The Ring of Fire.
Peru, Christchurch, Japan, all major earthquakes, follow in a clockwise procession and you have Alaska being next, Mt. St. Helen or nearby volcanos PLUS a very nasty potentially dangerous fault near Vancouver island, and then of course California.
Time to keep a very close eye upon the Alaskan volcanos.
I heard that could trigger earthquake just as devastating as the one we saw in Japan.
There is a subduction zone right off the Oregon/Washington coastlines that every few centuries lets rip with earthquakes. These type of earthquakes tend to be very powerful, around seismic level 8 or 9, with the shorelines dropping about 15 to 20 feet, and the tsunamis expected up to 100 feet high.
Frankly I think they’re exagerating on the estimated heights of the tsunamis, but I’m not an expert.
http://engwell.wikispaces.com/RING+OF+FIRE+MAP
6th map says that the Juan de fuca subduction zne is the only spot in the Ring of Fire to not have had a major quake in the past 50 years.
don’t forget Hawaii
This week has been almost constant volcanic activity in Big Island, do not know if this is an increase above normal
Also a cluster in past 7 days in Baja region
Try earthquake 3D- great graphics! Puts world activity in perspective
http://www.wolton.net/quake.html
I am reminded of the Caribbean Plate events in 1902. First St. Vincent (4,000 killed), next day pyroclastic eruption of Mt. Pelee in Martinique (35 to 40 thousand killed), then Santa Maria in Guatemala (5 to 10,000 killed) and two other volcanoes in Central America. Santa Maria has been active recently. People on a boat out of sight of land noticed sharks leaping desperately out of hot water, then suddenly the whole ocean dropped about 4 feet. This was just when Pelee had its final great eruptive episode. Shoreline areas of St. Vincent changed as much as 15 feet.