In recent days, users on social networks and media have documented how large earthquakes have occurred in different countries around the world, mainly in Venezuela, China, Japan and Cuba.
The most recent was one of 7.1 degrees, that occurred in the area of Kumamoto, Japan, where extensive structural damage has been reported, in addition to a deceased and more than 80 injured.
In addition to Japan, a 5.7-magnitude earthquake was also reported in Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in western China’s Qinghai Province, and was followed 18 minutes later by an aftershock. 5.8 degrees.
This, added to the earthquakes that have previously occurred in Mexico and Venezuela, has done believe that there has been a global increase in seismic activity, which has raised alarms about whether more of these phenomena will occur in other parts of the world.
However, even though have registered several earthquakes in a short period of time, both science and the experts have assured that it does not mean that there will be more earthquakes, but it is a natural behavior of the Earth.
The middle Herald, who cited director of the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica (Ovsicori), Esteban Chaves, affirms that have been shown signs of “unusual behavior” regarding Earth’s seismic activity.
Chaves indicated that the information from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) affirms that seismic activity on Earth has not changed, despite recent earthquakes in different countries.
Data of USGS They point out that, between January 1 and June 29 from 2026906 earthquakes of magnitude 5.0 or higher have been recorded.
Another aspect that draws attention is that the recent earthquake in Japan occurred on the so-called Ring of Fire, which is one of the most active seismic zones in the world and where these phenomena are frequently recorded.
OK with According to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the “Ring of Fire” is a chain of underwater volcanoes and seismic zones that surround the entire Pacific Ocean.
The “ring” extends for almost 40 thousand kilometers and forms a kind of horseshoe from the southern tip of South America, along the coast western North America.