Quake trigger being a possible solar flare, tsunami times released
(TheWeatherSpace.com) -- Japan was hit by a magnitude 8.9 quake on Friday afternoon and it happened when a shockwave from an X-Class flare hit the planet during a 24 hour window.
Scientists do not understand yet what causes earthquakes, however there have been connections to heightened solar activity being one of the many possible triggers.
Meteorologist Kevin Martin studied geomagnetic field patterns in space weather since the early 2000s. TWS Editor Warren Miller woke him up to get his word on the quake triggers.
"I may just be a weather guy, but solar weather has had my interest for years when I noticed the connection", Martin said. "Many past quakes have been connected with solar flare events, including other events such as Gamma Ray Bursts, or GRBs. I am pretty certain these have connections to triggering earthquakes, however I do not yet understand it. Japan's activity may not have happened if it was not for the solar flare activity. Others in weather laughed at me for years for what I worked on in quake triggers, however this just may help put that to rest". [...]
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2 comments:
Interesting bit of coincidence there, Chas. I was aware that a massive solar flare impact was expected during this time frame (which is one reason why they wanted to get Discovery the heck back down quickly). These events do play hell with the electronics, but I'm not ready to buy into an effect on crustal slippage.
I know it's not scientific, not in any firm way that can be proved. But is sure is coincidental.
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