Great job, Rutsie! I'm glad you made this thread and I think these similarities are eerie, indeed.

FWIW yesterday morning

map 2.8 2011/12/29 09:06:31 36.555N 89.644W 7.8 11 km ( 7 mi) WSW of New Madrid, MO

Nice find there Ruts.

I like monitoring personal hunches from folks who do so on their gut feel. More hits than misses imo, and Michale is no slouch!

from dutchsinse

2/21/2012 — 4.0 magnitude earthquake @ New Madrid Seismic Zone = Midwest be prepared

Magnitude 4.0 – SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI
2012 February 21 09:58:43 UTC

Magnitude 4.0
Date-Time

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 09:58:43 UTC
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 03:58:43 AM at epicenter

Location 36.850°N, 89.409°W
Depth 5 km (3.1 miles)
Region SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI
Distances

8 km (5 miles) NNW (345°) from East Prairie, MO
8 km (5 miles) SSE (153°) from Bertrand, MO
8 km (5 miles) WNW (291°) from Anniston, MO
186 km (115 miles) W (281°) from Clarksville, TN
211 km (131 miles) SSE (159°) from St. Louis, MO

Check out the oil & gas producers in Sikeston, MO:




Also check the map in the upper right corner.

And looky here who's on the list - the Hunt Oil Company.




Can you say Koch Oil? Yeah - they be bestest buds.

In addition to the drilling and fracking in the region, Dutch talks about the severe flooding in the region last year. For those who haven't read up on it here is some info on the major EQ's in this region:

1811–1812 earthquake series
Main article: 1812 New Madrid earthquake

December 16, 1811, 0815 UTC (2:15 a.m.); (M ~7.2 – 8.2[9]) epicenter in northeast Arkansas; it caused only slight damage to man-made structures, mainly because of the sparse population in the epicentral area. The future location of Memphis, Tennessee was shaken at Mercalli level nine intensity. A seismic seiche propagated upriver and Little Prairie was destroyed by liquefaction.[10] Local uplifts of the ground and water waves moving upstream gave the illusion that the river was flowing upstream.[11]

At New Madrid, trees were knocked down and riverbanks collapsed. This event shook windows and furniture in Washington, D.C., rang bells in Richmond, Virginia, sloshed well water and shook houses in Charleston, South Carolina, and knocked plaster off of houses in Columbia, South Carolina. In Jefferson, Indiana, furniture moved and in Lebanon, Ohio, residents fled their homes. Observers in Herculaneum, Missouri, called it "severe" and claimed it had a duration of 10–12 minutes.[12]

Aftershocks were felt every six to ten minutes, a total of 27, in New Madrid until what was called the Daylight Shock, which was of the same intensity as the first. Many of these were also felt throughout the eastern US, though with less intensity than the initial earthquake.[13]

December 16, 1811, the Daylight Shock, 1415 UTC (8:15 a.m.); (M ~7.2 – 8.2) epicenter in northeast Arkansas; This shock followed the first earthquake by six hours and was similar in intensity.[9]

January 23, 1812, 1500 UTC (9 a.m.); (M ~7.0 – 8.0[9]) epicenter in the Missouri Bootheel. The meizoseismal area was characterized by general ground warping, ejections, fissuring, severe landslides, and caving of stream banks. Johnston and Schweig attributed this earthquake to a rupture on the New Madrid North Fault. This may have placed strain on the Reelfoot Fault.[10]

February 7, 1812, 0945 UTC (4:45 a.m.); (M ~7.4 – 8.6[9]) epicenter near New Madrid, Missouri. New Madrid was destroyed. At St. Louis, Missouri, many houses were severely damaged, and their chimneys were toppled. This shock was definitively attributed to the Reelfoot Fault by Johnston and Schweig. It was uplift along this reverse fault segment, in this event, that created waterfalls on the Mississippi River, disrupted the Mississippi River at Kentucky Bend, created a wave that propagated upstream and caused the formation of Reelfoot Lake.[10]

More than 4000 earthquake reports since 1974

The earthquakes were felt as far away as New York City and Boston, Massachusetts, where ground motion caused church bells to ring.[14]

Hundreds of aftershocks followed over a period of several years. Aftershocks strong enough to be felt occurred until the year 1817. The largest earthquakes to have occurred since then were on January 4, 1843, and October 31, 1895, with magnitude estimates of 6.0 and 6.6 respectively.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Madrid_Seismic_Zone

Although this post is about volcano activity, I want to keep it here with other info on the New Madrid fault zone.

from Dutchsinse's site:
"supposed "dormant" volcanoes along the new madrid fault begin showing life. college of dupage website. 3/1/2012"



A first person report from Dutch's site along with video:



"I recorded a whole video on the plumes .. then as the video was processing .. a 2.9M earthquake struck the New Madrid Seismic Zone (TN and AR border).

The plume area in Arkansas is coming from near the dormant volcanic chain which includes Murfreesboro Diamond mine state park ... a dormant volcano where you can dig for diamonds.

Also in south-east Missouri -- there resides a dormant volcano -- not marked on any map.. but you can see the county (i have done this already myself) .. go look up that county on google earth .. and look for the ONLY standalone mountain in the area.. zoom in... and you will see it ... clearly an UNMARKED or UNKNOWN dormant volcano.. (for sure unnamed).

The whole event happened this afternoon (March 1, 2012) -- viewable on College of Dupage (or any other visible satellite of the midwest USA) ...


To view the event still live on satellite feed... select the 1km visible satellite view of Arkansas ... do this ASAP before its gone into archives...
http://weather.cod.edu/satrad/index.php "

Michael Janitch (Dutchsinse) had a lot of info on FB and on his blog today about the huge number of large quakes going on in the last few days, but also a major article and video on plumes and "fires" erupting in the US, which some think signals a possible large quake in the Midwest (US). Here are some excerpts from the main article he quotes.

Frightening Volcanic Venting Signals Coming Midwest Megaquake

A U.S. Midwest Megaquake: many say ‘It can’t happen here.’ But it can, and it will. It’s happened many times in the past and the odds are increasing that it’s about to happen again soon—much sooner than most people think. The last New Madrid Megaquake caused the Mississippi River to run backward, destroyed whole towns and villages in seconds, and killed an unknown number of people. And that was when most of the Midwest was sparsely populated. The next Megaquake would affect up to 160 million people, severely damage or destroy most of the supporting infrastructure, topple one or more major cities, potentially kill tens of thousands, and make a million or more homeless within a matter of mere minutes.

Now, ominous evidence points to an imminent Megaquake: volcanic venting, spewing acrid plumes miles high into the atmosphere, has been observed and photographed. Worse, the many ancient Midwestern volcanoes are re-activating—and farther west the grandaddy of Utah’s volcanoes is waking from its long, restless slumber…

The New Madrid fault is giving every indication of an approaching major slip and significant volcanic venting in three states is providing plenty of warning.

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Beyond the upsurge in magma and steam venting, disturbing evidence has emerged that indicates three long dormant volcanoes in the Midwest may be returning to life. And if volcanoes return to life—in what are now densely populated areas—their life could mean the death of many humans.

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The gigantic rivers of flowing magma are being pushed upwards at tremendous pressure from deep within the Earth. The river ebbs and flows winding its way three-dimensionally and crosses many Southern and Midwest states all the way out to Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona.

As the magama increases it places more and more pressure on the strata containing it. The magma cuts new channels and vastly increases the pressure on fault lines until they buckle and shift.

Article here; http://www.pakalertpress.com/2012/03/13 ... megaquake/

Here is a link to Dutch's video explaining more about the plumes and other evidence of rising magma.

This isn't strictly along the New Madrid fault line, but pretty close...

Kentucky's 4.3 earthquake rattles widespread region

A 4.3-magnitude earthquake centered in southeastern Kentucky on Saturday has shaken residents from northern Ohio to North Carolina and Alabama.

The earthquake, centered more than half a mile underground about eight miles west of Whitesburg, Ky., did not appear to cause any structural damage in the Ohio Valley. The epicenter was about 35 miles west of the southwestern Virginia border.

More than 200 people from Ohio, Alabama, Pennsylvania, Georgia Indiana and North Carolina reported feeling the temblor on the U.S. Geological Survey’s website, some more than 300 miles away.

Earthquakes in Kentucky are not uncommon, mainly occurring along its western border, along the New Madrid fault zone that traces northeast from the Arkansas-Tennessee border along Missouri and up to Indiana. That region reported three earthquakes between 7.5 and 7.7 in 1811 and 1812, according to the USGS.

Con. http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nati ... 7066.story

posted by Dutch on FB; Arkansas is in the New Madrid fault zone.

Magnitude 2.2
Date-Time

Sunday, February 24, 2013 at 05:52:40 UTC
Saturday, February 23, 2013 at 11:52:40 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 35.626°N, 90.553°W
Depth 12.4 km (7.7 miles)
Region ARKANSAS
Distances

6 km (4 miles) SSW (208°) from Trumann, AR
13 km (8 miles) S (176°) from Bay, AR
16 km (10 miles) NW (311°) from Marked Tree, AR
26 km (16 miles) SSE (150°) from Jonesboro, AR
77 km (48 miles) NW (317°) from Memphis, TN
335 km (208 miles) S (185°) from St. Louis, MO

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 0.4 km (0.2 miles); depth +/- 1.2 km (0.7 miles)
Parameters NST= 21, Nph= 34, Dmin=9 km, Rmss=0.1 sec, Gp= 79°,
M-type=duration magnitude (Md), Version=B

Source

Cooperative New Madrid Seismic Network

Following is a map of the New Madrid area. Note that it includes part of Oklahoma as an area that felt / would feel earthquakes in the red zone. There have been an increased number of earthquakes in Oklahoma this year, more in the first 3 months than in all of 2013. http://news.yahoo.com/series-small-eart ... wAIUvQtDMD

This is in the New Madrid fault zone

M2.5 - 7km SSE of Ridgely, Tennessee
2014-04-20 03:13:06 UTC

Location

36.202°N 89.461°W depth=9.2km (5.7mi)

Nearby Cities

7km (4mi) SSE of Ridgely, Tennessee
19km (12mi) NNW of Dyersburg, Tennessee
43km (27mi) SW of Union City, Tennessee
51km (32mi) NE of Blytheville, Arkansas
240km (149mi) W of Nashville, Tennessee

Buoys activates due a sismic event in Alaska Mag 8.00 +3
in Both Oceans...
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Notes:
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http://poleshift.ning.com/profiles/blog ... e=activity