4.3 and Swarm Near Where 7.2 Easter Earthquake Occured

Is there going to be a large earthquake soon? This evening we had a small swarm of earthquakes happened around seven PM, and one of them had been 4.3. This is at the area where the epicenter of a 7.2 earthquakes happened on Easter Sunday in 2010. It may well be a mere aftershock series. Or it may be a lead in to a large event. That I cannot say exactly.

One thing that must be noted is that the sun is in a state of very very activity, and the Ionosphere can load up, because the sun ejected material. So I suggest watching the ionosphere closely over the next 24 hours, as well as magnetometer charts as shown here.

The ionosphere is believed by some researchers to have an interplay with earthquake events. In other words there is a possible correlation between ionosphere behavior and earthquakes.

Here's a link to NOAA's space weather carts and magnetometer chart

http://www.n3kl.org/sun/images/noaa_mag_3d.gif?

Here's a link to the USGS and the 4.3 quake tonight: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/ci11047933.html

Here are the USGS earthquake list:

2.7	2011/12/30	08:32:44	32.228N	115.264W	10.0	16 km (10 mi) WSW of Guadalupe Victoria, Baja California, Mexico
2.8	2011/12/30	07:55:54	32.191N	115.267W	10.0	18 km (11 mi) SW of Guadalupe Victoria, Baja California, Mexico
3.1	2011/12/30	07:50:12	32.135N	115.256W	10.0	22 KM (14 MI) SW OF GUADALUPE VICTORIA, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
4.3	2011/12/30	07:34:29	32.141N	115.297W	10.0	24 KM (15 MI) SW OF GUADALUPE VICTORIA, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
2.9	2011/12/30	04:59:52	32.136N	115.268W	20.9	23 km (14 mi) SW of Guadalupe Victoria, Baja California, Mexico
1.3	2011/12/30	00:56:53	33.151N	115.640W	10.6	2 km ( 1 mi) S of Obsidian Butte, CA
2.1	2011/12/29	21:25:22	32.737N	115.850W	6.2	14 km ( 9 mi) E of Ocotillo, CA
1.8	2011/12/29	18:29:53	33.083N	115.594W	10.6	6 km ( 4 mi) NNE of Westmorland, CA
2.8	2011/12/29	11:19:54	32.135N	115.263W	22.4	22 km (14 mi) SW of Guadalupe Victoria, Baja California, Mexico
1.4	2011/12/29	06:21:33	32.659N	115.912W	6.6	12 km ( 7 mi) SE of Ocotillo, CA
1.6	2011/12/29	05:18:52	32.686N	115.955W	7.3	7 km ( 4 mi) SSE of Ocotillo, CA
1.0	2011/12/28	22:19:00	32.663N	115.914W	8.2	11 km ( 7 mi) SE of Ocotillo, CA
1.1	2011/12/28	18:37:37	33.594N	115.965W	10.1	8 km ( 5 mi) NNW of North Shore, CA
1.7	2011/12/28	14:58:09	32.680N	115.943W	8.1	8 km ( 5 mi) SE of Ocotillo, CA
2.0	2011/12/28	06:00:35	32.636N	115.721W	12.5	18 km (11 mi) S of Seeley, CA
2.9	2011/12/27	22:59:14	32.662N	115.914W	8.5	12 km ( 7 mi) SE of Ocotillo, CA
1.9	2011/12/27	13:51:31	32.735N	115.415W	8.6	9 km ( 6 mi) SSW of Holtville, CA
1.2	2011/12/27	05:30:13	33.150N	115.977W	5.4	14 km ( 9 mi) E of Ocotillo Wells, CA
1.1	2011/12/27	02:47:03	32.650N	115.906W	5.1	13 km ( 8 mi) SE of Ocotillo, CA
1.3	2011/12/26	15:42:08	33.153N	115.643W	5.7	2 km ( 1 mi) SSW of Obsidian Butte, CA
1.3	2011/12/25	23:54:48	32.656N	115.904W	5.5	13 km ( 8 mi) SE of Ocotillo, CA
1.5	2011/12/25	05:25:35	32.650N	115.949W	8.5	11 km ( 7 mi) SSE of Ocotillo, CA
1.1	2011/12/24	22:59:06	32.654N	115.906W	6.2	13 km ( 8 mi) SE of Ocotillo, CA
1.7	2011/12/24	19:54:05	33.113N	115.600W	7.0	7 km ( 4 mi) SSE of Obsidian Butte, CA
1.2	2011/12/24	18:25:51	33.209N	115.541W	0.0	4 km ( 3 mi) SW of Niland, CA

Covington Flat Volcano has Pair of Earthquakes

It should be noted that Covington flat volcano has had a pair of light earthquakes today. One is located in the area where there is believed a magma chamber. This deserves to be watched. Covington flat volcano is located just south of Black Rock camp ground of the Joshua Tree National Park, and south of the town of Yucca Valley, Calif.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/ci11046613.html

El Hierro volcano (Canary Islands, Spain): increased area of upwelling muddy water and discoloration of sea water, but eruption not likely to form an island

El Hierro volcano (Canary Islands, Spain): increased area of upwelling muddy water and discoloration of sea water, but eruption not likely to form an island

The above link is packed full of excellent information about active volcanos, including the continued eruption off the coast of one of the Canary Islands. I highly recommend this site, as it explains the dynamics of various eruptions throughout the world.

Indeed the volcano off the Canary Islands is still in eruption phase, and upwelling material and gases from under the Atlantic Ocean. It has not formed and island, for it requires more lava flows and a widening of the base of the volcanic cone to do that. There are still harmonic tremors in the area, as well as a GPS measured area of rising ground, and another of sinking ground. A nearby harbor has also been closed.

Over in my neck of the woods, in the Southern California desert, Salton Buttes volcano has had several micro-quakes, and Covington Flat volcano has had a couple. To the south of Salton Buttes, in Imperial County, near the town of Imperial, here has been a good many more localized micro-quakes this week. All these micro-quakes form roughly a line from Imperial up to Covington Flat, But I don't put any importance on that.

My documentary on the East California Rifting Zone is still making progress, although a bit slow as my schedule shifts, and as I take on a few other projects. I am getting some great interviews of people living around the volcanos and earthquake prone areas. Presently, I am shooting a documentary on a horse rescue operation in Landers, right next to the north side of Pipes Canyon volcano. According to local rumor, there had been a magma surface flow in that area on Dixie Mine Road right after the 7.4 Landers earthquake nearly 20 years ago. I'll ride out there and check the area out for signs of a flow!

Canary Island Volcanic Eruption, and UAV Helps Predict Eruptions

Over the past week, and even a big more, there has been an erupting underwater volcano. This is taking place at the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean, just off of Africa. The Canary Islands belong to Spain, and are a favorite vacation spot for Europeans.

Some believe that this eruption may will cause for a new Island to be born. In other words, there is a lot of lava flowing from the eruption, thus building the mountain high from the sea floor enough to be near the surface.

Here is a link to articles on the eruption:

http://earthquake-report.com/2011/09/25/el-hierro-canary-islands-spain-volcanic-risk-alert-increased-to-yellow/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/13/underwater-volcano-el-hierro-canary-islands_n_1091252.html

Also, there are researchers that are making headway predicting volcanic eruptions. Here's a link to a news report that points out a tiny unmanned helicopter that is helping researchers to gather data. It is used to fly over volcanos, and to make measurements of gases and also to take pictures while over the crater of the volcano. Check this cool tool out.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/13/underwater-volcano-el-hierro-canary-islands_n_1091252.html

Live Volcano Cam from Canary Islands - Probable New Island's Birth

Click the link below to witness live an undersea volcano erupting just off shore from a small harbor on the Canary Islands. The volcano is only 70 meters below the sea's surface, and lava flows are to prolific, the mountain is growing at the pace that it just may reach the surface - and become the worlds newest island! Watch this live stream and see possible history in the making, and new land being built out of basalt and silica lavas.

http://www.ilovesantacruz.es/newweb/camara-web-situada-en-la-restinga/2011/11/

Today: Strongest Earthquake Recorded in Oklahoma History

A little over two hours ago from this time, which for my time zone is 11:39 PST, Oklahoma experienced the strongest earthquake ever recorded in that state. It was a 5.6 magnitude earthquake and fairly shallow. It was preceded with a series of fore-quakes, including a 4.7 mag event - as you can see here in this list of earthquakes for the area. This is extremely unusual, even though Oklahoma does indeed have small earthquakes that can be felt.

There are some far out but compelling conspiracy theories that some of these moderate to fairly strong earthquakes at magnitudes in the the fives, those in unusual locations. Some say that these are attributed to underground nuclear blasts.

A couple of months or more back, there was a rare series of earthquakes near Denver, followed shortly by a rare strong earthquake in Virginia. Some people reported hearing a series of booms around the time of the Denver earthquake. You can find video of these booms on You Tube. The conspiracy theory states that the Denver and the Virginia quake were actually nuclear blasts, and these blasts had blown up vast underground bunkers and headquarters of the Global Elite leadership, perhaps killing thousands. The theory also states that this is the start of a revolution from within against a New World Order.

For me personally, I don't believe it's true nor do I believe it's false. It's just a theory I bumped into. I'm sharing it here only because I find it very interesting. It does parallel all the global protests and anti-banking sentiment happening today.

With this far out theory in mind, watch closely for any more moderate to fairly strong earthquakes, especially those in unusual places within the continental US. If this Oklahoma event parallels the Denver-Virginia events, and is followed by other unusually placed quakes, then there is need for further exploration of the nature of these strange earthquakes.

My thinking is a bit more standard, as for right now. I tend to support the possibility that these quakes are associated with the heating up of the mantel under the heavy continental body of rock we're on. The North American plate is huge and heavy, and eventually, large continental plates have to split up and start a rifting zone in the middle. Sometimes these rifts fail, and sometimes they manifest themselves into a new ocean.

There are two notable rifting zones on the North American continent. There is the Eastern California Rifting Zone that I mention often in this blog, and there is the New Madrid rifting zone in the Midwest.

Of course, Denver, Virginia and Oklahoma are far from either rifting zone, but could indicate the warming of the mantel, or the build up of some kind of strain - perhaps associated with future rifting and splitting of the continent.

Keep in mind that everything I blog here today is pure theory and not based on tested fact. I'm sharing both reasonable and wild theory, so that you are aware of what some people, including myself are thinking on.

One thing is for sure, we are in some unusual geologic times. I say that a lot.

Check out today's Oklahoma earthquake list, and the fore-quakes. I suggest monitoring the ionosphere over the next few days, and sun activity too, for peaks of activity. Make your own notes on what you observe, and share them here in the comments if you wish. That would be interesting, indeed.

MAG	UTC DATE-TIME y/m/d h:m:s	LAT deg	LON deg	DEPTH km	LOCATION
MAP	5.6	2011/11/06 03:53:10	35.599	-96.752	5.0	6 km ( 4 mi) E of Sparks, OK
MAP	3.6	2011/11/05 14:36:30	35.584	-96.789	4.9	4 km ( 2 mi) SE of Sparks, OK
MAP	3.4	2011/11/05 13:42:26	35.530	-96.766	5.0	9 km ( 5 mi) NW of Prague, OK
MAP	3.3	2011/11/05 11:24:15	35.521	-96.778	5.0	9 km ( 6 mi) WNW of Prague, OK
MAP	3.3	2011/11/05 09:12:11	35.591	-96.788	4.9	4 km ( 2 mi) SE of Sparks, OK
MAP	2.7	2011/11/05 07:50:42	35.559	-96.762	4.8	8 km ( 5 mi) SE of Sparks, OK
MAP	2.7	2011/11/05 07:44:34	35.488	-96.755	5.0	6 km ( 4 mi) W of Prague, OK
MAP	3.4	2011/11/05 07:27:20	35.566	-96.698	5.0	9 km ( 6 mi) N of Prague, OK
MAP	4.7	2011/11/05 07:12:45	35.553	-96.748	4.0	9 km ( 6 mi) SE of Sparks, OK