Articles Tagged "Supermoon"

Nice try Ken, but it's not just down to the Moon, as you should see in the next few days, your need a solar factor as well (well maybe!!)

A maverick "lunar forecaster" who claims to have predicted both New Zealand's major recent earthquakes provoked fear and outrage when he warned that another devastating jolt would strike Christchurch last Sunday. Scientists made a public bet that it wouldn't – and were then left exasperated as the city was shaken by the biggest aftershock since the February catastrophe.

Ken Ring, a grey-bearded, hitherto obscure fishing commentator, has become the subject of heated public debate in recent months over his earthquake predictions, based on the pseudoscientific belief that quakes are caused by the gravitational pull of the Moon on tectonic plates.

Although rubbished by seismologists, the theory gained traction as word spread that the "Moon Man" appeared to have predicted both the initial September quake, and the February disaster which killed about 182 people.

20 Mar 11 - On this day of the Supermoon, you may not want to hear this. There's a high probability that the Pacific Northwest gets hit next, says former USGS geologist Jim Berkland.

Earthquake Prediction 2011 Jim Berkland - A Major Earthquake in North America Imminent


Earthquake forcaster Jim Berkland warns of a 'high risk' seismic window and potential for a massive quake poised to strike somewhere in North America in between the dates of March 19th and 26th.

Updated below with comments by Piers Corbyn

Wow, there certainly has been a lot of attention given to the tragic earthquake in Japan and what/if any role the supermoon had played in causing it. I have heard from people saying that they think it is plausible that the supermoon may have had something to do with the quake, others that think there is no possible way the two are related, some are convinced that there is a definite connection and yet another group of people that feel the supermoon, only in combination with other factors, may have had something to do with it.

I, as I have stated before, am in the camp where I think that they may be related and that other factors may have played a role in it. I do not have hard scientific evidence to back it up, but if I did enough research, there probably could be things that I would find that would support my thoughts. As I have said many times, there is just as likely to be plenty of evidence out there that would go against my thinking as well.

I am not going to be putting out any new theories out there in this blog. I just wanted to set the record straight about a few things and share a few thoughts. I also wanted to say that the extreme supermoon is just a matter of hours away from when I post this.

Piers Corbyn covers a lot of subjects; the Sun the Moon, Earthquakes, Nuclear power and even the Arab revolution.

Japan’s most devastating earthquake in the country’s history may have been provoked by the position of the Moon and the processes that are under way on the Sun. The opinion was ventured in an interview with the Voice of Russia by a Russian researcher, Deputy Director of the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Geography Arcady Tishkov.

On March 11th, an 8.9 Magnitude earthquake shook a vast area in the centre and northeast of Japan. The seismic focus was at the depth of 10 kilometres under the Pacific bottom, near the northeastern part of Japan’s main island, Honshu Island. A 10-metre high tidal wave hit the coastline, followed by another shock. Hundreds of people have died, enormous damage has been done to several cities, transport performance and communications have been disrupted. A disaster of such a devastating scale could be provoked by the Moon and the Sun, says Deputy Director of the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Geography Arcady Tishkov, and elaborates.

It is held, Arcady Tishkov says, that the Earth’s seismic activity cycles are directly involved with solar weather. The Sun shoots out streams of protons that affect the Earth’s activity. That’s number one. Number two, the Moon will now be located at the closest distance from the Earth, which, combined with solar influence, may affect the activity of the oceans, namely the high tide - low tide frequency. When the exorbitant mass of the Pacific’s water reserve with its enormous capacitive lag changes the frequency of its high tide – low tide regime, this could certainly affect the local chain of volcanoes, - the so-called Pacific belt of fire.

JAPAN'S devastating earthquake comes just days after a warning that an extreme "supermoon" would spark chaos across the globe.

On March 19, the moon will loom large in our skies and be at its closest distance from the Earth in 18 years.

And weather bloggers noted there was a supermoon just before the last monster tsunami in Asia on Boxing Day 2004.

Conspiracy theorists on the internet have made catastrophic predictions of tidal waves, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.

Next week the moon will pass a mere 221,567 miles from our planet and some amateur scientists have been predicting extreme conditions all over the world.

The event — known as a lunar perigee — happens when a full or new moon comes within 90 per cent of its closest approach possible.

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