sâmbătă, 26 decembrie 2009

Sun and Moon Trigger Deep Tremors on San Andreas Fault

















ScienceDaily (Dec. 25, 2009)
— The faint tug of the sun and moon on the San Andreas Fault stimulates tremors deep underground, suggesting that the rock 15 miles below is lubricated with highly pressurized water that allows the rock to slip with little effort, according to a new study by University of California, Berkeley, seismologists. Full story:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091223133347.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29&utm_content=

* Indonesia will face a far more devastating earthquake, seismologists warn:
http://cristiannegureanu.blogspot.com/2009/10/indonesia-will-face-far-more.html
* Will Alaska and California be next in the chain of Massive Quakes around the Ring of Fire?... Strong earthquakes may weaken distant fault lines (Reuters, Sep 30,2009)... Major quakes and Planet X:
http://cristiannegureanu.blogspot.com/2009/10/major-quakes-and-planet-x-will-alaska.html