5.5 Earthquake in Honduras

[malaise]

at 04:01:38 PM (EST). We've been having a lot of 5+ shakes in Central America and the Caribbean recently. I am really hoping a big one is not coming during the Cricket World Cup.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Maps/10/275_15.php

[Mojorabbit]

1. Some last night in

russia and japan I think too. Lots of volcanos erupting also.

[malaise]

7. Yep

The Russian one was pretty strong but I haven't seen any reports in the media.

[Beaverhausen]

2. The ring of fire is getting active

I better get me some bottled water stored soon. :scared:

[halobeam]

3. where is the ring of fire and what is the relevance...

sorry to pick your brains.. it's been a while since I heard about it and I'm drawing a block..

[SoCalDem]

4. The pacific rim

[halobeam]

10. thank you

[Beaverhausen]

8. here's some info

Home to Earthquakes and Volcanoes of the Earth

The "Ring of Fire" (map) is an arc stretching from New Zealand, along the eastern edge of Asia, north across the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, and south along the coast of North and South America. It is composed over 75% of the world's active and dormant volcanoes.
This huge ring of volcanic and seismic (earthquake) activity was noticed and described before the invention of the theory of plate tectonics theory. We now know that the Ring of Fire is located at the borders of the Pacific Plate and other major tectonic plates.

Plates are like giant rafts of the earth's surface which often slide next to, collide with, and are forced underneath other plates. Around the Ring of Fire, the Pacific Plate is colliding with and sliding underneath other plates. This process is known as subduction and the volcanically and seismically active area nearby is known as a subduction zone. There is a tremendous amount of energy created by these plates and they easily melt rock into magma, which rises to the surface as lava and forms volcanoes.

Volcanoes are temporary features on the earth's surface and there are currently about 1500 active volcanoes in the world. About ten percent of these are located in the United States.

more here
http://geography.about.com/cs/earthquakes/a/ringoffire.htm

[halobeam]

11. wow... I appreciate the info...

[blogslut]

5. Bush is in the area

n/t

All kidding aside, let's hope the damage is minimal

[malaise]

6. He's in South America

Should be minimal with 5.5. I'm just noticing an increase. We had one between Jamaica and Cuba a few weeks ago. There was a 5.5 in Trinidad and another in Antigua and DR and Puerto Rico have been having some minor shakes as well.

I'll take the hurricanes any day of the week.

[MuseRider]

9. The only earthquake I ever felt was in Honduras.

Scared the crap out of me. I will take tornados any day thank you.

Be safe.