This large earthquake activity on the Mid-Atlantic was expected to occur. A forecast for the Central Mid-Atlantic was issued 7 days ago.
Watch the forecast calling for larger Mid-Atlantic ridge movement here: none given
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In addition to this large earthquake activity, a series of Volcanoes has erupted in the West Pacific over the past day. These volcanic blasts were also expected to occur, and talked about in the above forecast video.
Mount Bulusan in the Philippines, Mount Sinabung in Indonesia, and Mount Asama in Japan — all three sent off volcanic blasts in the past 24 hours (up to June 17 2015).
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Information on the 7.0M earthquake from the USGS here:
