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Originally posted by bjsmi2
They follow an ancient plate fault line.
Originally posted by Phage
There seem to be a lot more earthquakes off the 37th parallel than on it.
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by Violater1
I guess that depends on how loose you want to be with defining 37º.
Out of 59 listed earthquakes (3+) there are 3 which are within 2º of 37º and two of them were in California.
earthquake.usgs.gov...
edit on 9/4/2011 by Phage because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by DrZrD
reply to post by Phage
I also thought there was nothing too all this 37 degrees latitude "crazy talk" until I saw the histogram below for all northern hemisphere earthquakes above 5.0 this calendar year. The chart below shows the EQ latitude distribution divided into 2.5 degree latitude bins for all 1135 EQ's equal to or greater than 5.0 between 90 and 0 degrees latitude in calendar year 2011. Earthquake data was obtained in comma delimited format from the USGS Database. Subsequent data analysis was completed in Excel 2007.
Since January 1, 2011 until today, out of 1135 northern hemisphere earthquakes above 5.0 an astounding 746 occurred within plus or minus 2.5 degrees of 37.5 degrees latitude. A darn interesting result (and unexpected) that should be treated with caution until it is shown to be significant. It is entirely possible that other time periods may show similar favoritism for a particular latitude range. Prior years must be tested before the events of 2011 can be treated as significant.
Best regards,
Zedit on 9/4/2011 by DrZrD because: Added histogram bin size and database source link to postedit on 9/4/2011 by DrZrD because: grammar, grammar, grammar
Originally posted by IamJustanAmerican
reply to post by Violater1
The map you see is flat which of course the planet is not.
Instead of looking laterally look in a direction that follows the curve of the earth and natural elements that were created by the earths dynamics.
Mountain ranges,rivers,seaways etc. are all evidence of the natural earth dynamics.in motion.
I too look at the location of quakes but I see things different.
I watch the mountain ranges on the west coast particularly in Calif. and how the quakes migrate along them.
On the east coast I watch for quakes along the Allegheny,Pocono and the Appalachian mountain ranges.
The Rockies are also of interest and Utah and Nevada.
Look at the depth of the quakes and if it is in the crust of the earth or the mantle.
Earthquakes are the result of energy built up and then released in a certain place.
When ever you see or here of a quake in a certain point in the earth watch where the next one happens.
With this program you will understand that there is a pattern and they are not just random events happening around the globe.
Download this program it is free and install it.
This is a sample of the program I made and uploaded to YouTube.
Even the USGS event site that reports when a quake happens and then is deleted later on after review by a seismologist does not tell the whole truth.
Quakes caused by magma movement under the earth are not considered earthquakes.
Spend sometime studying rotational dynamics and torque dynamics and how it relates to a spinning globe which what this planet is.