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nilram

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12. Delong Chi is on the outer, outer fringe of science, if he's there at all.

Thu Jun 25, 2026, 12:58 PM

15 hrs ago

My grandmother would say he's been eating too much fruitcake. There's no evidence that interplanetary magnetic fields have an affect on earthquakes. Scanning his twitter feed, he also believes the 1969 moon landing was a movie, and that there's lava flow on the moon. I wouldn't look to him for explanations about yesterday's quakes.

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JUST IN🚨: Six powerful earthquakes happened in less than 24 hours [View all] riversedge 15 hrs ago OP

The Ring of Fire. The Pacific Rim. Get ready for a period of 'adjustment'. marble falls 15 hrs ago #1

As predicted by Johnny Cash.. thomski64 15 hrs ago #14

Except the two Sout American quakes were nowhere near the ring of fire. Nt Fiendish Thingy 14 hrs ago #16

Oh noes! About 300 miles away a 10,000+ mile ring. Difference without distinction. marble falls 14 hrs ago #20

See post #28 Nt Fiendish Thingy 13 hrs ago #38

They appear to be near the caribbean plate boundary -- so different tectonic source than the others -- terms matter JT45242 14 hrs ago #28

We need seismic activity all right /nt bucolic_frolic 15 hrs ago #2

The world is in unrest. cachukis 15 hrs ago #3

Earth in Upheaval Give Peace A Chance 12 hrs ago #44

Apparently we're in the middle of a Magnetic Pole shift. haele 12 hrs ago #48

Waiting for Earth to swallow him ZDU 15 hrs ago #4

Something's up! What has Trump done now? surfered 15 hrs ago #5

Well, Cheney's dead Sympthsical 15 hrs ago #6

Were you here like twenty years ago? fujiyamasan 15 hrs ago #8

I am versed in the lore Sympthsical 15 hrs ago #11

I must've missed that one. hamsterjill 14 hrs ago #24

It's amazing Sympthsical 13 hrs ago #33

Wow, that was something! ShazzieB 13 hrs ago #39

There's also a legendary incident about bombing the moon Sympthsical 12 hrs ago #46

That was a classic fujiyamasan 10 hrs ago #54

Oh good lord!!! hamsterjill 12 hrs ago #45

When i lived in Seattle, I had noticed that if a quake of more than five tended mwmisses4289 15 hrs ago #7

USGS - latest earthquakes surfered 15 hrs ago #9

The big brained ape has spoken and the Universe no likey very much ;) n/t Cheezoholic 15 hrs ago #10

Delong Chi is on the outer, outer fringe of science, if he's there at all. nilram 15 hrs ago #12

I would ... marble falls 14 hrs ago #23

...and he believes black holes, neutron stars, and white dwarfs don't exist. LudwigPastorius 14 hrs ago #29

Do you ever get the feeling Jilly_in_VA 15 hrs ago #13

Yes. hamsterjill 12 hrs ago #47

Yes - Mother Earth is angry, with good reason. yellow dahlia 7 hrs ago #55

Im not being disrespectful. Just that a 7.5 + 7.2 that close together might be classed as 14.7? Which is horrifying. Srkdqltr 14 hrs ago #15

No, doesn't work that way. Igel 5 hrs ago #61

Thank you. I did not know how that worked. Appreciate the answer. Horrifying Srkdqltr 5 hrs ago #62

As someone who survived the Loma Prieta quake Fiendish Thingy 14 hrs ago #17

The movie: 'Earthquaknado'. marble falls 14 hrs ago #25

We had a Hurriquake in California... haele 12 hrs ago #51

What a great drive-in movie triple feature. marble falls 7 hrs ago #56

Agreed but Unwind Your Mind 14 hrs ago #27

The location dot for the CA earthquake in the first image is like 600 miles off. RockRaven 14 hrs ago #18

I know north of Ukiah Tree Lady 6 hrs ago #57

Didn't feel it around Napa Sympthsical 6 hrs ago #58

How long you lived there? Tree Lady 6 hrs ago #59

Going on seven years now Sympthsical 4 hrs ago #63

I had a class there in my junior year Tree Lady 3 hrs ago #64

We got alerts Unwind Your Mind 6 hrs ago #60

Do you know what this means? Sneederbunk 14 hrs ago #19

K & R malaise 14 hrs ago #21

That's great it starts with an earthquake birds snakes and airplanes... Prairie Gates 14 hrs ago #22

Wonder how solar radiation tied into it ? dave99 14 hrs ago #26

It doesn't. LudwigPastorius 14 hrs ago #30

When you're plagiarizing a Roland Emmerich film Sympthsical 13 hrs ago #32

They get this crap from that moron on utube with the spinny globe lol n/t Cheezoholic 12 hrs ago #50

The End Times AverageOldGuy 14 hrs ago #31

thanks for the information. AllaN01Bear 13 hrs ago #34

In 1994 DFW 13 hrs ago #35

I worked as a secretary for company near the Berkeley campus, Zackzzzz 12 hrs ago #43

Thankfully the New Madrid fault Line was not on the list. Emile 13 hrs ago #36

Gotta wonder when New Madrid will act up? LeftInTX 12 hrs ago #40

MAGAts will cry "fake news". Dr. T 13 hrs ago #37

You have no idea Dem_in_Nebr. 12 hrs ago #42

I'm not a geologist, but that's sort of looks like the ring of fire to me. Wonder what geologists have to say about that msfiddlestix 12 hrs ago #41

The "myshake" app on iPhones is very useful. dickthegrouch 12 hrs ago #49

Can't we just have one very precisely-aimed lightning bolt? C_U_L8R 12 hrs ago #52

Why does this thread get 68 recs, when the threads about the effects of the Venezuela quakes muriel_volestrangler 12 hrs ago #53