This earthquake hit on land just a few miles from at least one major city and early reports have said there was at least one building collapse, possibly the cause of a number of deaths, too. 7.1 Richters is a fairly big earthquake and so far several aftershocks in the 5 Range, too! Here is the list including the original at just after 5pm today, 3 Pacific, Read-UP:
5.0 2km SSE of Clarin, Philippines 2013-10-14 21:42:02
4.6 1km WNW of Calero, Philippines 2013-10-14 21:36:52
4.9 2km E of Maribojoc, Philippines 2013-10-14 20:55:31
5.2 6km SSW of Loon, Philippines 2013-10-14 20:37:57
4.8 14km SE of Perrelos, Philippines 2013-10-14 20:25:00
5.0 3km E of Canmaya Diot, Philippines 2013-10-14 20:07:38
5.3 2km ESE of Nahawan, Philippines 2013-10-14 19:33:47
5.3 7km NW of Danao, Philippines 2013-10-14 19:29:01
7.1 2km NE of Catigbian, Philippines 2013-10-14 19:12:32
There was also a 3.4 Richters earthquake very near Green River, Wyoming and still some earthquake energy up that way, too!
The EQ Blog I wrote yesterday reminded me of a great story about how one of those volcanoes that I mentioned was actually the source of the Great Eruption that caused the "Year With NO Summer" due to enough volcanic ash coming up out of it to block out the sun for over a year! There is also a similar story that might go with that volcano, although I'm not exactly sure which one this story is attributed to, when all the dust and dirt in the air began to clear it left the first glimpse of sunlight a very dark blue color and it is said that the sky has thereafter always been now BLUE!!! Apparently the sky was NEVER Blue before a big giant volcano erupted one day!!! Yes, they have checked very old paintings like from before the 1800's and NONE of those Great Artists seem to have ever painted the sky as BLUE??? They had always painted the sky as yellow and the sunsets as green. One story also noted there was NO SHORTAGE of the color blue that was available to paint with, too! They call it azul and say it was actually quite plentiful if an artist needed to use it to paint the sky blue? My theory it the sky wasn't blue until a major eruption of a big giant volcano in the 1800's or early 1900's. It makes sense and I myself have not seen any art that proves that theory wrong!
So, 7.1 is not really enough big earthquake energy to let down our guard here, we should continue to watch for 7.6 to 8.3 Richters and this Philippines earthquake was not really along the straight line we are watching although plate tectonics might explain some of it. . . let us continue to watch just the same and see what shakes NEXT!!! EQ Guy
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