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Data Suggests Earthquakes Are Indeed Increasing Worldwide
Tuesday, January 1, 2013 8:49
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Earthquakes and Volcanic eruptions have always been closely related. For instance, if you look at a map of quakes worldwide and compare it to a map of volcanoes, you'll find that they match closely. Both earthquakes and volcanoes occur at the boundaries of tectonic plates, which make up the Earth's surface. Earthquakes are caused by the release of pressure built up when the plates spread apart or move past each or under each other. In slightly more complicated ways, magma is generated at most plate boundaries, and this magma rises to the surface to form volcanoes. In recent weeks, earthquakes have exponentially increased in magnitude worldwide, worrying some researchers as they provide the fuse that ignites volcanoes.
The movement of magma within a volcano causes earthquakes, usually small ones. Earthquakes are also caused by adjustments to the flanks of volcanoes and the plates under volcanoes.
For decades, a source of powerful earthquakes and volcanic activity on the Pacific Rim was shrouded in secrecy, as the Soviet government kept outsiders away from what is now referred to as the Russian Far East.
2012 has come and gone but the fact remains, the earth is changing. Why its changing and what is it changing to is anyone's guess. ~Ophelia
Common sense beat the data about 3 years ago. Duh.
As indeed they have before the onset of all ice ages over the past millenia, see this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6p7PfCziiA
and this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPDZUr9kHV4
Better get your winter woolies out
Robert Felix would agree with you and so do I……. Ice Age coming!
It snowed in the high country yesterday. So what you say it is the middle of winter. Well not where i’m from, New Zealand. It’s like two weeks past the summer solstice down here.
http://iceagenow.info/
Is it not time we started looking at te bigger picture of our Universe and not just the tiny Planet that we inhabit ?
Speaking of volcano’s,
Tongariro vented yesterday or the day before; burped was the official term but not to worry because it wasn’t an eruption, we were told. Whew i’m glad the eye witnesses were wrong when they saw chunks (probably just mud) being thrown above the equator. Alrighty then; i live on a pumice spit right on the shoreline of the Pacific Ocean at the termination of the drainage channel for like four different Volcano, that one of them is a top four super volcano (Taupo) is a little intimidating but what the hey. In NZ we spit at Volcano’s.
Hands up how many B4IN members would miss me.