Band Playing On Stage Washed Away When That Big Tsunami Hit Indonesia Under The December 2018 Full Moon!!! Also Some Trouble Brewing With Mt. Etna In Italy!!!!! And The USGS Is Part of "Government Shutdown"!!!

All this took place directly in between Indonesian Islands of Java, and Sumatra late Friday USA time and either the eruption of a volcano at that location, or a Major Landslide that could have occurred along with the eruption caused about a 10 foot wave to crash into the shorelines at beaches there where it is probably their Summer and lots of people were at the beach, there!!! Death toll is near 500 and scene is sounding very bad!!! This video shows the band playing and having good times. . . when the wave hits them from behind and throws the whole entire stage in the air and towards the crowd as water rises and naturally end of the video! Unknown who took this video and how it survived, while band and crew mostly lost!!! I'll continue with that story tomorrow, here's the video! CLICK Arrow to watch: This all happened very near the Krakatoa Volcano, but this is not the earthquake that caused all the trouble there. Actually WAS no earthquake to speak of there or the people could have had a warning:

5.0 - 23km WSW of Tiku, Indonesia
2018-12-23 14:03:56 0.496°S 99.732°E 97.1 km depth

Nearby Places
14.9 Miles ENE of Tiku, West Sumatra, Indonesia
28.1 Miles ESE of Pariaman, West Sumatra, Indonesia
46 Miles ENE of Bukittinggi, West Sumatra, Indonesia
53.1 Miles SE of Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia

This one rang in the middle of the night and too late for Fridays EQ Blog, or any blog until here for that matter! Lot of stories on the internet about all this shaking at Zimbabwe, too!!! Here's the felt report and I'll assume everybody knows where Zimbabwe is, so no list of nearby places is needed:

5.5 - 53km SSE of Chipinge, Zimbabwe
2018-12-22 05:37:37 20.644°S 32.801°E 7.6 km depth

City............Region.....Country....................#......Km
Chimanimani Manicaland Zimbabwe........1....94 km
Chiredzi Masvingo Zimbabwe..................1....127 km
Chimoio Manica Mozambique..................3....182 km
Manica Manica Mozambique...................1....185 km
Mutare Manicaland Zimbabwe.................6....186 km
Masvingo Masvingo Zimbabwe...............1....216 km
Headlands Manicaland Zimbabwe..........1....273 km
Chitungwiza Harare Zimbabwe................1....343 km
Thohoyandou Limpopo South Africa.......1....350 km
Epworth Harare Zimbabwe......................7....350 km
Harare Harare Zimbabwe........................30....362 km
Chokwé Gaza Mozambique.....................1....430 km
Centenary Mashonaland Central Zimbabwe.2....460 km
Maputo Maputo Mozambique...................2....588 km

Now here's this weeks: Hanga Roa-Hot Damn "Earthquake Minute" The VIDEO!!! CLICK Arrow: Watch Hanga Roa Earthquake Minute at YouTube@ https://youtu.be/xWX5yySU6hU And The Transcript is at: https://earthquakealert3.blogspot.com/2018/12/hanga-roa-hot-damn-earthquake-minute.html

THIS was a big deal in the news, and although I didn't notice it then, now it is showing up on the list of latest earthquakes up there in the Northeast around Boston, so here it is:

2.2 - 3km NNE of Templeton, Massachusetts
2018-12-21 17:51:26 42.585°N 72.046°W 8.4 km depth

City..............State...Zip.....USA..............................#......Km
Baldwinville MA 01436 United States of America.13....9 km
Gardner MA 01440 United States of America.......22....9 km
Templeton MA 01468 United States of America...12....9 km
Winchendon MA 01475 United States of America.5....12 km
Athol MA 01331 United States of America............1....14 km
Westminster MA 01473 United States of America.3....14 km
Ashburnham MA 01430 United States of America.1....15 km
Royalston MA 01368 United States of America.....1....17 km
Petersham MA 01366 United States of America....1....22 km
Lancaster MA 01523 United States of America.....1....33 km
Spencer MA 01562 United States of America.......1....38 km
Ayer MA 01432 United States of America.............1....39 km
West Brookfield MA 01585 United States of America.1..41 km
Worcester MA 01610 United States of America....1....43 km
West Warren MA 01092 United States of America.1....45 km
Littleton MA 01460 United States of America........1....46 km
South Grafton MA 01560 United States of America.1...55 km
Webster MA 01570 United States of America......1....61 km
Waltham MA 02453 United States of America......1....70 km
Boston MA 02116 United States of America.........1....84 km
Middleboro MA 02346 United States of America..1....124 km

This epicenter is near Southern California and I'll continue to watch! It's up around Santa Barbara near Pismo. 40 Miles Northwest of Santa Barbara with 366 Felt Reports, so I'll have a complete felt Report coming, here, too:

2.4 4km ESE of Orcutt, CA 2018-12-24 03:16
3.3 4km ESE of Orcutt, CA 2018-12-23 18:04
1.5 4km ESE of Orcutt, CA 2018-12-23 17:45

3.3 - 4km ESE of Orcutt, CA
2018-12-23 18:04:34 34.852°N 120.393°W 0.2 km depth

City............State...Zip...USA...........................#......Km
Santa Maria CA 93455 United States...........308....3 km
Santa Maria CA 93458 United States............14....14 km
Santa Maria CA 93454 United States............27....16 km
Nipomo CA 93444 United States of America.3....21 km
Buellton CA 93427 United States...................3....26 km
Lompoc CA 93436 United States of America.2....27 km
Arroyo Grande CA 93420 United States........1....32 km
Oceano CA 93445 United States of America.1....34 km
Santa Ynez CA 93460 United States.............1....42 km
Cambria CA 93428 United States of America.1....99 km
Ventura CA 93004 United States of America.1....129 km
Los Angeles CA 90024 United States............1....199 km
Ridgecrest CA 93555 United States...............1....283 km
Grass Valley CA 95945 United States............2....486 km

This just in on Christmas Eve, too, and will be posted in next blog, probably dated Wednesday this week and now at press time only two smaller less than 5 to update! THIS could then be the end of the shaking here at this far north of Japan epicenter:

5.0 130km WSW of Nikol'skoye, Russia 2018-12-24 13:21
6.1 101km WNW of Nikol'skoye, Russia 2018-12-24 12:41
5.4 138km WSW of Nikol'skoye, Russia 2018-12-24 10:41
5.0 90km WSW of Nikol'skoye, Russia 2018-12-23 03:12
5.2 85km W of Nikol'skoye, Russia 2018-12-22 13:34
5.5 87km W of Nikol'skoye, Russia 2018-12-22 13:29
5.5 97km W of Nikol'skoye, Russia 2018-12-21 18:19
5.4 86km WSW of Nikol'skoye, Russia 2018-12-21 16:24
5.0 85km WSW of Nikol'skoye, Russia 2018-12-21 15:43
5.1 91km WSW of Nikol'skoye, Russia 2018-12-20 18:30
5.6 91km WSW of Nikol'skoye, Russia 2018-12-20 17:35
5.6 71km W of Nikol'skoye, Russia 2018-12-20 17:19
7.3 83km W of Nikol'skoye, Russia 2018-12-20 17:01

USGS Victim of Government Shutdown!!!

Bad news just came in my E-Mail on Christmas Eve Day, the USGS is currently not in operation due to "Government Shutdown"!!! I will have the whole story, but need to wait for a reply on this story. . . and no telling when that will be!!!

NOW The "Mt. Etna" Story. . .

THIS could become a major story but right now I'm adding it at press time because that eruption of "Mt. Etna" in Italy has just become a story you might want to hear about!!! Even the story I'm linking to does not have the following 5.1 there that must have happened late Christmas Night and has December 26 for the date:

5.1 - 0km SE of Acitrezza, Italy
2018-12-26 02:19:16 37.555°N 15.166°E 10.0 km depth

Nearby Places
3.8 Miles NNW of Aci Catena, Sicily, Italy
50 Miles NNE is Epicenter of 1906 Earthquake 7.1
107.7 Miles WNW of Palermo, Sicily, Italy
310 Miles North is Naples, Italy
565 Miles North is Vatican City/Rome, Italy

This is also very near the epicenter of the 1906 Messina Earthquake in this region where something like 200,000 lives were lost!!! More about all that later, here's the link to todays Mt. Etna Story from "Weather.com"@ https://weather.com/news/news/2018-12-24-mount-etna-eruption-ash-lava

Since both of these stories are going on at the same time, I'll have some updates on everything that's going on in future editions!!! Probably should also note that there has been some discussion more in the past, haven't heard any just now, that eruption of a volcano in Indonesia and eruption of a volcano in Italy BOTH happening at the same time might be connected! Always like to remind folks that I'm EQ Guy. . . not "Volcano Guy" and right at the moment don't have too good of an idea how that could be, but it DOES appear to be happening right at the moment!!!

EQ Guy


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