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Tom Monto

Loyalty Island area, Pacific Ocean hit hard by earthquakes

The USGS earthquake watch website tonight shows that a place southeast of Loyalty Islands, north of New Zealand, has had more than 40 - yes, 40 - earthquakes today Feb. 10, 2021.


Strongest was 7.7, the weakest was 5.1. The last appears to have happened an hour ago so perhaps the cycle has stopped.


Earthquakes also in Puerto Rico, Hawaii, two in Nevada and one in Idaho.


A few in Alaska but that is normal. And 40 or so elsewhere. These are normal for a day on Earth, but 40 in one place - as happened near Loyalty Islands - is quite odd from what I have seen on the website in the past.


Check it out for yourself at:

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Follow-up Feb. 11, 2021

12 hours later (noon Feb. 11 (UTV-7))

There have been 19 more earthquakes of at least strength of 5 since last night at that same location.

These are taking place about 400 kms east of New Caledonia and Vanuatu.

Something like a total of 84 earthquakes have happened there in last day or 2.


In Canada

An earthquake (2.5 magnitude) also occurred at Yarmouth, NS yesterday. No known damage.

see


also one of about 2.5 magnitude at Dawson City.


An average of 10 earthquakes occur in Canada every day, the article says. Obviously most are small.


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