6.5 Quake in Vanuatu

[itsrobert]

Another on the ring of fire?

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=-17.3639,167.6962(M6.5+-+Vanuatu+-+2011+March+17+02:48:02+UTC)&t=h&z=6&iwloc=A

Not unusual for this area. They have had them quite often.

[aquart]

1. Does planet Earth have an upset tummy?

Really, this is excessive belching.

[whoneedstickets]

2. I don't think it's belching yet..

That starts when the volcanoes get spewing. Notice that a few years after the Indonesia quake, the Sumatran volcanoes got busy? With all this newly subducted rock to melt and bubble to the surface, those magma chambers under Japan are going to get swollen.

[aquart]

3. Uh, one of Japan's volcanoes. Definite belching.

This is probably the time to call for patriotic volunteer virgins.