Volcano Source of Earthquake Swarm at Baja California Peninsula

February 18, 2008

February 18, 2008

EARTH CHANGES MEDIA

with Mitch Battros

Volcano Source of Earthquake "Swarm"

at Baja California Peninsula

by Mitch Battros - Earth Changes Media

A swarm of quakes continues today and is surrounding what has been a dormant volcano. The "Cerro Prieto" sits at the exact coordinates of the over 100 hundred quakes measuring as high as 5.1 magnitude. The previously dormant volcano is located at the northern tip of the Baja Peninsula also known as the 'Sea of Cortez' or Gulf of California.

What is an important question to ask would be: "What affect will the coming Full Lunar Eclipse have on this ongoing event?"

Read article on the history of earth changing events centering around a Full Lunar Eclipse. You will see what the "science of cycles" tells us of our recent past, and what is to come.

Full Lunar Eclipse Prediction: http://earthchangesmedia.com/secure/3247.326/article-9162520583.php

"Cerro Prieto" volcano formed over 10,000 years ago, and maybe as long as 100,000 years. In the science of geology it is known as a 'geothermal field'. The best known geothermal fields are Yellowstone, Wyoming; Reykjavik, Iceland; and White Island, New Zealand. Geothermal fields often go hand-in-hand with calderas.

Baja Peninsula Map: http://www.earthchangesmedia.com/images/Baja_Peninsula.jpg

A caldera is a large, usually circular depression which occurs after the collapse of typical mountain formed volcano. When magma is withdrawn or erupted from a shallow underground magma reservoir, large volumes of magma may result in loss of structural support for the overlying rock, thereby leading to collapse of the ground and formation of a large depression.

Cerro Prieto Volcano: http://www.earthchangesmedia.com/images/Cerro_Prieto.jpg

What makes this current event unusual, which has been going on since February 9th, is the number of days, and the size of the seismic events. Usually a swarm may last two or three days, and with lower magnitudes usually in the 1.5 to 3.4 range. The Baja event has been going on for ten days and shows no sign of stopping.

The Cerro Prieto geothermal field is located at the head of the Gulf of California, 35 km south of the city of Mexicali. Cerro Prieto lies in an active continental rift that is transitional between the transform San Andreas fault system to the north and a spreading ridge of the East Pacific Rise in the Gulf of California to the south. The only surficial volcanic feature at Cerro Prieto, which is located near sea level on the Colorado River delta, is a small, 223-m-high compound dacitic lava dome.

A 200-m-wide crater is located at the summit of the NE-most dome. The Cerro Prieto dome was roughly estimated from paleomagnetic evidence to have formed during a series of events between 100,000 and 10,000 years ago. Cucupas Indian legends described a monster that covered the land with hot rocks, which grew through the soil and emitted fire tongues, a possible reference to the growth of the volcano.

Baja Earthquake List: http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Maps/115-33.html

We will be keeping a close eye on current actions as well as ongoing / coming earth changing events. STAY TUNED ---- WWW.EARTHCHANGESMEDIA.COM

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Earth Changes Media 'Radio Hour'

Thursday February 7th - Dr. John Bradley; director of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's Institute for Geophysics and Planetary Physics. Dr. Bradley is head researcher of the "Stardust Project". Remember the "Deep Impact Mission"? It appears our surmise was right on the money. There is very little difference between asteroids and comets. Website: http://physci.llnl.gov/stardust/stardust.html

Tuesday February 12th - Dr. Alexander Goncharov, Dr. Jonathan Crowhurst, and Dr. Mike Brown; The Earth Core is "Softer" than once believed. Their new research suggests that material in part of the lower mantle has unusual electronic characteristics that make sound propagate more slowly, suggesting that the material there is softer than previously thought. The results call into question the traditional techniques for understanding this region of the planet.

Website: http://cdac.gl.ciw.edu/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/

Wednesday February 13th Special Announcement: I will have Jim Berkland, Geologist on the ECM 'Radio Hour' tomorrow night "live" Feb. 13th to discuss the current events in Baja as well as the Feb. 20/21st Full Lunar Eclipse. Jim is most known for his accuracy in predicting earthquakes. Website: www.syzygyjob.com/

Tuesday February 19th - Dr. Siegfried Schubert of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Dr. Schubert is a lead researcher in the study of El Nino and La Nina. We will discuss his new findings indicating 'coupled ocean-atmosphere' effect that has a sweeping influence on weather around the world.

Website: http://www.usclivar.org/Organization/MJO%20WorkingGroup/NASAsubseas.workshop1.report.pdf

Tuesday February 26th - Matthew Stein, author of "When Technology Fails" - We will discuss how to survive Climate Change, Hurricanes, Superstorms- Peak Oil and Gasoline Shortages- Sustainable Living and Self-Reliant Communities- Disruptions in Supplies and Services -Biological Terrorism and Pandemics- Skyrocketing Energy Bills- Earthquakes, Floods, Wildfires. Website: http://www.whentechfails.com/

Tuesday March 4th - J. Marvin Herndon, Geophysicist; He is the proponent of a radical theory about Earth's core and its relationship to Earth's magnetic field, the shield that protects our planet's animal and plant life from the Sun's radiation.

Website: http://nuclearplanet.com/

Tuesday March 11th - Solara - author of "11:11 Inside the Doorway". She is one of my favorite guests. I am one who has been transfixed on 11:11 for some years. I knew it just had to be more than a coincidence. "11:11 is our wake-up call. It is our map for the next twenty years. The 11:11 is our bridge to ascension. It is our doorway Home"

Website: http://www.nvisible.com/

***Carlos Barrios, Mayan Elder - COMING SOON

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Preparing For Coming Earth Changes

I have begun to note it is not just the "external" (earth changes) which is shifting, but humans as well. Remember: we too have magnetic fields which surround each of us. I think it is not unrealistic to conjecture what is happening "externally" is also happening "internally". I believe current science will acknowledge this notion, showing the Sun's "charged particles" and its influence on Earth's magnetic field is the impetus of change. In-like, this same causal effect occurs with human magnetic fields ushering in a change or "transition". Perhaps this is what our Mayan elders are trying to tell us---

We are coming into "cycle 24" which was predicted "live" on ECM Radio Hour by NASA stating cycle 24 will be up to 50 percent stronger than "Cycle 23" in which we witnessed the largest solar flare ever recorded. This means larger earth changing events in the way of earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes, and various storms. But it also means we (humans) will be bombarded with charged particles via severe geomagnetic storms from the Sun. (Mitch Battros) http://earthchangesmedia.com/publish/article-9162520155.php

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