A series of earthquakes have attacked the state of Alaska during the last two hours. It started with a 2.5 quake 43km S of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska. This quake was followed by a much more signification seismic movement, detected as a 5.0 earthquake 57km west, south-west of Attu Station, Alaska.
The last quake to hit in this series came 12 minutes later and registered as a magnitude 3.1 quake east, north-east of Cape Yakataga, Alaska.
At the time this report was being fashioned, a 3.0 quake hit Puerto Rico.
No news of damage or life lost has yet been reported for any of these earthquakes.
A 5.2 magnitude earthquake hit 57 miles south of Suchiate, Mexico and 43 miles south-west of Champerico, Guatemala.
Early reports from people living near the quake’s epicenter say they felt a jolt shake their place of residence followed by a sustained rumble which shook the ground below.
Experts have been quite vocal with their warnings that Mexico should be prepared for a large earthquake in the short future.
There are crustal seismic activity in Guatemala, northern Venezuela, and the Cayman Ridge and Cayman Trench that indicate fault transformation and pull-apart basin tectonics.
The U.S. Geological survey has detected 24 earthquakes today, 221 earthquakes in the past 7 days, 888 earthquakes in the past month, and 17,504 earthquakes in the past year.
Extracts fromThe Guardian
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