Are Earthquakes Increasing ????

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another quake today, i know this has probably been asked before but i did a search and found no topic thread asking this question...ARE EARTHQUAKES INCREASING!! the usgs says no but i heard on other web forums that the usgs has been spreading disinformation on this for a long time to keep the public fear down, perhaps the time has come to take a fresh look at the whole issue and ask some questions about this

what about volcanic activity?? there seems to be more going on than were told on a regular basis ......





if were not being told about major fears that scientist's have concerning these possible events, why??

would public panic topple the stockmartket?? does it matter in the grand scheme of things?? would looting and rioting become the issue of the day?? maybe these thing are a good reason for keeping the public dumb, but is it the right thing to do??

i personally feel that earthquakes are increasing in frequency and intesity and it seems in line with what the bible predicts will happen in the last days
but that is just my opinion.........what's yours??

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As a geologist, I can tell you that the frequency of earthquakes is not increasing. Our monitoring methods are better then ever, so we pick up a lot more seismic activity then say back in the 1950's.

The USGS has not been spreading disinformation, it spends half of its time trying to stop americans getting in a flap about things they've read written by some crackpot on the internet who has no geological background.

It is true that a large body of magma is accumulating under yellostone, and yes in the past mega eruptions have taken place. However saying that yellowstone could explode at any moment is in the same vain as saying that a meteorite could hit the earth, it is likely to happen at some point, but the problem is not knowing when.

You also have to understand that the USGS is just a small body of scientists working on yellowstone and mega eruptions. The rest of the body published their findings in peer reviewed scientific journals. If they have something important to say with evidence to back it up thens its published, no big conspiracy exists between scientists.

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I don't think earthquakes in general are increasing, however I do think the number of higher magnitude quakes have increased. Check the Quake Watch Threads for data from Valhall, you can see for yourself the number of quakes and compare it to previous years and months.

As for volcanoes, I do believe we are seeing more activity than we have in the past decade or so.

are you with the USGS rock hunter ?? nice to have someone in the know, to dispell the rumers that seem to run amuck on the internet

Who says people are not being told about the Yellowstone caldera?

Let's see...

Time and Newsweek magazines have ran feature stories on the phenomena. Cable TV seems to run a documentary on it about once a month. Many major newspapers have published articles on it. It has been discussed on the current events talk show circuit. Research reports have been publicly disseminated.

How much more do you need??? Do you want President Bush to jump up and down on a podium on national TV yelling about it??? If you were not aware of it, blame your own ignorance and burying your head in the sand. Don't blame any whacked out conspiracy theory on USGS disinformation.

I've lived in So California all my life,and seems that earthquakes have decreased here,been at least a few months,my poor house is in need of a foundation massage

Rock hunter has hit it spot on.

There arent more quakes than normal. it is simply a matter of global awareness and better detection systems and networks. Until about 100 years ago, we had no really solid and accurate methods of detecting, measuring, and quantifyinf earthquakes. Plus, communications were not what they were today. For example, say, in 1850, if lets say, Australia had hundreds of earthquakes, very few people would know about it because of time, distance, and population.

Now that there are more people inhabiting previously uninhabited areas, there are more people around to experience and record earthquakes.

Our planet seems like it's getting ready to "pop".

Out local weekly newspaper publishes the earthquake reports for the area every week. It is filled w/ many level 2 & 3 earthquakes that are not felt by people, but the instruments pick them up. They are reported as quakes to the media.

There is just as many of these small quakes now as there ever was, just that no one felt them occur, so never were reported.

i heard a rumer last year according to this stan deyo guy when the USGS changed heads it was because the former head did not want to lie to the public about the increasing earthquakes and building pressure on the north american tectonic plate has anyone else heard of this or have any reliable info to back this story up???

the_sentinal - Thanks! No i'm not with the USGS but am based in an academic institution in the UK. My research deals with magma emplacement beneath volcanoes and structural geology.

yea Earthquakes are increasing... along with Tornado's, Hurricanes, Tsunami's, Floods, Mudslides... hmmm i wonder why? could possibly be the comet (planet x) thats coming closer to Earth... i dunno... all we can do is wait and see

according to this page the trend is an evident increase in the amount of earthquakes

neic.usgs.gov...

I would have to agree, the graph below tells me they are on the up and up magnitude wise since the 90's anyway. Which leads me to wonder if these graphs are as honest as gore's hockey stick, would they really post the truth?

there has definitely been mention of yellowstone's potential in the media lately, however only it's potential and not it's activity as it's def been growling more then ever as of late.


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Everything seems to be different lately, as for planet X I still wont believe that until I see it in the sky. But there has been alot of activity off the west coast lately and more then usual. So something is happening but what???

Hilda