THE US NAVY RESCUES A COUPLE IN THE MICRONESIA ISLAND AFTER SPOTTING THE UNIVERSAL SYMBOL "SOS" - THE COUPLE HAS BEEN SHIPWRECKED SINCE AUGUST 19TH

Two stranded mariners are safe Friday after crews spotted their “SOS” in the sand on uninhabited island in Micronesia.
A U.S. Navy aircraft crew spotted the couple on the beach, and relayed their location to the Coast Guard in Guam. The two, who had limited supplies and no emergency equipment, were picked up and transferred to a patrol boat.
The Coast Guard got a report about the couple's 18-foot vessel going missing on Aug. 19.
The two departed Weno Island on Aug. 17, and were expected to arrive at their destination to Tamatam Island the next day.
Over seven days, the Coast Guard and other agencies searched nearly 17,000 square miles for the two.

http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/32852147/stranded-mariners-sos-in-sand-spotted-rescued

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EARTHQUAKES FOLLOW ALONG THE REDLINE PLATE BOUNDARIES THAT ENCIRCLE THE WORLD FROM THE PHILIPPINE PLATE, INDO-AUSTRALIAN PLATE, PACIFIC PLATE, COCOS PLATE, SOUTH AMERICAN PLATE, CARRIBEAN PLATE, NORTH AMERICAN PLATE, EUARASIAN PLATE, ARABIAN PLATE, AFRICAN PLATE, NAZCA PLATE AND THE ANTARCTIC PLATE - EVERY ONE WILL BE SERVED A MAGNITUDE OF QAUKE LONG OVER DUE

.......Earthquakes claim tens of thousands of lives all over the world each year.

But the places most often rocked by them are those closest to major fault lines, where different tectonic plates meet.

“The crust has several pieces,” Dr Fatahi said.

“The line between each of these pieces is called a ‘fault line’.

“The most dangerous fault lines are those where two tectonic plates collide.”

That was the case in central Italy, when a 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck the region on Wednesday. More than 257 people died and many more were injured. Rescue workers are racing against the clock to find people trapped under rubble, but hope is diminishing as reports of voices from under collapsed buildings drift off.

“The Eurasian Plate and African Plate both have a very big fault line where they meet somewhere under Italy ... this is what caused the earthquake (on Wednesday),” Dr Fatahi said.

“Below that plate you have got magma ... if the fault opens there’s a chance magma will come up.”

http://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/life-on-the-fault-lines-major-earthquakes-overdue-and-no-one-in-the-world-is-safe-expert-says/news-story/0453eac947c8a9485be293364f56ac50