earthquakes

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The largest ejection of charged particles from the Sun since 2005 is currently speeding toward Earth at 5 million miles per hour. It’s due to hit us sometime tomorrow.

In recent months I have made it known that for the past number of years, I have been observing a correlation between this kind of solar activity and an increase in significant seismic activity. You can read about them here and here and here and most recently from October here. So in keeping with that, I am going to strongly suggest that this latest storm of energy which the Sun is throwing at us could possibly trigger severe earthquake activity.

Just something to maybe bear in mind these next few days and weeks…...

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Less than 24 hours following my most recent post regarding a theory I’ve been developing about seismic activity, Turkey was hit with a 7.2 earthquake.

In keeping with this blogger’s goal of observation and collecting data, I will now state that if there is indeed validity to the theory, that there will be a significant possibility of severe seismic/geological activity within the next three to four weeks of this writing, with a chance of occurring much sooner. That seems to be the window of “opportunity” (for lack of a better word)....

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On September 26th I wrote about a theory that I have been developing for some time now and in regard to that, there was a strong possibility of a moderate to severe earthquake happening in the near future. Well it’s been almost a month since then and I thought it would be wise to revisit that prognostication…

There has been an increase in geological activity since I posted that, particularly around the Pacific Rim (the so-called “Ring of Fire”). In addition there have been numerous earthquakes in excess of 4.0 Richter throughout the American Southwest following the “forecast” (or whatever one wishes to call it) and now increasing volcanic activity in Iceland and a very interesting rise in earthquakes around El Hierro in the Canary Islands.

So what does this mean for my theory?

I suppose it could be some validation, but something like this still needs long-term data before ...

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This afternoon, September 26th 2011, I am stating that there is a strong possibility of a moderate to severe earthquake occurring during the next few weeks.

Don’t know where. The theory I’ve been developing ain’t that refined yet.

However, I will note that during this past year I have made such “predictions” (though I’d rather find a better word for it) among friends, and every time there has been some significant seismic activity: from the Tokyo quake to the recent one that rattled us here on the East Coast.

We’ll see what happens in the next month or so. And if something occurs geologically, I’ll elaborate at greater length on this theory (which does seems to have some merit to it…)...

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Looks like I picked the wrong day to start blogging again…

The 5.9 magnitude earthquake epicentered near Richmond, Virginia shook my house west of Reidsville, North Carolina for… darn nearly 30 seconds! Okay, probably not that long but it sure as hell felt long enough. I was working on some stuff on my iPad while sitting up on my bed when I felt the bed shake and heard the windows creaking. First thing I thought was “wow, that wind sure is strong…” Then I looked outside and saw that there was no wind.

Getting reports from friends all over: my girlfriend’s apartment shook a few hours north of here. Good friend Chad in Cary felt it there. Folks as far away as Cleveland, Ohio and southwest North Carolina are saying it shook them too.

Wow.

Okay, I know there are lots of you who are like “Chris, this is no ...

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…moved the axis of the entire Earth 10 inches from its previous position.

And the coastline of Japan has been permanently moved nearly 2 and a half meters.

Once again, I am reminded about how lacking in humility we are in regard to the world we live upon.

Try to think about the forces required to move something as big as the entire Earth by ten inches. Just ten inches.

In the first year of this blog’s operation, after the 2004 Indonesia earthquake/tsunami, I posted an excerpt from Jurassic Park (the super-incredible novel not the less-than-satisfying movie). It’s the scene toward the end where Ian Malcolm is telling Hammond about how the Earth cannot be destroyed. It’s perhaps worth reading again, and pondering....

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That’s just short of the 2004 Boxing Day earthquake that produced the tsunami which devastated Indonedia and other places along thousands of miles of the Indian Ocean’s shoreline.

8.9 Richter… sheesh. I can’t begin to imagine what it must be like to experience something like that.

Thoughts and prayers going out this morning to our friends in Japan. And if you can, tune in to the television coverage going on right now. This is history in the making.

EDIT 2:55 a.m. EST: This blog has lots of readers in Hawaii (yeah hey to you too Danny :-). Now hearing that a tsunami warning has been issued and that you guys are due to get hit by the heavy end of the hammer around 3:00 a.m. Hawaiian local time this morning.

Got you guys in prayer especially. Please, be safe....

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Here’s the link if you wanna look at it. It was about the massive discharge of highly-energized particles that the Sun threw out at the Earth early last week. As a result there were some astonishingly brilliant aurora reported at the northern latitudes.

Well anyway, in my post I wondered aloud if there might be any earthquake activity that would happen as a result, ‘cuz I’ve noticing for the past few years that whenever this planet gets hit by particles from a solar flare that it seems to agitate the inner workins enough to cause pretty good rumblin’ soon afterward.

I wrote that last Monday, August 2nd. Today, August 12th, there have been two earthquakes reported in the past several hours. A 6.0 quake hitting the island nation of Vanuatu and then a short while ago a 6.9 quake striking just over a hundred miles away from Quito in ...

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I may get called a “kook” from some quarters for writing about this. All I can really say in my own defense is that it’s something I’m sincerely curious about and I was told a long time ago that the only wrong question to ask is one that isn’t asked at all…

Slashdot is spreading the news this afternoon about a massive ejection of high-energy particles from the the sun. It’s headed toward Earth and should reach us sometime tomorrow. Among other things it means that we should be enjoying some lovely aurora, if you’re fortunate to live at a high-enough latitude.

Awright well, here’s the thing: I’ve noticed in the past several years that most every time we get hit by a solar flare, that there’s usually a massive earthquake that happens not very long afterward.

Considering that the inside of the Earth is a molten piezoelectric dynamo ...

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First things first: The proprietor of this blog extends his own thoughts and prayers to the very many that are going out to our friends down Chile way today, in the aftermath of the 8.8 earthquake that rocked that country in the wee hours this morning.

And by the way, it’s a great testament to that country about how on the ball the folks are about this. I’ve heard only great things about Chile over the years and the speed and diligence that they have exerted in dealing with this disaster, makes me compelled to tip my hat to ’em.

If you haven’t already today, it would – not to put too fine a point on it – be extremely recommended that you tune in right now to CNN or Fox News or whatever, and check out the live feed coming from Hawaii, which looks to have dodged the proverbial ...

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