Watch the full video update covering this M7.0 (M6.8) earthquake, and the East coast Virginia earthquake:
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October 31, 2017
A new earthquake forecast was issued for this week on Sunday October 29, 2017 .
In the earthquake forecast, a specific warning was issued to be on watch near New Caledonia for 1-2 magnitudes larger movement than the deep M4.9 which struck two days prior .
In the past 24 hours, we now see that indeed the expected larger M6.8 / M7.0 earthquake has struck near New Caledonia, additionally on the Eastern side of the “deep earthquake” location a new round of activity struck with a M5.8 / M6.0… just as expected.
The earthquake forecast called for this larger movement to happen on both sides of the deep earthquake, for new larger seismic pressure to spread West + East, with the main bulk of the pressure headed Westward.
The reason these shallower larger earthquakes struck in New Caledonia ( and near Tonga ) is due to the fact that deep earthquakes usually cause shallower larger earthquakes within days.
The larger more shallow earthquakes usually strike adjacent areas to the deep event, or areas parallel on the opposite side of the plate from the deep earthquake. These deep earthquakes are happening in an area below the plates called the “asthenosphere”, a place where semi-melted magma resides .
As deep earthquakes occur, they put pressure up on the underside of the plate, thus pushing the plate boundaries from below ( pushing the plate fractures UPWARDS from below as pressure comes up through the plate boundary)
Here is much more information on deep earthquakes, their causes, and effects:
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As if these large earthquakes weren’t already enough to talk about for the day, we have another earthquake which struck that simply must be mentioned………
The near M3.0 earthquake which struck at the Virginia / Kentucky border must be discussed.
We issued an earthquake watch for near M3.0 earthquake activity to strike the Western portion of Virginia in our weekly earthquake forecast aired Sunday night at 10pm (Oct 29, 2017).
In the earthquake forecast video made a day BEFORE this earthquake struck, we jokingly said we were “targeting our earthquake weapon on Virginia” .
24 hours later, on October 30th, the near M3.0 (m2.7) struck at the Virginia border after weeks of silence.
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/se60182322#executive
See the video warning for Virginia here: (warned virginia starting at 56min 20sec)
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Now that we are seeing new large M7.0 range activity in the Pacific, new earthquake swarms, and large earthquakes replacing the smaller events from earlier this week, it would be prudent to pay attention over the next few days to see if any further development takes place.
Don’t be scared, be prepared. Have a plan, and be on watch this week.
Be sure to get up to speed on the locations we’re watching this week by watching this weeks earthquake forecast video here: