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That was my feeling, but out of an abundance of caution I posted it.
Keith H said:
That makes sense Keith.
Dutchsinse expects quakes in these areas here:
A noteworthy series of deep asthenosphere earthquakes has now occurred across the West Pacific (seen raised high off the globe in this graphic).
The deep earthquakes are now displacing the shallow areas above the events.... which means we need to watch the center of this "triangle" of deep earthquakes, and to the West / Northwest of this triangle.
This leads us back to the two areas we are already watching.. Papua New Guinea (yet again), and the Northwest Pacific near Japan t...o Taiwan. Keep watch for a shallow large earthquake as a result of this deep smaller movement.
The deep movement displaces the area above and to the West/Northwest of the deep movement epicenter.
Also, still watching for a large compensation earthquake in Kamchatka / Kuril islands to make up for all the activity to the South over the past week to 2 weeks. (four different 7.0M+ earthquakes in Papua New Guinea over the past week).
Since there was massive movement in the pacific recently thanks to the tepal quake, this just puts pressure on other plates. It is like a domino effect. So I am sure there is a possibility of a quake some where in the vicinity of the islands in the future. Dutchsinse has a handle on the areas where he predicts will be the next one and he has been 99% right so far. I am going to be keeping an eye on where Dutchsinse predicts quakes I am going to check it out...
What are they expecting ?