6.8 Richters Strikes Pacific Ocean Near Vanuatu! ALSO: Those 100 Yellowstone Earthquakes WILL Mean More Earthquakes!!!

Had some trouble just now figuring out their brand new "Latest Earthquakes" pages and actually missed this huge one on my first pass! Remarkably I just happened to check my E-Mail next for whatever reason and was surprised to spot this big earthquake at Vanuatu. In fact so near the main island there that it would seem highly likely a felt report would be certain to list Port Villa. Epicenter still offshore, NO Tsunami was reported and here is that statement directly from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)@ http://ntwc.arh.noaa.gov/events/PAAQ/2015/01/23/nim2j3/1/WEAK53/WEAK53.txt

The January New Moon Swarm at Yellowstone officially began at 13 hours and 27 minutes after the exact moment of the new moon and ran the following hours with over 100 earthquakes all totaled. Continuing to run all the way through the second-half of the New Moon Window and then concluded 1 hour, 54 minutes before the exact moment of the end of the January New Moon Window. Thus entirely having shook at the rate of over 100 earthquakes all entirely AFTER the exact moment of the new moon, but possibly more importantly with the aid of the pull of the effects of the new moon from the east, rather than the west as is some times the case in swarms such as this one associated with the full or new moon. Here's the entire list from the day with 100 Earthquakes at Yellowstone at EQ Central: http://eqalert.blogspot.com/2015/01/45-earthquakes-strike-at-yellowstone.html

Such a huge swarm of earthquakes as the swarm that shook at Yellowstone can virtually now be counted on to be followed by an equal number of similar swarms at yet another location or eventually usually a Major Earthquake. Right this moment as I'm writing this I want to report that I came up with Alaska for a possibly location for swarm that may follow, and that region where they have recently gotten swarms near Fairbanks tops my list. Of course Virginia City, North of Reno, and Mammoth Lakes are almost predictable to have Major Swarms following Yellowstone, too. Be watching, though, because the Yellowstone Swarm DOES represent a huge amount of earthquake energy and there remains one possible 8 Richters Earthquake along with a possible tsunami to boot!!! Although that paragraph was written before the 6.8 Vanuatu Earthquake we should probably continue to watch for more! EQ Guy


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