Re: Nice bracketing

From: The Chozen Few (thechosenfew_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 03/29/05 

Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 19:49:38 -0700

"Tony Cox" <tc@coxrt.com> wrote in message
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> "The Chozen Few" <thechosenfew@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>>
>> "Tony Cox" <tc@coxrt.com> wrote in message
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>> > "1MAN4ALL" <forahmad@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I wonder if anybody has done research on the relationship between
>> >> vernal equinox/winter solstice/summer solstice/fall equinox and
>> >> earthquakes/tsunamis.
>> >
>> > People have performed statistical analysis of earthquake
>> > frequency as a function of various tidal forces (which are
>> > maximal during the equinox) and (surprisingly) no significant
>> > correlation has been found.
>>
>>
>> Not between earthquakes in general and tidal forces, but there does seem
> to
>> be a correlation between undersea earthquakes and low tides, according to
>> researchers from Columbia and Scripps:
>
> Interesting. The suggestion is that the correlation is with
> ocean tides, which (as the article suggests) precede by
> a few hours the maximum sun/moon forces on the earth's crust.
> (Although only small quakes were analyzed, not big ones).
> It would seem to be not so much a tidal effect, but a phenomena
> influenced by the pressure on the seabed caused by the varying
> depth of water above.
>
> Fascinating. No doubt 1MAN can point us to the verse
> in the Qur'an where this has been foretold.

Little doubt, anyway.

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  • Re: Nice bracketing
    ... > be a correlation between undersea earthquakes and low tides, ... a few hours the maximum sun/moon forces on the earth's crust. ...
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