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Panich52

(5,829 posts) Mon Jan 26, 2015, 03:47 PM Jan 2015

Tides suggest where big earthquakes may strike

At high tide, more water piles on top of geological faults, adding to the stress already there. If the fault is close to slipping, tides can trigger small tremors -- or, perhaps, larger quakes.

http://www.adn.com/article/20150124/tides-suggest-where-big-earthquakes-may-strike

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Tides suggest where big earthquakes may strike (Original Post) Panich52 Jan 2015 OP

Uh-oh. Bill O'Reilly's going to have a tough time with that one. tanyev Jan 2015 #1

Nah. He'll just blame high tides on supermoons. Panich52 Jan 2015 #2

I remember years ago on another forum I put forth the theory that the oceans could cause cstanleytech Jan 2015 #3

Science eventually judges hypotheses & theories Panich52 Jan 2015 #4

Could be either one. The topic was global warming and we were discussing the impact and I mentioned cstanleytech Jan 2015 #5

Few yrs ago I might have debated the idea, but wouldn't have scoffed Panich52 Jan 2015 #6

tanyev

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1. Uh-oh. Bill O'Reilly's going to have a tough time with that one.

Reply to Panich52 (Original post)

Mon Jan 26, 2015, 06:21 PM

Jan 2015

Panich52

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2. Nah. He'll just blame high tides on supermoons.

Reply to tanyev (Reply #1)

Mon Jan 26, 2015, 11:49 PM

Jan 2015

cstanleytech

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3. I remember years ago on another forum I put forth the theory that the oceans could cause

Reply to Panich52 (Original post)

Tue Jan 27, 2015, 03:04 AM

Jan 2015

earthquakes due to the weight of the water on fault lines and I was promptly jumped on for even mentioning it with people telling me that I was wrong.
Kinda nice thinking of those people now maybe having to eat crow.

Panich52

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4. Science eventually judges hypotheses & theories

Reply to cstanleytech (Reply #3)

Tue Jan 27, 2015, 08:17 PM

Jan 2015

Was it a theoryvor just hypothesis? Either way, congrats on the insight. Or wild guess.

cstanleytech

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5. Could be either one. The topic was global warming and we were discussing the impact and I mentioned

Reply to Panich52 (Reply #4)

Wed Jan 28, 2015, 12:16 AM

Jan 2015

that one of the potential impacts that no one seemed to be considering was the impact that rising sea levels could have on the varies fault lines because as we have seen the earth does react when glaciers melt by uplifting so it stands to reason that if the ocean levels rise that the additional weight on the varies fault lines could have an impact as well and trigger some earthquakes.

Panich52

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6. Few yrs ago I might have debated the idea, but wouldn't have scoffed

Reply to cstanleytech (Reply #5)

Wed Jan 28, 2015, 04:28 PM

Jan 2015

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