6.9 MAGNITUDE HITS CHINA DURING THE NEW MOON

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april-14-2010-new-moonOn April 14 a powerful earthquake hit China in the region of Tibet.  It collapsed buildings, killing hundreds and injuring thousands.  It was reported 85 percent of the houses in Jiegu were destroyed. I watched the news of this terrible earthquake and I wondered what is going on.  It seems like the earth is shaking in a destructive frenzy.  After an earthquake, I check the skies.  The Haiti earthquake happened shortly before a solar eclipse.  The Chile earthquake occurred during a full moon.  And this earthquake in China happened during the new moon.

The initial quake, measured at magnitude-6.9 by the U.S. Geological Survey and 7.1 by the China Earthquake Networks Center, hit Yushu at 7:49 a.m. (7:49 p.m. EDT, 2349 GMT). It was followed by five more tremors within three hours, all but one registering 5.0 or higher.

Moon Phases, April 2010
Last Quarter – April 6, 09:37
New Moon – April 14, 12:29
First Quarter – April 21, 18:20
Full Moon – April 28, 12:18

When the moon is full or new, the moon is lined up with the earth and the sun.  Is it just coincidence that major earthquakes are striking at this time?  Beware the moon if you live in an area that is sensitive to earthquakes.  Watch the skies.

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NEW MOON UPDATE:   VOLCANO ERUPTS APRIL 14!

Iceland evacuates hundreds as volcano erupts again    REYKJAVIK, Iceland – A volcano under a glacier in Iceland erupted Wednesday for the second time in less than a month, melting ice, spewing smoke and steam, closing a major road and forcing hundreds of people to flee rising floodwaters.

CHILE EARTHQUAKE CAUSED BY FULL MOON AT PERIGEE?

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The 8.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Chile was one the most powerful in recorded history.  The Chile earthquake hit on Saturday February 27 at 06:34 GMT.  A curious coincidence was the earthquake occurred just before the full moon’s perigee.  Perigee is when the moon is at its closest point to earth.  The moon’s distance to the earth varies during its orbit and sometimes is at its closest (perigee), sometimes  at its furthest (apogee).  Perigee was 15 hours after the earthquake, on February 27 at 21:41 GMT.  At the same time the moon was waxing 99% full.

Adding to the strangeness was a magnitude 6.9 earthquake that hit Japan a day earlier at 20:31 GMT Friday.

full-moon-feb-27The moon affects our tides.  The tides are strongest when the moon is full, lined up straight with the earth and sun. The result is something called a spring tide, which is when the tides are highest. When the moon is at perigee its gravitational strength is also nearly 50% greater. 

Did the moon’s gravity trigger the Chile earthquake?  It seems like an awfully strange coincidence.  There have been theories that when the planets line up in our solar system, it will create disastrous earthquakes and earth changes.   This has never happened since the planets are too far away for their gravity to have an influence on the earth.  The sun and moon are a different story, as their influence on our tides show.  When the conditions are just right, perhaps the stress of tidal forces on our crust can trigger the earth to shake.

Update:  Thursday March 4th a 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan, described as “This is the biggest quake to hit this region in more than a century,” according to the director of the Central Weather Bureau’s Seismology Center.