Originally Posted By: ironraven
And there was a 7.0 quake off Okinawa yesterday, with several more over a five in the past week. Quite a bit of sizable activity in the past two months. Being from a tectonically stable location, I'm not sure if that is normal or not.

I hope Aloha and his family are already on high ground.


Yes, best regards to Aloha.

There was discussion after the '04 Indonesia 9.0 quake that those mega-quakes ring the Earth like a bell. I recall reading that there is some correlation with a greater incidence of big quakes in the few years following.