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    This is not a warning of imminent danger, but rather a 'tap on the shoulder' to be aware of the coming full moon eclipse on August 28th and what history tells us might occur. There appears to be a noticeable cycle of escalation in earthquake and volcanic activity within two weeks prior and/or two weeks after a full lunar eclipse. If this holds true, you might want to mark your calendars from August 14th to September 12th. These dates indicate two weeks prior to the August 28th full lunar eclipse, and two week after the event.



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    Here are the dates of a 'full lunar eclipse' from 2001 to 2010

    2001 Jan 09
    2003 May 16
    2003 Nov 09
    2004 May 04
    2004 Oct 28
    2007 Mar 03
    2007 Aug 28

    And here is what happened: The following events occurred within two weeks prior and/or two weeks after the last six full lunar eclipse.

    January 2001 – (India) A magnitude 7.6 earthquake shook the Indian Province of Gujarat. It was one of the two most deadly earthquakes to strike India in its recorded history. The death toll was 19,727, number of injured at 166,000, over 600,000 people were left homeless, with 348,000 houses destroyed and an additional 844,000 damaged.

    May 2003 – (Turkey) At least 176 people have died and 521 people were injured after a magnitude 6.4 earthquake that shook the eastern Turkey’s Bingöl province. Several public buildings collapsed in the centre of Bingöl city and its vicinity. The last official report concerning the consequences of the earthquake in the city indicates about 570 buildings were collapsed and about 6000 others were damaged.

    May 2003 – (Algiers) A strong earthquake measuring 6.8 magnitude struck the coastal region east of Algiers and the Tell Atlas mountains of Algeria. 2,251 people died, another 1,200 missing, 10,243 were injured and 200,000 made homeless.

    May 2003 - (Japan) A 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit northern Japan, however, there were no casualties and very few people were injured due to the depth (about 44 miles underground) of the epicenter of the earthquake.

    October 2003 – (China) A magnitude 6.1 earthquake kills nine, and more than 43 people were injured after two earthquakes jolted northwest China's Gansu Province. Over 10,000 homes have been destroyed, leaving their occupants exposed to temperatures that can fall below freezing, according to Gansu provincial seismological bureau.

    April 2004 – (United States) Yellowstone Super Volcano experienced over 400 quakes within three days. This type of increase in earthquake activity is called a "swarm". Parts of the caldera were closed to the public with areas of surface temperatures reaching over 200 degrees Fahrenheit. Some reports were telling of the sole of on-lookers shoes were melting just prior to the area's closing.

    October 2004 – (Japan) A series of powerful earthquakes the strongest with a magnitude of 6.7 jolted northern Japan, killing at least 30 people and injuring more than 2000 people largely as the result of building collapse. The strongest earthquakes occurred during a period of several hours with the main epicenter located near Yamakoshi village, Niigata Prefecture. Thousands of landslides were triggered by the earthquakes and aftershocks with much associated damage to roads, agricultural fields, and residential.

    March 2004 – (United States) An ongoing swarm of small earthquakes began in the Three Sisters volcanic center in the central Oregon Cascade Range. The earthquakes are occurred in the northeast part of an area centered 5 kilometers (3 miles) west of South Sister volcano in which the ground has been uplifted by as much as 25 cm (about 10 inches) since late 1997.

    February 2004 – (Morocco) A 6.4 magnitude earthquake in northern Morocco near the coastal city of al Hoceima killed 628 people and left 15,000 homeless.

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    NO00OO0!!! This sent my panic meter way up there...I'm so afraid of earthquakes!!!

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    Tasty you remind me of one of those people that would be on the corner with a sandwich board that says "the end is near."

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    ^ along with a sign that's held up.

    So who is tasty?

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    Default Re: Full Moon, Total Eclipse, and Earthquakes

    Considering how common total lunar eclipses are (this is the second one this year), its not all that difficult to find natural disasters within two weeks of them occurring, particularly if you scan the whole world and consider an escalation of seismic activity at Yellowstone a disaster. Why were there so many hurricanes in 2005 when we exhausted the entire North Atlantic hurricane name alphabet, despite the fact that there were no total lunar eclipses, just a partial one in October. I guess the Mayans missed that one.

    List of lunar eclipses

    List of significant earthquakes

    List of significant tropical cyclones

    There's no correlation here folks, just the OP trying to spin things to make it look like there is.
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    ^^Yeah, the OP has a LOT of doom and gloom posts these past few days. What's the deal?

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    I was in Van Nuys when the Northridge quake hit back in '94. I seriously thought I was going to die I was so certain it was "the big one."
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    ^I was in West L.A., just visiting. Right around the corner from where the 10 Fwy collapsed. It was super-scary.
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    there is a legitimate scientific reason to think that there is some actual correlation between the occurrences of lunar eclipses and natural disasters. During a lunar eclipse opposite sides of the earth are being pulled in opposite directions along the same axis by the pull of gravity from both the sun and the moon. This tends to cause a football shaped distortion of the earth's roundness that doesn't happen to the same degree with the sun vs moon in any other position.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Melonie View Post
    there is a legitimate scientific reason to think that there is some actual correlation between the occurrences of lunar eclipses and natural disasters. During a lunar eclipse opposite sides of the earth are being pulled in opposite directions along the same axis by the pull of gravity from both the sun and the moon. This tends to cause a football shaped distortion of the earth's roundness that doesn't happen to the same degree with the sun vs moon in any other position.
    Yea, I didn't comment on the OPs post because it's not completely outrageous for the reason you explained. I don't know myself if the data actually backs it up, but since it's plausible I don't see any harm in it either. The downside is there is not much most of us can do about it. People who live in areas that have higher probabilities of earthquakes are (or should be) already prepared. The rest of us... doubtful we will do much of anything until/if such a thing actually happens and scares us into preparing for the 'next' time (kind of like the current fear some people have a bridges for now, which will die down in time).

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