Hello Ara,

First of all, I have to follow Canies' rules regarding the forum, no matter. My intention from here on is to do just that.

Regarding eartones, why is it that an eartone for one subduction region be the same as another? The Benioff regions are different, and the processes are clearly defferent. Point being, that if somebody is getting eartones for earthquakes, they would have eartones all the time, unless they are picking an ephemeral global stress condition. I see quakes all over those maps. Why pick everything from the Kurils to Yakataga to make a prediction instead of China to the Kermandec? It's all hitting. Why the difference? Is it predictive, or is it observation of background noise?

thanx,
glen