WOW

3 more major earthquakes in a period of a few hours?
It must be the terrorists!
But seriously, I hope everyone in the affected area are safe.

Were there any substantial tsunamis reported?

hmm noticed someone mentioning another 6.8 in the breaking news thread... then came here and realised they've been going all day.

Dang im not normally worried, but im starting to feel a little apprehensive. Sure quakes happen all the time but hell, that many big ones, that quickly?

Gonna keep the Quake watch thread open in my browser from now on and keep it periodically refreshed

I don't see that these quakes "mean" anything. They're earthquakes. They happen all the time.

It is unusual to have many large magnitude quakes in a short period of time, but not unheard of. Even completely random events sometimes appear in clusters. There doesn't have to be any causal connection between them.

Of course, it is always possible that there is some causal connection we don't yet know about. But so far, a few big quakes don't necessarily mean there is a pattern developing.

I haven't seen any credible evidence that cosmic rays affect earthquakes, but one never knows... I just think it would be hard to explain how some radiation coming from space could affect processes deep within the Earth. Similarly, it is difficult to understand how solar flares ciykd affect earthquakes.

The problem is, we really know so little about our Earth, and what makes it go.

yeah a 7.8 hit near Vanuatu, NE of Australia. all the islanders around that part of the pacific have been a bit worried of tsunamis lately

I thought we all basically agreed in that after the last great EQs and Tsunamis it was going to hit NZ and AU?

I don't get it, why is this some big surprise?

What I wonder now is the connection to the US and how soon before we see some activity in the Upper NE states as well as New Madras and San Andreas faults?

My sweet little one had a surreal dream the night before this last event and saw our home in the Mid West US getting hard hit, when he discovered the that it happened the following day he said "No, this happens "Here'".

I don't know about any of you but I have covered the family China and such with towels and linens...