Earth is Expanding, Plates are Moving

I just checked the Iris Seismic Monitor and can see that there is much more activity in larger earthquakes in the past 12 weeks.  Yellow indicates in the last 12 weeks, Orange is for yesterday and Red is today.  Looks to me as if the earth is expanding (it is indeed), and cracking at the plates.   See http://www.iris.edu/seismon/ Also see this posting entitled, "Plates Move" from Andrew Veresay: Plates MOVE! Posted by Andrew Veresay on August 15, 2010 at 12:31pm Send Message   View Andrew Veresay's blog There has been an unusual ongoing seismic actrivity in two spots on Earth recently - the Azores and Mariana Islands High seismic activity in the Azores August 13, 2010 UTC DATE-TIME MAG y/m/d h:m:s LAT LON DEPTH,km Region 5.4 2010/08/13 05:40:49 37.078 -32.821 10.0 AZORES ISLANDS REGION  4.7 2010/08/13 05:23:26 37.058 -32.809 10.0 AZORES ISLANDS REGION  4.8 2010/08/13 04:11:04 36.915 -32.907 11.2 AZORES ISLANDS REGION 4.7 2010/08/13 05:23:26 37.06 -32.81 10.0 AZORES ISLANDS REGION  5.4 2010/08/13 05:40:48 37.08 -32.82 10.0 AZORES ISLANDS REGION 4.7 2010/08/13 06:16:29 37.14 -33.01 10.0 AZORES ISLANDS REGION 5.1 2010/08/13 06:28:13 37.08 -32.99 10.0 AZORES ISLANDS REGION 5.4 2010/08/13 07:58:49 36.93 -32.93 10.0 AZORES ISLANDS REGION 4.8 2010/08/13 10:55:30 36.893 -32.991 10.0 AZORES ISLANDS REGION  ----------------------------------------------------------- That same spot in the Mariana Trench getting HAMMERED Date/Time (UTC) LAT/LONG MAG DEPTH km REGION  15-AUG-2010 08:46:56 12.21 141.39 5.1 10.2 SOUTH OF MARIANA ISLANDS  15-AUG-2010 06:13:29 12.28 141.46 5.0 10.2 SOUTH OF MARIANA ISLANDS  15-AUG-2010 04:07:35 12.18 141.51 5.0 15.0 SOUTH OF MARIANA ISLANDS  15-AUG-2010 04:00:58 12.12 141.42 5.3 15.0 SOUTH OF MARIANA ISLANDS  14-AUG-2010 23:50:44 12.24 141.40 5.2 24.9 SOUTH OF MARIANA ISLANDS  14-AUG-2010 23:27:33 12.18 141.37 5.1 20.1 SOUTH OF MARIANA ISLANDS  14-AUG-2010 23:01:05 12.21 141.41 6.6 22.5 SOUTH OF MARIANA ISLANDS  14-AUG-2010 21:01:27 12.27 141.45 5.1 13.5 SOUTH OF MARIANA ISLANDS  14-AUG-2010 18:39:16 12.22 141.34 5.0 10.0 SOUTH OF MARIANA ISLANDS  14-AUG-2010 17:44:05 12.23 141.47 4.8 29.0 SOUTH OF MARIANA ISLANDS  14-AUG-2010 16:35:44 12.30 141.57 5.7 10.0 SOUTH OF MARIANA ISLANDS  14-AUG-2010 16:12:39 12.19 141.50 5.0 10.0 SOUTH OF MARIANA ISLANDS  14-AUG-2010 15:24:04 12.22 141.47 4.9 10.0 SOUTH OF MARIANA ISLANDS  14-AUG-2010 14:44:37 12.26 141.43 5.9 42.0 SOUTH OF MARIANA ISLANDS  14-AUG-2010 10:26:43 12.49 141.77 4.7 10.0 SOUTH OF MARIANA ISLANDS  14-AUG-2010 08:20:57 12.36 141.64 5.0 10.1 SOUTH OF MARIANA ISLANDS  14-AUG-2010 07:49:00 12.49 141.57 5.2 10.0 SOUTH OF MARIANA ISLANDS  14-AUG-2010 07:30:16 12.33 141.47 6.3 9.7 SOUTH OF MARIANA ISLANDS  14-AUG-2010 06:19:04 12.30 141.56 4.7 10.0 SOUTH OF MARIANA ISLANDS  13-AUG-2010 22:08:42 12.46 141.76 4.8 10.0 SOUTH OF MARIANA ISLANDS  13-AUG-2010 21:19:32 12.41 141.49 7.2 4.7 SOUTH OF MARIANA ISLANDS  07-AUG-2010 11:17:57 12.83 144.86 5.2 37.0 SOUTH OF MARIANA ISLANDS It looks like long awaited plate movement Such continuous "pulsing" in several defined spots - Azores and Marianas - looks like plates are moving! -------------------------------------------- Azores are sitting right on the Atlantic Rift, that is prone to stretching, per the Zetas If Atlantic is stretching, then Katla may wake up... Rising straight out of the Atlantic Ocean around 1,500Km off the coast of mainland portugal is the Azores (Açores) archipelago. Volcanic in origin the chain stretches nearly 600Km and comprises of nine significant islands and eight smaller islets known locally as formigas (ants!). The Azores Triple Junction is a geologic triple junction where the boundaries of three tectonic plates intersect: the North American Plate, the Eurasian Plate and the African Plate. This triple junction is located along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge amidst the Azores islands, nearly due west of the Straits of Gibraltar. It is classed as a R-R-R triple junction, T type (for its shape), as it is an intersection of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge running north-south and the Terceira Rift which runs east-southeast. Owing to its geodynamic environment, the region has been center of intense seismic activity, particularly along its tectonic boundaries on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and Terceira Rift. Seismic events although frequent, usually tectonic or vulco-tectonic in nature, but in general low to medium intensities, occasionally punctuated by events of level 5 or greater on the Richter scale.[13][14] The most severe earthquake was registered in 1757, near Calheta on the island of São Jorge, which exceeded 7 on the Richter scale. In comparison, the 1522 earthquake, mentioned by Gaspar Frutuoso the historian, was only a magnitude 6.8, but a level 10 on the Mercalli scale[15], but responsible for the destruction of Vila Franca do Campo and landslides that may have killed less than 5000 of the inhabitants.  ---------------------------------------------- The Mariana Trench is the deepest part of the world's oceans, and the lowest elevation of the surface of the Earth's crust. It is located in the western Pacific Ocean, to the east of the Mariana Islands. The trench is about 2,550 kilometres (1,580 mi) long but has a mean width of only 69 kilometres (43 mi). It reaches a maximum-known depth of about 11.03 kilometres (6.85 mi). Part of the Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc system trenches forms the boundary between two tectonic plates, where the western edge of the Pacific Plate is subducted beneath the small Mariana Plate. The movement of these plates is also responsible for the formation of the Mariana Islands. Posted by Andrew Veresay on August 15, 2010 at 12:31pm