Earthquake Review and Forecast for May 2016
April has been very active these past few years..
Last month I was anticipating one of two possible extreme seismic situations for worldwide earthquake activity of 6.8 magnitude or larger earthquakes. I expected either the continuation of a slow down in activity or that the prior inactivity was a calm before a storm. This month turned out to be a bit of a storm.
Things were just warming up during the first third of the month..
My forecast spelled out that the most likely period for strong seismic activity would be during the first 10 days of the month. It was expected to be below average after that. What happened instead was that the first 10 days represented a building up of activity around the world, starting with more than the usual number of earthquakes in the magnitude range of 6.0-6.3. There were also three earthquakes in the 6.6-6.8 magnitude range during this period in Vanuatu. There was also a 6.6 magnitude earthquake in Afghanistan on the 10th of April.
The most active period of the month soon followed, starting with a M6.9 earthquake in the Myanmar-India border region on 13 April, followed by two deadly earthquakes; a M7 earthquake in the southern area of Japan on the 15th of April (causing 39 deaths, along with 9 deaths from the M6.2 earthquake which preceded it the day before), and culminating in a M7.8 earthquake near the coast of Ecuador on 16 April, which was responsible for at least 660 casualties. This all took me by surprise, there does not appear to be any obvious reason for this burst of activity in relation to astrological factors.
Seismically, things calmed down after that until a M7 earthquake hit the Vanuatu area again on the 28th of April (followed the next day by a M6.6 event that was out to sea, west of Mexico). The large seismic activity in Vanuatu for April, along with the burst of events in the middle of the month both have in common that they are most likely random or unrelated to astrology. Two areas of the earth often do not show links to astrology; namely Vanuatu and Pakistan.
My best guess for worldwide seismic activity in May, is that it will be at least average (for significant events of at least 6.8 magnitude). Key dates and times (in Universal or Greenwich time) for this month are 9 May at 1200UT, and 24 May at 2000UT. The windows that surround these peak times will extend from 11 hours before, to 25 hours after those times.
