The Pacific Ring Of Fire continued it's 2021 impressive explosion with two more major quakes this morning bringing the total to seven in just the first ten days of 2021 along with an equally impressive number of volcano eruptions.

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The Pacific Ring Of Fire continued it's 2021 explosion with two more major quakes, (mag 6 or higher) bringing the total to seven in just the first ten days of 2021. A powerful magnitude 6.1 rocked Salta in Argentina and later a  magnitude 6.0 rocked the volcanic island of Vanuatu in the South Pacific, the second major quake, (mag 6 or higher) to strike the island since Friday when a magnitude 6.1 rocked the island.

Saturday, 9 January 2021 2021's impressive volcano eruption uptick continues! An eruption has produced two lava flows from vents on the northern flanks, currently about 50 m and 200 m long at the Pacaya volcano in Guatemala

So after just ten days of 2021, 7 major quakes have hit The Pacific Ring Of Fire along with an equally impressive number of volcano eruptions. After the first 10 days of 2020, 4 major quakes had been recorded and in 2019, 3, in 2018, just 1, so we could be in for a busy month. 

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