Strong 5.8 mag earthquake strikes off east coast of Brazil

New post on The Extinction Protocol: 2012 and beyond Strong 5.8 magnitude earthquake strikes off east coast of Brazil by The Extinction Protocol January 21, 2013 – BRAZIL – A rather shallow 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck the ocean floor just off the coast of Brazil, south of the popular tourist destination of Natal. The eastern coast of Brazil is relatively free from faults and is not located on the border of any major tectonic plates. So this earthquake is quite unusual. If we look at the seismic hazard map of Brazil (below), it's clear to see that most of Brazil's seismic hazards lie in the western part of the country. In 2010, Brazilian seismologist João Carlos Dourado, from Universidade Estadual Paulista, explained in an interview to G1 that Brazil is located at the center of the South American tectonic plate and therefore away from the stresses on the plate edges, which cause earthquakes of the magnitude that plague Chile and countries on the western coast of South America. The earthquake struck at a depth of 15.1 km (9.4 miles) under the Atlantic Ocean floor. The epicenter of the earthquake was 93 km (57 miles) E of Itamaraca, Brazil. 1 Unusual: Is this quake from a previously unknown fault this close to the shoreline or might other factors be at work here…like the area of growing weakness of the planet's magnetic field in the South Atlantic Anomaly? Natal is virtually at the epicenter of the SAA. The South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA) is an area where the Earth's inner Van Allen radiation belt comes closest to the Earth's surface dipping down to an altitude of 200km (124mi). This leads to an increased flux of energetic particles in this region and exposes orbiting satellites to higher than usual levels of radiation. The effect is caused by the non-concentricity of the Earth and its magnetic dipole, and the SAA is the near-Earth region where the Earth's magnetic field is weakest.  -The Extinction Protocol The Extinction Protocol | January 22, 2013 at 12:23 am | Categories: Civilizations unraveling, Earth Changes, Earth Watch, Earthquake Omens?, High-risk potential hazard zone, Potential Earthchange hotspot, Seismic tremors, Signs of Magnetic Field weakening, Strange high tides & freak waves, Time - Event Acceleration | URL: http://wp.me/p1eYXc-7Me Comment    See all comments    Like Shop Dee's Amazon Site  http://www.amazon.com/?&tag=heavenlyhan0a-20&linkCode=bsw& -  Support your friends!  http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2013/01/22/strong-5-8-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-off-east-coast-of-brazil/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com