Posted on 04/21/2016 7:57:16 AM PDT by PROCON
Jim Berkland, a former US Geological Survey scientist, who once famously predicted the Loma Prieta quake, said mega quakes usually strike at a new moon or full moon because of the gravitation effect on the Earth…and the next full moon is on FRIDAY.
The maverick, now retired, scientist spoke out after eight powerful earthquakes struck across south Asia and the pacific in the past 80 hours, claiming hundreds of lives in Japan and Ecuador.
Mr Berkland predicted on October 13, 1989, an earthquake of magnitude 3.5 to 6.0 would strike San Francisco within the next week.
Four days later on October 17 a magnitude 6.9 quake hit Loma Prieta in northern California.
He now says 20 of the world’s last 25 mega quakes have happened during new or full moons.
(Excerpt) Read more at express.co.uk ...
I’m kidding with you!
And there are few things I fear as much as I fear auto-correct.
It’s gotten me into quite a few jams.
:-)
Transsexuals hardest hit! Musliyms complain about Friday services being disrupted, demand reparations, more respect for moon gods.
Listened to an interview with “Lucy” the well known USGS spokesperson, who recently retired.
She said she is free to study whatever earthquake she choses, now.
Pointed out that “plate tectonics” is just a few decades old as a theory/discipline.
No, we have a great time with doom and gloom threads. None have ever panned out, in case you haven't noticed.
I like Captain Obvious!
Oh no, WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE.
Sounds good. Hope somebody takes pictures. Better yet, a video.
Its Bush’s fault
As indicated by the Mayan sacred calendar, the world ended in December 2012, so future catastrophes are plainly gratuitous, and ought to be denied attention.
Are earthquakes part of the weather patterns? If so, maybe this earthquake prediction business could be lumped under meteorology. And as is immediately obvious, meteorology is the study of meteors.
Big meteors hitting the earth cause earthquakes, or something.
And thus it becomes part of “climate Change”.
There often is a correlation between earthquakes in Japan and earthquakes on the opposite side of the Pacific.
That was the pattern in 1906: first Japan, then Ecuador, then San Francisco.
Whether this is anything more than coincidence is unknown.
Likewise, the effect of the gravitational pull of the moon on the tides, and on the tectonic plates, is unknown.
But California is overdue for a major quake; the earth’s mantle is currently unstable (lots of volcanic activity); and whether this too is normal or portends anything unusual is unknown.
But, that said, Californians should be prepared for a major quake. The Japanese lost only around 50 dead; Nepal lost thousands. That’s the difference preparedness makes.
(And in Japan, there was no looting)
I’m glad I’m here on the New Madrid fault line....oops.
Both the moon and the sun exert some gravitational forces on the Earth... and us on them!
During a new moon, the sun and moon are directly pulling in the same direction, exactly lined up:
S——m-—E
During a full moon, they pull in exact opposite directions:
S————E-—m
So there is some theory that the directional conjuction of the pull of the sun and the moon combine particularly strong during the full and new moons.
But the statistical analysis doesn’t really support that theory. Only marginally.
what kind of aliens are you hanging with?
Git yer liquor now. There’s gonna be a run on it.
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