A fairly large M5.7 earthquake has struck at the India / China border region.

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This earthquake was forecast to occur on June 22, 2015, a 7 day warning was issued, today is day 4-5 of the warning.

We were expecting to see a 5.0 – 6.0 earthquake strike the India / China Eastern border area, now the area has been hit DIRECTLY in the warned location by a M5.7 event.

See the warning for the area in the earthquake forecast video here:

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Information on this M5.7 earthquake from the USGS:

M5.6 – 23km N of Basugaon, India

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us10002m67#scientific_origin:us_us10002m67

Magnitude/uncertainty	5.6 mb± 0.0
Location/uncertainty	26.680°N 90.389°E± 8.2 km
Depth/uncertainty	10.0 km± 1.8
Origin Time	2015-06-28 01:05:26.530 UTC
Number of Stations	–
Number of Phases	84
Minimum Distance	191.69 km (1.72°)
Travel Time Residual	0.79 sec
Azimuthal Gap	36°
FE Region	Assam, India (317)

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A very rare (and rather large) magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck Northern Egypt near the Jordan / Israel border along the Dead Sea Fault zone.

In an ironic twist of fate, the earthquake occurred at the exact reported location where Moses crossed in Exodus from Egypt when God parted the waters of the sea.

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The actual location of the earthquake falls in the Gulf of Aqaba, in the South Sinai Negev Deserts.

Worthy to note the very large volcanic fields to the Southeast, and also (unmarked volcanic buttes) across the Gulf of Aqaba to the West , which are interlaced with the mountain range.

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There is not much earthquake activity in this region normally, thus to see a 5.2 strike this area in particular, leads to a supposition on my part that this may be related to the large volcanic complex to the South, and runs along the fault line seen in the Gulf of Aqaba, North through Israel / Jordan.

The earthquake occurred along the “Dead Sea Fault”.  Also known as the “Dead Sea Transform”.

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UPDATE June 27, 2015 535pm CDT:

Ironically, several viewers reported this is the historically known location of where Moses supposedly crossed the Red Sea after God parted the waters.

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Information on the earthquake from the USGS:

M5.2 – 4km SE of Nuwaybi`a, Egypt

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us10002m3f#scientific_origin:us_us10002m3f

Magnitude/uncertainty	5.2 mb± 0.1
Location/uncertainty	29.025°N 34.698°E± 9.3 km
Depth/uncertainty	11.1 km± 4.0
Origin Time	2015-06-27 15:34:02.490 UTC
Number of Stations	–
Number of Phases	48
Minimum Distance	266.16 km (2.39°)
Travel Time Residual	0.89 sec
Azimuthal Gap	82°
FE Region	Egypt (553)

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