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Originally posted by oxbow
The Japan earthquake occurred on 11 March. The supermoon was on 19 March. There is no correlation between supermoons and large earthquakes.
A "supermoon" is the coincidence of a full moon (or a new moon) with the closest approach the Moon makes to the Earth on its elliptical orbit, or perigee, leading to the technical name for a supermoon of the perigee-syzygy of the Earth-Moon-Sun system. The association of the Moon with both oceanic and crustal tides has led to claims that the supermoon phenomenon may be associated with increased risk of events such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. However, the evidence of such a link is widely held to be unconvincing.[1]
Originally posted by Dalke07
Originally posted by oxbow
The Japan earthquake occurred on 11 March. The supermoon was on 19 March. There is no correlation between supermoons and large earthquakes.
You need to read first ..
30 days around Perigee is stronger pressure of tectonic plate and that many knows you can find info
One more read for you ..
en.wikipedia.org...
...which arises from the periodic alignment of the Sun and Moon, has often been claimed in the popular press to incubate earthquakes (sometimes termed the "syzygy" effect) and occasionally for small datasets in the scientific literature (e.g., Glaser (2003)), but generally such effects do not appear in careful studies of large datasets.
"When the sun, moon, and the earth are lined up, the sun and moon are exerting their strongest force together and tidal ranges are at their maximum .. "