6.0 Richters Struck Argentina!!! 6.0 Struck 100 Miles North of Bogata, Columbia!!! Two at 6.0 Struck Vancouver Island On Monday!!! Probably More Like That To Come!!! And Wish Everybody Merry Chirstmas!!! UPDATE: 6.3 Near Vancouver Island Late Tuesday!!!

Since the USGS Reports and felt reports on Tuesdays Earthquakes hardly does enough justice to explain exactly where these epicenters are and how they are situated with respect to big regional cities such as Bogata, and Medellian for the Columbia Earthquake, and Iquique, Chile for the Argentina Earthquake. For now both are as of press time 6.0 Magnitude and lot of shaking, but apparently no damage or injuries. Here's abbreviated USGS Reports due to all nearby cities being non-descript local towns:

6.0 - 15km WNW of El Hoyo, Argentina
2019-12-24 16:43:32 (UTC) 26.977°S 63.373°W 560.6 km depth

Nearby Places
9.4 Miles ESE is El Hoyo, Santiago, Argentina
78.6 MIles SW is Santiago del Estero, Santiago, Arg
600 MIles NW is Iquique, Chile

AND COLUMBIA currently with 17 felt reports from Bogata, and 4 from Medellin albeit 353 km, to:

6.0 - 4km SSE of Lejanias, Colombia
2019-12-24 19:03:51 (UTC) 3.490°N 74.002°W 10.0 km depth

Nearby Places
3 Miles NNW is Lejanías, Meta, Colombia
20.8 Miles East is Granada, Meta, Colombia
100 Miles North is Bogata, Colombia

Multiple Big Earthquakes have been striking the Vancouver Island Region on Monday!!!

4.9 141km W of Port Hardy, Canada 2019-12-23 17:38
6.0 163km W of Port Hardy, Canada 2019-12-23 14:56
6.0 176km W of Port Hardy, Canada 2019-12-23 13:49
5.7 170km W of Port Hardy, Canada 2019-12-23 13:13
5.2 166km W of Port Hardy, Canada 2019-12-23 10:44

Now Here's 8.2 2014 Iquique "Earthquake Minute" VIDEO!!! Click Arrow: WATCH At YouTube@ https://youtu.be/GXBy23hNij0 And The Transcript is at@ http://earthquakealert3.blogspot.com/2019/12/61-afghanistan-55-alaska-and-34-seattle.html

Still watching this Alaska Region. . . and here's some pretty good shaking there on Saturday!!!!!

3.7 145km S of Kodiak Station, Alaska 2019-12-21 20:44
3.6 178km S of Kodiak, Alaska 2019-12-21 19:01:09
3.8 126km SSE of Kodiak Station, Alaska 2019-12-21 17:01
5.0 121km S of Kodiak Station, Alaska 2019-12-21 16:52
4.3 150km S of Kodiak Station, Alaska 2019-12-21 16:52
3.8 120km SSE of Kodiak Station, Alaska 2019-12-21 14:41

Lot of shaking so here's what's been ringing my phone all day Tuesday, and lot of Monday, too!!!

Update just as this edition went to press phone rang AGAIN!!! 6.3 has just struck near Vancouver Island and so for sure have to watch for lot more shaking. . . sorry it's going to be Christmas Day, but no telling what could shake!!!!! Until then. . . . .

Here's wishing everybody Very Merry Christmas!!!

EQ Guy


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