Shaking

It’s been a long time since I’ve written about earthquakes - I got a little tired of being the “boy who cried wolf,”  but there have been three significant quakes already today and the sun isn’t even up yet here at the Boggy Thicket.

There have been two tremors above 5.0 at the site of the Bardarbunga Volcano in Iceland.  That volcano seems to be about to blow and authorities have issued a Red Alert for aviation, warning that an eruption is imminent.  There has already been one eruption, but it occurred under a glacier and couldn’t be seen except for a little steam.

Meanwhile, a 6.4 quake hit the coastal area near Valparaiso, Chile yesterday evening, and early this morning, a 6.0 quake hit the Napa, California area.

The USGS expects anywhere from 30 to 70 aftershocks from the Napa quake.

No major damage is reported from any of these events, but in the words of that famous philosopher Jerry Lee Lewis, there’s “a whole lot of shakin’ goin’ on.”