---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <noozguru@...> wrote : They fired the Alameda County geologist after he accurately predicted the Loma Prieta quake. Like I said yesterday quakes have a propensity to occur around high tides because of the gravitational pull. This was researched by Russian scientists. The only problem is at this time we have no way of knowing which fault is ready to pop.
Interesting. Gravitational pull or weight of water at the high tide? Don't suppose it makes much difference, I imagine it will always be the science that you really don't want to try and be definite with. Just as well we don't live near Jupiter though... Are Earthquakes Encouraged by High Tides? http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/10/1022_041022_earthquakes_tides.html http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/10/1022_041022_earthquakes_tides.html Are Earthquakes Encouraged by High Tides? http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/10/1022_041022_earthquakes_tides.html A new study indicates that very high tides are linked with substantial earthquakes along Earth's continental margins. Does the theory hold water? View on news.nationalgeographi... http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/10/1022_041022_earthquakes_tides.html Preview by Yahoo On 08/25/2014 10:58 AM, salyavin808 wrote: Amazing, I can't believe the trial actually went ahead. I remember reading about it when the charges were first brought and felt like banging my head against a wall. I thought it must be some dumb media witch hunt but it seems they persisted. They were obviously damned whatever they said. There was an idea touted about earthquake prediction a few years back that looked good, it looked back over many years and claimed to find a correlation between quakes on any faultline and that they moved along the line quite predictably. They had some evidence from past quakes that this was the case and even used the data to predict one. But only one, it turned out to be another predictive false alarm caused by our old friend statistical clustering. It is indeed especially tough to be a seismologist! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <turquoiseb@...> mailto:turquoiseb@... wrote : A long read, but one that provides a fascinating glimpse into the world of -- and perils of -- trying to be a scientist in this increasingly unscientific age. The Aftershocks The Aftershocks Seven of Italy’s top scientists were convicted of manslaughter after a catastrophic earthquake. What the hell really hap… View on medium.com Preview by Yahoo
