On the 21st of June there is a total eclipse of the sun that will be seen mostly in Africa and India and off into Indonesia. But if you live in a quake prone area in the US then you need to take that crystal off the top shelf just in case.

The reason is that the sun and moon are travelling a path that crosses to provide the eclipse and that is a lot of gravity pulling on the earth's crust.

The real problem will be in October of 2023 when a total eclipse passes from the Northwest around Oregon, across this country toward Florida. Loma Prieta was in October some years ago and those in CA will remember that. I was watching the baseball game that night on tv and horror followed. You have time to prepare for that and get your community to be aware and maybe have a lockdown for a couple days, now that we know it can be done.

Good news is that we are almost out of Solar Minimum as we have a big sunspot throwing us some heat. It will take two years to heat up the atmosphere again and make it expand so that you don't have snow in June.

Hi Busy. The red glass with the yellow blended in? I forget what its called. Amberina maybe? Some university is measuring crust movements on the surface over fault lines in CA and their equipment starts rocking and rolling often at new moon. Close like an eclipse but not quite. The worst is new moon with moon perigee in the months when we are closer to the sun, Dec. through Mar. I guess your kids know that a sulfur smell in the air is a big warning. It wasn't on the list for years but then something blew up and killed a few vulcanoligists in S. America.

Ally very good.

Can you explain the UFO from 06 that the navy guys tracked?

I flunked out my last quarter of astrophysics but My take is it's the "future" trying to get back. Several have made it -- that's how we got the pyramids and great wall- Einstein and Tesla to name a few that returned and helped us. (forgot Superman)

JAC: I totally explained that to her years ago -- including links to sites refuting what she said. It was even sites that SHE MENTIONED AS RELIABLE BEFOREHAND! In other words, she mentioned where she got her data from -- and I linked to those same sites showing that what she was saying made no sense and that there was no correlation to earthquakes -- and she STILL wouldn't believe it.

She also believes she is psychic.

There is no point in arguing with Ally about these sorts of things. You can't get through the tinfoil hat.

- John...

AllyM, I forgot what patterns they look for, but most of the collection is green, some is yellow. They have a special light they use when hitting antique stores. It glows under the light. They do keep what is displayed in a special case, though I don’t think they worry.

My daughter in law is a smidge too young for when Mt St Helen’s blew, but her parents had been living there for a few years (well, her Dad was raised right on the farm) They have told us about all of that ash. They have a proper stash of filtering equipment and masks for everyone. Preppers by default because , volcanoes blow, viruses happen, and Antifa riots. They have had a year, even without the volcano blowing ( but, they have felt some tremors lately, so the fault is adjusting a smidge.)

Me and Mel Gibson share a tinfoil room overlooking 3 cooling towers and we're both waiting on Julia Roberts to show up....

Deanna, we went out west to Wyoming for the last one, just DH (dear husband) and I. Very neat experience. Was fun to watch the cattle in the field .....

Alley I think that's feasible except for the Russians and Chinese experience. You notice the US flyboys are not lighting them up or chasing?

7.4 quake south of the Kermadec Islands below Indonesia. 3 days until total eclipse. 6 is big. 7 is unimaginable.

7 is not "unimaginable." The Earth has, on average, about 15-20 earthquakes that are 7.x. So, that's more than one per month, on average. So it isn't that rare to have one somewhere -- regardless of the sun or any eclipse. They are unrelated.

Again, EVERY MONTH we have one to two 7 or stronger quakes.

Also, 6 is not really that "big." It is classified as "SLIGHT DAMAGE to buildings and other structures."

7 is considered "Major", but, again, we have them regularly throughout the year.

- John...

I missed a couple words in that second sentence. It should read:

The Earth has, on average, about 15-20 earthquakes that are 7.x PER YEAR.

The weight loss might be 21 grams . It was also the title of a film by Alejandro González Ińárritu.

Yes, I know. And when you did this same thing a few years ago, I linked to sources on the US Geology site showing that the quake numbers were completely normal across several years of data and did NOT change AT ALL related to the position of the sun or an eclipse.

And, again, there are 7.x quakes on a regular basis -- they average 12-20 per year.

Here is a link, ON YOUR SITE, showing that there have already been four 7+ quakes this year:

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/browse/m7-world.php

There were 10 in 2019:

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/browse/m7-world.php?year=2019

17 in 2018:

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/browse/m7-world.php?year=2018

Again, 7+ quakes are big, sure, but they are not "unimaginable" like you suggest. They happen fairly regularly in the world -- averaging at least one per month.

And, the lesser ones, like 6 and below, happen ALL THE TIME. Constantly. There are a dozen or so 6.x quakes EVERY MONTH in the world. Regardless of eclipses and moon cycles and other such things. They are not related significantly. There are 6.0+ quakes going on every few days or more ALL YEAR LONG:

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/browse/m6-world.php?year=2020

Lots of data from the site that YOU are using disprove what you are saying here.

- John...

John, MI. I should Never say Never. There have been some 7.o and above quakes and some were 2 years, 4 years, 10 years or 18 years ago. They are rare.

I found the one for Ridgecrest CA in July of 2019. I had forgotten about that. I should have remembered because it was on July 5 of 2019. Do you know what happened on July 2 of 2019? Of course you don't. THERE WAS AN ECLIPSE ON JULY 2 OF 2019 AND THE 7.0 QUAKE HAPPENED ON THE 5TH! SEEMS TO PROVE MY REASON FOR CONCERN DOESNT IT?

Here is the link. timeanddate dot com /eclipse/map/2019-july-2

I predict the somewhere along the east coast will have hurricanes this year. And may even have a cat. 5 some time after the eclipse occurs.

Ally: I don't understand how you can look at the same site and the same numbers and not see that you are not making sense. You keep calling 7.x quakes really rare and saying that there have only been a few in the past "2 years, 4 years, 10 years or 18 years" or whatever.

I LINKED TO YOUR OWN SITE ABOVE and showed that there have been FOUR 7.x quakes so far in 2020; there were TEN 7.x quakes in 2019; and there were EIGHTEEN 7.x quakes in 2018.

That's 32 quakes of 7.x magnitude since January of 2018 (i.e. in the past 2.5 years).

Do you disagree with those numbers? (Which, again, are taken from the USGS site that you are citing yourself.)

(Also, so, out of those 32 7.x quakes in the past 2.5 years, you apparently found ONE that is a few days after an eclipse?? And you thing that shows some sort of causation?? It's not even CORRELATION and you're arguing causation. That makes no logical sense. It does not "prove your reason for concern" AT ALL. It actually helps to prove the opposite -- that there is apparently not even a correlation between eclipses and quakes.)

- John...

AllyM: Again, that's my point. There are many 7.x quakes every year (about 12-20 of them depending on the year). There have been 32 7.x quakes in the past 2.5 years.

Yet, for you to find one that seems to MAYBE line up with an eclipse, you've got to go back 2 or 10 or 14 years just to find one or two of them! Right?

That is because there is no correlation between 7.x quakes and eclipses. Again, there are MANY 7.x quakes every year -- and you are talking about an eclipse MAYBE lining up to one 2, 10, or 14 years ago?

- John...

Charlie, it sure is amazing interesting stuff. My nerdie son tries to explain some of this to me, well this and nuclear energy, or solar radiation, or some of that other science techy stuff that he loves and works with. My little hamster just falls off her wheel...

7.7 in Mexico City two days after a total eclipse and another 7 plus. None for a year after the last eclipse, and then 2 level 7+ quakes after this eclipse on the 21st. Surely that can't be ignored!

Ok, I'm just going to repost the same links from above:

Here is a link, ON YOUR SITE, showing that there have already been four 7+ quakes this year:

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/browse/m7-world.php

There were 10 in 2019:

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/browse/m7-world.php?year=2019

17 in 2018:

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/browse/m7-world.php?year=2018

I don't see why you don't just follow those links -- TO THE SITE YOU SAY YOU ARE USING YOURSELF -- where it CLEARLY shows that there are many 7.x quakes every year.

Those links detail them. Right there in front of you.

And yet you continue to accuse me of lying?

Ally, you aren't making sense. You seem confused about this. You keep saying that there are only a few 7.x quakes. You say that the USGS says that the last 7.x was "last year." That is all incorrect. I just posted a link above where you can click and see all of the ones from this year so far. (There have been 5 so far.)

- John...

Heck, I'll make it so that people don't even have to follow the links. Here is the list of 7.x earthquakes in 2020 and 2019 -- and this is copy and pasted FROM THE USGS SITE that Ally says she is using that, apparently, she is using incorrectly.

7.4

20km ENE of Santa Maria Xadani, Mexico

2020-06-23 15:29:05 UTC

7.4

229km SSE of L'Esperance Rock, New Zealand

2020-06-18 12:49:53 UTC

7.5

221km SSE of Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia

2020-03-25 02:49:21 UTC

7.0

94km ENE of Kuril'sk, Russia

2020-02-13 10:33:44 UTC

7.7

123km NNW of Lucea, Jamaica

2020-01-28 19:10:24 UTC

7.1

138km E of Bitung, Indonesia

2019-11-14 16:17:40 UTC

7.2

93km NNE of Laiwui, Indonesia

2019-07-14 09:10:51 UTC

7.1

2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence

2019-07-06 03:19:53 UTC

7.3

292km NW of Saumlaki, Indonesia

2019-06-24 02:53:39 UTC

7.3

116km NE of L'Esperance Rock, New Zealand

2019-06-15 22:55:04 UTC

8.0

78km SE of Lagunas, Peru

2019-05-26 07:41:15 UTC

7.6

46km SSE of Namatanai, Papua New Guinea

2019-05-14 12:58:25 UTC

7.1

33km NW of Bulolo, Papua New Guinea

2019-05-06 21:19:37 UTC

7.0

23km NNE of Azangaro, Peru

2019-03-01 08:50:42 UTC

7.5

111km ESE of Palora, Ecuador

2019-02-22 10:17:23 UTC

Again, I've copied and pasted those direclty from the USGS site. If you disagree with their data, please explain why -- instead of just calling me a liar when I'm the only one of us posting links to ACTUAL DATA from the USGS!

- John...