Articles in Earthquakes
Ron Paul Bets on Gold / Aum Cult Member Arrested
I mentioned a couple of weeks ago how Newt Gingrich is fearful of an EMP Doomsday. He’s not the only Republican presidential candidate who has some understanding of survivalism.
Ron Paul has an investment portfolio worth as much as five million dollars. 64% is in gold and silver-mining stocks. An investment manager, quoted by the Washington Post, says Paul has made an extreme bet on economic collapse:
“This portfolio is a half-step away from a cellar-full of canned goods and nine-millimeter rounds”
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After 17 years on the run Makoto Hirata has surrendered himself to Japanese authorities. He was a member of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult that caused the deadly Tokyo subway Sarin gas attack. I find it interesting that he chose the first day of 2012 to surrender. Aum Shinrikyo is still active (under the new name Aleph) with 1000 members, so could 2012 be meaningful to them??
Hold on to your conspiracy …
Hurricanes = Earthquakes / Another Atlantis Candidate
Very wet rain events are the trigger. The heavy rain induces thousands of landslides and severe erosion, which removes ground material from the Earth’s surface, releasing the stress load and encouraging movement along faults.
…found a strong temporal relationship between the two natural hazards, where large earthquakes occurred within four years after a very wet tropical cyclone season.
The two countries that were used to demonstrate the connection are Taiwan and Haiti – avoid these places after a very wet cyclone season…
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Two sunken islands almost the size of Tasmania have been discovered in the Indian Ocean west of the Australian city of Perth.
…the two islands that now are covered by about a mile (1.5 kilometers) of ocean water.
“The sunken islands charted during the expedition have flat tops, which indicates they were once at sea level before being gradually submerged,” Whittaker said in a statement. The rocks retrieved from the islands also surprisingly …
Earthquake Alert: Lunar Eclipse on Saturday
According to my research, the five days either side of a lunar eclipse are twice as likely to have a major earthquake – the type that cause deaths and appear on the evening news. We haven’t a major one for a while, so conditions are ripe, especially seeing as it is a total eclipse.
Western Australia just had a 5.1 quake, near the Murion Islands. Cornwall in the UK had a 2.2 quake, which is small but big news for them.
Quakes of magnitude 6.5+ occur on average once a week, yet the last was more than 2 weeks ago. Combined with the knowledge that within 4 days of a lunar eclipse we are almost twice as likely to receive a 7.5+ quake, we could be in for a big one.
Two Earthquakes in USA Today
Most notably there was an earthquake centered northwest of Richmond, Virginia today, with a magnitude of 5.8. At this stage damage and injuries do not appear to be widespread, but a nuclear power plant at North Anna has lost off-site power. Although operations of the two reactors have ceased, they still rely on diesel generators to maintain cooling. If they fail for any reason, there is no further backup plan, and meltdown will occur.
In my upcoming book I have this to say about earthquakes and the East Coast:
The other region that could suffer is between Memphis and the southern border of Illinois, known as the New Madrid Fault. Back in the early 1800s this location received a pair of 7.0+ earthquakes and experts have warned it could get hit again, especially with the recent tremors.
Did they just have the big one, or was it a preliminary tremor? Or, being some …
In Brief: Elenin, NASA and more
2012 Forum has been written about at Vice Magazine, where they condescendingly describe the five types of folk who visit there. By the way, that’s not my picture:
http://www.viceland.com/blogs/en/2011/08/15/the-five-people-you-meet-on-the-apocalyptic-message-board/
NASA has decided to make a page that debunks Elenin. They conveniently did not address the major earthquakes that occured whenever Elenin was aligned with Earth and the Sun. And the didn’t address the idea that long period comets accumulate substantial negative charge:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-255&cid=release_2011-255
Some good news from NASA – New observations from NASA’s Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory, or STEREO mean that they can reduce the prediction window for Earthly impacts of CMEs from 12-24 hours to 8 hours of even less. This means a greater likelihood that power grids can be shut down to protect them. See a solar storm reaching earth in stereo for the first time:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-20094308-76/at-nasa-first-steps-toward-space-weather-prediction/
Lastly, major earthquakes have been very quiet again, but in the last 48 hours we have seen …
Tsunami Survival Capsule
Found at TechFlash:
…a tsunami escape capsule that could protect up to six people for as little as $1,000….The idea is simple: a 7-foot diameter ball, probably made out of aluminum, outfitted with internal seats and safety harnesses. In general it would have to protect people only for an hour or two, until tsunami waters receded.
This isn’t a bad idea, but personally my preference would be to not live on the coast, or just make sure you are alerted by tsunami warnings and flee inland. So while I certainly wouldn’t rely on one of these, I think they would be well suited to being your plan B for if normal escape is hindered.
Over the years I’ve had a similar idea percolating, but because I am not an engineer it won’t become reality (unless this post inspires someone). I think if you made a capsule but gave it …
Eclipse Quakes in Melbourne, Auckland & Taupo
While lunar eclipses tend to trigger major quakes, we have been seeing solar eclipses (July 1) setting off quakes in places that don’t usually get them. On Friday Auckland had a 2.9 quake – unusual for that part of New Zealand and the largest they have received in four years. Scientists said was not associated with any known faults, and although it was beneath Auckland’s volcanoes, normally a cluster of quakes would be signs of unrest. Fingers crossed on that!
Today there were quakes on both sides of the Tasman Sea. Melbourne felt a 4.4 quake with an epicenter 120 kms away. This is the biggest we have received in 44 years. Yep, I live in Melbourne and hopefully Australia is still one of the safest places in the world…
Lake Taupo in New Zealand (which by the way is a supervolcano!) had their biggest in a decade, and it was felt …
Piers Corbyn: Red Alert until July 2nd
Piers Corbyn of WeatherAction.com has forecast the following for the period of June 27-July 2, with the greatest likelihood July 1-2:
Major Earthquake
Volcanism
Tornadoes and Tornado Swarms
Other Extreme Weather
His methodology is not clear, but it might not be a coincidence that we will be having a partial solar eclipse on July 1. While solar eclipses are correlated with greater likelihood of major earthquakes, my research indicates that the real risk lies with lunar eclipses. Still, a few good quakes are all solar eclipses need to be equally ranked.
If you are curious about the man and his predictions, check out this recent interview from Al Jazeera TV:
Researchers Picked Ch’Ch Earthquake
Evidence continues to accumulate – the heavens are a factor when it comes to large earthquakes. Occasionally an orthodox geologist will admit that full moons are a minor factor, and the recent research of myself and others point out that lunar eclipses are a factor as well.
Last week’s earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand was the biggest there since the fatal quake back in February. It caused significant damage, and was predicted by two researchers who are making a name for themselves lately. In both cases the predictions are based on observations, rather than a solid scientific theory.
On live radio two days before the quake, New Zealander Ken Ring said:
I’m still expecting a bit of earthquake risk around, or on, Monday to come from that in the Christchurch to Wellington region, plus or minus a day or so.
Predicting the same quake was an Australian, thebarcaroller, who stated a 6.5 to 7.5 …
6.6M Earthquake in Papua New Guinea
This is the first 6.5+ earthquake in 30 days, highlighting how the average of every 6 days doesn’t mean they will be evenly spaced, they can occur in bunches, or be absent for quite some time.
The U.S. Geological Survey says a 6.6-magnitude quake struck Thursday just off the island of New Britain. It was at a depth of 13 miles (22 kilometers).
The quake comes just 5 hours after the lunar eclipse – strong earthquakes are up to twice as likely to occur around lunar eclipses. Hopefully if a larger quake occurs in the next day or so, it doesn’t harm anyone.
Harold Camping / Christchurch Quake
Sad news today – 89-year-old Harold Camping the failed doomsday prophet, has suffered a mild stroke. He is recovering but not making any radio broadcasts, the future of which are unknown.
More heartache for Christchurch folk, with a 6.0 earthquake causing more damage but thankfully no fatalities – although dozens were injured. As the NZ prime minister said, they “are over it”. With the eclipse less than two days away, a much larger quake somewhere in the world could occur. It has been a month since the last 6.5+ earthquake.
Central Lunar Eclipse in 5 Days
Obviously the Earth is much bigger than the Moon, so a lunar eclipse doesn’t require a precise alignment. When the moon passes in front of the center of the Earth’s shadow, it is called a central total lunar eclipse. The last of these was on August 28 2007, the one of interest to us is on June 15 2011, and the next will be on July 27, 2018.
Could we be building up to a big quake? Quakes of magnitude 6.5+ occur on average once a week, yet the last was more than 3 weeks ago. Combined with the knowledge that within 4 days of a lunar eclipse we are almost twice as likely to receive a 7.5+ quake, it sounds ominous… However there are no certainties. Just like rolling a pair of dice – even though the most likely resulting total is a 7, that doesn’t mean it will happen.
A …
Deathly Quiet
This month there have been just two 6.5+ earthquakes worldwide:
PDE-Q 2011 05 10 085509.11 -20.24 168.26 11 6.9 MwUCMT 2FM …….
PDE-Q 2011 05 15 183710.39 -6.13 154.41 40 6.5 MwUCMT ..M …….
http://neic.usgs.gov/cgi-bin/epic/epic.cgi?SEARCHMETHOD=1&FILEFORMAT=4&SEARCHRANGE=HH&SYEAR=2011&SMONTH=5&SDAY=1&EYEAR=2011&EMONTH=5&EDAY=27&LMAG=6.5&UMAG=&NDEP1=&NDEP2=&IO1=&IO2=&CLAT=0.0&CLON=0.0&CRAD=0.0&SUBMIT=Submit+Search
Normally, on average, there is one every 6.8 days. Statistically this isn’t so strange – next month we might have seven, and it all balances out.
However, with solar eclipses due on June 1 and July 1, and a lunar eclipse in-between (June 15), there is an eerie feeling of calm before the storm.
Speaking of storm, many scientists have concluded that some earthquakes do arrive in clusters, or earthquake storms. A mega-quake in 2012 could set off a series of storms. I’ve mentioned this in my new article Eclipses and Earthquakes, where I reiterate that during a lunar eclipse strong earthquakes are twice as likely …
May 2011 Doomsday Predictions
May 11, 2011: Planetary alignment to cause catastrophic earthquakes. Story is big in Italy. Prediction supposedly made by Raffaele Bendandi (who died in 1979), but has been denied. Science says that the gravitational effects of alignment cannot cause earthquakes, and this is correct.
May 21, 2011: Judgement Day according to Harold Camping of FamilyRadio.
…the group’s billboards have been erected in more than 40 countries, including Turkey, Iraq, Mexico, Zimbabwe, India, Poland and Russia. In Canada, the ads have appeared in 17 cities from Halifax to Vancouver…Caravans of volunteers are also handing out pamphlets, mostly in the United States. A small contingent is scheduled to arrive in Calgary this Friday and Vancouver next Tuesday.
…Mr. Camping has been wrong before. He wrote a book predicting the world would end in 1994. Family Radio now says that “important subsequent biblical information” was not known at the time.
Of course all these stories do is the …
100 Days of Disaster
I’m one of the interviewees for an Australian documentary, 100 Days of Disaster, screening tomorrow (Monday) on Channel 10 at 10pm. Patrick Geryl was also interviewed, plus I believe a few orthodox scientists, some religion experts and I think an astrologer. All being asked if we should expect the rise in natural disasters to continue.
To promote the show I am doing 11 (!) radio interviews during Monday – here are the times.
