3/16/2017 -- Global Earthquake Forecast video + update -- New Madrid Seismic Zone hit / Warning areas issued

A new earthquake forecast has been issued for the coasts of the Northwest United States (Washington, Oregon, and NW California). Additionally, new warnings have been issued for the West Pacific (Papua New Guinea, Japan, and New Zealand), and for South America (Colombia).

Each area which has been warned has a detailed explanation in the most recent Global Earthquake Forecast video. See the video here:

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After issuing this video, just as expected, the first round of activity has already struck in Colombia South America.

The forecast issued last night (March 15th) called for a midrange M5.0 to strike Colombia. Today, March 16th, the expected midrange M5.0 earthquake occurred inside the country of Colombia after weeks without any such activity.

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The earthquake which struck Colombia was large enough to make national news in the South American country, and cause light to moderate damage to buildings.

http://www.portafolio.co/tendencias/temblor-se-sintio-en-colombia-504200

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Here are the statistics for the Colombia earthquake from the USGS + EMSC:

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20008shs#executive

http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=577014

M 5.2 - COLOMBIA - 2017-03-16 15:38:08 UTC

Magnitude mb 5.2
Region COLOMBIA
Date time 2017-03-16 15:38:08.9 UTC
Location 4.83 N , 72.64 W
Depth 10 km
Distances :
162 km E of Bogotá, Colombia / pop: 7,103,000 / local time: 10:38:08.9 2017-03-16
62 km SW of Yopal, Colombia / pop: 61,100 / local time: 10:38:08.9 2017-03-16
15 km NW of Ubalá, Colombia / pop: 1,900 / local time: 10:38:08.9 2017-03-16

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