTAIN WARFARE

International

“lost in time”: Pacific Ring of Fire, July 2019

Image July 31, 2019 Hutchins AAron

Incomplete list of seismic/natural disaster reports from around the Pacific Ring of Fire, July 2019. Not only is quake and volcano activity ramping up around the Pacific Ring of Fire, it’s ramping up around the planet.

A new business report says seismic surveys “can grow into the most important market in the world that has played an important role in making progressive impacts on the global economy.”

Predicting earthquake hazards from wastewater injection (fracking)

Mystery of Sea of Galilee quakes solved; caused by Israel pumping out excessive amounts of water

Mars-quakes suggest Mars is less Earth-like than we thought

More proof it’s not humans causing ice melt as Lake of Bubbling Lava Discovered on Remote Antarctic Island

AUSTRALIA: Seismic air guns used by oil industry are literally knocking sealife off balance

Earthquake near Broome may have released ‘100 times more energy’ than Newcastle tremor

Experts ‘Can’t Explain’ Cluster Of Earthquakes

CANADA: British Columbia’s largest underwater volcano reveals lifeforms “lost in time”

6.3 quake hits offshore BC, 13 hours before twin big quakes hit California

CHILE: According to the Ministry of Interior (Homeland), 43% of all natural disasters recorded in Chile since 1960 happened between 2014 and 2017.

Nevados de Chillán eruption spews incandescent material

CHINA: More proof you can’t blame humans for climate change; Study suggests volcanoes do more damage to the ozone layer than anything humans have done.

Wandan mud volcano erupted again

Man arrested, because only in China is it a crime to make fun of deadly earthquakes

COLOMBIA: And for more proof you can’t blame humans for climate change, anybody remember the TV show Space 1999? Turns out the Moon is being pushed from the Earth right, although slowly and not by nuclear waste explosion, but the catastrophic climate change results are the same as in Space 1999: “Earth’s tidal strength is gradually pushing the moon away from us at a rate of about 3 centimeters a year. Therefore, the moon is indeed a potential ploonet once it reaches an unstable orbit.”-Mario Sucerquia, University of Antioquia

The U.S. Navy conducted ‘subject matter expert exchanges’ with Colombian counterparts, including a FEMA Disaster Training course. The object is to unify disaster response techniques: “It’s cool to see the differences in how we perform similar treatments. We are picking up different ideas from each other, which will improve our abilities, and this training will allow us to integrate easily when we operate jointly.”-Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Dennis Hueston

COSTA RICA: averages 350 earthquakes each month, or about 12 each day

5.5 Quake Shakes Guanacaste

For some reason a first ever National Earthquake Simulation will be conducted.

EL SALVADOR: 5.7 quake, 31JUL2019

4.3 quake, 28JUL2019

4.8 quake, 10JUL2019

FIJI: 5.0 quake, 30JUL2019

4.8 quake, 25JUL2019

5.7 earthquake day before big quakes in California

GUATEMALA: Santiaguito volcano has been fairly calm for the last couple of years, with 10-15 daily explosions. At the beginning of the month a new episode of higher activity began with stronger and more frequent (35-40 daily) explosions and more lava extrusion- blocks have been seen rolling off the Caliente dome.

After a 2012 earthquake, requiring the rebuilding of hospitals, long term investigations revealed that the taxpayer funded socialized healthcare system was making rich politicians even richer!

HONDURAS: U.S. Marines and U.S. Army personnel are on standby in Honduras, at Soto Cano Air Base, to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in the event of emergencies in the region.

INDONESIA: Teenagers steal earthquake detector, sell it on Facebook

Tangkuban Perahu blows up

villagers near active volcano refuse to relocate

5.0 quake, 28JUL2019

4.6 quake, 28JUL2019

Tsunami warning issued after 7.1 magnitude earthquake

JAPAN: Earthquake of 6.0 magnitude rocks Pacific Ocean south of Tokyo

volcanic eruption observed on Aso-san

6.1 quake near Amami

Fukushima fishing port hit by 2011 tsunami reopens 8 years later

Study says rare oarfish sightings do not mean an earthquake is about to happen

U.S. Army Garrison Japan (Camp Zama) announced preparations for an ‘all hands’ Emergency Evacuation Program for military personnel and their families, to be held in May: “Everyone who would potentially be an evacuee has to process through. Either their sponsor has to go through or one member of the family has to go through.”-Will Luna, garrison emergency manager

KOREA: 2.1 quake near Goseong

3.9 quake near Sangju

Quake east of Donghae

MEXICO: 4.0 offshore Oaxaca, 31JUL2019

4.0 offshore Oaxaca, 30JUL2019

Mount Popo erupts, yet again, watch ash cloud rise towards the satellite

Series of small quakes hit Mexico City

4.7 in Acapulco

NEW CALEDONIA: 4.9 southeast of Loyalty Islands

NEW ZEALAND: Two 5.0 quakes, 30JUL2019

4.2 quake, 29JUL2019

Shallow earthquake felt widely in Christchurch

PANAMA: 5.0 quake, 29JUL2019

4.1 quake, 26JUL2019

4.2 quake, 22JUL2019

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: 6.2 quake

Volcano – Emergency Plan of Action

6.4 hits north of Kandrian, New Britain

PERU: 5.1 quake, 23JUL2019

Volcano Erupts in Stunning Images Captured by Russian Satellite

State of emergency declared in 12 districts due to volcanic activity

West Virginia National Guard instructed Peruvian military on medevac (medical evacuation) ops: “The training they received will help them be better prepared to provide advanced emergency medical treatment to their countrymen and women during times of disaster….”-Master Sergeant Evan McDonough

PHILIPPINES: 2-hundred aftershocks in Batanes province, after at least eight people were killed

Hawaii National Guard met with their Filipino counter parts to conduct an Incident Awareness and Assessment (IAA) Subject Matter Expert Exchange (SMEE) conference “… to develop standard operating procedures to use during Humanitarian and Disaster Response (HADR) operations”, according to Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Captain Rene Datugan.

RUSSIA: 4.8 quake eastern Siberia, 31JUL2019

5.0 quake Kuril Islands, 18JUL2019

4.7 quake Kamchatka, 18JUL2019

5.0 quake Kuril Islands, 10JUL2019

TONGA: 4.8 quake, 31JUL2019

5.1 quake, 25JUL2019

5.0 quake, 12JUL2019

5.0 quake, 09JUL2019

UNITED STATES:

Alaska; Earthquake Repairs at Anchorage Schools Could Top $150M

4.1 quake hits central Alaska

Major earthquake reveals Port of Alaska money troubles, could result in another taxpayer funded ‘bridge to nowhere’

mysterious geologic event that is emitting fire, steam and a sulfur smell baffles residents and officials

California; Everything you thought you knew about earthquake insurance is wrong

Watch 30 Years Of Earthquakes Rock California In This Remarkable Animation

Earthquake Hit Exceedingly Rare 1-inch Pupfish With 10-Foot Waves

Upcoming Latino online news format mitú admitted that many Californians don’t speak English and that disaster response announcements failed to consider that, they also made fun of the stupid ‘white’ people’s reaction to the big quakes: “Some Latinos questioned the dramatic reactions of others, since Latin America knows earthquakes all too well.” (I’m not Latino, but having lived through many big quakes in Iran in the early 1970s and in California in the early 1990s, I agree with mitú’s assessment)

How Two Big Earthquakes Triggered 16,000 More

DID U.S. Air Force KNOW CALIFORNIA WAS ABOUT TO BE HIT? Conducts base quake drill one month prior.

U.S. NAVY & AIR FORCE BASES HIT BY CALIFORNIA QUAKES!

Because of the secret nature of China Lake Naval Air Station (NAS), the California Seismic Safety Commission has been unable to go in and check out what is happening

25JUL2019, 4.7 quake epicenter directly under China Lake NAS

Colorado; Super-volcano near the town of Creede

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Hawaii; Now home to the world’s largest volcano

protesters fighting new telescope on sacred volcano

On Oahu, military personnel from Indonesia, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Philippines, as well as Hawaii and Oregon National Guard units, converged for CBRNE (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, explosive) training, focusing on rescuing civilians from their homes, or places of employment.

Georgia National Guard serve meals from a Disaster Relief Mobile Kitchen Trailer during Innovative Readiness Training at Camp Paumalu Girl Scout Camp, 15JUL2019. Pennsylvania Guard units, as well as Air Force Reserve unites from California, also took part in the ‘real-world construction mission’.