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Scientist warns MEGA EARTHQUAKE threatening millions will hit USA as early as FRIDAY
express.co.uk ^ | April 21, 2016 | JON AUSTIN

Posted on 04/21/2016 7:57:16 AM PDT by PROCON

Jim Berkland, a former US Geological Survey scientist, who once famously predicted the Loma Prieta quake, said mega quakes usually strike at a new moon or full moon because of the gravitation effect on the Earth…and the next full moon is on FRIDAY.

The maverick, now retired, scientist spoke out after eight powerful earthquakes struck across south Asia and the pacific in the past 80 hours, claiming hundreds of lives in Japan and Ecuador.

Mr Berkland predicted on October 13, 1989, an earthquake of magnitude 3.5 to 6.0 would strike San Francisco within the next week.

Four days later on October 17 a magnitude 6.9 quake hit Loma Prieta in northern California.

He now says 20 of the world’s last 25 mega quakes have happened during new or full moons.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Science
KEYWORDS: armageddon; california; catastrophism; earthquake; earthquakewarning; jimberkland; lomaprieta; ruhroh; sanfrancisco; whereisquix
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To: fireman15

I’m kidding with you!

And there are few things I fear as much as I fear auto-correct.

It’s gotten me into quite a few jams.

:-)


41 posted on 04/21/2016 8:25:38 AM PDT by pax_et_bonum (Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless America)
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To: PROCON

Transsexuals hardest hit! Musliyms complain about Friday services being disrupted, demand reparations, more respect for moon gods.


42 posted on 04/21/2016 8:26:47 AM PDT by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
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To: PROCON

Listened to an interview with “Lucy” the well known USGS spokesperson, who recently retired.

She said she is free to study whatever earthquake she choses, now.

Pointed out that “plate tectonics” is just a few decades old as a theory/discipline.


43 posted on 04/21/2016 8:28:49 AM PDT by truth_seeker (I think in some shopping centers etc.)
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To: Rusty0604
...have a good time when a natural disaster strikes?

No, we have a great time with doom and gloom threads. None have ever panned out, in case you haven't noticed.

44 posted on 04/21/2016 8:29:07 AM PDT by GingisK
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To: PROCON

OK, yeah.

http://giphy.com/gifs/jennifer-lawrence-thumbs-up-ok-Fml0fgAxVx1eM


45 posted on 04/21/2016 8:29:24 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I like Captain Obvious!


46 posted on 04/21/2016 8:30:13 AM PDT by Ditter (God Bless Texas!)
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To: PROCON
Plenty left; get some!


47 posted on 04/21/2016 8:31:00 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: PROCON

Oh no, WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE.


48 posted on 04/21/2016 8:32:11 AM PDT by House Atreides (TRUMP or CRUZ --- The 1st one to get to 1237 gets the Nomination Brass Ring...PERIOD)
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To: PROCON

Sounds good. Hope somebody takes pictures. Better yet, a video.


49 posted on 04/21/2016 8:33:52 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
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To: PROCON
Shake Rattle and Roll...!
50 posted on 04/21/2016 8:35:18 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: PROCON

Its Bush’s fault


51 posted on 04/21/2016 8:36:10 AM PDT by drypowder
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To: PROCON

As indicated by the Mayan sacred calendar, the world ended in December 2012, so future catastrophes are plainly gratuitous, and ought to be denied attention.


52 posted on 04/21/2016 8:36:46 AM PDT by headsonpikes (Mass murder and cannibalism are the twin sacraments of socialism - "Who-whom?"-Lenin)
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To: Brilliant

Are earthquakes part of the weather patterns? If so, maybe this earthquake prediction business could be lumped under meteorology. And as is immediately obvious, meteorology is the study of meteors.

Big meteors hitting the earth cause earthquakes, or something.

And thus it becomes part of “climate Change”.


53 posted on 04/21/2016 8:38:29 AM PDT by alloysteel (If I considered the consequences of my actions, I would rarely do anything.)
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To: Sequoyah101

There often is a correlation between earthquakes in Japan and earthquakes on the opposite side of the Pacific.

That was the pattern in 1906: first Japan, then Ecuador, then San Francisco.

Whether this is anything more than coincidence is unknown.

Likewise, the effect of the gravitational pull of the moon on the tides, and on the tectonic plates, is unknown.

But California is overdue for a major quake; the earth’s mantle is currently unstable (lots of volcanic activity); and whether this too is normal or portends anything unusual is unknown.

But, that said, Californians should be prepared for a major quake. The Japanese lost only around 50 dead; Nepal lost thousands. That’s the difference preparedness makes.

(And in Japan, there was no looting)


54 posted on 04/21/2016 8:39:44 AM PDT by CondorFlight (I)
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To: Harpotoo

I’m glad I’m here on the New Madrid fault line....oops.


55 posted on 04/21/2016 8:40:24 AM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there....)
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To: X-spurt

Both the moon and the sun exert some gravitational forces on the Earth... and us on them!

During a new moon, the sun and moon are directly pulling in the same direction, exactly lined up:

S——m-—E

During a full moon, they pull in exact opposite directions:

S————E-—m

So there is some theory that the directional conjuction of the pull of the sun and the moon combine particularly strong during the full and new moons.

But the statistical analysis doesn’t really support that theory. Only marginally.


56 posted on 04/21/2016 8:40:42 AM PDT by SpinnerWebb (Winter is coming)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

57 posted on 04/21/2016 8:41:12 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (#BlackOlivesMatter)
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To: jimpick
And why do you think Canada got rid of pennies. Do they know something we dont about aliens?


58 posted on 04/21/2016 8:43:09 AM PDT by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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To: LostInBayport
enough with the anal probes already - really - who does that any more?

what kind of aliens are you hanging with?

59 posted on 04/21/2016 8:43:37 AM PDT by Revelation 911
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To: PROCON

Git yer liquor now. There’s gonna be a run on it.


60 posted on 04/21/2016 8:43:41 AM PDT by showme_the_Glory ((ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government))
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