I take note of the phase of the moon as well. Some of it is done for humour, but some is out of wondering.
I take alot of teasing for it. :)
there is one strange factor that might give warning of a major quake.
they are called Earth Lights
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake_light
Even USGS agrees they exist.
I didn’t know much about earthquake science. I also couldn’t confirm that there is strong relationship between drought and earthquake.
The information is from a book describe Tangshang earthquake happened in 1976.
Maybe moon shape could affect earth, I don’t know. But in that book, it said we predict Haicheng earthquake and drought was a reason why we made this decision. BTW, it’s said that is the only one earthquake we had predicted successfully.