you're watching sky watch media news for july 16 2019 here's what's happening
within the past 48 to 72 hours a series of large and powerful earthquakes have
been felt along the Ring of Fire on July 12th a 6.1 earthquake struck near Japan
just north of the Okinawa prefecture at a depth of 150 miles on july 13th a 6.6
magnitude undersea earthquake struck off the northwestern coast of Australia
then on July 14th a strong 7.3 earthquake struck off the northeastern
coast of the Sulawesi islands located in eastern Indonesia at a depth of 6 miles
this earthquake prompted a tsunami warning this just comes about a week after
Southern California was hit by two of the largest earthquakes that the state
has experienced in more than two decades recent earthquake data shows that the
increase in earthquake activity in 2019 is quite disturbing looking at global
activity the earth has averaged 193 quakes of magnitude 1. 5 or greater
per day since the beginning of 2019 now this is a high number but it is pale in
comparison to what we have experienced in the past week where on average there
has been more than 600 earthquakes per day of magnitude 1.5 or greater
what this means is that the number of global earthquakes is presently more
than three times above the normal average the number of large earthquakes
is at very high levels as well according to the USGS there have been 110
earthquakes of at least magnitude 4.5 around the world within the last seven
days the most recent events in the Pacific Ring of Fire now brings the
number of major quakes of magnitude 6 or greater to 86 what's so incredible
is that all but seven of these 86 events have occurred along the Ring of Fire in
fact the last 38 quakes dating back to the 3rd of May have occurred in this
region the earthquake that struck Western Australia on July 13th was the
largest earthquake that Western Australia has ever witnessed the event
shook buildings and it shocked residents who had never felt a tremor the USGS
said that the earthquake struck off of the Kimberly coast at a depth of 20
miles it was originally reported as a magnitude 6.9 but the earthquake was so
strong that it was felt from Darwin to Perth and the event was followed by
numerous after shocks the magnitude 7.3 earthquake that shook eastern Indonesia
on July 14th was so powerful that it sparked tsunami fears and it generated
news headlines across the globe as the quake was being felt residents were seen
fleeing from buildings into the streets many seen heading for higher ground
hundreds of people took to social media on July 13th when a magnitude 4.0
earthquake was felt across western Montana the quake originated at a depth of
seven miles about two miles northwest of the city of Manhattan this comes on the
heels of powerful earthquakes that shook Southern California during the 4th of
July weekend as well as the tremor that was felt in
Seattle in the early morning hours of July 12th when a 4.6 earthquake shook
the Puget Sound region the Seattle quake was widely felt across the city
originating at a depth of 14 miles below the earth's surface and no doubt it
received a lot of attention given the fact that there are multiple volcanoes
in the region that could erupt at any moment since early July the shaking in
Southern California and Nevada has not stopped seismic data is showing that
there has been more than 10,000 earthquakes of various magnitudes within
the last seven days according to the LA Times the 7.1 earthquake that rocked
this region of the Mojave Desert on July 5th pack the energy of 45 nuclear bombs
similar to the type that was dropped on Hiroshima at the end of World War two
one can only imagine the devastation that could have occurred had this quake
struck a major metropolitan center in the past 24 to 48 hours there have been
more than 700 earthquakes in California 29 that registered over a magnitude of
2.5 but this is not a localized phenomenon as the number of global
earthquakes is presently three times above the normal ratio since the
beginning of 2019 so recent data has shown that our planet has been greatly
shaken but as I have indicated over time in these video publications and across
social media sites the world has entered into a time of
overwhelming global instability the events that are happening today are not
normal regardless of how often we attempt to
sugarcoat them and no nation or people's are exempt or excluded from these events
the risks we face today are too great to be ignored and now would be a good time
to prepare for the changes that will occur in our lifetime