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Deadly earthquakes could hit a billion people next year because of Earth's slowing rotation
www.dailymail.co.uk/ ^ | Nov 20, 2017 | By Phoebe Weston For Mailonline

Posted on 11/20/2017 7:59:14 AM PST by 11th_VA

- Slight fluctuations will release mammoth amounts of underground energy

- Next year we could have at least 20 serious earthquakes, scientists warn

- The most intense ones are expected to occur in tropical regions

Swarms of devastating earthquakes are set to arrive next year due to the slowing of Earth's rotation, scientists claim.

Experts warn we 'had it easy this year' with just six severe earthquakes.

Next year we could have at least 20 serious earthquakes, and the most intense ones are expected to occur in tropical regions, home to around one billion people.

Tiny changes in the speed of our planet's rotation will trigger huge seismic activity by releasing vast amounts of underground energy, experts claim - although their research has been rejected by some scientists.

The planet's rotation is slowing down because of tidal forces between Earth and the moon.

The side of Earth closest to the moon feels its pull the strongest, while the side farthest from the moon feels its gravity less.

That difference in gravitational pull stretches the Earth, which causes tidal bulges.

These bulges pull the moon closer or farther away from Earth by around 4cm per year.

The moon exerts the opposite force on them, pulling them back toward it, creating friction and slowing down the planet's rotation.

The time the Earth takes to make a complete rotation on its axis varies by about a millionth of a second per day.

While the rotational rate hasn't declined evenly, the average day has grown longer by between 15 millionths and 25 millionths of a second every year.


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The good news is, we won't have to worry about Global Warming ...
1 posted on 11/20/2017 7:59:14 AM PST by 11th_VA
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To: 11th_VA

So, will these earthquakes be in “diverse places”?

Just curious...


2 posted on 11/20/2017 8:00:43 AM PST by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm male.)
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To: 11th_VA

I’m going to party like it’s 2018.


3 posted on 11/20/2017 8:00:47 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (Benedict McCain is the worst traitor ever to wear the uniform of the US military.)
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To: 11th_VA

I warned them. Tidal hydropower would cause friction, slowing down both the earth’s rotation and bringing the moon closer. Disaster to follow!

/S


4 posted on 11/20/2017 8:01:06 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine (White is the new Black.)
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To: 11th_VA

Damn! Now I have to re-calibrate my Coriolis Force meter.


5 posted on 11/20/2017 8:01:21 AM PST by x1stcav (We have the guns. Do we have the will?)
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To: 11th_VA

And burning fossil fuels is causing this HOW, exactly??


6 posted on 11/20/2017 8:01:51 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: 11th_VA

oH NO NO NO NO, no nooo don’t tell me now they are focusing on the rotation of the earth. Don’t tell me: Too many cars are slowing it down.


7 posted on 11/20/2017 8:02:41 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (Trump: Greatest POTUS of all time solely for preventing Satan from taking office.)
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"These bulges pull the moon closer or farther away from Earth by around 4cm per year."

The correct answer is "farther". Don't these "scientists" know what?
8 posted on 11/20/2017 8:03:27 AM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: 11th_VA

So will the world’s scientists be intimidated into totally supporting or opposing this doctrine?

We await our master’s voice.... :-(


9 posted on 11/20/2017 8:03:59 AM PST by cgbg (Hidden behind the social justice warrior mask is corruption and sexual deviance.)
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To: 11th_VA

The UN in emergency session to discuss a rotation tax to fix this.


10 posted on 11/20/2017 8:04:00 AM PST by Rebelbase (The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it.-- H.L. Mencken)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

The smokestacks are releasing gases anti-rotational, thus slowing down the Earth. We must rebuild all smokestacks immediately so as to speed up the planet!


11 posted on 11/20/2017 8:04:18 AM PST by Waverunner (I'd like to welcome our new overlords, say hello to my little friend)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

“Women and minorities hardest hit!”


12 posted on 11/20/2017 8:04:26 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

STOP PLATE TETONICS NOW !!!


13 posted on 11/20/2017 8:04:36 AM PST by 11th_VA (Kudos to President Trump for denouncing ALL violence)
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To: 11th_VA

“Women and minorities hurt worst....”


14 posted on 11/20/2017 8:04:41 AM PST by circlecity
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To: Buckeye McFrog
And burning fossil fuels is causing this HOW, exactly??

Because we're pumping oil out of the ground, it's making the Earth lighter, making it rotate more slowly ...

See, I can make up science facts just like the Al Gore and Bill Nye ...

15 posted on 11/20/2017 8:05:23 AM PST by BlueLancer (ANTIFA - The new and improved SturmAbteilung)
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To: 75thOVI; Abathar; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AndrewC; aragorn; aristotleman; ...
I'll predict zero big earthquakes for 2018, and have a better shot of being closer to the actual eventual number. Six this year, ten next year, eight in 2019 -- if earthquake prediction were gov't regulated, a bunch of earthquake predictors would be in prison, the rest would be looking for different work. Thanks 11th_VA.

16 posted on 11/20/2017 8:05:28 AM PST by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: 11th_VA

because suddenly the earth will stop rotating.

Happens all the time lately...


17 posted on 11/20/2017 8:05:34 AM PST by Mr. K (NO CONSEQUENCE OF OBAMACARE REPEAL IS WORSE THAN OBAMACARE ITSELF)
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To: 11th_VA

Just in time for Al Gore and Bill Nye to collaborate on a new book about how we are so very doomed.


18 posted on 11/20/2017 8:05:35 AM PST by MamaDearest
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To: 11th_VA

Bergoglio can write an encyclical about the Earth’s slowing rotation, blaming capitalism and Christians.


19 posted on 11/20/2017 8:05:35 AM PST by Arthur McGowan (https://youtu.be/hj3e8cKZWiY)
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To: robroys woman

no, women and children and minorities will be hardest hit.


20 posted on 11/20/2017 8:06:11 AM PST by Mr. K (NO CONSEQUENCE OF OBAMACARE REPEAL IS WORSE THAN OBAMACARE ITSELF)
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