Oh No! They’re starting again! Earthquakes rattle Japan, Ecuador, & Vanuatu — Again
Superstation95.com
Apr 18, 2016
A pattern of earthquakes that wreaked havoc last week seems to be starting again! This morning, three earthquakes rattled the battered areas of Japan, Ecuador and Vanuatu – just like last weeks massive quakes.
Here are the details as we know them at 9:36 AM eastern US time on Monday, 18 April:
Magnitude M 5.0
Region NEAR COAST OF ECUADOR
Date time 2016-04-18 13:25:47.7 UTC
Location 0.22 S ; 80.30 W
Depth 10 km
Distances 198 km W of Quito, Ecuador / pop: 1,399,814 / local time: 08:25:47.7 2016-04-18
93 km N of Portoviejo, Ecuador / pop: 170,326 / local time: 08:25:47.7 2016-04-18
44 km SW of Pedernales, Ecuador / pop: 5,983 / local time: 08:25:47.7 2016-04-18
Magnitude Mw 5.9
Region VANUATU
Date time 2016-04-18 13:06:10.6 UTC
Location 19.48 S ; 169.11 E
Depth 72 km
Distances 210 km SE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu / pop: 35,901 / local time: 00:06:10.6 2016-04-19
18 km NW of Isangel, Vanuatu / pop: 1,437 / local time: 00:06:10.6 2016-04-19
Magnitude Mw 5.5
Region KYUSHU, JAPAN
Date time 2016-04-18 11:41:59.2 UTC
Location 33.00 N ; 131.08 E
Depth 10 km
Distances 91 km SE of Fukuoka-shi, Japan / pop: 1,392,289 / local time: 20:41:59.2 2016-04-18
39 km NE of Kumamoto-shi, Japan / pop: 680,423 / local time: 20:41:59.2 2016-04-18
25 km E of Kikuchi, Japan / pop: 26,677 / local time: 20:41:59.2 2016-04-18
This pattern of earthquakes is very similar to the one which took place last week, before the massive 7.8 struck Ecuador, the massive 7.0 struck Japan and the massive 6.9 struck Vanuatu.
Will these quakes trigger new, large ones like last week? No way to tell.
Will the west coast of North America – which avoided being hit last week, be hit this week? Not sure.
This story will be updated as the day progresses.
