(End of the American Dream)—Have you noticed that there has been a tremendous amount of shaking along the Ring of Fire lately? If you have not been keeping up with it, I am going to provide numerous examples in this article.
For those of us that live in the United States, the seemingly endless shaking that we have been witnessing in California this year has been quite alarming. Within the past 7 days alone, there have been 836 earthquakes in California and Nevada.
Southern California has been particularly active in recent days. From Friday night to Saturday morning, a swarm of “more than 80 quakes” shook the region…
Dozens of small earthquakes have struck across Southern California within the past 24 hours, including more than 80 quakes occurring in Los Angeles County, local officials say.
The region was hit by six earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or greater during this time, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The strongest of these quakes was a 3.4-magnitude recorded off the coast of Catalina Island early Saturday morning.
The quakes started Friday with a 2.5-magnitude earthquake, which struck 3.7 miles southwest of Ojai in Ventura County at 10:46 p.m. Hours later, a 2.7-magnitude earthquake shook the Los Angeles neighborhood of Westmont, east of LAX, at 12:34 a.m. Saturday.
At 4:03 a.m., a 2.6-magnitude earthquake struck roughly 17 miles southeast of Avalon. A 3.0 hit the same area at 4:11 a.m. The two quakes were followed by the larger 3.4-magnitude quake that struck near Catalina Island at 4:13 a.m.
The good news is that none of these earthquakes was particularly large.
But could the constant shaking that we have witnessed in recent months be building up to some sort of a crescendo?
Northern California has been getting hit by a lot of quakes too.
Very early on Saturday, a magnitude 3.4 earthquake rattled the East Bay area…
A 3.4 magnitude earthquake shook the East Bay early Saturday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Just before 12:30 a.m., an earthquake recorded at about 11 miles deep stuck about 5.5 miles northeast of Brentwood.
People between Stockton, Pittsburg and Pleasanton reported feeling the effects.
Most Californians are not concerned about all of this shaking at all.
For years they have been hearing the warnings that “the Big One” is coming, but it has not materialized yet.
So year after year they just keep getting even more apathetic.
But scientists assure us that one of these days it will suddenly arrive.
Of course it isn’t just California that has been getting rattled lately.
In the middle of last week, the Pacific Ring of Fire was suddenly shaken by over a dozen quakes of magnitude 4.0 or greater…
In the latest burst of seismic activity, more than a dozen earthquakes of magnitude 4.0 or higher have rattled the Pacific Ring of Fire.
13 earthquakes rattled cities across 8 countries between Wednesday and Thursday, with some minor seismic activity happening in the very center of the Pacific Ring of Fire.
Since the beginning of the summer, it has been a constant barrage of earthquakes.
South America has been getting hit particularly hard.
Could the North American portion of the Pacific Ring of Fire be next?
On the western side of the Pacific Ring of Fire, volcanic eruptions have been the big story in recent days.
On September 4th, a 25 hour eruption of Anak Krakatau began.
That eruption sent volcanic ash 15 kilometers into the air, and it caused quite a bit of havoc all over the region…
A truly nightmarish night lit up the Indonesian sky in early September, as Anak Krakatau, the ‘Child of Krakatoa’, delivered a jaw-dropping volcanic show that stunned both scientists and anyone unlucky enough to be in the vicinity. With thunderous explosions, torrents of lava, and ash clouds that reached airline-crisis-inducing heights, this eruption added a dramatic new page to Krakatau’s already legendary history.
Unfortunately, that wasn’t the end of it.
On Friday, three more large volcanoes in Indonesia suddenly erupted…
Three volcanoes erupted around the country on Friday, spewing ash into the sky and underscoring heightened volcanic activity across the archipelago, following the eruptions of Mount Sinabung and Mount Anak Krakatau earlier this month.
The Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation’s (PVMG) MAGMA site reported on Friday that the eruptions involved Mount Semeru in East Java, Mount Ili Lewotolok in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) and Mount Ibu in North Maluku.
The eruptions occurred at different times and lasted from 41 to 187 seconds, detik.com reported.
Why have so many volcanoes in Indonesia suddenly roared to life?
I wish that I had an answer to that question.
Also on Friday, Indonesia was hit by a magnitude 6.6 earthquake…
A 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck near Teluknaga in Indonesia’s Northeastern Java province on Friday, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).
The earthquake occurred at 4.23 a.m. local time (2123GMT Friday) at a depth of approximately 358.6 kilometers (222.8 miles).
All of this seismic activity is causing quite a bit of panic in Indonesia.
But most people in the western world have no idea what is going on over there.
Meanwhile, we just witnessed a very violent eruption of Japan’s Sakurajima volcano…
A strong eruption occurred at Japan’s Sakurajima volcano, one of the country’s most active volcanoes, located on Kyushu Island in southwestern Japan.
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) maintained a Level 3 volcanic alert for Sakurajima, restricting access around the crater area due to the risk of volcanic rocks and other hazards.
Authorities have banned entry within a 2-kilometer radius of the crater due to the risk of lava flows and falling volcanic rocks, while closely monitoring volcanic activity.
That eruption certainly surprised a lot of people.
And just yesterday, the alert level for Mount Tokachidake in Hokkaido was raised to Level 3 for the first time ever…
Japan’s Meteorological Agency raised the eruption alert level for Mount Tokachidake in Hokkaido to Level 3 on Saturday morning, banning entry to the 2,077-meter mountain.
This is the first time that Level 3 has been issued for the mountain since the alert system was introduced in 2008. Level 2 restricts access to areas around the craters.
Volcanic activity has intensified, raising the possibility of an eruption, the agency said, warning of large volcanic rocks within about 3 kilometers of the crater.
It isn’t just one area of the Pacific Ring of Fire that has been very active this year.
You would think that this would be getting more attention from the mainstream media.
But it isn’t.
Here in the United States, a mile-wide underwater volcano that is located not too far off the coast of Oregon is expected to erupt before the end of 2026…
An active underwater volcano off the Oregon Coast that was predicted to erupt in 2025 is now expected to erupt mid-to-late 2026.
The Axial Seamount volcano is located nearly a mile beneath the sea, approximately 300 miles off the Oregon Coast, just west of Astoria and along the Juan de Fuca Ridge in the Pacific Ocean.
The good news is that this underwater volcano is not supposed to pose a threat to the west coast.
Hopefully the experts are correct about that.
Our world is filled with so much chaos right now, and we certainly don’t need another major crisis to add to the list.
Sadly, it is undeniable that millions of people that reside along the west coast are living on borrowed time.
Scientists keep telling us that the San Andreas fault is way overdue for a very large earthquake.
We should be very thankful that it hasn’t happened already, but the clock is ticking and eventually a historic disaster will strike.
Michael’s new book entitled “10 Prophetic Events That Are Coming Next” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com, and you can subscribe to his Substack newsletter at michaeltsnyder.substack.com.
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