08/11/2026
🚨 A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Colombia, putting another major earthquake on the map along the wider Pacific Ring of Fire.
Colombia is located in one of the most complicated tectonic regions in the world, where the Nazca, South American, Caribbean and other smaller tectonic blocks interact. This is why Colombia can experience powerful earthquakes at very different depths.
What makes this earthquake especially interesting is its depth. Deep earthquakes behave differently from shallow earthquakes. Their seismic waves can travel enormous distances through the Earth, allowing shaking to be felt far beyond the immediate epicenter.
Now I’m watching the bigger pattern.
The Pacific Ring of Fire stretches through South America, Central America, Mexico, California, the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, Russia, Japan, the Philippines, Indonesia and the southwest Pacific. These regions are not one single fault, but they are all parts of the enormous tectonic system surrounding the Pacific Ocean.
I’m reviewing the latest earthquake locations, depths and fault activity to see where pressure appears to be changing next, especially along the Pacific coast and the western United States.
My next video will cover three fault zones I’m watching closely right now, what has changed in the recent data, and why I think they deserve attention.
🌎 Where are you watching from? Comment your city, state or country below.
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