Category Archives: International

“peaceful coexistence and inclusion.”: Global Migrant Wars, April 2019

Citizens of each country might think they’re the only people dealing with mass-human-migration problems, this incomplete list is meant to show that the tsunami of humans looking for a better place to live is global.  It can be blamed on never ending War on Terror, War on Drugs, Regime Change, War for Resources, what I call Operation Jupiter disease operations, climate change, and (believe it or not) the population Death Spiral of the ‘developed’ Western World.  But most of all it’s about the money.

United Nations boasts that more than 12-thousand-5-hundred migrants entered Europe in 4 months

European Union wants world’s biggest Biometric Database: Common Identity Repository (CIR) will consolidate biometric data on almost all visitors and migrants 

Are Spain and Italy covering up the number of migrant arrivals?

Who’s funding the migrant caravans?

‘Immigrants send record remittances to sub-Saharan Africa’

East Africa accounts for least number of immigrants

Are we on the cusp of the Third Age of Migration?

AFGHANISTAN: Afghan Migrant Walked 4000 Miles to Greece, Found Hell, Went Home

ALGERIA: Left to die: how Algeria deports migrants

AUSTRALIA: The Land Down Under is now the number one destination for super-rich migrants wanting to avoid taxes in their home countries!

commences 5 year temporary visa for parents

changes introduced to Migration under Federal Budget 2019

BOSNIA: Border guards in this soon to be a new member of NATO deny putting migrants into cages

BOTSWANA: President Likens Elephants to European Migrant Crisis

CANADA: In a twist, Canada asks U.S. for help cracking down on its southern border

Revealed: Exploitation of migrant workers in Canada

The rise of an uncaring Canada

The new BC PNP Entrepreneur Regional Pilot is launched by the immigration authorities in British Columbia

issued 3,350 invitations to Express Entry candidates to apply for Canadian permanent residence, even with scores as low as 451

CHINA: Money lures migrants to overstay their work visa 

Domestic (not home workers, meaning they’re not from other countries) migrant workers becoming older, less willing to go where the jobs are, and expensive

COLUMBIA: Colombia Is Losing the Race Against the U.S. instigated Venezuelan Migrant Crisis

British empire United Kingdom, as well as U.S. based World Bank, funds Columbia’s refugee program for Venezuelans

FRANCE: United Nations says refugees are being systematically evicted

GERMANY: “The German public has the right to find out about the truth about the possible consequences of illegal mass immigration-Ronald Glaeser, Alternative für Deutschland political party, referring to the immigrant crisis in the U.S. as an example of failed leftist-liberal policies

GREECE:  police clash with migrants, blamed on ‘fake news’ report

INDIA: considers making specific religious beliefs mandatory for citizenship

Indians show off the mansions they built for themselves using the money they made as migrant workers

ISRAEL (PALESTINE): Israeli occupation forces wound 110 people in the world’s biggest refugee camp known as Gaza

ITALY: 146 migrants land in Italy in United Nations organized Libya evacuation

‘Migrants are a burden for us, they should be equally divided’

JAPAN: population death spiral accelerates despite record number of legally allowed immigration

KENYA: Chinese ‘christians’ find new home in Africa

KYRGYZSTAN: Returned labor migrants’ entrepreneurial skills are underutilized. A new project seeks to change that.

LEBANONWhat’s it like to spend 71 years as a Palestinian refugee

Japan makes $6-million USD contribution to Palestinian refugee camps

LIBYA: United Nations evacuates 325 refugees out of Tripoli 

‘Western’ backed Prime Minister warns that 800-thousand migrants are heading to Europe!

MALAYSIA: Apparently police knew about death camps for illegal migrants months before they were revealed to the public

MEXICO:  Experiences Unprecedented Number Of illegal immigrants

Migrant caravan goes global, attracts refugees from across world

United Nations and the the International Olympic Committee opens refurbished sports facilities for migrants in order to promote “peaceful coexistence and inclusion.”

Cuban migrants deported

MOROCCOAt least 16 migrants killed 

NETHERLANDS:  The imperial Dutch Caribbean island called Curaçao is accused by the United Nations of abusing and imprisoning U.S. instigated refugees from Venezuela 

NEW ZEALAND: The Skilled Migrant Category of New Zealand Residence Program is available for those candidates who have the skills to contribute to New Zealand’s economic growth

NIGER: United Nations dumps 163 refugees from Libya

NIGERIA: Potential migrant workers warned not to go to Middle East due to “booming” human organ harvesting scams!

PERU: With Venezuela in turmoil, migrants and refugees turn to Peru

PHILIPPINES: Are migrant workers humans or commodities: The United Nations has estimated a hefty $466-billion USD in remittances from migrant workers worldwide

POLAND: Does ‘no migrants’ policy explain lack of terror attacks?

SOUTH AFRICA: archbishop says oppression of migrants in South Africa recalls apartheid

SRI LANKA: Almost a thousand Muslim refugees and asylum seekers were displaced after landlords came under local pressure to evict them.

TURKEY: Over 370 ‘irregular’ migrants held 

Palestinian children in Turkey long for their homeland

UGANDA: Asylum for sale: Male refugees victimized by sexual violence

UNITED STATES: Corporations, state and local governments HIGH ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING?

More proof ‘American christians’ are behind global migration conspiracy:  Washington DC based Catholic Legal Immigration Network remembers one of their own who led the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Office of Migration and Refugee Services, one of the world’s largest refugee resettlement agencies.

President Trump wants an immigration system ‘like they have in Canada.’ 

UZBEKISTAN: Revealed that this Central Asian country makes money off sending migrant workers to other countries, last Gregorian year $5.1-billion USD was remitted by migrants in Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkey and the United States. 

VATICAN: Pope funds migrant caravan heading to U.S.

YEMEN: The war torn country detains more than 2000 migrants

MY IMMIGRANT IDAHO 2018: THE “SPANISH SECTION” KEEPING IDAHO FARMS STRONG!

CONTROL THROUGH CHAOS 2016: USING THE BIBLE AS YOUR GUIDE TO DESTROY SOCIETY!

SUMERIAN LAMENT 2015: GERMANY SAYS MIGRANT-REFUGEE FLOOD WILL PERMANENTLY CHANGE EUROPE! HISTORY SHOWS IMMIGRANTS ARE GREATEST SELF-INFLICTED THREAT TO EMPIRES!

‘not normal’: Pacific Ring of Fire, April 2019

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

All Types of Large Earthquakes Produce Prompt Gravity Signals

How volcanic eruptions can change hurricane season for years

New study highlights what boaters should do after the Big One

BOLIVIA: Light mag. 4.2 earthquake – Chile-Bolivia Border Region 

Light mag. 4.3 earthquake – Potosi, Bolivia 

Light mag. 4.1 earthquake – Potosi, Bolivia

Light mag. 4.7 earthquake – Central Bolivia

CANADA: Moderate mag. 5.3 earthquake – 205 km W of Port Alice

‘I thought I was imagining it’: Two earthquakes strike off coast of Vancouver Island

4.6 magnitude earthquake hits 170 kilometres west of Port Hardy

Memo to northeast BC: more fracking earthquakes ahead

CHILE: Light mag. 4.4 earthquake – Offshore Valparaiso, Chile

Light mag. 4.6 earthquake – Chile-Bolivia Border Region

elevated prefab home in Chile takes in striking volcano views

Minor mag. 3.8 earthquake – 176 km al SO de Puerto Natales

Moderate mag. 5.2 earthquake – Near Coast of Northern Chile

CHINA: Earthquakes linked to fracking

Magnitude 6.1 earthquake hits eastern Taiwan

COLUMBIA: Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake

ECUADOR: Minor mag. 3.6 earthquake – Off Coast

Minor mag. 3.5 earthquake – Near Coast 

Moderate mag. 5.5 earthquake – Santa Elena

EL SALVADOR: Light mag. 4.0 earthquake – Offshore 

 Light mag. 4.5 earthquake – Offshore

Light mag. 4.4 earthquake – 14km S of San Francisco Menendez

Light mag. 4.7 earthquake – Off Coast

FIJI: Light mag. 4.7 earthquake – South of Fiji Islands

Light mag. 4.6 earthquake

Moderate mag. 5.1 earthquake 

Moderate mag. 5.4 earthquake

GUATEMALA: Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake – Offshore

Volcanic Eruption 6-Month update 

Light mag. 4.5 earthquake – 2km NNW of Santa Catarina Pinula

INDONESIA: Volcano in Indonesia’s Bali erupts, triggering rains of ashes

Anak Krakatau: Collapsed volcano’s tsunami simulated

Minor mag. 3.5 earthquake – Sumbawa Region

6.8 magnitude earthquake off Indonesia coast prompts tsunami warnings

Taiwan donates additional funding for Indonesian post-quake relief

5.7 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Banggai

JAPAN: Research reveals cause of huge 2011 tsunami

5.6-magnitude quake strikes Hokkaido

Olympic minister resigns for insulting earthquake victims 

Small volcanic eruption observed on Mount Aso

Mount Aso: One of the World’s Largest Calderas

Light mag. 4.9 earthquake – Southeast of Ryukyu Islands

Mount Fuji’s History of Eruptions

Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake – Volcano Islands

Moderate mag. 5.2 earthquake – Ryukyu Islands

KOREA: Minor mag. 3.8 earthquake -21 April

Light mag. 4.3 earthquake – 19 April

Korea has seen three earthquakes in April alone … until 2016 Korea has been relatively free from earthquakes

Fancy a Volcanic Honeymoon?  Koreans call it “Honeymoon Island”

MALAYSIA: Malaysian first responders and British empire Royal Air Force Reserves personnel take part in a disaster response exercise during the U.S. led Pacific Partnership 2019.

MICRONESIA: U.S. military personnel help rebuild a school as part of Pacific Partnership 2019, in an effort to enhance regional ‘interoperability’ and disaster response capabilities.

MEXICO: Earthquake sways buildings in Mexico City, prompting evacuations

Light mag. 4.3 earthquake – Chiapas

Light mag. 4.6 earthquake – Oaxaca

Light mag. 4.6 earthquake – Gulf of California

Colima volcano activity update

Popocatépetl volcano field report 

It hasn’t erupted in 37 years but Chiapas volcano considered high risk

NEW ZEALAND: Light mag. 4.0 earthquake

Moderate mag. 5.3 earthquake

Light mag. 4.3 earthquake – New Zealand (Fiji) 

Ruapehu volcano: increased crater lake temerature

White Island: Would you dare walk New Zealand’s most-active volcano?

Secret to deadly, fast-moving volcanic flows unlocked by NZ scientists

PANAMA: Light mag. 4.9 earthquake

Moderate mag. 5.3 earthquake – 2 km al Sur de Sixaola, Talamanca

PAPUA NEW GUINEA:Light mag. 4.8 earthquake

Light mag. 4.9 earthquake 

Moderate mag. 5.2 earthquake

Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake 

Evacuation erupts over volcano explosion 

Light mag. 4.8 earthquake

Light mag. 4.6 earthquake

PERU: Sabancaya Volcano continuous ash emissions

Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake – Near Coast 

Light mag. 4.4 earthquake – Peru-Bolivia Border Region

Moderate mag. 5.1 earthquake – Near Coast

PHILIPPINES: Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology has cleared Clark Freeport of possible liquefaction following the series of earthquakes

Minor mag. 3.7 earthquake

Light mag. 4.8 earthquake – Mindanao

Light mag. 4.6 earthquake – Luzon

Manila buildings shake after magnitude 6.3 quake, people killed

RUSSIA: Light mag. 4.5 earthquake – 191km SE of Vilyuchinsk

Price for holiday on Kamchatka

Light mag. 4.5 earthquake – Off East Coast Of Kamchatka

Light mag. 4.1 earthquake – 152km E of Egvekinot

Light mag. 4.6 earthquake – Komandorskiye Ostrova 

Shiveluch Volcano Explosive activity continues

TIMOR-LESTE: U.S. Navy personnel practice mass-casualty disaster response on a Timorese, 26APR2019.

TONGA: Moderate mag. 5.4 earthquake

Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake

Light mag. 4.4 earthquake – 160km WNW of Havelu

Moderate mag. 5.2 earthquake

Moderate mag. 5.8 earthquake – 126km ENE of Hihifo

UNITED STATES:National Volcano Warning System Gains Steam

For the first time the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) hosted the Joint Humanitarian Operations Course led by the USAID’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance, in Philadelphia April 2-3: “It is critical that all actors have a better understanding of roles and responsibilities for the whole of government effort in increasingly complicated disaster relief operations.”-Elizabeth Smithwick, USAID OFDA humanitarian assistance advisor

Official federal Department of Defense propaganda video explaining how state National Guard units are the first-line of response to natural disasters in the U.S. (falsely claiming the National Guard is “the first on the scene”, I guess they forgot about all the local-yokel first responders):

Alaska; Light mag. 4.0 earthquake – 16km N of Anchorage

 Moderate mag. 5.3 earthquake – 30km E of Kiska Volcano

Strong mag. 6.5 earthquake – 31km ENE of Kiska Volcano

Light mag. 4.1 earthquake – 32km SE of Kiska Volcano

Light mag. 4.9 earthquake – 265km SSW of Kiska Volcano

Arizona; Minor mag. 3.6 earthquake – 46km SSE of Clifton

California; Magnitude-3.5 earthquake strikes near Plaskett

Ten times more earthquakes now detected in Southern California

4.3 earthquake rattles Mendocino County

Every three minutes, an earthquake strikes in California

3.4 quake near Borrego Springs

Melting snow may have caused earthquakes in California

California’s Eerie ‘Earthquake Pause’ Is Unprecedented

Guam; Light mag. 4.9 earthquake Northern Mariana Islands

Hawaii; Several small earthquakes rattle the Big Island

Scientists Observe Increase in Volcano’s Activity

The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency is encouraging residents to stay vigilant as part of Tsunami Awareness Month. April was chosen as the month to honor and remember the hundreds of lives lost during the worst tsunami event in Hawai’i’s recent history.  The 1946 April Fool’s Day tsunami was caused by an 8.6 earthquake near Alaska: “Earthquake-generated tsunamis can reach Hawaii within just a few hours at speeds of nearly 500 miles per hour!”-Jeff Daniels, former Honolulu District Emergency Management Chief

Idaho; 16 earthquakes hit East Idaho in one week

Montana; Earthquake, aftershocks hit rural southwestern Montana

Nevada; earthquakes of magnitude 4.1 and 4.2

Government says Nevada site for plutonium storage is safe

Oregon; This Ship Could Provide Relief After A Cascadia Megaquake

It’s time to replace I-5 bridge spanning Columbia River

Where should Columbia River boaters go in a Cascadia tsunami?

Utah; Ogden-centered quake could kill 378, destroy 12657 building

4.1 earthquake strikes southwest of Fillmore

Great Utah ShakeOut is part of a global effort to prepare agencies and individuals for earthquakes. Over 2.6 million are already registered to participate this year worldwide, over a million of which are in Utah alone. 

Washington; How long would it take to outwalk a tsunami?

Kenmore Air contributes to West Coast disaster drill

May is now Volcano Preparedness Month in Washington state

Here’s why people have been worried about a possible Mount Baker eruption

Wyoming; Yellowstone: USGS finds ‘not normal’ signs of movement

New Thermal Activity Emerges in Yellowstone

Most detailed map yet of famous Teton quake fault

VANUATU: Ambrym volcano is continuing in the major unrest state

PACIFIC RING OF FIRE, March 2019: IDES OF MARCH

Ultimate proof chocolate is good for you; prevents Amberjack from going bad!

08 April 2019 (07:16 UTC-07 Tango 06) 19 Farvardin 1398/02 Sha’ban 1440/04 Wu-Chen 4717

There’s a type of fish that is expensive, because it’s in high demand by connoisseured sushi lovers and because it quickly goes ‘bad’ once harvested: Amberjack (aka Yellowtail).

Japanese Yellowtail (aka Buri)

In Japan it’s called Buri (typically pronounced with a -D- sound making it sound like boo-dy), only two days after harvest the meat begins to lose color, turning grey.  Back in January, Japanese news reports said a fish farm on the west side of the island of Shikoku began feeding the fish chocolate right before harvest.  The result was that the meat kept its color five days after harvest.

Chocolate infused fish food pellets, looking like chocolate chip cookie dough, yummy

Now the man who is credited with the idea, Kiwada Kenichi of the Uwajima Project, is in California trying to pawn his chocolate fed fish to local sushi joints.  Eaters in Los Angeles were asked to be guinea pigs and taste the meat, which traveled all the way from Japan.  According to an NHK (Nippon Housou Kyoukai/Japan Broadcasting Corporation) report everybody loved it.

Chocolate keeps the meat fresh because chocolate is an antioxidant.  According to Wikipedia “Oxidation is a chemical reaction that can produce free radicals, thereby leading to chain reactions that may damage the cells of organisms.”  Feeding the fish chocolate before they die keeps the meat fresh for up to three days longer than if they didn’t eat chocolate.

California Yellowtail (Amberjack)

Amberjack species are found from California to Japan.  The fish is so in demand that in 2014 a Yellowtail farm was started off the coast of San Diego.  In 2018 it was reported that Hawaii was experiencing an “abundance” of Yellowtail catches.  Bottom line is that the fish is worth big money, Kiwada Kenichi estimates his chocolate fed Buri will bring in $18-million USD per Gregorian year by 2021.

Hawaii Yellowtail (aka Hawaiian Hiramasa)

WILLY WONKA CHOCOLATE IS HAZARDOUS MATERIAL? ‘SPLAINS THE UMPA-LUMPAS!

DARK CHOCOLATE: ‘WHITE’ MEN CAN HANDLE IT AT ANY AGE!

NO MORE GHIRARDELLI CHOCOLATES?

NO MORE CHOCOLATE?

IRAN DEFEATS UNITED STATES….WITH CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM!

Cops kill teenager for being high on chocolate!

YET ANOTHER STUDY SAYS CHOCOLATE REDUCES HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

KRAFT MOVING CHOCOLATE PRODUCTION TO BRAZIL?

In 2011, CHOCOLATE KINDER EGGS ILLEGAL IN THE UNITED STATES

Vehicle I-D: THAAD (updated)

In the 1990s, the THAAD originally stood for Theater High Altitude Area Defense, but it has changed.  Lockheed Martin: “…Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor to the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). THAAD is a highly effective, combat-proven defense capability against short, medium and intermediate-range ballistic missile threats, and is the only U.S. system designed to intercept targets outside and inside the atmosphere.”

Possibly in exchange for Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu promising not to attack nuclear operations in Iran, on 13OCT2024 U.S. President Joseph Robinette Biden Junior deployed the THAAD system to Israel.

Bravo Battery-62nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, Fort Cavazos (aka Fort Hood), July 2024. U.S. Army photo by Private First Class Josefina Garcia.

Estimated cost (as of 2017): $1.25-Billion per battery (48 missiles, six truck-mounted launchers, a radar, a command-and-control platform, 95 soldiers), $12.6-Million per missile.

THAAD command & control vehicles, Dededo, Guam, 12MAR2024. U.S. Army photo by Major Trevor Wild.

Difference between a rocket and a missile: A ‘missile’ is a guided rocket, a ‘rocket’ has no guidance system.

THAAD launcher somewhere in The Middle East, November 2023. USA photo by Duy Nguyen.

In March 2019, the U.S. Army deployed (supposedly for the first time) a THAAD  battery to Israel for a U.S.-Israeli wargame.

Somewhere in the Negev Desert, U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Cory D. Payne.

THAAD radar units of the U.S. Army’s Bravo Battery-Second Air Defense Artillery Regiment-11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, Israel, 04MAR2019.

Somewhere in the Negev Desert, USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Cory D. Payne, 05MAR2019.

Fort Bliss, Texas, 23FEB2019. USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Cory D. Payne.

THAAD load-up on C-17 for deployment from Fort Bliss, Texas, 23FEB2019.

Official U.S. Department of Defense music video of 2019 deployment to Israel:

Anderson Air Force Base, Guam. USA photo by Captain Adan Cazarez.

THAAD deployed to Guam, 05FEB2019.

AN/TPY-2 radar on Kwajalein Atoll, 11AUG2012. Photo via U.S. Missile Defense Agency.

The THAAD also uses the Army/Navy TPY-2 radar.

GREAT RENEGER: TRUMP DEPLOYS THAAD TO ISRAEL

VEHICLE I-D: USAF C-21 LEARJET, YEAR OF THE LEAR

Great Reneger: Trump deploys THAAD to Israel

U.S. Army photo by Sergeant Bethany P. Williams, 06MAR2019.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu takes a group selfie with U.S. Army THAAD system personnel, 06MAR2019.

I edited down videos recorded by Ziv Sokolov and released by the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv:

At the begging of March 2019 U.S. THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) missiles were deployed to Israel, under the Dynamic Force Employment (DFE) ‘concept’.

The U.S. Army’s Bravo Company-First Battalion-503rd Infantry Regiment-173rd Airborne Brigade (in NATO Italy), also deployed to Israel for the wargame. USA photo by Henry Villarama, 23FEB2019.

Supposedly this deployment has nothing to do with increased fighting in the area, but is meant to prove DFE is capable of rapidly deploying air defense weapons globally (just like the APS system), in anticipation of World War Three.

U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Cory D. Payne, 06MAR2019.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, get a tour of a U.S. THAAD site in Israel, 06MAR2019.

Official propaganda video promoting U.S.-Israeli military alliance:

Official social media propaganda video:

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

GREAT RENEGER: LOUISIANA BOMBERS DEPLOY TO ENGLAND

AMERICA SPREAD THIN: More than 2-thousand U.S. military personnel are now in Israel!

Great Reneger: Pennsylvania militia deploys to Poland

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

Pennsylvania Army National Guard’s 3rd Squadron, 278th Armored Cavalry (Cav-all-ree, not cal-vary as so many people mispronounce it) Regiment, 55th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade deploying to Poland for NATO anti-Russia wargames.

Pennsylvania Army National Guard photo by Sergeant First Class Doug Roles, 16MAR2019.

About 5-hundred militia personnel are deploying.  On 16MAR2019 they held a deployment ceremony.

This is just par for the course as ever since 11SEP2001, Pennsylvania National Guard units have deployed thousands of times.

GREAT RENEGER, 2019: NEW JERSEY MILITIA DEPLOYS TO AFRICA

GREAT RENEGER, 2018: PENNSYLVANIA MILITIA DEPLOYING TO KUWAIT

War on Terror Failure, 2018:

Avenue of Flags Memorial, Pennsylvania

PENNSYLVANIA MILITIA ENDURES THOUSANDS OF DEPLOYMENTS SINCE 9-11!

Ides of March: Pacific Ring of Fire, March 2019

Incomplete list of seismic/natural disaster reports from around the Pacific Ring of Fire, March 2019.  Not only is quake and volcano activity ramping up around the Pacific Ring of Fire, it’s ramping up around the planet.  Does it have anything to do with the Earth moving away from the Sun?

Taking pics of the stars reveals earthquakes under your feet

Massive 66 million-year-old tsunami caused by dinosaur-killing meteor

Volcanoes! Lightning! And Radioactive Gas, Too

Volcano cliffs can affect monitoring data

Volcanic threats to global society

Did volcanoes kill the dinosaurs? New evidence points to ‘maybe’

The Underappreciated Threat of Volcanic Tsunamis

BOLIVIA: Strong mag. 6.2 earthquake

CANADA: Rare 4.5-magnitude earthquake shakes Fort Good Hope (not on the Pacific Ring of Fire, but significant)

‘Raw beauty’ on display at site of Canada’s last volcano eruption

researchers studying effects of U.S. Mount Saint Helens eruption on Canadian province of Alberta

Real-life tsunami threat in Port Alberni forces evacuation updates

CHILE: 5.5 earthquake – Near Coast of Northern Chile

Light mag. 4.6 earthquake

Minor mag. 3.6 earthquake

3.5 earthquake – 33 km al O de Mina Collahuasi 

4.0 earthquake – 28 km al O de La Higuera

Moderate mag. 5.2 earthquake 

CHINA: 4.7 earthquake jolts Northeastern Taiwan

Explosion at chemical factory causes 2.2 quake

COLUMBIA: Did the Moon trigger Saturday’s M=6.1 earthquake? 

6.1 Magnitude Earthquake 

ECUADOR: El Reventador Volcano Continually Remakes Itself

7.5 Earthquake near Palora

EL SALVADOR: $6-million USD earthquake proof data center to be built

FIJI: 6.2 quake

4.9 quake

GUATEMALA: Some remains of volcano victims not identified

INDONESIA: At first sign of trouble, don’t wait on tsunami warning. Just run

4.9 earthquake – Flores Region

 5.8 magnitude strikes Sulawesi

3.5 earthquake – Bali Region

3.8 earthquake – Northern Molucca Sea

5.5 earthquake – Sumbawa Region

Flooding, strong earthquake claim more than 80 lives

JAPAN: A government panel says a massive eruption of Fujiyama could send volcanic ash all the way to the wider Tokyo metropolitan area, the eruption would last 15 days.  The last time Fujiyama erupted was from December 1707 to January 1708 (Gregorian calendar).  Interesting that Fujiyama erupted seven years after the last Cascadia Event hit the Pacific Northwest of North America.

Tsunami-hit railway in Iwate resumes full operation

Mega-quake would likely flood more of Fukushima than 2011 tsunami

Tohoku residents still haunted by memories of devastating 3/11 triple disaster

U.S. military took part in the Great Tohoku Earthquake remembrance, 11MAR2019.

Official video report, U.S. military personnel recall Operation Tomodachi, 9.0 Tohoku Earthquake:

KOREA: One of the Worst Earthquakes in Korea’s recent History (just two years ago) Was Caused by Humans

MEXICO: Moderate earthquake – Off Coast Of Jalisco

New Dramatic video as volcano erupts again

Watch video as Popocatépetl volcano sends plumes of ash in the air in powerful explosion

 4.4 earthquake – Offshore Oaxaca

The riddle of the 19 September 2017 earthquake

NEW ZEALAND: A surprising, cascading earthquake

Civil Defence retracts tsunami warning issued by mistake 

The U.S. Army’s 25th Infantry Division (based in Hawaii) deployed its Tropic Lighting Division to New Zealand, to receive training on New Zealand’s National Disaster Response Framework and prep for future disaster deployments: “While the Indo-Asia Pacific presents unique challenges in disaster relief emergencies, it all comes down to people and relationships that make the absolute difference. Building partnerships and alliances ahead of those disasters are a critical component to mission success.”-Lieutenant Colonel Jason Hetzel, U.S. Army

PANAMA: 4.3 quake

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: One year later Survivors still contend with the fallout of Papua New Guinea’s earthquake

PERU: 5.0 earthquake – Peru-Ecuador Border 

7.1-magnitude earthquake

PHILIPPINES: Taal volcano (Philippines): volcano is warming up, alert level raised

U.S. Navy Seebees work to complete the Santa Elena Evacuation Site in Tacloban City, as a part of Pacific Partnership-19.

Local emergency responders practice casualty evacuation during Pacific Partnership-19, 16MAR2019.

RUSSIA:  6.1 quake strikes near Ozernovskiy

4.5 earthquake – Southwestern Siberia

Shiveluch volcano continuing activity, frequent small glowing avalanches

Kamchatka volcano eruptions captured by satellites

Significant increase in Bezymianny volcano activity

Aleutian Flights Affected By Erupting Volcanoes in Russia

THAILAND: Tsunami warning issued for 6 provinces 

TONGA:Tonga earthquake poses no threat to Fiji

UNITED STATES: Scientists argue for more comprehensive studies of Cascade volcanoes

Ignorant Louisiana gov’na criticizes new federal volcano monitoring bill

Are you an ‘Earthquake Detective’?

Alaska; Tsunami Preparedness Week: Where to Evacuate

 FEMA looks to hire Alaskans to help with earthquake recovery

Engineering reports reveal extent of earthquake damage

snow and ice melt revealing earthquake damage

rocked by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake 

Applicants for state earthquake damage assistance must re-apply 

New tsunami evidence along one of Earth’s largest faults, the Alaska-Aleutian megathrust

Arizona; The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District conducted an earthquake continuity of operations training by simulating an emergency move of their Los Angeles HQ to Pheonix, Arizona. Think about that, the Army Corps of Engineers is prepping for a southern California quake so big that they’ll have to move their HQ out of California! According to the military report, preps for such a scenario began in 2018, as part of a Presidential Directive, Public Law and Corps regulations.

California; Magnitude 2.9 earthquake shakes East Bay

3.2 quake strikes near Mercuryville

4.2 earthquake – Offshore Northern California

‘Thanks for the heart attack’

3.0 quake strikes near Gilman Hot Springs

Magnitude 3.5 earthquake strikes near Petrolia

3.3 quake strikes near Ribbonwood

ShakeAlertLA users are concerned about earthquake app’s security 

earthquake early-warning system will mean false alarms

200-thousand People Go Into California’s Volcanic Hazard Zones Every Day

Californians Now Need to Prepare for Erupting Volcanoes

Humboldt State gears up for Tsunami

Colorado; Earthquake likely human-triggered, seismologists say

Guam; 04MAR2019, fast transport ship USNS Brunswick (T-EPF 6) departs Naval Base Guam for Pacific Partnership 2019, the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific.

Hawaii;  3.5 Earthquake Felt In North Kohala

lawmakers approve Kilauea volcano disaster relief

Did groundwater trigger explosive eruptions? 

How fluid viscosity affects earthquake intensity

Kilauea’s Lava Fields Become Home to an Unlikely Species

5.5-magnitude earthquake strikes near Kilauea

Piles of Lava Nearly as Tall as Eiffel Tower

U.S. military/USAID Humanitarian Assistance Response Training conducted 06MAR2019, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.

On 09MAR2019, more than 120 state militia personnel (National Guard) took part in FEMA Region 9 mass-casualty training: “Det. 1 Hawaii is poised in the middle of the pacific, where we train to respond quickly with a team made up of professional responders. Some of our Airmen are already in the local fire department, police and EMS departments. It makes it easy to just sync right in. So there’s a credibility that we worry less about catching up to the civilian standards, because we come trained, equipped and interoperable with our civilian response partners. We have a small, close knit community in Hawaii, but at the same time, it’s also like we’re one big, extended family always find ways to provide kokua.”-Lieutenant Colonel James Faumuina, 154th Medical Group’s Detachment 1

Idaho:

Idaho Air National Guard, along with local responders, trained for mountain disaster/rescue ops 08MAR2019.

Federal, state, and local agencies train in earthquake emergency

From 07-13MAR2019, the Idaho Army National Guard conducted Idaho Response-19 at Orchard Combat Training Center (aka Orchard Training Area).  More than 350 Guard personnel from Idaho, Washington, Montana and Utah took part.  Apparently the chemical weapons suits were part of an earthquake simulation in which the earthquake caused an argon gas leak.

Montana: Seismic activity in Montana means potential for large earthquake

Oregon; Portland’s new Earthquake building code Backlash

Video report of Oregon National Guard personnel taking part in disaster response training (called Patriot South) in the Southeastern state of Georgia, 07MAR2019 (when you watch the video note that what they are really prepping for is a catastrophic disaster in which all law & order goes out the window, aka ‘Zombie Land’):

Utah; 2.32 earthquake strikes near Bluffdale

2.7-magnitude earthquake

Washington; Coast Guard to partake in tsunami drill at Port Angeles base

New earthquake map shows Washington’s at-risk buildings

Scientists getting new tools to monitor volcanoes

2.9-magnitude earthquake hits Snohomish County

Washington National Guard’s 10th Homeland Response Force took part in Idaho Response-19, despite the ‘bad’ weather: “It’s actually good training…because the weather will almost certainly not be ideal if we were called to a real world disaster.”-Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Bugbee

Wyoming; Mild earthquake recorded near Green River

Student Treks to Yellowstone and Finds Bacteria That Eats Pollution

Caldera Chronicles: Yellowstone staff works to move boardwalks, latrines away from hotspots

Happy Birthday, Yellowstone National Park!

VANUATU: Strong mag. 6.0 earthquake 

PACIFIC RING OF FIRE, February 2019: OMINOUS QUIET

Ominous quiet: Pacific Ring of Fire, February 2019

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

Earthquake resistant paint can prevent building collapse? 

Measuring earthquake damage with cellphone sensors

Ecuador Earthquake, California Volcanoes and New Evidence About the Death of the Dinosaurs

Revising the history of big, climate-altering volcanic eruptions

Earthquakes and Carbon Sequestration

Volcanoes, archaeology and the secrets of Roman concrete

Is your building safe after an earthquake? These cheap sensors could tell you

CANADA: 3.4 quake in Yukon, along border with Alaska

Light mag. 4.1 earthquake – VANCOUVER ISLAND

Light mag. 4.1 earthquake – 189km W of Port Hardy

“earthquake system in Canada is seriously flawed.”

CHILE:  ice-covered Chilean volcanoes could erupt soon

Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake

Minor mag. 3.9 earthquake – COQUIMBO

CHINA: Light mag. 4.3 earthquake

Somewhere in the East China Sea, U.S. Navy and Marines personnel conducted Nightingale, a mass casualty exercise aboard USS Wasp (LHD 1), 04FEB2019.

ECUADOR: Ecuador earthquake: Powerful 7.5-magnitude quake

EL SALVADOR: Light mag. 4.5 earthquake – 7km N of Berlin

FIJI: Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake

INDONESIA: Bromo park closes volcano to all visitors 

Two earthquakes rattle Java

Malang Hit by Magnitude 5 Earthquake

European Union sends additional money to help still homeless victims of December’s tsunami

Satellite images reveal interconnected plumbing system that caused Bali volcano to erupt

Minor mag. 3.6 earthquake – Kendari

Minor mag. 3.7 earthquake – Palu

Light mag. 4.0 earthquake – HALMAHERA

Indonesia’s Deadly 2018 Quake Was A Rare Supershear

JAPAN: Sightings of rare oarfish in Japan raise fears of earthquake and tsunami

5.5-magnitude quake hits Japan’s Hokkaido

Light mag. 4.4 earthquake – 14km NNW of Kizukuri

Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake – Near East Coast of Honshu

U.S. Marines and Sailors trained with Japanese forces on Okinawa, for Humanitarian Assistance-Disaster Relief, 01FEB2019.

MEXICO: Light mag. 4.4 earthquake – OFFSHORE GUERRERO

Light mag. 4.1 earthquake – OFFSHORE OAXACA

6.6-M Quake Shakes Mexico

Light mag. 4.5 earthquake – 126km SW of Mapastepec

Light mag. 4.4 earthquake – Near Coast of Jalisco

PANAMA: Minor mag. 3.9 earthquake – 63 km al Sur de Isla de Coiba

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Strong mag. 6.0 earthquake – New Ireland Region

PHILIPPINES: Light mag. 4.9 earthquake – Luzon

Strong mag. 6.0 earthquake – Mindanao

RUSSIA: Japan warned as Russian volcanoes spew

Karymsky volcano (Kamchatka): elevated activity, frequent explosions

Moderate mag. 5.2 earthquake – Kuril Islands

SOLOMON ISLANDS: Moderate mag. 5.2 earthquake – Santa Cruz Islands

THAILAND:  U.S. tax dollars spent on the second annual Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Tabletop Exercise (HADR TTX), 11FEB2019:

TONGA: Mystery mud on new volcanic island baffles NASA scientists

UNITED STATES: Sea Creatures Still Arriving in the U.S. on Plastic Debris From the Japanese Tsunami Eight Years Ago

The U.S. May Finally Get an Early Warning System For Volcanoes

Alaska; Light mag. 4.1 earthquake – 192km SE of Atka

California; 3.0 quake strikes near Scissors Crossing

Scientists are warning of a California mega-storm

 2.5 quake strikes near Avalon

Chico, Paradise disaster centers to shutdown

Pair of early-morning temblors rattle Norwalk and West Hollywood

Hidden Threat: High-Risk Volcanoes That Might Erupt in the Next Decade

Geyser Near San Andreas Fault Moves 60 Feet in one Day

At ‘Sector San Diego’ U.S. Coast Guard cutter Haddock conducted mass casualty training, 06FEB2019.

Colorado; Minor mag. 3.6 earthquake

Earthquake recorded near Great Sand Dunes

Guam; U.S. personnel board a Japanese Air Force C-130H at Andersen Air Force Base, in preparation to resume the humanitarian assistance and disaster relief portion of COPE North, 25FEB2019.

Hawaii; 4.6-M Big Island Quake

Oregon; “It’s not a question of if a major earthquake will affect Oregon, but when. When a major earthquake does hit, it is estimated that thousands of Oregonians will be killed or injured, and the state will suffer $32 billion in economic damages.”-Peter DeFazio, U.S. Congressman

Portland delays earthquake warning sign ordinance

Utah; Earthquake recorded northwest of Green River

139 earthquakes occurred in Bluffdale City over 12-day period

140 earthquakes have hit Utah in two weeks

Liquefaction could bring big damage to parts of Utah

Washington; ‘Ominous quiet’ in NW earthquake activity puzzles seismologists

Mount Saint Helens Volcano Detectives: Activate!

National Guard personnel learn about DAART (Domestic-Operations Awareness and Assessment Response Tool) “in support of domestic events and emergencies.”

Wyoming; Yellowstone: 84 EARTHQUAKES 

Yellowstone’s Steamboat Geyser Is Gushing at a Record Pace

Yellowstone’s Ear Springs Geyser Vomits 80 Years of Trash, literally

Yellowstone Scientist Explains Why Geysers Are Getting More Active

‘Incredibly’ diverse microbial community

Yellowstone Eruption MAP shows NOWHERE is safe

VANUATU: Latest satellite imagery and observations in the field from 03rd to 09th February 2019 confirm the presence of open cracks and active faults

PACIFIC RING OF FIRE, January 2019: “IT ISN’T LIKE THE MOVIES”

Hi-Tech Fail: NATO Germany proves Mules still rule Mountain Warfare

One of the most economically powerful European Union member, and a powerful NATO member, Germany still uses mules in mountain warfare because they’re still the most efficient way to transport weapons and supplies to Gebirgsjäger.  So much for hi-technology.

World War Two

It’s not just the Germans, U.S. MARINES TRAIN RESUPPLY TECHNIQUES WITH PACK ANIMALS

U.S. Army Special Forces and Pack Animals – Info and Pubs

HI-TECH FAIL: CLIMATE CHANGE BIGGEST THREAT TO BILLION DOLLAR WEAPON SYSTEMS!

“It isn’t like the movies”: Pacific Ring of Fire, January 2019

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

CANADA: A strange, low-intensity hum near Vancouver Island

CHILE: Strong mag. 6.7 earthquake – Near Coast of Central Chile

Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Buenos Aires warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 14000 ft (4300 m) altitude or flight level 140.

CHINA: Taiwan earthquake: Magnitude 5.7 quake

COLUMBIA: Moderate mag. 5.5 earthquake

Light mag. 4.5 earthquake – 50km SE of Mountain

ECUADOR: Light mag. 4.6 earthquake 

Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Washington warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 15000 ft (4600 m) altitude or flight level 150.

GUATEMALA:  Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Washington warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 20000 ft (6100 m) altitude or flight level 200 and is moving at 10-15 kts in NE direction.

HONDURAS: U.S. Army personnel tested water purification systems, and electrical power generators, at Soto Cano Air Base, 17JAN2019, in preparation for a natural disaster.

INDONESIA: Strong mag. 6.0 earthquake – Sumba Region

Strong mag. 6.4 earthquake – Sumba Region

Moderate mag. 5.9 earthquake – Aru Islands Region

Minor mag. 3.8 earthquake – MOLUCCA SEA

Light mag. 4.4 earthquake – SOUTH OF JAVA

Minor mag. 3.7 earthquake – NORTH OF HALMAHERA

Light mag. 4.9 earthquake – 72km SSW of Bogorawatu

Merapi volcano: growing lava dome

JAPAN:   Moderate mag. 5.5 earthquake – Off East Coast of Honshu

Light mag. 4.7 earthquake – 217km N of Chichi-shima

Light mag. 4.3 earthquake – 87km ENE of Hachinohe

Strong mag. 6.3 earthquake – Kyushu

Volcano in southern Japan erupts

Camp Zama boosting earthquake preparedness

U.S. Marines and Sailors conducted disaster relief response training at Kin Red beach, Okinawa, 28JAN2019.

MEXICO: Light mag. 4.0 earthquake – OFFSHORE GUERRERO

Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Washington warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 20000 ft (6100 m) altitude or flight level 200.

Popocatepetl volcano: very strong explosion 

MICRONESIA: Light mag. 4.7 earthquake – 166km NNE of Rumung

 NEW ZEALAND: Strong mag. 6.0 earthquake 

Minor mag. 3.5 earthquake 

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Light mag. 4.7 earthquake – 156km SSW of Lorengau

 Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Darwin warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 50000 ft (15200 m) altitude or flight level 500.

PERU: Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Buenos Aires warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 27000 ft (8200 m) altitude or flight level 270 and is moving at 10 kts in SW direction.

RUSSIA: Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Tokyo warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 15000 ft (4600 m) altitude or flight level 150 and is moving at 35 kts in N direction.

SOLOMON ISLANDS:Light mag. 4.8 earthquake – 81km WNW of Honiara

TONGA: Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake – 101km NNE of Hihifo

Light mag. 4.6 earthquake – 155km W of Neiafu

UNITED STATES: 

Alaska; Moderate mag. 5.2 earthquake – 77km ESE of King Salmon

Midtown Anchorage commercial center temporarily closed due to earthquake damage

7.0 earthquake spurs calls for more building oversight

 Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Anchorage warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 20000 ft (6100 m) altitude or flight level 200 and is moving at 20 kts in N direction.

California; Northridge quake thrashed Los Angeles 25 years ago 

Minor mag. 3.4 earthquake – 3km SSE of Brawley

Minor mag. 3.6 earthquake – 104km W of Petrolia

Bay Area Wakes to Earthquake for Second Straight Morning

National Guard units from four states took part in disaster response training in San Francisco, during the last week of January, which included responding to ‘chemical incidents’.

‘Selfless’ California National Guard video promoting what they did during the 2018 wildfire battles:

What happened to all those pets made homeless during the 2018 wildfires?  California National Guard shows you their first time ever pet rescue ops:

Hawaii; Five explosive things the 2018 eruption taught us about Kilauea

U.S. Air Force Reserve conducted Exercise Patriot Palm at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, 26JAN2019, in an effort to integrate emergency responders from federal, state, and local agencies, and the military, in the event of a ‘regional emergency’ or natural disaster.

Northern Mariana Islands; Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake

Oregon; ‘Silent slip’ along fault line serves as prelude to big earthquakes

State government declares Cascadia Preparedness Day

Washington;  Redmond preps for Cascadia Rising Solutions 2019

Washington National Guard began preparing for 2019 flooding by meeting with 10 county emergency managers, and planners from the Washington Emergency Management Division, 04JAN2019: “It isn’t like the movies, we don’t just roll into a situation. We need to know what you need and, most of the time, it starts with knowing what we have.”-Brigadier General Jeremy Horn, Washington Air National Guard

Wyoming;  more than 2500 earthquakes last year, Yellowstone National Park was the epicenter

VANUATU: Strong mag. 6.5 earthquake

Strong mag. 6.0 earthquake

Moderate mag. 5.2 earthquake – 57km SSW of Sola

PACIFIC RING OF FIRE, December 2018: “THIS MUST BE WHAT HELL LOOKS LIKE.”