Just another day on Thursday as I scrolled through the list of all the earthquakes that strike looking for what all has been going on as far as earthquakes around the world. That was when I spotted it. . . and I could hardly beleive my eyes!!! The words FRANCE all of the sudden stood out right in front of me and I couldn't click on it fast enough to find out what it was and where it struck! 500 Miles North of Lisbon, Portugal where at one time in history they also had an earthquake strike there! Yes, it was 1755 and the magnitude is today estimated to have been something like 8.5 or 9 Richters! According to Wikipedia.org there was 85 percent of the buildings in Lisbon, Portugal destroyed and the resulting tsunami was recorded at 66 feet where it clobbered Africa! The tsunami also destroyed all of the ports of the Azores and damaged or destroyed just about everything that existed around the Lisbon, Portugal region back in the day! SEE That Wikipedia Story @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1755_Lisbon_earthquake
NOW, due to the fact that I had been watching specifically THAT Exact area, I have to now say we might continue to especially watch that shaky, shaky, Lisbon, Portugal as well as the Azores just offshore of France and Portugal and I suppose we might continue to keep watching France for a while, yet, too! Don't forget in case you didn't read that entire story that Lisbon also had similar Major Earthquakes on 1531, 1597, 1724 and 1750 and many others. Therefore that is why you might now understand, I have been keeping such a close eye on that region! The final death toll varies but seems to come in at somewhere between 10,000 and 100,000!!!
There is still a chance that region will get MORE of this before it is all over, too!
We will have to also be watching some other critical places around the world including California and if you have not yet seen the NEW Official Prediction for California you can see it at: http://earthquakealert3.blogspot.com/2013/11/official-prediction-california-and-west.html AND also places such as Bangkok, Philippines, Sumatra, Indonesia, New Zealand, and those Himilayan Countries! As well as all around the North American Tectonic Plate boundary where all those tornadoes struck on November 17, 2013 because there will be some shaking going on there!!! Be Prepared! EQ Guy
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Yellowstone is creeping me out. Check Usgs and tell me what you think.
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