QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong, once you have been right here in New Zealand, you talked about how earthquakes clustered. Is that this taking place once more?
YD
ANSWER: Oh sure. It’s been some time. Exactly. Here’s a record of the highest 20 earthquakes, and you will notice a cluster of intently associated quakes. The Pacific Ring of Fireplace could be very lively with volcanoes and earthquakes all coming alive and clustering. We’ll in all probability see even a 9.0 quake off the coast of Japan, probably quickly, maybe between April and July. These occasions are likely to cluster. Transferring the plate in a single space leads to stress in one other area. That is simply 8.0 or larger. The 1906 San Francisco April 18, 1906, quake was devastating, but it surely was 7.9.
1. Valdivia, Chile; 1960; magnitude 9.52. Prince William Sound, Alaska; 1964; magnitude 9.23. Sumatra-Andaman Islands, 2004, magnitude 9.14. Tōhoku, Japan; 2011; magnitude 9.15. Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia; 1952; magnitude 9.06. Offshore Maule, Chile; 2010; magnitude 8.87. Off the coast of Ecuador, 1906, magnitude 8.88. Rat Islands, Alaska; 1965; magnitude 8.79. Assam-Tibet, 1950, magnitude 8.610. Off the west coast of northern Sumatra, 2012, magnitude 8.611. Northern Sumatra, Indonesia; 2005; magnitude 8.612. Andreanof Islands, Alaska; 1957; magnitude 8.613. Unimak Island, Alaska; 1946; magnitude 8.614. Banda Sea, Indonesia; 1938; magnitude 8.515. Atacama, Chile; 1922; magnitude 8.516. Kuril Islands, Russia; 1963; magnitude 8.517. Close to Kamchatka Peninsula, 1923, magnitude 8.418. South of Sumatra, 2007, magnitude 8.419. Arequipa, Peru; 2001; magnitude 8.420. Sanriku-Oki, Japan; 1933; magnitude 8.4
