Landfall of Hurricane Florence Now Very Near!!! North Carolina!!! Hurricane Olivia Made Landfall at Hawaii on Wednesday, Too!!! BIG Super Typhoon Mangkhut Now Heading DIRECTLY For Taipai, Taiwan!!!!! LOTS of Earthquakes Could Now Be Coming!!!!!

Looks like they went and downgraded that 4.3 Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands Earthquake of late Tuesday and now it is this 3.8 and although the felt report went up from what it was in yesterdays blog, and here it is now at well over 50!!! Methinks it was around 41 yesterday and several from Puerto Rico, too:

3.8 - 48km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
2018-09-12 04:18:03 UTC 18.838°N 64.850°W 19.0 km depth

City.....Region...Country......................#......Km
Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands.....3.....54 km
SAINT THOMAS, VI 00802 United States of America.32...59 km
SAINT JOHN, VI 00830 United States of America..7.....59 km
Culebra, PR 00775 United States of America.....4.....76 km
Fajardo, PR 00738 United States of America.....3....105 km
CHRISTIANSTED, VI 00820 United States of America.1...125 km
Carolina, PR 00979 United States of America....1....131 km
San Juan, PR 00926 United States of America....1....140 km
Guaynabo, PR 00969 United States of America....1....146 km
Corozal, PR 00783 United States of America.....1....167 km

Now these might have something to do with all the big windstorm activity in the Caribbean, because you'll recall that big 8 Magnitude Oaxaca, Mexico shaker followed a lot of similar activity, there!!!

4.7 8km SSE of Conchagua, El Salvador 2018-09-12 10:35
4.3 24km SSE of Conchagua, El Salvador 2018-09-12 05:12
5.3 24km SW of La Paz Centro, Nicaragua 2018-09-12 01:29

And this one struck along with many others, but the difference is this one had two felt reports and hit the 2.5 Richters:

2.5 - 8km NE of Aguanga, CA
2018-09-12 20:32:25 UTC 33.490°N 116.803°W 2.8 km depth

City...State...Zip.....USA.........................#......Km
Anza, CA 92539 United States of America........1.....12 km
Hemet, CA 92544 United States of America.......1.....19 km

Not that this one is unusual because it struck Pennsylvania so much as the fact that at a 1.7 there normally may not be any felt reports and THIS one has a town called "Reading, Pennsylvania" apparently having filed about 47 felt reports!!!!! And a number of "Kilometers" away, too!!! Here's that exciting felt report:

1.7 - 3km WSW of Flying Hills, Pennsylvania
2018-09-12 09:48:51 UTC 40.368°N 75.994°W 2.0 km depth

City....State.Zip.....USA.................................#......Km
Reading, PA 19609 United States of America....10.....4 km
Reading, PA 19610 United States of America....31.....4 km
Reading, PA 19601 United States of America.....1.....5 km
Reading, PA 19611 United States of America.....2.....6 km
Reading, PA 19608 United States of America.....1.....7 km

Getting right to the big story going on tonight as I'm writing this edition, Hurricane Florence!!! But if this "Spaghetti" turns out to be anything like what is shown here it could be real trouble!!!

Reason I'm posting this borrowed drawing from the Meteorology People, there, is because if this turn DOES HAPPEN, would you look out ahead and see where the earthquake might strike!!! I'm talking about the opposite end of the North American Tectonic Plate, there!!!

Also note Hurricane Olivia made it's landfall at Hawaii on Wednesday, although not certain what those windspeeds might have been at the time, they had struck the nearby shallower waters and we could still be watching Hawaii to get some of the resultant possible shaking!!! Some of THOSE places haven't shook in a while, either!!! Change in direction for now Super Typhoon Mangkhut. . . looks like a direct hit on Taipai, Taiwan!!!!! And landfall expected during the day on Thursday and into Thursday Night for Hurricane Florence!!!

EQ Guy


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