5 moderate earthquakes strike in Earth’s southern polar region
End Of Days News
SOUTH POLE - Today,
three earthquakes struck along the southernmost region of the
planet, known as the Southern East Pacific Rise. The SEPR lies north of
Antarctica. The SEPR quakes occurred in succession, following two
moderate 4.7 magnitude earthquakes, which struck east of Bristol Island,
near the Sandwich Islands- also north of Antarctica. The East Pacific
Rise is a mid-oceanic ridge, a divergent tectonic plate boundary located
along the floor of the Pacific Ocean. It separates the Pacific Plate to
the west from (north to south) the North American Plate, the Rivera
Plate, the Cocos Plate, the Nazca Plate, and the Antarctic Plate. It
runs from an undefined point near Antarctica in the south northward to
its termination at the northern end of the Gulf of California in the
Salton Sea basin in southern California. The oceanic crust is moving
away from the East Pacific Rise to either side at a rate of 70mm/year.
The series of earthquakes today ranged in magnitude instensity of from 5.2 to 4.7. We’re seeing more signs of growing tension along tectonic plates in the Ring of Fire.
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