Scientists predict the existence of a super-powerful earthquake or mega-quake following a powerful earthquake that hit the Ring of Fire region in the last week. After Japan, Ecuador was also hit by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake that killed at least 77 people.The earthquake also recorded rocked the Tonga Islands area which is still one of a series of Pacific subduction zones. Large earthquake that hit the territory of Japan occurred twice, ie on Thursday (14/4/2016) scale 6.2 and Saturday (16/4/2016) scale 7.3. Then on Sunday (17/4/2016), a magnitude 6.1 earthquake hit Tonga near the Pacific.
There were no reports of damage caused by the incident. Finally, the other end of the Ring of Fire, Ecuador is also shaken by a magnitude 7.8 magnitude earthquake. University of Colorado seismologist Roger Bilham said the series of events could trigger an earthquake with a force of about four times greater than the magnitude of 8.0. "And if delayed, the pressure accumulated over the centuries triggered a more dangerous mega earthquake," Roger said as quoted by the Daily Mail on Monday (04/18/2016).
In addition to four major quakes in the region, last week there was also a thrill in the Philippines, Vanuatu and Myanmar which is also on the Ring of Fire path.As reported by Tribun Jambi, residents in Nias Selatan, North Sumatera province were also shocked by two earthquakes on Sunday with a scale of 5 and 5.1 SR. To note, the Ring of Fire path is shaped like a horseshoe that stretches across the Pacific Ocean. It becomes the location where tectonic plates are shifted so that earthquakes and volcanoes are common. According to the US Geological Survey, an independent agency that monitors natural disasters, mega earthquakes are rare, but not unlikely.
The reason, the area where plate shifts occur capable of producing a magnitude 10 SR earthquake. But scientists have not been able to fully account for the mega quake, as it has only measured seismic activity in the last 100 years. The quake that occurred in Ecuador Sunday night became the largest in the last few decades for the country. In addition to killing 77 people, the quake wounded 588 people
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