Hello Cathryn and marc,

You would have to establish one factor first, and then apply the other. In other words, you can find places where there is a slight advantage for syzygy quakes, and then you would have to run the dates of those quakes against the global list of 7+ quakes. Then you would have to determine if they are within the 102 to 106 zone. Whew. Just getting started. Then you have to propose a control group to cross check the results. And the results better stand straight up and slap some people in the professional earthquake community in the face, or they will blow you out of the water. (No swimming back, either) Best to test a hypothesis here first. Actually, these folks go easy on us. That's appreciated.

glen