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"Venkatanathan explained that the prediction was based on a novel method developed by the team. According to the method, when two or more planets, Sun and the Moon get aligned more or less in line (0 to 180 degree) with the earth it could affect the angular momentum of the earth and decrease the speed of rotation of the earth which could trigger an earthquake."

It would be interesting to see if last year on Dec. 26th when the earthquake in Bamm, Iraq occured, if there was also a planetary alignment. They could easily check their hypothesis against data of previous earthquakes and planetary alignment.