http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/pacalc.html for lunar data

http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/SEmap/ASENorAm2001.gif :

Annular Solar Eclipse May 20, 2012 - path from North CA to TX panhandle
Apogee May 19 16:14 406450 km -- N-1d 7h
New Moon 2012 May 20 23:48

Annular Solar Eclipse Oct 14, 2023 - path from Oregon through Corpus Christi, TX
Apogee Oct 10 3:43 405425 km N-4d14h
New Moon 2023 Oct 14 17:55

Annular Solar Eclipse Feb 05, 2046 - path from North CA to Idaho
Apogee Feb 8 5:12 406330 km - N+2d 6h
New Moon 2046 Feb 5 23:12

Annular Solar Eclipse Jun 11, 2048 - path from Michigan/Minnesota to Kansas
Apogee Jun 10 20:21 406479 km -- N- 16h
New Moon 2048 Jun 11 12:51

http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/SEmap/TSENorAm2001.gif :

Total Solar Eclipse Aug 21 2017 - path from Oregon through S.C.
Perigee Aug 18 12:39 366127 km N-3d 5h
New Moon 2017 Aug 21 18:32

Total Solar Eclipse Apr 8 2024 - path from mexico/central TX through Maine
Perigee Apr 7 18:51 358848 km N- 23h
New Moon 2024 Apr 8 18:23

Total Solar Eclipse Aug 12 2045 - path from North CA through Florida
Perigee Aug 12 17:03 357291 km N- 0h
New Moon 2045 Aug 12 17:41

Since an eclipse will always be at the time of the new moon, could the new moon itself be causing the increased seismology? Not the eclipse, per se, but the new moon that is part of it? At the time of an eclipse, is the alignment of earth-moon-sun any more perfect than other times? Forgive my lack of knowledge in this arena.

Also, please note that on August 12, 2045, there will be a huge Total Solar Eclipse with a path from Northern California through Florida - covering a large portion of the USA. This eclipse will occur almost perfectly at the time when the moon is the closest to earth - perigee. It is also a very close perigee, 357,291km - closer than most. Thus we have a more-perfect alignment of earth-moon-sun over the US at the time when the moon's gravity would affect us most.

August is also the sun-moon perigee - summer.

Sun is close. Moon is close. At this time there will be a greater lunar tide than normal. I don't know how often this sort of thing happens, but shouldn't we look at this more closely?

Lowell, can you check into this? See if it has happened before - the lunar perigee/new moon/total eclipse over the US - and if it happened before, were there major seismic events?