Michigan, Texas, Mississippi, California, Idaho And Washington All Jolted By Significant EarthquakesAll over the planet, seismic activity is increasing. In fact, I recently wrote about how the number of volcanoes erupting right now is greater than the 20th century’s average for an entire year.
The state of
Michigan was just hit by the worst earthquake that it has seen in more than 60 years.
Then
North Texas was rattled once again with an earthquake early Sunday morning. The USGS confirmed that the 3.2 magnitude earthquake struck about two miles north-northeast of Irving at about 10:11 a.m. This follows a string of earthquakes in the area just last month.
And nobody really ever thinks of
Mississippi as a place for earthquakes, and yet the state was just hit by two of them. According to the USGS, a magnitude 3.0 earthquake and a magnitude 3.2 earthquake shook up the residents of Canton, Mississippi over the weekend.
In addition, on Sunday morning
Los Angeles was hit by a magnitude 3.8 earthquake, that many describe as a very intense jolt. Not to be outdone, the
Bay area in northern California was hit by a magnitude 4.0 earthquake on Sunday afternoon.
Meanwhile, sizable quakes are also being reported in regions of the country that are not typically known for seismic activity. In fact,
northern Idaho was jolted by two substantial earthquakes on Thursday night. Two earthquakes — a magnitude 4.1 and a 4.2 — jolted north Idaho on Thursday night, with residents from
northeastern Washington to
northwestern Montana saying they felt the tremors.
At the same time, volcanic activity is rising all over the planet. In fact, scientists believe that a submarine volcano off the
northwest coast of the United States may have just erupted.
More than 80 scientists from around the world gathered in Seattle last week to discuss a thrilling development: For the first time, seafloor instruments were providing a real-time look at the most active, submarine volcano off the Northwest coast — and all signs indicated it might erupt soon. But even the researchers most closely monitoring Axial Seamount were stunned by what happened next. Beginning Thursday, April 23 — the day after the workshop ended — the new sensors recorded 8,000 small earthquakes in a 24-hour period. The volcano’s caldera, which had been swelling rapidly from an influx of magma, collapsed like a deflated balloon. “All the alarm bells were going off,” said Oregon State University volcanologist Bill Chadwick, who along with a colleague predicted last year that the volcano would erupt in 2015.
Then one of the largest volcanoes in
Hawaii is spewing lava for the first time in more than 30 years. For the first time in more than 30 years, lava is flowing on the floor of Halema’uma’u crater in Hawaii. Kilauea volcano’s volatile lava lake spilled over the rim of a deep vent within Halema’uma’u crater several times overnight, lapping onto the edges of the vent like an overflowing pool.
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