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17,000 earthquakes hit Iceland in the past week. An eruption could be imminent


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https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/03/world/iceland-volcano-eruption-keilir-intl-latam/index.html

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  On 3/4/2021 at 7:48 PM, Nonbryan said:

Is Iceland on the bunghole, I mean ring, of fire?

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No, but New Zealand is, and they had an 8.1 today.

After third large quake near New Zealand, tsunami warnings span from South Pacific to Central America
Tsunami watch in Hawaii where first waves could arrive around 4:35 p.m. local time
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March 4, 2021 at 4:22 p.m. CST
A major magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck roughly 600 miles northeast of New Zealand on Thursday afternoon, triggering concerns of a potentially damaging tsunami across large portions of the Pacific.

The risk spanned from New Zealand and Australia to as far east as Central and South America.

The 8.1 tremor was the third major earthquake in less than eight hours on the Kermadec Fault, which passes east of New Zealand. A magnitude 7.3 hit near New Zealand early on Thursday, followed by a 7.4 about 560 miles to the north a few hours later.

American Samoa, the Cook Islands, Fiji, New Zealand and the Pitcairn Islands can expect water levels fluctuating by up to three feet.

Tsunami alerts were issued along the western coasts of South America and Central America, where tsunami waves of one to three feet are possible. That includes Chile, Mexico, Peru, Costa Rica, and a number of other countries.

The National Tsunami Warning Center tweeted that it was reviewing data to assess potential risk in places like California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia and Alaska.

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  On 3/4/2021 at 10:30 PM, XYZ said:

Exactly 17,000?

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Probably so, at the time of the count.  And though the quakes were rather small, they had to count them all.  Now they know how many quakes it takes to fill the Albert Hall.

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