I’d give it to him (prediction), especially since the USGS shutdown probably means no revision to a lower number. ;)
lol on that revision. i’ve noticed a lot of that going on lately. i check on the globalincident quake map and a quake in the western pacific on the aussie feed is usually higher than usgs.
Wiki says that the Mariana Islands are part of Oceania (considering wiki is an official source now, lol), I’d give it to him.
As an aside, I’m getting a weird feeling about California.