Something BIG is HAPPENING ! The Pacific Just Moved — Tonga M7.6 Earthquake Swarm !

Wow. Really, really strong earthquake.

Magnitude 7.6. The shaking was felt as

far as Sydney, Australia. And I'm

talking about Tonga, guys. Tonga.

Beautiful area. These little islands in

the Pacific.

But the Pacific Ring of Fire is doing

something there. And this is crazy

because we've had a lot of magnitude 6

earthquakes in the region in the last

few days amongst magnitude 5, four, but

six. And so the magnitude 6 seemed to

have been a foresshock to this magnitude

7.6.

So something something is going on there

because this is an area this is a

monstrosity. So you need to hear that

this is the strongest earthquake in 8

years. And why is this area so

significant when we see earthquakes

there and this massive cluster swarms um

with with high magnitude earthquakes?

Because we had a historic we have to say

and well doumented earthquake January

15th 20122

earthquake and volcano induced tsunami

disaster in that area in Tonga

underwater volcano Hunga Tonga Hapai

experienced a massive explosion that

generated a tsunami that has affected

the entire Pacific Ocean basin. So that

is absolutely crazy that tsunami waves

that were created by that eruption had

reached heights of 15 to 20 m. So almost

100 ft 50 to 65 feet and higher in some

areas of Tonga. And these islands are

flat, right? There are some islands in

the Pacific region that are a little bit

mountainous. But this is destructive,

right? The disaster caused widespread

destruction, destroying all homes on

Mango Island and severely damaging beach

resorts uh on other islands in the area.

So when we hear such a big earthquake

and that just happened, guys, that's

fresh from the earth. I'm on the pulse

for you. We have to look at whoa with

that cluster swarm. What's going on? And

we've seen it when the mega thrust

earthquake hit Kamchatka in Russia. We

saw volcanoes triggered. So an

earthquake that size alone can trigger

underwater landslides. But can it

trigger other underwater monsters or

what is moving there? What is happening?

You have to hear that this is not just

one earthquake. As I said it, the region

was already shaking. Is this still a

foresshock? Well, I so hope not because

all the other magnitude earthquakes that

struck in the same zone are already

significant. And that's not random. We

have to make that clear. It's not

random. That is a seismic swarm, a

cluster of strong earthquakes that is

releasing stress along the same fault

system. So, we have to look at what

we're dealing with here because here is

where Shizzy gets serious. I have to say

hasn't hit the fizzy yet, but will it?

This is happening along the Tonga

Keradec subduction zone. And since we're

dealing with the Pacific Ring of Fire,

there are the subduction zones, right?

That horseshoe ring where we have most

of the severe earthquakes in the world

and most of the volcanic eruptions. That

ring, that horseshoe ring is lined up

with volcanoes. So one of the most

extreme tectonic boundaries on Earth are

in this Tonga region. This subduction

zone is really, if I want to be nice, I

say interesting because the Pacific

plate here is diving beneath the Indo

Australian plate at an incredible speed.

Really, really fast. So we're talking

about one of the fasten the the fastest

subduction zones or the fastest

subduction rate on the entire planet.

That means the stress is building fast

if the plates are moving fast. And when

that stress releases, it can release

very violently. So now think about what

we're seeing. Multiple strong quakes

followed by by a major 7.6 six rupture

and probably we will see more

aftershocks hopefully aftershocks if

that was the main shock. So what we're

seeing here with the clusters that

suggests that a section of that plate

boundary of that subduction zone is

actively adjusting right now and when it

comes to subduction zones that mean it

always raises the same question. Is this

the main event? Is it leading to

something bigger to a mega- thrust

earthquake? That is possible. A

magnitude 7 something quake can be a

precursor to a mega- thrust earthquake.

We have seen this because we have to

look at the history.

These zones are capable of producing

massive earthquakes. I'm talking about

mega thrust, magnitude 8, and even nine.

So, let that sink in. But also let's

talk about the tsunami risk. Clearly and

honestly we have to talk about this. A

quake like this can generate a tsunami

but only if the seafloor was lifted and

then dropped significantly. Right? This

is you in your bathtub full bathtub is

full with water. You're lifting one leg

and let it come down. So

when does that usually happen? It

happens in shallow vertical movement

thrust earthquakes.

If that happened here,

well, you can then get fastm moving

waves that are hitting nearby coastlines

within minutes. But if the movement was

deeper and more side waves, the tsunami

risk drops. So, so far I haven't heard

of any tsunami that is incoming, but

that can change while I'm talking. So we

can say that right now the critical is

unknown. But here's why Tonga is

different. The region has produced

tsunami generating earthquakes in the

past, including very unusual ones where

the rupture reached all the way to the

ocean floor. That reminds us of Japan.

I've made a video recently what they

discovered that the mega thrust

earthquake in 2011 with the devastating

tsunami. I'm just saying Fukushima. Then

everyone knows that I'm talking about

the Tohoku earthquake was not a

coincidence. There's something

geologically that they now found out

caused this and they're worried that

this might be the case in other

subduction zones as well. You should

really watch that video. So

the rupture reached all the way to the

ocean floor from deep down to the ocean

floor. So even without immediate

warnings, this is not something you can

ignore. But there's another angle that

people are asking about the volcanoes.

The volcanoes because the entire region

is not just seismic. I mentioned it at

the beginning. It's volcanic as well. So

Tonga sits on a volcanic arc that is

created by the same production process.

Right? If you look at the west coast

Cascadia subduction zone, we have all

these volcanoes. Mount Baker, Mount St.

Helens, Mount Reneer, Mount Hood, Mount

Adams, all these volcanoes, right? So as

the Pacific plate is sinking, it's

melting. So it feeds magma upwards.

That's why we see volcanic eruptions.

That's why you have volcanoes all along

this chain. So, can earthquakes trigger

bigger eruptions? Yes. Sometimes large

quakes can change pressure in magma

systems, especially if we're dealing

with volcanoes that are still active or

have a magma accumulation already

happening there. But of course, most of

the time, earthquakes like this are the

result of the same tectonic forces.

They're not a direct trigger, but they

can be

because still when you see this intense,

and it is intense, intense seismic

activity and subduction movement, the

volcanoes are always part of that bigger

system. They belong to that system. So,

people have to watch them closely right

now. So the bottom line is we have a

seismic swarm here. Um immense intense

seismic swarm on one of the most

powerful and fastest subduction zones on

earth culminating in a major 7.6

magnitude earthquake. And that tells you

one thing. This region right now, it's

always been highly active, but right now

it's like through the roof active. So we

don't know yet if this was the peak. Is