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The Sun Doesn’t Cause Earthquakes

Thursday, April 11, 2013 22:48
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SDO/AIA image of the Sun from April 12

SDO/AIA image of the Sun from April 12

If that title seems like an obvious statement to you, it’s ok… it seems pretty obvious to me too. But there are those who have been suggesting — for quite some time, actually — that earthquakes can be triggered or strengthened by solar activity; that, in fact, exceptionally powerful solar flares, coronal mass ejections, and other outpourings from our home star can cause the planet’s crust to shift, shake, and shudder.

Except that that’s simply not true — at least, not according to a recent study by researchers from the USGS.

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  • Watch suspicious observers he’s predicted many earthquake watches based on solar flare acticity the sun, planetary alignments, these are variable’s in earthquakes.

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