Jim Berkland's been saying that for years on Art Bell. He "predicted" the World Series quake on his Moon/tides model.
He factors in the "increase in missing pets ads in the paper" too.
Check out his website at http://www.syzygyjob.com/
His model's not perfect, either. He admitted it would have missed the 1906 San Francisco quake.
I don't know about the heavy rains. Exactly how long does it take to "lubricate" the faults?
I remember a proposal twenty or thirty years ago to pump water in to faults to get to slip a lot, rather than
letting go all at once.
Yup. Berkland somewhat vindicated.
I remember watching a lunar eclipse in the late 60's sometime. Later that morning in the predawn timeframe, there was quite a large temblor in the Los Angeles basin area somewhere.
I have always believed there is a possible connection.
JMO...Quack Quack.
I saw a documentary on this a couple of years ago. A scientist in SE Asia, IIRC, has been saying this for some time, and nobody listened to him. He came close to predicting the tsunami.