A Very Active Day

 

It has been an extremely active day today in terms of large earthquakes around the world. A magnitude 7.3 struck Western China today and several mag. 6+ quakes occurred in other regions. I have been feeling much pain all day. Just about 9 or 10 minutes before the mag. 7.3, I felt a stronger visceral pain in my left side. It was not excruciating, but it had my attention. I have continued feeling side pains in the moments leading up to other strong quakes that occurred later. I woke up feeling a constant pressure in my left side and tenderness. I made an interesting discovery. The time between pain and earthquakes tend to vary. I would feel a constant burning pressure or discomfort in my side for hours or even a day or two beforehand or I would feel a more acute pain minutes before something would happen. It gives me insight to the processes deep in the earth. It can be a slow-burning-up-to-the-point or it can suddenly hit the urge of slipping. With the Ridgecrest events in the Summer of 2019, I felt some sharp side pains just minutes before the foreshock on the morning of the 4th. I was feeling constant pressure and pain on and off all day. I was feeling restless and had a strong feeling there was much more to come. I sort of let go but was still feeling a lot the next day. Then the magnitude 7.1 mainshock happened that night. Another thing I figured out after being out here for 3 months is that I'm more acutely sensitive to significant earthquake activity around the world. Back in California, it was more focused on the surrounding region as it was on a plate boundary. I could detect large earthquakes from around the world there vigorously, but I did not feel so much pain as I do from here. It was like I had branched out through the tectonic plate system where it was more integrated. It seems that I'm more vulnerable to energy from everywhere in this type of setting where it isn't mainly focused within the area.