While you may think quakes are a western US problem, some of the largest temblors in US history have happened in the East.
It has been an active stretch of seismic activity for the Pacific Ring of Fire over the last few hours.
Beginning Friday night, several earthquakes fired off along the active region from California to Indonesia, all ranging in magnitudes from 3.5 and higher.
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake started things off last night off the coast of Northern California. At approximately 7:41 p.m. local time, the quake struck about 52 miles west of Petrolia. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reports that shaking was felt in areas such as Eureka and Fort Bragg.
CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES – JUNE 1: An aerial view of Glass Beach by the Pacific Ocean in Fort Bragg, California, United States on June 1, 2023. Glass Beach is a beach adjacent to MacKerricher State Park near Fort Bragg, California, named from a time when it was abundant with sea glass created from years of dumping garbage into an area of coastline near the northern part of the town. It is illegal to collect glass at this state park.
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SCIENTISTS UNCOVER POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT MOVEMENT AT ONE OF AMERICA’S MOST DANGEROUS FAULT LINES
About 2 hours later, a magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck about 105 miles east-southeast of Kurilsk, Russia.
About an hour after that and over 4,000 miles east, a magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck off the coast of Oregon. The epicenter was recorded to be about 300 miles west-southwest of Salem, Oregon and started around 10:46 p.m. local time.
SALEM, OR – SEPTEMBER 27: The Willamette River is viewed from Riverfront Park on September 27, 2017, in Salem, Oregon. Dundee, Carlton, McMinnville, and Newburg, all small towns located northwest of Salem in the Willamette Valley wine production areas, have become the epicenters of Oregon’s wine destination tourism.
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Back across the Pacific, a magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck about 18 miles away from Pilar, Philippines around 2:32 p.m. local time Saturday evening. Reports of shaking came from Dapa and Purok, around 42 miles away from the epicenter.
About 90 minutes later, a magnitude 5.0 earthquake rattled Labuha, Indonesia. The epicenter of this was about 40 miles west of the city.
Just a few minutes after the Indonesia quake, another struck the area around the Fiji Islands. A magnitude 4.2 earthquake rattled the Pacific Ring of Fire about 300 miles south of the islands.
Tibar bay, Liquiçá municipality, East Timor / Timor Leste: Tibar bay, part of the south shore of Ombai Strait, which separates the Alor Archipelago from the islands of Wetar, Atauro, and Timor in the Lesser Sunda Islands. Home to Tibar Bay Port, a container terminal.
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MAGNITUDE 6.0 EARTHQUAKE STRIKES OFF THE COAST OF TIMOR-LESTE ALONG THE PACIFIC RING OF FIRE
Shortly after, a magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck the small Asian country of Timor-Leste. The country is home to just over 1 million people, with the highest concentration living in the capital of Dili, which is about 112 miles west of the epicenter.
Nearly 2 hours later and back across the Pacific Ocean a powerful magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck about 15 miles west-southwest of Sipí, Colombia. Reports of shaking were felt around 118 miles away near the area of Cali, Colombia.
View overlooking the business district in the center of the city of Cali, Colombia, from the Hill of Crystals or Cerro de los Cristales.
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Wrapping up the string of activity in the area, around 9:47 p.m. local time Saturday, a magnitude 4.3 earthquake rattled the region surrounding the Mariana Islands. The epicenter was more than 470 miles north-northeast of Saipan.
129 earthquakes have occurred this week around the globe.
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This comes to wrap up an active week of global quakes. According to the USGS there have been 129 earthquakes over the last 7 days across the globe.
