Major Quakes 2023


Credit USGS

Once again folks, it's clear to see, these major quakes happened in the middle of a deep depression, powerful winds and a storm, this scenario is becoming consistent this year as I do more research and I can't see any reason why we shouldn't be able to find a way of predicting major or powerful earthquakes, in the near future.

We appear to have two scenarios to help us with major quake prediction: Space weather, solar storms and CMEs' and local weather, with low-pressure systems along with high winds and storms being the likely reason. NASA and USGS have long said low-pressure systems do not cause major seismic activity but the longer I research this the more likely I believe they may be wrong.





Credit, USGS and Earthwindmap.

It's another powerful shallow earthquake (15km deep) yesterday massive major quake (mag 6 or higher) rocked Teluk Dalam in Indonesia and it happened during an intensive electric storm with incredible amounts of rain and a deep low depression system. The quake happened at 20:00 UTC time when yesterday's freak but incredibly powerful solar storm was diminishing. More here

Last night's major quake, (mag 6 or higher) was the 48th to rattle Earth already this year and the 12th this April.

Could a tiny but deep area of low pressure at the epicentre of the most powerful and deadly quake to rock mankind this year be the cause of more than 60,000 deaths?





Monday, 24 April 2023 More Signs And Wonders: A large magnetic filament hundreds of thousands of miles long on our Sun suddenly snapped hurling a massive solar storm towards Earth! That storm arrived this morning and caused a massive mag 7.3 quake near New Zealand and light shows around the world

Credit USGS and Earthwindmap.

A massive magnitude 7.3 quake, reduced to 7.1 by USGS was recorded in the middle of the severe G4-class geomatic storm this morning near the Kermadec islands of New Zealand, the massive quake was less than 50km deep, there has been no mention of a tsunami warning.

The powerful quake was one of the biggest of the year and was the 47th major quake, (mag 6 or higher) of a very busy seismic 2023 so far.

Many of the most powerful quakes this year have been linked to solar activity just as the one this morning.



On Feb 6 at 02:17 (UTC +1) a magnitude 7.8 earthquake, rocked South and Western Turkey and Northwestern Syria. This devastatingly powerful shallow quake was quickly followed by a magnitude 7.7 aftershock. 

The two massive earthquakes and the barrage of aftershocks caused almost 60,000 deaths and damage to an area the size of Germany. The UN estimated more than 1.5 million people were left homeless throughout Turkey and Syria. The quake is now registered as the 5th deadliest of the 21st Century.

As usual, USGS alerted me of the massive quake on my e-mail feed. I had an itch regarding the quake which just wouldn't stop itching from the moment I received the e-mail. For instance, as news came through I wrote on TBW, my blog: "We could have another Honshu Japan-type earthquake cluster happening right now in Turkey," I wasn't wrong, in fact, the death count turned out to be twice as high as the 2011 Honshu Japan quake—Full story 




This week, once again, we witnessed just how incredibly lucky we are as a species. An extremely rare Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) THE MOST POWERFUL IN DECADES and travelling faster than 3,000 km/per second which compares to the Carrington Event in 1859 was ejected from our Sun and would easily have taken down all of earth's satellites in space, along with the internet and electricity grid here on Earth. . . However, once again the 'DEATH RAY' missed us! 

Last night, a very powerful, shallow (22km deep) magnitude 7.0 earthquake rocked the Kermadec Islands, it was already the 4th major quake, (mag 6 or higher) to hit the islands so far this year. However, what is so special about this powerful quake is, it was recorded in the middle of a solar storm pounding our magnetosphere. See the map above. . . 





Saturday, 4 March 2023 'SIGNS AND WONDERS!'—A third major quake in less than a month lets-loose in the middle of a cyclone north of New Zealand—We have seen 29 great earthquakes already this year, one every 2.3 days. During the same period in 1903, just 2 major quakes had been recorded—1913, 11 major quakes, 1923 only 13—1933, 14 major quakes, in 1943, just 7—We are witnessing great earthquakes!

Credit Earthwindmap and USGS.

Well folks, there we go, for the third time in less than a month a major quake, (mag 6 or higher) has rock 'n rolled' in, or around an active cyclone. Early this morning a very powerful mag 6.9 rocked the Kermadec Islands north of New Zealand and was the third major quake in this area in the last three days. What is extremely interesting is this mornings powerful quake is the fact it occurred in the middle of two cyclones Kevin and Judy. . .

This unusual pattern has become a regular occurrence in 2023. For instance, yesterday for the second time this month, a major quake struck an area during a cyclone.  Yesterday at around 19:00 hrs, (UTC) a powerful magnitude 6.5 major quake, (mag 6 or higher) rocked the West coast of the South Pacific island Vanuatu at the same time the island was being pounded by Tropical Cyclone KEVIN-23, see map below.



Credit Earthwindmap and USGS. Once again a major quake coincides with another geological occurrence!

For the second time this month, a major quake struck an area during a cyclone.  Yesterday at around 19:00 hrs, (UTC) a powerful magnitude 6.5 major quake, (mag 6 or higher) rocked the West coast of the South Pacific island Vanuatu at the same time the island was being pounded by Tropical Cyclone KEVIN-23, see map above.

Just sixteen days ago, a powerful magnitude of 6.1 was recorded in the Kermadec Islands, above North Island, New Zealand during the arrival of Cyclone Gabrielle, see map below. 




Thursday, 23 February 2023 The major quakes keep coming! A magnitude of 7.4 on the RSOE disaster map has been officially reported as a very powerful, shallow, magnitude of 6.8 by USGS. (why do they always reduce the size?) close to the Tajikistan-Xinjiang border region: Almost 50,000 dead after the Turkey-Syria quake!

We had another very strong quake early this morning and I haven't seen anything about it anywhere on MSM. The quake was recorded as a magnitude of 7.4 on the RSOE disaster map but has been officially reported as a very powerful, shallow, magnitude of 6.8 by USGS. (why do they always reduce the size?)

The epicentre was close to the Tajikistan-Xinjiang border region, it is a baron landscape so luckily there should not be much damage and hopefully no casualties. The major quake, (mag 6 or higher) is very interesting though in its location. It is almost on the exact same horizontal longitude as the mag 7.8 quake which killed almost 50,000 people in Turkey and Syria recently. It's about  1700 miles East of the Turkey quake with Iran sandwiched exactly between both of them.


Credit, Earthwindmap

Yesterday I promised more major seismic activity in the coming days and we didn't have to wait for long. . And once again the quake coincided with another incredible geological occurrence, right in the middle of the arrival of Cyclone Gabrielle.

As I mentioned yesterday on January 9th this year, a very powerful magnitude 7.6 earthquake rocked Indonesia at precisely 18:47 UTC—Just 3 minutes later at 18:50 our Sun launched a powerful X-Class flare from sunspot AR3182! I have never seen these two powerful events so closely linked together before. Full story

This morning's major quake (mag 6 or higher) was the 7th major quake so far in February and the 18th of 2023.

New Zealand declared a state of emergency on Monday as Cyclone Gabrielle started to lash the North Island. People in several regions such as Northland and Auckland, the country's largest city, have been warned of a high risk of tidal flooding by the civil defence department.




In a week of terrible consequences from the seismic activity and the powerful magnitude 7.8 killer quake in Turkey followed by a cluster of massive aftershocks this week, it is probably not surprising solar activity has got in on the act with our sun's 4th X-Class Flare yesterday, after all, solar and seismic activity are usually linked together.

For instance, on January 9th this year, a very powerful magnitude 7.6 earthquake rocked Indonesia at precisely 18:47 UTC—Just 3 minutes later at 18:50 our Sun launched a powerful X-Class flare from sunspot AR3182! I have never seen these two powerful events so closely linked together before. Full story  It's no coincidence, for example in 1957 when the sun produced a record-breaking year in sunspot activity, our planet record its record-breaking number of major quakes, which was there for all to see until USGS altered their records Full story Asked why they altered their records from so long ago, they answered. . .



Map, credit USGS

Update: Three very powerful major quakes have now rocked South Eastern Turkey and Western Syria. Many very strong aftershocks have followed. . .Three extremely powerful quakes rocked southeastern Turkey early this morning. According to Turkish President Recep Erdogan, the two quakes have killed more than 1,000 people with many more injured levelling buildings across several cities and causing damage in neighbouring Syria.

The US agency said that the mag 7.8 quake struck at 04:17 am local time (0117 GMT) at a depth of about 17.9 kilometres (11 miles), with a 6.7-magnitude aftershock striking 15 minutes later and the magnitude 7.5 later this morning.



Saturday, 21 January 2023 AR3190, the biggest sunspot in years and visible to the naked eye has so far failed to deliver: However, an enormous plasma discharge, more than 500,000 km long released from sunspot AR3192 ZIG-ZAGGED more than half a million km and zapped the massive sunspot. More seismic activity records two more major quakes last night!

It has been an incredibly exciting week the massive Sunspot AR3190, (magnified above) the biggest sunspot in years and visible to the naked eye has so far failed to deliver, which is maybe a good thing. . . Credit SDO/HMI

Sunspot AR3190, (magnified above) the biggest sunspot in years and visible to the naked eye has so far failed to deliver. The impressive sunspot, more than 4 times larger than the earth has not ejected the massive X-Class solar flare many astronomers were hoping for. 

However, yesterday, sunspots AR3192 and Ar3190 briefly introduced each other when a bolt of lightning connected the two sunspots together, see left, credit Spaceweather.com. . . 

An enormous plasma discharge, more than 500,000 km long released from sunspot AR3192 ZIG-ZAGGED more than half a million km and zapped the massive sunspot AR3190.     


Wednesday, 18 January 2023 Locked n' loaded! Massive sunspot AR3190 takes aim and faces earth: It's the biggest sunspot in years (More than 4 times the size of earth) and is now facing our planet directly. It is so big it can be seen with the naked eye and is responsible for two very powerful major quakes in Indonesia

Massive sunspot AR3190 has a 'beta-gamma' magnetic field that harbours energy for powerful solar flares. Credit: SDO/HMI and Spaceweather.com.

2023 has seen a very exciting start for astronomers already with three powerful X-Class solar flares and a plethora of sunspots. Our Sun is still brisling with powerful sunspots with the biggest sunspot in years now facing our planet. Sunspot AR3190 is so big it can be seen with the naked eye. (Warning never look at the sun without proper protection for your eyes)

Sunspot AR3190 is at the moment more than four times the size of the earth and it is facing our planet, meaning if the sunspot explodes, releasing a powerful coronal mass ejection the resulting solar flare would hit earth full on. However, NASA is predicting only a 15% chance of a powerful X-Class flare during the next 48 hours, that can change, however. Sunspot AR3190 can be seen lower left on the Hellioviewer video below.


Monday, 16 January 2023 Solar Activity continues! Dramatic twisting eruption from the magnetic canopy of sunspot AR3182 to graze earth's magnetosphere today with a barrage of large sunspots emerging from the eastern limb of the sun. Solar activity brings quake activity, two major quakes strike today!
The first two weeks of 2023 have seen a plethora of solar activity recording three X-Class Flares. With a barrage of large sunspots emerging from the eastern limb of the sun, we can expect more high-energy activity next week. 

Of course, high active solar energy is usually accompanied by major quake activity (mag 6 or higher)  and the last few days have been no exception. This morning a very deep magnitude 6.3 quake rocked the Izu Islands near Japan, see the map below.

Earlier a magnitude of 6.0 was recorded in the Indonesia region of Nias. The two major quakes, (mag 6 or higher bring the total to 5 so far in 2023 with a very powerful magnitude of 7.6  which rocked Indonesia on Jan 9.




When space weather meets major seismic activity! 

I have been blogging about quakes and spaceweather since 2008 but I have never witnessed this before. . .

This afternoon, a very powerful magnitude 7.6 earthquake rocked Indonesia at precisely 18:47 UTC—Just 3 minutes later at 18:50 our Sun launched a powerful X-Class flare from sunspot AR3182! I have never seen two powerful events so closely linked together before! I'm flabbergasted. . .

The powerful major quake, (mag 6 or higher) rocked the Pacific Ring Of Fire, the second in as many days. This one was a magnitude 7.6 struck Pulau Pulau Tanimbar, in Indonesia. 




Sunday, 8 January 2023 2023 has its first major quake, (mag 6 or higher) and it's a very shallow (27 km) powerful, magnitude of 7.0 just 23 km North West of Port Olry, Vanuatu in the South Pacific Ocean. The quake was first recorded as a mag 7.2 but has since been reduced by USGS.

USGS

2023 has its first major quake, (mag 6 or higher) and it's a very shallow (27 km) powerful, magnitude of 7.0 just 23 km North West of Port Olry, Vanuatu in the South Pacific Ocean. The quake was first recorded as a mag 7.2 but has since been reduced by USGS. The major quake has been followed by a mag 4.8 aftershock.

According to NOAA, there has been no tsunami warning, advisory or threat.

The mag 7 is the first major quake of 2023—2022 finished with a total of 128 major quakes, (mag 6 or higher) which is slightly less than the average annual total this century.

The biggest quake last year was a mag 7.6 in Papua New Guinea in September and a mag 7.6 in Mexico also in September.

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