cool, how we can naturally mix science with our sci fi thoughts...
Since this is in the sci fi realm, not science, I'd probably go with an un-natural EPM.. or UN-EPM. Or perhaps a paranormal EPM... P-EPM. Just my first thoughts.
Earthquakes can cause severe thunderstorms that takes out communications, perhaps spawn tornadoes that could ACT like an explosion in a tightly enclosed building. But I think you are more in the sci fi realm right?
In the world where this takes place, magic and science are both found. There are places in this world, like the Cotwolds and Dartmoor in England, the Pine Barrens in New Jersey, the Naga Hills in India where the walls of reality are thin. A certain intervals, be is a month, a few weeks, or a year, these areas become active, start spewing out people, creatures, and things. I'm trying to come up with a somewhat original name for a side effect of these events. They are sometimes bad enough that people have to go to shelters.