Guatamala Suffers 7.4 Magnitude Quake

[A Nonny Moose 8,263]

BBC Story.

I feel that these quakes off Central America are becoming more frequent.

Comment?

[iuri99 48]

"For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places." - Mathew 24:7

Don't want start an angry discussion, it is just my very opinion.

[Alejandro24 575]

BBC Story.

I feel that these quakes off Central America are becoming more frequent.

Comment?

Just the normal cycle Nonny. As always: disasters happens, there's nothing to do against them, only prevention.

I'm still waiting for the earthquake of every decade.

[A Nonny Moose 8,263]

No religious connotation is needed. The old dirt ball is having its usual tidal pains mostly caused by the moon. I don't think there would be any plate shifts if there were no tides. Impossible, of course, because if there were no moon the sun and other planets also cause tides which are slight, but there.

[iuri99 48]

The moon gravity stabilizes the earth rotation axis. Without the moon, the axis moves freely, and the day duration will continuously vary from few hours to long weeks.

[A Nonny Moose 8,263]

The moon gravity stabilizes the earth rotation axis. Without the moon, the axis moves freely, and the day duration will continuously vary from few hours to long weeks.

This is surely conjecture. Rotation involves inertia, and this kind of rotational change would produce chaos. Do you have any source for such stuff? You must differentiate between rotation and libration.