More Stronger Earthquakes?

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It appears that even quake experts are beginning to see that there are more earthquakes and stronger ones more frequently.

http://www.prophecynewswatch.com/2012/April18/1891.html

[SIZE=2"] [/SIZE] A leading earthquake scientist has warned that the planet could be cracking up after a series of massive quakes in just 48 hours.

Expert Gheorghe Marmureanu - from Romania's National Institute of Earth Physics - says 39 quakes had hit the globe within two days.

The series started with two massive quakes in Indonesia measuring 8.6 and 8.2 on the Richter scale rapidly followed by three more only slightly smaller in Mexico within hours.

"There is no doubt that something is seriously wrong. There have been too many strong earthquakes," said Marmureanu.

He added: "The quakes are a surprise that cannot be easily explained by current scientific knowledge. With the Indonesian quake for example, statistically, there should be one big earthquake in this part of Asia every 500 years.

However, since 2004, there were already three quakes with a magnitude of over 8, which is not normal.

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It appears that even quake experts are beginning to see that there are more earthquakes and stronger ones more frequently.

http://www.prophecynewswatch.com/2012/April18/1891.html

NOTE: I replied to this in your dream thread, but I'll put it here too. I have been tracking EQs in detail since 2008. I don't see any increases of concern. Yet.


Methinks Mr. Marmureanu is more interested in seeing his name in the paper than in the truth.

There is, on average, 1 Magnitude 8+ earthquake every year. There have been 21 since 1992, most in the Pacific basin. 2007 had 4 of them, the most I've seen in any one year. To say it is not normal to have 3 since 2004 is simply not factual. Actually 12 Mag 8+ EQs have happened since 2004, up thru March this year anyway, so I don't know where he gets this number of 3.

Since 1992, there have been 2 EQs mag 9+. This is the EQ that resulted in the great Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, and the Japan quake last year. This isn't enough to claim any sort of trend.

The only interesting change I've seen is that since the 2004 tsunami, there has been a slightly elevated number of EQs in the mag 5 to 6 range. Before 2004 there were on average 100-150 EQs every month, of mag 5 to 6. After 2004, it has been 150-200. But this is not increasing. And this elevated trend does not show in the stronger EQs.

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NOTE: I replied to this in your dream thread, but I'll put it here too. I have been tracking EQs in detail since 2008. I don't see any increases of concern. Yet.


Methinks Mr. Marmureanu is more interested in seeing his name in the paper than in the truth.

There is, on average, 1 Magnitude 8+ earthquake every year. There have been 21 since 1992, most in the Pacific basin. 2007 had 4 of them, the most I've seen in any one year. To say it is not normal to have 3 since 2004 is simply not factual. Actually 12 Mag 8+ EQs have happened since 2004, up thru March this year anyway, so I don't know where he gets this number of 3.

Since 1992, there have been 2 EQs mag 9+. This is the EQ that resulted in the great Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, and the Japan quake last year. This isn't enough to claim any sort of trend.

The only interesting change I've seen is that since the 2004 tsunami, there has been a slightly elevated number of EQs in the mag 5 to 6 range. Before 2004 there were on average 100-150 EQs every month, of mag 5 to 6. After 2004, it has been 150-200. But this is not increasing. And this elevated trend does not show in the stronger EQs.

I agree with you. The USGS in 2009 stopped reporting on most earthquakes under 4.5 outside the US Territories, so the the total numbers are a little skewered since then. So far this year we are running a little lower in most catagories, with the exception of 8.0 and above earthquakes (2), but then we may not have any more 8.0 and above earthquakes for the rest of the year.