Indonesia and Grapevine, CA area earthquakes compared – The future of seismology?
Posted by EQF on November 10, 2002 at 06:28:38:

INDONESIA AND GRAPEVINE, CALIFORNIA AREA EARTHQUAKES COMPARED
A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE FOR THE SCIENCE OF SEISMOLOGY?

I believe that in one of his recent postings to this board Dr. Whiteside suggested that there might be some type of link between the following earthquakes:

2002/11/08 23:19:06 34.92N 119.02W 12.4 3.5 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
2002/10/10 10:50:20 1.71S 134.16E 10.0 7.1 A IRIAN JAYA REGION, INDONESIA
(NEIS data)

http://www.earthwaves.org/wwwboard/messages/17293.html

As I myself stated in several recent notes, I am now trying to organize the following Web page so that different types of data related to specific earthquakes can be stored in a single location, making them easier to access and study by people around the world.

Seismic Activity and Storm Data
http://www.freewebz.com/eq-forecasting/131.html

I also pointed out that I believe that I can add two additional and powerful research tools to this effort. They are a large number of especially high quality earthquake precursor data, and a procedure for linking some earthquakes and precursors with data related to the positions of the sun and the moon and the locations of ocean and Solid Earth Tides.

Those types of data and some RingMap data for those Indonesia and Grapevine, CA area earthquakes have now been stored at that 131.html Web page. I believe that my own sun and moon data etc. indicate that a link between the earthquakes might exist. But it appears to be with a powerful aftershock which occurred about 25 minutes after the original Indonesia earthquake rather than that earthquake itself.

The RingMap data shown there also appear to me to be pointing to a possible link. But with that map resolution it is not easy to tell. Any opinions regarding the Ringmap data?

COMMENTS:

*** In past notes I also discussed the development of a special computer program which would generate data regarding how earthquake fault zones are being bent, stretched, and compressed at any point in time. My theories propose that those types of data would produce better numbers for comparing earthquakes and precursors than the sun, moon and ocean and Solid Earth Tide data you can presently see at that 131.html Web page. However, I believe that the data presently stored there do demonstrate that this comparison procedure works and that it has considerable potential.

*** In another recent note I stated that I am trying to find good sources of solar and geomagnetic storm data so that they can be stored at that 131.html Web page and compared with the other data.

*** I personally believe that this type of effort represents a look into the future for the science of seismology. And EarthWaves bulletin board visitors are seeing some of this groundbreaking research being discussed here first!

These are personal opinions.