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The deep earth isn't all that well studied, so while we know a fair amount about plate tectonics, there could be hidden factors influencing that action in ways
by smolder 2mo ago
The deep earth isn't all that well studied, so while we know a fair amount about plate tectonics, there could be hidden factors influencing that action in ways we can't anticipate from recorded history. Who's to say there aren't 1000 or 10k year cycles of earthquakes? Something novel could happen too, but our records don't let us set probabilities for 10k year natural disasters the way we can with 100 year tropical storms, floods, or earthquakes.
- defrost 2mo ago> Who's to say there aren't 1000 or 10k year cycles of earthquakes? The Stratigraphy department of the International Union of Geological Sciences would be the obvious first port of call. Follow that up with an off book chat with digital archivists for commercial oil and gas exploration geologists.
- smolder 2mo agoDoes the stratigraphy department of the international union of geological sciences have such thorough knowledge that they can make predictions about this stuff on geologic timescales? Getting any kind of truth from commercial oil companies is expensive. To them, knowledge is a weapon, and they lie whenever it is advantageous to lie.
- Melatonic 2mo agoOr influence by the moon just as it pulls on oceans. Lot of liquid magma down there. Or maybe some once in a rare incident involving coronal mass ejections somehow affecting the core of the planet. Could even be a delayed effect.
- fragmede 2mo agoOne of the More out there theories is that some earthquakes are caused by high energy cosmic particles going through the Earth.