Sun, moon causing tremors deep in fault

[The Straight Story]

Sun, moon causing tremors deep in fault


BERKELEY, Calif., Dec. 24 (UPI) -- The tug of the sun and the moon are causing tremors nearly 15 miles below the surface of the San Andreas fault, scientists in California said.

The tremors are occurring in fluid-lubricated ground that has the consistency of peanut butter, scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, said in a release Wednesday.

Tides raised in the Earth by the faint tug of the sun and moon are not known to trigger earthquakes directly. The tides, however, can trigger swarms of deep tremors that could increase the likelihood of quakes on the fault above the tremor zone, said university seismologist Robert Nadeau.

"The deep San Andreas Fault is moving faster when tremors are more active, presumably stressing the seismogenic zone, loading the fault a little bit faster," Nadeau said. "And that may have a relationship to stimulating earthquake activity."

http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/12/24/Sun-moon-causing-tremors-deep-in-fault/UPI-44271261686158/

[Oregone]

1. Sweet

We also have a black president. Perfect conditions for a real life natural disaster movie



Why is it that the white guy never has to tell the world it is ending?

[xchrom]

3. What an intersting post. Nt

[Oregone]

4. Don't worry, Im here all night

[xchrom]

6. Well that's ... Dull . Nt

[Fly by night]

11. That numb-nuts has been here for 11 months and has over 9,600 posts.

An average of almost 300 posts a day on DU, day in and day out. Unfortunately, he posted gibberish on one of my threads last night also -- the first time I've been so "blessed".

Also the last time. If the comments here and on my thread are indicative, I think I'll give him an "ignore" for Christmas. That's the least I can give myself to celebrate the holiday.

Trolls on speed -- now that's a big "ho-ho-ho".

[tkmorris]

12. Actually he/she averages just under 14 posts per day

Reading really IS fundamental, but then so is math.

[Fly by night]

14. However many posts, ignored is still not worth my time.

But thanks for your correction.

Lord, it's hard to be humble ...

[Fly by night]

18. on further reflection, thank you sincerely for catching my 4:00 am pretty simple math mistakes...

... and misread profile.

After all, I am trained as a "numbers" guy and sorta made an arse of myself in the early morning process. Merry Christmas.

If I'm going to be perterbed at "ignore", I should have been more forthright and commented on his immediate effort to sidetrack this particular OP, as he had done earlier to an OP that I thought might garner at least a little interest on GD, as it dealt with NORML's ranking of the ten most important cannabis-related stories of 2009. No, "ignore" killed it off fast (as did at least a few unrecs.)

He may not be the obsessive poster that my early morning, bonehead math misstated, but -- for my first two contacts with ignore -- I see quick (and effective) efforts to shut down discussion with someone who spews banal, distracting and (really) insulting comments.

Even this short time with "ignore" was more than enough for me. I do agree with the other poster here -- "ignore" is dull and (likely) ignorant also.

Thank the Goddess and DU for the ability to remove speed-bumps from our virtual world here with the "ignore" function. It is amazing how nice a feature it is, though -- for a variety of reasons -- my rogue's (or rouge) gallery has grown fast lately.

[MUAD_DIB]

5. ID4. Bad Move, White President.

[Oregone]

7. Thank you.

Ill take a note of that

[Renew Deal]

16. lol

:rofl:

[lunatica]

21. The movie The Day After Tomorrow had a white Prez and VP who looked like Cheney

They were portrayed as slow on the uptake and the President gets killed by the weather, Mexico gets all its debts to the US canceled and Americans end up in a tent city in Mexico with VP Cheney as their President. Not a promising ending.

[Odin2005]

22. Yeah, Why is it always MORGAN FREEMAN!?!

:rofl:

[Regret My New Name]

2. That's what we get for bombing the moon and shooting radiation toward the sun....

[Motown_Johnny]

8. Is this news because the effect is new or because it is a new discovery?

I'm confused (as usual)

[Celebration]

13. some people have been saying this type thing for years

But traditionally, scientists have shied away from saying that the sun and the moon cause ANYTHING on earth other than tides, heat, and light.

(Hint: note the wording of the statement)

[eppur_se_muova]

9. Let's give Cheney the "football" and let him nuke the Sun.

Now THAT would be arms limitation for you!

[THUNDER HANDS]

10. chunky or creamy peanut butter?

I really want to know for some reason.

[Javaman]

15. Peanut butter on a hot day? or cold day? biiiiig difference. nt

[DavidDvorkin]

17. Astrology is true!

OMG! Scientists are only now starting to understand what the ancients knew so long ago! OMFG!

[Kansas Wyatt]

19. So the Earth is going to be cracked open like an egg on 12/21/2012?

:shrug:

No wonder Obama doesn't care if he's re-elected.

[DavidDvorkin]

20. No! Because

The Indigo Children will save us!

My homeopathic healer spiritual counselor told me so.

[Odin2005]

23. Not suprising. the tides effect the solid earth as well, not just the ocreans.