Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Venezuela M7.5, Japan M6.9, California M5.6 — three strong earthquakes hit within the same 24-hour window, but each one broke the Earth in a different way.
A powerful M7.5 / M7.2 doublet struck Venezuela, where the Caribbean Plate and South American Plate slide past each other along a transform / strike-slip boundary. Then a M6.9 earthquake struck northern Japan, where the Pacific Plate dives beneath Japan along the Japan Trench subduction zone. And in Northern California, a M5.6 quake struck near Redwood Valley, close to the Mendocino Triple Junction, where the Pacific, North American, and Gorda plates meet.
Same day. Three regions. Three different ways the Earth breaks: strike-slip, subduction, and triple-junction stress.
In this video, I break down what happened, where the quakes hit, why the plate boundaries matter, and whether these events are connected through the broader Pacific Ring of Fire pattern. This is still a developing story, and official magnitudes, depths, and impact reports may continue to change.
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Venezuela M7.5, Japan M6.9, California M5.6 — three strong earthquakes hit within the same 24-hour window, but each one broke the Earth in a different way.
A powerful M7.5 / M7.2 doublet struck Venezuela, where the Caribbean Plate and South American Plate slide past each other along a transform / strike-slip boundary. Then a M6.9 earthquake struck northern Japan, where the Pacific Plate dives beneath Japan along the Japan Trench subduction zone. And in Northern California, a M5.6 quake struck near Redwood Valley, close to the Mendocino Triple Junction, where the Pacific, North American, and Gorda plates meet.
Same day. Three regions. Three different ways the Earth breaks: strike-slip, subduction, and triple-junction stress.
In this video, I break down what happened, where the quakes hit, why the plate boundaries matter, and whether these events are connected through the broader Pacific Ring of Fire pattern. This is still a developing story, and official magnitudes, depths, and impact reports may continue to change.
👉 Subscribe: youtube.com/@RaysAstrophotography?sub_confirmation=1
#Earthquake #VenezuelaEarthquake #JapanEarthquake #CaliforniaEarthquake #RingOfFire #PlateTectonics #Sanriku #Mendocino #EarthquakeUpdate #ScienceNews
