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

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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