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How M6.4 California earthquake affected the mining industry

Earling detected unusual seismic patterns and recorded the risk level changes data on GitHub for further verification, as a daily task that been done since Sep 2020 for California and Nevada. The accurately detected unusual patterns followed up M6.4 earthquake in less than a week. How the M6.4 California earthquake on Dec 20, 2021, affected the mining industry. Losses are not clear right now but let's see what kinds of #mining operations were active near epicenter of the earthquake. From the insurance industry point of view, it could be very impactful event.

Grenada Earthquake Preparedness Alert

All of the Commonwealth Caribbean countries, with the exceptions of Bahamas and Guyana, lie close to the known tectonic plate boundaries. One of the latest major earthquakes rocked the region is the M7.3 Depth 154km, 45 km from Carúpano, Sucre, Venezuela, on August 21, 2018 21:31. Earling monitors ground shaking around Grenada and some of other Caribbean Islands like Barbados, Martinique and Dominica and have been issued at least several preparedness alerts in the region which two of them was related to earthquake in Grenada.

Ecuador Earthquake Preparedness Alert

Ecuador

Ecuador, a country exposed to a high seismic hazard from megathrust subduction earthquakes and moderate‐to‐large shallow crustal earthquakes.

Quito

Quito can be strongly affected by three kind of earthquakes: (1) events with magnitude larger than 8 coming from the subduction zone located at more than 200 km (e.g. Esmeralda, Mw 8.8), (2) shallow events with a magnitude 7 to 7.5 from the Andes cordillera and originated about 80 km away or more and (3) events with a magnitude 6 to 7 occurring on faults close to the city.