{"id":31145,"date":"2018-02-18T08:10:11","date_gmt":"2018-02-18T13:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=31145"},"modified":"2018-02-18T08:10:11","modified_gmt":"2018-02-18T13:10:11","slug":"ring-of-fire-quake-cluster-prompts-scientists-to-warn-of-large-rupture-sooner-than-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=31145","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Ring Of Fire&#8217; Quake-Cluster Prompts Scientists To Warn Of &#8220;Large Rupture Sooner Than Later&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"block-zerohedge-page-title\" class=\"block block-core block-page-title-block\">\n<h3 class=\"page-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-02-17\/ring-fire-quake-cluster-prompts-scientists-warn-large-rupture-sooner-later\"><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">&#8216;Ring Of Fire&#8217; Quake-Cluster Prompts Scientists To Warn Of &#8220;Large Rupture Sooner Than Later&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-zerohedge-content\" class=\"block block-system block-system-main-block\">\n<article class=\"node node--type-article node--view-mode-full\" role=\"article\">\n<footer class=\"node__meta\">\n<div class=\"submission-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"node__content\">\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>Earlier in the week we reported on scientists&#8217; warnings over the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-02-14\/new-data-shows-yellowstone-supervolcano-strained-magma-chamber-under-immense\"><strong> &#8220;strained&#8221; magma chamber within Yellowstone&#8217;s supervolcano<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/YELLOWSTONE-LAKE.adapt_.945.1-e1507725525460.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And now, perhaps even more concerning, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/world\/920272\/earthquake-news-california-big-one-pacific-ring-of-fire-latest-update\">The Daily Express reports<\/a> that scientists in California have <strong>analyzed 101 major earthquakes around the Pacific Ring of Fire, a horseshoe-shaped geological disaster zone, between 1990 and 2016. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/Map-of-the-Pacific-Rim-1236989.jpg?itok=sULOZUWF\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>They believe a cluster of tremors around the area could indicate a \u201cbig one\u201d is due to hit<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Earthquakes have already struck in Japan, Tawain, Guam and Indonesia in the past few weeks.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Thorne Lay, professor of Earth and planetary sciences at UC Santa Cruz, said: &#8220;Based on the clustering of earthquakes in space and time, the area that has just slipped is <strong>actually more likely to have another failure.<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added that &#8220;the surrounding areas have been pushed towards failure in many cases, giving rise to aftershocks and<strong>the possibility of an adjacent large rupture sooner rather than later.<\/strong>&#8220;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/world\/920272\/earthquake-news-california-big-one-pacific-ring-of-fire-latest-update\">The Express notes<\/a> that the study comes after the <strong>Ring of Fire was hit by earthquakes in the first two weeks of February<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>More than 180 people were injured and 17 killed when a 6.4 magnitude quake struck Taiwan\u2019s coast on February 6.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/2018-02-17_11-26-28.jpg?itok=FW6gja-l\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A series of tremors on reaching magnitudes as high as 5.7 shook the US territory of Guam.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/2018-02-17_11-27-16.jpg?itok=Je4JJ3bk\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Three earthquakes have hit Japan since February 11, with the largest measuring at 4.8 on the Richter scale.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally,<strong> numerous volcano eruptions, hit the Pacific Rim in January<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Ring Of Fire&#8217; Quake-Cluster Prompts Scientists To Warn Of &#8220;Large Rupture Sooner Than Later&#8221; Earlier in the week we reported on scientists&#8217; warnings over the &#8220;strained&#8221; magma chamber within Yellowstone&#8217;s supervolcano. 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