Dutchsinse: Large M7.1 (M7.2) earthquake strikes the South Indian Ridge

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12/04/2015 — Large M7.1 (M7.2) earthquake strikes the South Indian Ridge by Michael Janitch A large M7.2 earthquake (M7.1 revised) has struck the South Indian Ridge , Southwest of Australia, North of Antarctica. This newest M7.0+ earthquake follows last weeks new round of earthquake / seismic unrest ... which has now built into several new volcanic eruptions spanning the globe, and additional large earthquakes in areas we don't normally see much activity. Momotombo Volcano erupted in Nicaragua (Central America) after being silent for nearly 110 years.  Mount Etna (Italy / South Europe) sent of the largest blast in the past 2 years.   Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii is showing seismic swarms and deformation taking place (sign of possible eruption).  All this news occurred within just a few days of last weeks deep earthquake activity. The deep earthquakes are usually followed by shallow movement, and volcanic eruptions.  This time around was no exception to the "rule". _______ Some of my longtime viewers and readers may remember the two large Indo-Australian plate earthquakes which struck in 2012... two of the largest earthquakes to strike in the past 10+ years, ranking (in magnitude) right up there with the Japan M8.9 mega-quake of 2011 when the two M8.2 + M8.3 earthquakes struck the Indian / Australian ridge. Above: April 11, 2012 - Two very large earthquakes struck the Northern Indo-Australian plate boundary, causing a new fracture and the whole continent to begin massive unrest (still seeing results of this rupture today in 2015). The South Indian ridge is due South of the Indo-Australian plate boundary -- seen in the graphic above looking like a long straight "line" undersea which extends directly South from West Indonesia towards Antarctica. Here is my video from 2012 regarding the two large back to back earthquakes which struck the Indo-Australian plate: _______ Information on this earthquake from the USGS: M7.1 - Southeast Indian Ridge http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us100043z2#scientific_origin:us_us100043z2 Magnitude 7.1 mww Location/uncertainty 47.643°S 85.093°E± 8.2 km Depth/uncertainty 10.0 km± 1.7 Origin Time 2015-12-04 22:24:55.830 UTC Number of Stations – Number of Phases 572 Minimum Distance 1116.31 km (10.03°) Travel Time Residual 1.28 sec Azimuthal Gap 13° FE Region Southeast Indian Ridge (435) _______ Michael Janitch | December 4, 2015 at 7:45 pm