Ring Of Fire Prayer Watch
Geoff Sadler
Earthquake Rattles Northern California
Geoff Sadler
Jun 15, 2006
Due to several words concerning the Pacific Northwest region of the "Ring of Fire", one warning of a massive earthquake coming on the 17th or 18th of June, this weekend, I want to ask you to pray for this area also. I personally don't have any revelation of whether this will happen there or then, as the Lord has impressed on me more to pray for the Island of Java, but that's not to say it won't. here's what happened today in San Francisco from Fox News.
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SAN MARTIN, Calif. — A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck the south San Francisco Bay area early Thursday morning, but there were no reports of injuries or damage, authorities said.
The quake struck at 5:24 a.m. PDT about 6 miles east of San Martin, a town of 4,200 people in a rural part of southern Santa Clara county, and was followed by three smaller quakes, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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The quake could be felt in San Francisco, about 70 miles north of the epicenter.
No one was hurt and there were no reports of damage, according to the Santa Clara County sheriff's department and police in Gilroy, about 8 miles from where the quake struck.
High Alert For Java Volcanic Activity
Geoff Sadler
Fox News Report
Jun 14, 2006
I believe there is a "High alert" to pray for the Island of Java concerning volcanic activity at the moment and so again I'm posting the latest report from Mount Merapi in Indonesia. Please keep the Island and it's people in prayer concerning this.
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MOUNT MERAPI, Indonesia — Large eruptions of searing hot gas and debris forced more than 1,000 villagers to flee Mount Merapi's slopes Wednesday, and authorities raised the volcano's alert level to its highest status again, just a day after they let people go back home.
A gas cloud nearly enveloped one village, and ash covered another village that was 4 1/2 miles from the crater with a gray blanket an inch thick, officials said. Up to 20,000 people are living in the mandatory evacuation zone.
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The alert level was dropped a notch Tuesday, sparking widespread relief for people who have spent weeks in evacuation camps. That relief quickly turned to concern Wednesday.
"We were very happy to go back in the morning but as soon as we got there we saw a massive cloud steaming toward us," Egan said after being trucked back to the camp. "We all decided it was time to leave."
Mount Merapi, one of Indonesia's most dangerous and unpredictable volcanoes, has been venting massive clouds of hot gas and debris and sending lava flows streaming down its slopes for more than a month.
Activity had slowed in recent days, allowing villagers to return home. They were told to stay alert, and evacuation trucks remained on standby in each village.
"When we downgraded the status, we said that if its activities increased and we thought it was dangerous to the people, then we will review it," government scientist Subandrio told el-Shinta radio station when he announced the alert status had been raised again.
Wednesday's deadly gas clouds rolled more than three miles down the slope and nearly enveloped one village, said Triyani, another government scientist who also goes by a single name.
Some 12,000 in seven villages in the Magelang district, on the mountain's west side, were ordered to leave, said district official Edy Susanto. Some were awaiting trucks to take them to shelters as dusk fell.
"The villagers are confused. They said it was safe, but hot clouds re-emerged. One thing for sure, we have readied ourselves to evacuate anytime," said Budiono, the chief of Ngargosoko, a village six miles from the peak that was ordered evacuated.
Despite the danger, many people have stayed put in the last month, citing the need to look after homes, crops and animals.
The main dangers at the 9,700-foot Merapi are fast-moving bursts of blistering gases and rock fragments called pyroclastic flow.
One killed more than 60 villagers in 1994, and about 1,300 people died when Merapi erupted in 1930.
Philippine Volcano Bulusan Ejects Ash, Threatens Villagers
Geoff Sadler
Jun 18, 2006
Sunday , June 18, 2006
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines' restive Mount Bulusan spewed ash and small rocks in a new explosion Sunday, prompting army troops and authorities to evacuate nearly 100 residents from one ash-hit village because of health concerns, officials said.
With the new ash explosion, Bulusan's eighth since March, Filipino scientists said they would assess anew the possibility of a major eruption.
Renato Solidum, director of the Philippine Institute of Seismology and Volcanology, said the explosion belched ash up to 1.2 miles into the sky. Scientists said they needed to gather more details and possibly conduct a second aerial survey of Bulusan's summit in a week before they can assess the prospects of a major eruption.
A number of mild tremors accompanied the blast of ash, officials said.
Bulusan's recent ash and gas ejections indicate molten rocks called magma may be moving up within the volcano but it remains to be seen whether it would lead to a major eruption, Solidum said.
"It's possible, that's why we're monitoring," he told The Associated Press by telephone.
Wind was blowing ash from the mid-afternoon explosion to the northwest toward the farming towns of Casiguran and Juban, which have been grappling with volcanic ash and fears of a major eruption since the 5,149-foot volcano came back to life in March.
Its last major eruption was in 1994.
"It was a loud blast, there are small rocks and it's getting dark," Casiguran Mayor Edwin Hamor said by mobile phone as he rushed by car to a village in the path of falling ash.
In Juban, army and government trucks evacuated nearly 100 children and adults from the village of Puting Sapa to a school building away from the volcano due to health concerns, said Noel Pura, a local disaster-response official.
Puting Sapa was hit by thick ash and villagers there asked officials to move them to a temporary evacuation site because of the strong sulfuric stench. Male villagers were left behind to guard houses and the evacuated residents could return home Monday, Pura said.
Separately, about 40 farming families that had refused to leave their homes within a 2.5-mile radius of the crater that has been designated a permanent danger zone have agreed to move to a temporary relocation site or to houses of relatives starting Monday, Hamor said.
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo inspected Casiguran and other towns Saturday and ordered local officials to ensure villagers are moved away from dangerous areas due to the possibility of a major eruption.
Bulusan is about 240 miles southeast of Manila.
The Philippines, which has about 22 active volcanoes, is in the Pacific "Ring of Fire," where volcanic activity and earthquakes are common.