WE HAVE NOW HAD A TOTAL OF TEN 5.0M OR GREATER EARTHQUAKES AROUND THE WORLD. THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE IN THE PACIFIC RING OF FIRE.

5.9M – Earthquake Off the coast of Bandon Oregon.

5.0M – Earthquake in the Kuril Islands south of Kamchatka

Russia.

5.3M – Earthquake South of the Philippines in the South China

Sea.

5.1M – Earthquake 125km SSW of Biha, Indonesia

5.1M – Earthquake Drake Passage just South of the tip of

South America.

5.1M – Earthquake 93km NW of Talcahuano, (Central) Chile

5.6M – Earthquake Carlsberg Ridge in the Indian Ocean off

the north coast of Africa southwest of India.

5.0M – Earthquake 156km NE of Kindu, Democratic Republic

of the Congo.

5.5M – Earthquake Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge, west of