Re: 1040
Posted by freesong on 1/14/2010, 3:27 pm
Hey Clue,
the sentence: The outermost layers of the atmosphere of the Earth (at more than 100 miles above the surface) expand a little bit when the Sun is more active.

Makes me wonder-- could that cause more pressure on the plates as they slip past each other and cause them to catch and quake.  I didn't use the right words perhaps, but is that the concept?

Having lived right on the New Madrid fault--in St. Louis for many years--heard lots of stuff.
And they sometimes pump massive amounts of water into the fault--supposedly to assist in the "slip"

I am postulating in my mind that atmospheric pressure changes could alter that.

Or is it just the magnetic effects that you are pointing to?

Wondering in NC,  freesong
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