Incomplete list of links to seismic/natural disaster reports from around the Pacific Ring of Fire, days 01 to 05 of Gregorian January 2020.
AUSTRALIA: If you look at my past Pacific Ring of Fire postings you’ll realize that the U.S. and Aussie militaries conduct disaster training operations through out the year. The question I have is why does the deployment of the Aussie military, during these unprecedented fires, seem so ineffective?
Here’s an economic reality check to Australia’s disaster preparedness: 70-thousand Aussie firefighters are not paid, not even for food or fuel!!!
Apparently humans should be blamed for the unprecedented fires because they were operating under the same bogus ‘save the forest’ mentality as the U.S.; don’t touch anything and let everything grow unchecked (the natives in the U.S. didn’t do that, that’s why the landscape seemed so pristine to the invading Europeans): There’s only one way to make bushfires less powerful: take out the stuff that burns
Aussie PM defends response to fires
U.S. TAXPAYERS SEND AUSSIE PRIME MINISTER A MODEL BOAT!
CANADA: Abbotsford’s airport a potential staging area in case of ‘catastrophic’ earthquake
At the end of December 2019, Canadian biologists used a new phrase to describe what was causing a whale extinction event; “Zombie Whales” (eaten alive by parasites, or perhaps a radical change in their food source?).
CHINA: Hong Kong rattled by 3.4 quake
ECUADOR: 5.0 quake
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EL SALVADOR: 4.6 quake – 71km SSW of Intipuca
FIJI: 5.0 quake
INDONESIA: 5.1 quake Java
JAPAN: Fukushima unveils plans to become renewable energy hub
5.9 quake off Chiba Prefecture
MEXICO: 5.8-magnitude earthquake hits Oaxaca
NEW ZEALAND: More than 1000 North Islanders rattled by 5.5-quake
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NICARAGUA: 5.5 quake
PHILIPPINES: 5.4 quake
RUSSIA: Magnitude 4.0 Earthquake Registered Near Sakhalin Island
UNITED STATES:
Alaska; 
Shisaldin volcano, largest in Aleutians, briefly erupts
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California; 3.0 quake centered in Brea
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4.0 QUAKE FELT IN LOS ANGELES, OTHER CALIFORNIA AREAS
Colorado; Rumbles On The Colorado/Utah Border Spark New Water Plan
Hawaii; Scientists look to Hawaiian chants for mention of past crater lakes
Wyoming; Team Rubicon recruits volunteers for disaster relief
Pacific Ring of Fire, December 2019: XMAS BELLS ARE RINGING!
Climate Change, 01-05 January 2020: NO MORE GOATS?
FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) orders Hawaii National Guard to conduct Vigilant Guard disaster training with the Guam National Guard. 
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. 
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.
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)
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).
Typhoon Hagibis: 
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.
The Japanese military held Remote Island Disaster Exercise training at Yaeyama Islands, 01SEP2019.
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.
FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) hints that its running out of money by telling people to save money to help pay for disaster expenses!
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.
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.
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.
In May 2019, it was announced the MiG-31K could launch hypersonic missiles, known as Kinzhal. It’s claimed the Kinzhal (dagger) can hit speeds up to Mach 10, with a range of more than 2000km (1242.7 miles).
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