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12/18/2011 — Puerto Rico earthquake swarm update

Below is the screenshot of the past 3 days of earthquakes in Puerto Rico.

Watch the video update here:

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Here is the most recent earthquake update on the blog — with screenshots of the past two weeks of quakes, as well as the plate diagram / craton “laurentia” diagram:

http://sincedutch.wordpress.com/2011/12/13/12132011-global-earthquake-and-volcano-overview-two-week-outlook/

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Below is a screenshot of the past 2 weeks of earthquakes (north and south america).

Compare the above screenshot of the past 2 weeks of earthquakes to the North American Craton map below. Just connect the dots of the recent quakes… it forms the edge of the “craton” — which is being pushed as a WHOLE from the west (pacific ring of fire).

Notice below the edge of the brown/tan area, you see the edge of the “north american craton” also known as Laurentia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurentia

The above picture compares the two.. connect the dots on the right.. you see the defined edge of the craton … which has clearly been “pushed” from the west..  watch these states along the edge of the craton for the next few weeks for additional movement.

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If we look at this map below, showing the plate structure of the planet, compare the screenshots from earthquake 3D (last 2 weeks of earthquakes) and you will see the movement has been specifically around / caused by the Pacific plate being in a state of heavy unrest:

The above diagram shows the plate structure of the planet… now look at the earthquakes on the WEST pacific..

You will notice a few things.. first.. the amount of movement is MASSIVE — literally the whole series of plates around the western edge of the pacific have moved on a 5.0M basis over the past 2 weeks…

The second thing to notice…… observe how the movement is splitting north of the Australian plate.. north towards Japan, and west towards India… pressure to the west is spilling all the way across the middle east towards Europe.

All this being said, this means we need to watch the areas which are noticeably silent.. as well as areas that are experiencing earthquake swarms.

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12/17/2011 — Texas earthquake @ drilling operation — middle of giant drilling field

 

Today, December 17 2011 , another earthquake occurred in the north panhandle of Texas.

Again, in the middle of a giant drilling / pumping / injection well site.  The screenshots below are from google earth using the coordinates of the earthquake as the search point.

For me, the giveaway on most of these “man made” earthquakes (induced seismicity) is the depth.  Usually at around 3-5 miles.  Always remember to look up the earthquake epicenters on google earth.. sometimes you really get an answer as to the cause.

In this case, its fairly obvious what the culprit is — drilling or injection well pumping — induced an earthquake along the edge of the craton.

read more about the craton here:

http://sincedutch.wordpress.com/2011/12/13/12132011-global-earthquake-and-volcano-overview-two-week-outlook/

 

here are the screenshots:

Here are the earthquake statistics:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc00077pe.php

Magnitude 3.2 – WESTERN TEXAS

2011 December 17 14:46:58 UTC

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Earthquake Details

  • This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.
Magnitude 3.2
Date-Time
Location 32.802°N, 100.857°W
Depth 5 km (3.1 miles)
Region WESTERN TEXAS
Distances 9 km (5 miles) NNE of Snyder, Texas
56 km (34 miles) NW of Sweetwater, Texas
127 km (78 miles) SE of Lubbock, Texas
408 km (253 miles) NW of AUSTIN, Texas

Here are several previous posts I have put together on Fracking/drilling/dormant volcano/nuclear plants having earthquakes recently:

http://sincedutch.wordpress.com/?s=frack

http://sincedutch.wordpress.com/?s=man+made