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If skies are clear tonight, you can watch the lunar eclipse. And watch out, as usual, for earthquakes in the eclipse path.
UPDATE: My friend Barry writes to remind me:
In case you didn’t know, tonight’s lunar eclipse is the last one until 2010. It starts at 8:43pm ET, with totality from 10:01 - 10:51 pm.
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Visual lunar phenomena have no causal connection with tectonic ones.
If you think so, better tie some chicken bones to your ankle to keep you safe!
In Tome Three the subject of plate tectonics, more commonly known as continental drift, was discussed to some extent. That discussion brought forth the understanding that electrostatic forces are at work in producing the tectonic plates’ dynamics. These electrostatic forces result from particle flow along Field lines with the descending limbs interacting with plate boundaries. Further confirmation of this understanding can be found in studies that correlate solar activity, and lunar phases and cycles with the triggering of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
One fact that calls for new perspectives on plate tectonics is that earthquakes are correlated with solar activity. Solar activity, as indicated by sunspots, solar flares, radio noise, and solar-induced geomagnetic activity, plays a significant role. A maximum of earthquakes occurs at times of moderately high and fluctuating solar activity, particularly solar flares. Strong earthquakes take place when the Earth crosses the central meridian of the Sun, and this understanding has been used to successfully predict some quakes. Moreover, the Sun’s retrograde motion is linked to earthquakes and other geophysical phenomena, including climate and volcanic activity. These facts alone indicate that the solar-FEM linkage and electrostatic forces are involved in earthquake occurrence.
However, there is much more, as for example in observations of California earthquakes. There is a 22-year solar cycle in San Andreas Fault earthquakes, and an 11-year solar cycle in large earthquakes in southern California. Recent observations of earthquakes in the region disclosed that they have doubled between 1986 and 1989. Furthermore, from August 1988 to February 1989, they were 3.2 times more frequent than the historic rate. Quakes of magnitude 4.5 and greater went from one every four years to one every two months. This increased earthquake activity transpired as a peak in solar activity was taking place.
Variations in gravity, earthquake energy, and solar activity were correlated in another study. Solar activity and quakes have been linked by many researchers, and they all agree that gravitational models do not work. Also revealing the need for new models is the fact that a maximum in earthquakes in some regions occurs shortly after an epoch of very low sunspot activity.
Also demonstrating the global system, plate motions have been observed to follow solar activity at 71 stations around the world. The plates more back and forth as the 11-year solar cycle goes up and down. This is why some regions experience quakes during epochs of low solar activity, while in other regions it is increased solar activity. This indicates that there is a global system, regulated by the Fields, and also involves the solar linkage of FEM and electrostatic forces.
Illustrating the effects of this solar linkage are the correlations between earthquake activity and the Sun’s Interplanetary Magnetic Field (IMF). The IMF sector boundary crossings (SBC) cause changes in the Earth’s magnetosphere, ionosphere and atmosphere. Enhanced precipitation of energetic electrons take place as the Earth’s magnetic field is disturbed, which is accompanied by changes in wind direction and the size of storms (Vorticity Area Index; VAI), about four days before and after the SBC, with the greatest effect in winter. The SBC are also correlated with lightning and thunderstorms, which display a maximum in winter, as well. Also, large changes in conductivity and electric field variations are global. The IMF and the geomagnetic field (GMF) interact, producing a twelve-month wave with a maximum at the vernal equinox, and are the “result of a common cause.” These observations reveal the dynamics of FEM’s electrostatic forces, which trigger earthquakes.
The Sun’s motion around the barycenter, or the center of mass of the Solar System, which is determined when Jupiter is in conjunction with another of the large planets, has a triggering effect on earthquakes. This and other correlations have led scientists, including the American Geophysical Union, to state that a solar-terrestrial linkage exists. The center of mass also has an influence on solar activity, and is likely to be behind this correlation.
The solar linkage is noted in the fact that solar flares abruptly change the Earth’s rotation or length of day (LOD). This altered rotation has been shown to trigger earthquakes. A 120-day oscillation in the LOD, atmospheric zonal circulation, solar activity, the IMF and the GMF are also known.
A global system and its solar linkage have been observed in a number of ways. Different earthquake belts have common active periods, indicating that they are strongly coupled on a global scale. Isotopes, such as radon, are noted at times of earthquakes, and indicate an electrostatic trigger, as well. A global network of earthquakes reveals the need for a new model of the Earth that includes electrostatic forces and global field dynamics (see Chapter 29 for other discussions).
Many plate tectonics theorists dismiss lunar effects, because tides have little effect on the Earth’s crust. They criticize any correlation between maximum global tidal forces and quake regions where local tides are not at a maximum, or can even be at a minimum. Meanwhile, studies of lunar phase triggers in 21 earthquakes show that fourteen occurred at the Quarter Phase, five at Full Moon, and two followed an eclipse. Interestingly, the majority of Quarter-Phase quakes took place in the Southeast, in the region of Baton Rouge, Louisiana to Columbia, South Carolina, which surrounds the North Atlantic Field’s stem. In contrast, California earthquakes, which are triggered by the dynamics of the descending limb of the Field, show a peak with a three- to four-day delay.
Some scientists claim that the lunar effect is gravitational (i.e., tidal). In fact, one study of 2,000 earthquakes demonstrated that they took place at times when tidal forces where over the epicenter of deep-focus earthquakes. A lunar trigger was instrumental in an earthquake that took place in Parama, Italy in November 1985. Lunar and solar “tidal” components were instrumental in triggering seismic activity in the volcanic areas of Hawaii, the Phlegrean Fields, and Vesuvius. Earthquakes occur more often when the Sun and Moon are in opposition (opposite sides of the Earth) or in conjunction (aligned on one side of the Earth). Both of these configurations have greater gravitational effects, but they are insufficient in themselves to trigger an earthquake gravitationally. Other correlations exist between lunar phase and earthquakes, which only appear to be gravitational.
Undoubtedly, the gravitational effects are too weak, but the correlations show that there is a lunar trigger. The mechanism is revealed when it is understood that there is a lunar trigger on the occurrence of aurora. In fact, sunspot cycles were investigated by using the aurora and earthquake records of ancient China.
Similarly, statistical analysis indicates that there is a lunar effect on geomagnetic activity. When the Moon is within 4o of the ecliptic plane, between Full Moon and Last Quarter (on the morning side of the Earth) there are geomagnetic storms. The Moon triggers particle flow that, through electromagnetic induction of charged particles, disturbs the magnetic field. The influence is electrostatic with the Moon triggering cascades of particle flow, and changing the contour of the electromagnetic characteristics of the Fields (i.e., bow shock, plasma torus, potential gradients, electrostatic repulsion, etc.).
The Earth-Moon system is a single unit that is not solely gravitational in its interactions. Shallow focus earthquakes and moonquakes vary in accord for the years 1971 to 1976. Unusually large quakes in the period between 1950 and 1965 were remarkably numerous for the 20th Century. Though a lunar trigger is apparent, gravitational effects alone are not adequate for explaining the results, as a team of geophysicists state:
“Some ambiguity arises when we attempt to interpret this result within the framework of conventional gravitational models. If the pattern found is due to some physical cause, then this would seem to raise the question of the adequacy of the traditional model. There is reason to believe (on relativistic grounds) that the tidal stresses may not be the only significant stresses of external gravitational origin applied to the Earth. The underlying physical processes remain obscure.”
These geophysicists insightfully question the ability of the present Earth model to explain the results.
One physicist disclosed that all major earthquakes can be forecasted simply by observing the lunar surface. Seismic events on both the Earth and Moon are so precisely timed that it is “as if the Moon were in direct contact with the Earth; as if it were its seventh continent.” Data from 639 major earthquakes were compared with 370 events listed in NASA’s catalog of transient lunar phenomena (TLP) for the period between 1904 and 1967. TLP are luminous (high-energy charged particles) or dark (neutrons) phenomena, which are likely to be the Moon’s influence on particle flow. These data made it evident that events on the Earth and the Moon are mutually registered with a time lag of up to three days.
An eight-fold increase in earthquakes has been observed during the First and Last Quarter at closest approach (perigee), with the ascending node pointing toward the Sun around vernal (March) equinox, or the descending node near the September equinox. As occurs with weather, the 18.6-year lunar nodal cycle is also involved. One such example was the 2 March 1933 earthquake in Japan, which was one of the most powerful on record (8.9 on the Richter Scale).
The seasonal effects can also be noted in TLP for the years of 1178 to 1982. The greatest occurrence of TLP took place around the December solstice and the March equinox, with the September equinox and June solstice represented less often. The seasonal peaks are fall and winter, as were noted for both earthquakes and weather.
The evidence indicates that there is an electrostatic trigger on earthquakes. The solar wind provides particles in the form of solar plasma, the Earth’s magnetosphere becomes enhanced, and the Moon triggers particle cascades along Field lines, which then interact with plate boundaries. The equinoxes are times of greater interaction between the GMF and IMF, and are also times of increased earthquake activity. Lunar phases and mid-phases (a mechanism with a 3-4 day delay) are times of greater probability for triggering particle cascades. Figure 7 shows the influence of these factors in histograms compiled from the analysis of 562 earthquakes. Table 2 displays examples of the ten worst earthquakes in history, and these factors in relation to their occurrence. [Note: this figure and table are not included on this web page, but may be at a later date].
Similar triggers that occur with earthquakes have been observed for volcanic eruptions. The global Field system is apparent in the fact that volcanoes are completely related to plate tectonics. About 80% of the world’s active volcanoes are near subduction zones, another 16% are on mid-ocean ridges, and the remaining 4% are at plate-plate boundaries or hotspots in mid-plate. As already reviewed, plate motions follow solar activity, and common sense dictates volcanics do also, because volcanics are strongly related to plate dynamics. A solar linkage is also apparent in volcanic eruptions, such that solar motion and changes in the length of day are correlated with volcanic activity.
Lunar influences on volcanic eruptions are unmistakable. The triggering of some events took place at Full Moon and New Moon. In addition, the cycle between the closest and furthest approach to the Earth (apogee-perigee cycle) is observed in the timing of eruptions. Likewise, micro-earthquake frequencies near an Alaskan volcano were correlated with the oceanic tides, which result from lunar effects. Gravitational changes take place prior to volcanic eruptions, such as those observed at Poas Volcano, Costa Rica. Like earthquakes, this effect cannot be due to gravitational forces alone, because they are far too weak.
Peaks around the equinoxes and solstices reveal the solar linkage. One study disclosed a maximum of volcanic activity for Mount Vesuvius and other volcanoes during the solstices and equinoxes. Other research indicated that lava surfaces in the Halemaumau Crater at Kilauea Volcano stood higher around the solstices than around the equinoxes. Eruptions at Kilauea and Mauna Loa clustered around the December solstice. Fayal, in the Azores, was noted to erupt around the equinoxes. Likewise, a study of 65 flank eruptions at Mount Etna, Italy from 1323 to 1980 disclosed that there were higher than average eruption rates in November just prior to the December solstice, and in March and May around the vernal equinox. Another study of 4,200 eruptions showed a maximum in June, around the time of the solstice. As noted for earthquakes and weather phenomena, seasonal, equinoctial and solstitial peaks in volcanic eruptions are beyond present models of the Earth, and reveal a solar linkage.
These factors are even more supportive of FEM in another study. Volcanic eruptions are more frequent for latitudes north of 30o North Latitude and south of 30o South Latitude, during April or May following the vernal equinox. For the equatorial region it is a June maximum around the solstice. When all latitudes are considered together the peak occurs in March and April, around the vernal equinox. For the period 1500 to 1700 peaks were in winter (January through March) and fall (October to December), but this correlation was not significant.
Volcanic eruption frequency occurs most often in the northern mid-latitudes (30o to 60o North), and less so in the low or equatorial southern latitudes (20o North to 10o South), and each hemisphere has its own history. FEM and its solar linkage is evident in the absence of synchronicity between the hemispheres. The solar linkage activates one hemisphere in one period and the other in another period, and this activation depends on which hemisphere was pointing away from the Sun and the polarity of the IMF at the time of peak solar activity; as occurs with glacial advance.
Evidence indicates that there is an interaction between gravitational and electromagnetic fields in accord with general relativity. Non-gravitational forces are evident in the Earth-Moon system. Furthermore, gravity has been observed to shift during solar eclipses, such as in June 1954. The conclusion of the physicist who performed the original experiment has been relatively ignored. Such observations, he concludes, can be accounted for “only by the existence of a new field.” Once again the Field-dynamical Earth Model (FEM) is called for.
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Some people believe that generally after a solar eclipse, an eartquake occurs. I mean, do they trigger earthquakes?
Personally, I have not seen or heard any discussion of a physical relationship between solar activity and earthquakes. That does not mean that there cannot be such a relationship, but it is not obvious why there should be one. The power of a solar flare or an ejection of matter from the Sun can be enormous near the Sun, but the resulting mechanical force at the Earth is a tiny fraction of what is needed to shift the Earth’s crustal plates, as happens in an earthquake.
somebody actually asked me a similar question so this made me to talk to my teacher who knows about earthquake . He also was not aware of any studies of correlations between solar activity and earthquakes, and he did not expect that solar activity could cause earthquakes. However, he did mention that it was worth considering the possibility that some electrical (rather than mechanical) coupling of the ionized solar material to the Earth’s plates.
but what i am sure is that there is a correlation with tides. Especially when the moon is full or new AND at perigee. This gives some physical rationale. The tides provide a water load on faultlines that waxes and wanes to trigger the quakes. I’m not sure this includes the affects on magma.
Animals somehow sense impending coming earthquakes. i am not sure why this works, but I claim it does. Speculation is that the strain releases stored electrical energy like “earthquakes lights” that can be sensed by the animals(horse). I guess crystaline rocks luminesce when crushed; perhaps at some longer wavelengths when done over extensive distances.
The Irish Examiner (8/9/99)
Darkness at noon: solar eclipse exposes ancient fears
by Margaret Neylon
[…] Earthquakes and eclipses are sometimes believed to go hand in hand. The Greek historian Thucydides (circa 415 BC) remarked in his writings ‘There was an eclipse of the Sun at the time of a New Moon, and in the early part of the same month an earthquake’. Phlegon, another Greek writer, noted ‘In the fourth year of the 202nd Olympiad, there was an eclipse of the Sun which was greater than any known before…. and a great earthquake that broke out in Bithynia destroyed the greatest part of Nicaea’. It should be noted that there is a New Moon on the 11th August 1999, so we’ll be able to see whether there is an eclipse/earthquake connection.
Oh, look!
Aug. 17, 1999 - 7.2 earthquake, Izmit, Turkey:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/research/geology/turkey/index.php
“I am a scientist. As such I cannot propose or understand a model of reality which does not take account of scientific data. I am not an astrologer - in fact this theory developed out of an examination of the arguments that astrology cannot work! As a theoretical astrophysicist, with an interest in the relationship between fundamental physics and the large-scale structure of the universe, I am searching, as are many others, for a model to explain the current anomalies and paradoxes in these areas that are beyond the domain of astrophysics (ie: biology, chemistry, and to my amazement, astrology.)”
Dr. Percy Seymour, “The Scientific Basis for Astrology.”
Astronomer/Astrophysicist
Plymouth University, UK.
Coincidence? Same night as the lunar eclipse.
Nevada’s most powerful earthquake in 14 years struck the rural town of Wells early Thursday, causing heavy damage to its historic downtown area.
The magnitude 6.0 caused brick building facades to collapse into rubble, windows to shatter and gas and water mains to rupture. No deaths or serious injuries were reported.