Posted on 09/28/2017 10:31:20 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
FULL TITLE: 3 Large Earthquakes And A Major Volcanic Eruption In Mexico Spark Fears That The Big One Could Hit California Soon
The portion of “the Ring of Fire” that runs along the west coast of North America is starting to shake like a leaf. As most of you already know, the outer perimeter of the Pacific Ocean is known for high levels of seismic activity, and the experts tell us that more than 80 percent of all earthquakes and more than 70 percent of all volcanic eruptions take place within the Ring of Fire. The North American section of the Ring of Fire has been relatively quiet for an extended period of time, but now all of the shaking down in Mexico is causing a tremendous amount of concern. In fact, some now fear that all of the shaking down there may be a harbinger of things to come for California.
Within the last 30 days, there have been three major earthquakes in Mexico. This latest one was a magnitude 6.2 earthquake, and it was accompanied by an eruption of Mt. Popocatepetl…
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake that shook Mexico on Saturday was blamed for five deaths, spreading fear among a population reeling from multiple natural disasters and interrupting the search for survivors from a bigger tremor earlier this week.
South of Mexico City, the Popocatepetl volcano sent a column of ash into the sky, capping a period of seismic activity including two powerful tremors this month that have killed more than 400 people and caused damages of up to $8 billion.
Mexico’s capital was shattered by Tuesday’s magnitude 7.1 quake that flattened dozens of buildings and killed at least 307 people.
Of course the magnitude 8.1 earthquake that hit Mexico back on September 7th was the largest earthquake that we have seen down there in ages.
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Actually, a lot of volcanologists are amazed that Popocatepetl has not experienced a massive eruption by now, despite a lot of smaller eruptions over the years. A larger eruption—say spewing about just over cubic mile of ash into the atmosphere—could actually affect Earth’s climate for a year or more, which could result in California getting a lot more cold winter storms (up goes the snow pack this winter!).
Trump’s fault!
Darn Global Warming is causing all this
what’s the relationship between your pic and the vocanoes & earthquakes in Mexico? (just curious)
Global warming
That is one I’m surprised by as well. Etna, Vesuvius, and Rainier are the more obvious ones.
If you’ve ever seen the write up on what would happen if Rainier blew it’s top, it comes close to what Popocatepetl would do in terms of destruction and damage.
And fish falling from the sky..
Is there a volcano in California?
Yes...
Fish fall from sky with rain in northern Mexico
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/its-raining-fish-1.4310791
A large-scale eruption of Popocatepetl would definitely affect Mexico City and Peubla, since on clear days you can clearly the top of that volcano from both cities. The effect on Mexico’s economy would be huge, since Mexico City is the country’s capital and Puebla is a major industrial center (with the largest Volkswagen factory outside of Germany).
The impact would send a massive human wave north towards us if it happened.
I would imagine even the cities of Toluca and Pachuca would also be impacted heavily.
Ok well there might be a fix for that.
Scientists ‘able to CONTROL the weather using LASERS’
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3590105/posts
That must be how Trump made Maria hit Puerto Rico.
(He always did hate West Side Story)
for not paying for the wall.
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