(See: May 2006 post: The moon is killing thousands...again, Gravitational effects on the equator?)
Remember when the 2004 Indian Ocean 9.3 earthquake struck in the morning, one minute before 8:00am, during a full moon?
It devastated the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
Now here's another observer touting the same theory.
Author Says Earthquakes Are Predictable
Of course earthquakes can and do happen at any time because we are living on the thin dross of a molten ball of metal.Andrew Limberg May 29, 2014
David Nabhan author of "Earthquake Prediction: Answers in Plain Slight" became interested in earthquakes while he was the earthquake preparedness coordinator for the school where he worked.
He says he noticed every earthquake happened at dusk or dawn.
"I realized this sort of conscience doesn't happen in science.
These dawn and dusk quakes during new and full moons are the paradigm on the west coast," he said.
"All six great quakes that have struck in Los Angeles that have killed people since the 30s, all of them, dawn or dusk [quakes].
How can earthquakes be predicted? Nabhan says that it is the, "conjoined lunar and solar gravitational tides," are what cause them.
"Just imagine the muscle required to move our oceans around every day. Our fractured fault lines are not immune to this [power]," he said.
Nabhan says that there has never been a new idea in science that wasn't accepted without a fight.
So, when will the next big earthquakes happen?
Nabhan says July 12 and Sept. 9, between 4:45 to 7:55 a.m. and/or p.m.
But that molten metal is constantly being pulled by planetary magnets in our solar system and the greatest forces occur when the sun, earth and moon are aligned.
I support his theory... but we'll see if his precise prediction pans out.
Edited by Rogerdodger, 31 May 2014 - 10:59 AM.