Part II - August 2009 Interview With Mayan Elder Carlos Barrios
Mitch Battros - Earth Changes Media
First an update on the coming of large earthquakes. Carlos had said the United States West Coast is area expected for large earthquakes as Mayan prophecy has been interpreted by the elders. In a recent conversation with Carlos since our interview, more specific areas have been mentioned.
For this writer/researcher it is no surprise. The areas most prone to (large or mega) activity is the Cascadia Subduction Zone which runs from Northern California, through Oregon and Washington and up the Canadian coast to Alaska. (see graph below). The second area of greatest danger Carlos mentioned is lower Mexico, Central America and Caribbean. This was told in the interview two days before the 6.9 earthquake hit in the Gulf of California.
Cascadia Subduction Zone
I wish to add an editor's note to this prophecy. Although it is not specifically mentioned by the elders, I would suggest the Puerto Rico area which most people would include as part of the eastern Caribbean, is the most likely place for a large or mega quake. It is an area known as the Puerto Rico Trench. It is also called the Puerto Rico Subduction Zone.
Puerto Rico Subduction Zone
A dozen major earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 or greater have occurred in the Caribbean near Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the island of Hispaniola, shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic, in the past 500 years, and several have generated tsunamis. The most recent major earthquake, a magnitude 8.1 in 1946, resulted in a tsunami that killed a reported 1,600 people.
With nearly twenty million people now living in this tourist region and a major earthquake occurring on average every 50 years, scientists say it is not a question of if it will happen but when. They are calling for the establishment of tsunami early warning systems in the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean, and better public education about the real tsunami threats in these regions.
The Puerto Rico Trench, which is capable of producing earthquakes of magnitude 7 to 8 or greater, faces north and east into the Atlantic Ocean. There are few land areas or islands to block a tsunami generated near the Puerto Rico Trench from entering the Atlantic Ocean. The United States East Coast has a high risk of suffering a direct hit from a tsunami 'surge' or 10 story foot waves.
Here is today's list of an ongoing 'swarm' of earthquakes hitting the Puerto Rico Area.This does not give much comfort:
Puerto Rico Quakes: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Maps/10/295_20_eqs.php