Important Takeaways:
- The Japanese government warns of an 80% chance of a magnitude 9 Nankai Trough earthquake in 30 years, potentially killing 300,000 people.
- Tsunami waves up to 34 meters [111.54 ft] could devastate coastal cities, displacing 12.3 million and destroying 2.35 million buildings.
- The economic toll could reach $1.44 trillion, nearly half of Japan’s GDP, with long-term global supply chain disruptions.
- Evacuation improvements could reduce deaths, but current preparedness remains insufficient to meet government safety targets.
- Past disasters like Fukushima highlight the severe risks of nuclear and environmental crises from such an event.
- The Nankai Trough, a 600-mile (900 km) deep ocean trench, is a region where the Philippine Sea Plate is subducting beneath the Eurasian Plate. This tectonic boundary has historically produced megaquakes every 100 to 200 years. The last major event occurred in 1946, making the region overdue for another significant tremor. The Japanese government’s latest estimates, updated for the first time since 2013, account for inflationary pressures and advanced topographical data, which have expanded the anticipated flood areas.
- The 2011 Tohoku earthquake, a magnitude 9 event, killed over 15,500 people and caused the meltdown of three nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. The tsunami waves reached heights of up to 40 meters in some areas, causing widespread destruction and environmental contamination. The Nankai Trough megaquake could be even more devastating, with the potential to surpass the 2011 disaster in both scale and impact.
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Important Takeaways:
- A POWERFUL magnitude 6.9 earthquake has rattled Papua New Guinea, triggering a tsunami warning for coastal areas.
- The shallow quake struck just 120 miles east of Kimbe, a coastal town in the New Britain region, around 9.04 pm local time, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.
- The epicenter was offshore, at a depth of just six miles, amplifying tsunami fears.
- The USGS warned that waves between one to three meters could slam into parts of Papua New Guinea’s coastline, while a separate advisory for the Solomon Islands cautioned about possible waves up to 0.3 meters.
- There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage, but authorities remain on high alert.
- The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) pegged the quake at magnitude 7.1, deeper at 49 km, highlighting slight discrepancies in early readings.
- It comes just days after a horror 7.7 magnitude earthquake ripped through Myanmar, with tremors being felt all the way in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Important Takeaways:
- A series of earthquakes in the Aegean Sea has raised concerns in Greece and Israel, and officials and experts are taking action to address potential risks.
- Santorini and Amorgos have experienced thousands of tremors since late January. The strongest earthquakes have reached magnitudes of 5.2 to 5.3.
- Experts warn that these tremors could be part of a foreshock sequence, increasing the risk of a stronger earthquake.
- Greek authorities report that more than 7,850 earthquakes have hit the Santorini-Amorgos seismic zone since Jan. 26. The continuous seismic activity has increased the risk of landslides on Santorini’s steep slopes.
- Limited landslides have already hit tourist areas such as Red Beach and the Old Port. Authorities are worried about further rockfalls.
- A state of emergency will remain in effect on the island until March 1.
- Ariel Heimann, a senior geologist at the Institute for National Security Studies… noted that although Israel is over 1,200 kilometers from Santorini, a significant offshore earthquake could still trigger a tsunami capable of reaching Israel’s Mediterranean coast
- Israeli officials are reviewing safety measures, including evacuation plans for coastal cities like Haifa.
- The ongoing tremors keep scientists and authorities on high alert. No one can confirm if a major earthquake or tsunami will strike, but preparedness efforts in Israel and Greece continue to increase to reduce risks.
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Important Takeaways:
- A powerful magnitude 6.8 earthquake shook parts of southern Japan on Monday.
- According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the earthquake was reported about 7 miles to the east-southeast of Miyazaki just after 9 p.m. local time (7 a.m. ET) at a depth of about 30 miles.
- Miyazaki, located on the island of Kyushu, sits about 560 miles to the southwest of Tokyo.
- According to the National Weather Service’s National Tsunami Warning Center in Palmer, Alaska, there is no threat of a tsunami for the U.S. West Coast, Alaska or Hawaii.
- There is no immediate word on damage or injuries.
- The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a Tsunami Warning for waves of 3 feet in height for parts of the southeastern shores of Kyushu and Shikoku.
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Important Takeaways:
- Biden’s policy shift has triggered a tsunami of illegal immigration
- By December 2020, the U.S. had the most secure border in the history of our nation, and a proven plan to continue improvements. We had an overall decrease in entries and the highest level of situational awareness ever.
- Immediately following his inauguration, Biden fulfilled his campaign promise. He quickly terminated the migrant protection protocols and halted all border security infrastructure improvements.
- The border security gains earned over three decades vanished and Biden surrendered control of our border to transnational criminal organizations – the cartels.
- Over 1,000 illegal entries per day is more than enough to enable the cartels to shape the environment to facilitate the smuggling of narcotics, contraband and any alien willing to pay extra to avoid being fingerprinted
- The bottom line is that the chaos at the border is 100% Biden’s doing. Limiting illegal entries to 2,500 a day is political theater.
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Important Takeaways:
- North Korea Says Tests Underwater Nuclear Drone, Criticizes US-Led Joint Drills
- North Korea has conducted a test of its underwater nuclear weapons system in a protest against this week’s joint military drills by South Korea, the United States and Japan, state media KCNA said on Friday.
- The test of the “Haeil-5-23” system, a name North Korea has given to its nuclear-capable underwater attack drones, was carried out by the defense ministry’s think tank in the waters off its east coast, the report said, without specifying a date.
- The ministry’s unnamed spokesman accused the United States, South Korea and Japan of “getting frantic” with military exercises, warning of “catastrophic consequences.”
- Later on Friday, South Korea’s defense ministry issued a warning against the North’s recent series of weapons tests, calling for an immediate halt.
- “Our military is thoroughly prepared for North Korea’s provocations under a solid joint defense posture with the United States,” it said in a statement, vowing “overwhelming” responses if North Korea stages a direct provocation.
- Dubbed “Haeil”, which means tsunami, the new drone system was first reportedly tested in March 2023, and state media said it was intended to make sneak attacks in enemy waters and destroy naval strike groups and major operational ports by creating a large radioactive wave through an underwater explosion.
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Important Takeaways:
- It’s Only a Matter of Time Before a Tsunami Hits the Northwest. Why Is It Missing from FEMA’s Risk Analysis?
- Scattered like driftwood along the coast of Washington state is a string of Native reservations, tourist havens and faded timber towns whose names bespeak their geography: Long Beach, Westport, Ocean Shores, the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe. Some lie on nearly naked sandspits with a single point of connection to the mainland. Together with their coastal counterparts in Oregon and Northern California, they may be the most endangered communities in the United States.
- That’s because about 70 miles offshore, a jammed-up 800-mile tectonic seam called the Cascadia Subduction Zone is approaching a shattering shakeout. The odds that it will unleash an earthquake in the next 50 years are estimated at 1 in 4. The odds of an 8.7-plus megaquake that would send a tsunami washing 30 feet or more over those communities is 1 in 6. At the tiny Hoh tribal reservation on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, the waves could reach 100 feet and put the tribal center 45 feet underwater.
- Washington State’s Emergency Management Division calculates that nearly 90,000 people live or work in the outer coast’s inundation zone, and there are another 86,000 more along inner waterways that the waves will take longer to reach. On a summer day, they could be joined in the danger zone by up to 248,000 sightseers, clam diggers and other visitors. Western Washington University’s Resilience Institute has calculated that as many as 28 percent would be unable to reach higher ground in time to escape the tsunami and 18 percent — up to 60,000 people — would be crushed or swept out to sea.
- It is, in the words of the Emergency Management Division, “expected to be the largest natural disaster ever in the United States.” And the question isn’t whether there will be a quake and tsunami but when.
- There’s just one problem: the online tool the federal government has built for mapping and gauging disaster risks is oblivious to dangers along the Cascadia Subduction Zone.
- The updated National Risk Index (NRI), announced in March, assigns only a “relatively moderate” tsunami risk to the Quinault Indian Nation, even though the Washington State Geological Survey predicts it will be buried under 30 to 50 feet of water.
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Mathew 24:7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
Important Takeaways:
- Vanuatu gets back-to-back earthquakes, cyclone
- The Pacific nation experienced an initial 6.5 magnitude quake, followed by an aftershock.[5.4] A state of emergency has been declared amid the threat of Cyclone Kevin.
- The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was no tsunami threat from the initial quake.
- Just a couple of days ago, strong winds and rain from Cyclone Judy had lashed Vanuatu. Electricity and communications in the island nation are still affected.
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Matthew 24:7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
Important Takeaways:
- Powerful 7.0 earthquake shakes Solomon Islands
- There were no immediate reports of widespread damage or injuries
- Australia’s embassy, the airport and shopping malls were damaged. The quake also triggered power outages in the capital, Honiara.
- The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center initially warned of possible hazardous waves for the area but later downgraded a tsunami warning.
- Two more 6.0 tremblors followed after 7.0
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Matthew 24:7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
Important Takeaways:
- Tsunami alert after powerful earthquake hits near Tonga
- A tsunami warning has been issued after a powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit near Tonga in the South Pacific Ocean.
- “Dangerous tsunami waves are possible for coasts within 300 km of the earthquake epicenter,” said the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.
- In January, the archipelago was devastated by the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano, followed by a tsunami.
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