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Upsurge in big earthquakes predicted for 2018 as Earth rotation slows
The Guardian ^ | 18 November 2017 | Robin McKie

Posted on 11/21/2017 3:31:51 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster

Upsurge in big earthquakes predicted for 2018 as Earth rotation slows

Scientists say number of severe quakes is likely to rise strongly next year because of a periodic slowing of the Earth’s rotation

Scientists have warned there could be a big increase in numbers of devastating earthquakes around the world next year. They believe variations in the speed of Earth’s rotation could trigger intense seismic activity, particularly in heavily populated tropical regions.

Although such fluctuations in rotation are small – changing the length of the day by a millisecond – they could still be implicated in the release of vast amounts of underground energy, it is argued.

The link between Earth’s rotation and seismic activity was highlighted last month in a paper by Roger Bilham of the University of Colorado in Boulder and Rebecca Bendick of the University of Montana in Missoula presented at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America.

“The correlation between Earth’s rotation and earthquake activity is strong and suggests there is going to be an increase in numbers of intense earthquakes next year,” Bilham told the Observer last week.

In their study, Bilham and Bendick looked at earthquakes of magnitude 7 and greater that had occurred since 1900. “Major earthquakes have been well recorded for more than a century and that gives us a good record to study,” said Bilham.

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To: norwaypinesavage
It appears that there is more that follows:

Though numerous studies demonstrate that the composite temporal distribution of major earthquakes in the instrumental record is indistinguishable from random, the additional consideration of event renewal interval serves to identify earthquake groupings suggestive of synchronization that are absent in synthetic catalogs. We envisage the weak forces responsible for clustering originate from lithospheric strain induced by seismicity itself, by finite strains over teleseismic distances, or by other sources of lithospheric loading such as Earth's variable rotation. For example, quasi-periodic maxima in rotational deceleration are accompanied by increased global seismicity at multidecadal intervals.

21 posted on 11/21/2017 4:48:18 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster (dead parakeet + lost fishing gear = freep all day)
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To: redfreedom
Sir Bedevere: "...and that, my liege, is how we know the Earth to be banana-shaped."

King Arthur: "This new learning amazes me, Sir Bedevere. Explain again how sheep's bladders may be employed to prevent earthquakes."

22 posted on 11/21/2017 4:51:34 AM PST by rlmorel (Liberals: American Liberty is the egg that requires breaking to make their Utopian omelette.)
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To: redfreedom
Yes, of course - cloud brakes. Now it makes sense. Everyone thinks that the atmosphere is a thin shell that rotates with the planet in a vacuum, but what color is the night sky?

It's black, of course - just like a freshly-poured asphalt roadway. That's what supplies the traction that allows the cloud brakes to work (and all brakes work more effectively when warm).

Science.

23 posted on 11/21/2017 4:51:49 AM PST by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Heretics. Earthquakes are caused by global warming. It is settled science.


24 posted on 11/21/2017 5:00:49 AM PST by PAR35
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Heretics. Earthquakes are caused by global warming. It is settled science.


25 posted on 11/21/2017 5:00:49 AM PST by PAR35
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To: TigerLikesRooster

OMG! How awful! Quick, raise taxes on everything and send all this $ to the governments so they could make the earth’s rotation speed up! After all, we know how all powerful governments are! They can regulate the climate after all, one big freaking thermostat I tell you!


26 posted on 11/21/2017 5:03:22 AM PST by winner3000
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To: I want the USA back

No, planes should take off and land facing east. They should just run up their engines with the brakes on a few seconds longer. The thrust from the fixed plane will speed the earth up. Your plan would slow it down. Same with landing. Land a little faster. When the brakes grab, the energy from the slowing plane will be transferred to the earth’s rotation.

It’s for the children.


27 posted on 11/21/2017 5:05:22 AM PST by PAR35
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To: TigerLikesRooster

I hear the reason the earth is slowing is because Hillary refuses to move on.


28 posted on 11/21/2017 5:08:18 AM PST by V_TWIN
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To: winner3000

“we know how all powerful governments are”

Well, George Bush did send Katrina to destroy new Orleans after all.


29 posted on 11/21/2017 5:10:10 AM PST by V_TWIN
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To: TigerLikesRooster
There are, indeed, more words that follow the partial sentence I quoted. However, the words that follow it don't negate the truth of the quote. The quote stands: The observed "clusters" in the temporal record of major earthquakes are not distinguishable from random events. To me, this makes this whole 'cluster.......analysis' suspect.
30 posted on 11/21/2017 5:19:24 AM PST by norwaypinesavage (The stone age didn't end because we ran out of stones.)
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To: sphinx

Yes, activity along the dreaded “Trump fault.”


31 posted on 11/21/2017 5:20:50 AM PST by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: redfreedom

“It’s really simple, you see global warming causes the clouds to expand and touch the earth acting like brakes thereby causing the earth to slow down. When the clouds drag over mountains it sets up a vibration causing earth quakes. Just basic science.”

Unfortunately as this happens the centrificult force that pulls the clouds away from the Earth’s surface will lessen with the reduced rotational speed causing more drag. I’m afraid we’re doomed.


32 posted on 11/21/2017 5:40:05 AM PST by CrazyIvan (Honk If You've Been Sexually Assaulted By Harvey Weinstein.)
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To: CrazyIvan
I’m afraid we’re doomed.

Yes, but what doubt DST? Should we set our clocks ahead or back another hour?

33 posted on 11/21/2017 5:42:28 AM PST by Sirius Lee (In God We Trust, In Trump We Fix America)
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To: raybbr

Atomic clocks, and multiple stellar reference points. Both are quite capable of this level of accuracy, and likely even more accurate.


34 posted on 11/21/2017 6:58:06 AM PST by LaRueLaDue
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Pseudo-scientific researchers in search for grant money balderdash.


35 posted on 11/21/2017 7:16:54 AM PST by onedoug
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To: TigerLikesRooster
variations in the speed of Earth’s rotation

What possible force could cause a planet to alternately change its rotation speed?

36 posted on 11/21/2017 7:22:19 AM PST by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Consider the source...


37 posted on 11/21/2017 7:22:22 AM PST by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: trebb

It’s been slowing down since day one. The old Patriarchs who lived 900 years did so because a year was a whole lot shorter on a faster-spinning orb!

(is < /sarc > really needed?)


38 posted on 11/21/2017 7:26:19 AM PST by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: foundedonpurpose

Don’t try to confuse a liberal with facts.


39 posted on 11/21/2017 9:09:10 AM PST by airborne (I don't always scream at the TV but when I do it's hockey playoffs season!)
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To: JimRed
Dang! That means that if He hasn't returned by then, in another 2,000 years the average life expectancy will be 12 years. Gonna have to change the legal age for sex if the Human race is to go on....

Now I got all the pervs wishing they could be around then.....

40 posted on 11/21/2017 9:57:55 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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