http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100406/wl_nm/us_quake_indonesia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A major earthquake of 7.8 magnitude shook the northwestern coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, the U.S. Geological Survey said on Tuesday.
Wheeeee!!!!
UPDATE: Deepak Chopra claims responsibility for Mexico quake:
http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/chopra-blames-own-meditation-for-baja-quake/19426755
“Had a powerful meditation just now — caused an earthquake in Southern California,” Chopra wrote to his nearly 179,000 Twitter followers shortly after the quake.
And then, to clarify: “Was meditating on Shiva mantra & earth began to shake,” he tweeted. “Sorry about that.”
Oy. The sad thing is that anybody pays attention to this jackhole’s superstitious blatherings.
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Here is the data for frequency of earthquakes from the USGS:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/year/eqstats.php
Hmmm. 17 7.0-7.9 earthquakes per year. About one and a half per month. Perhaps, then, the apparent increase lately is due more to them hittign places where people are, and have cameras.
Sounds like a reasonable notion, especially considering that the number of 7.0-7.9 earthquakes per year has remained fairly consistent since at least 2000.
I just read the thing about Deepak Chopra. Sounds like he’s starting to believe his press releases. I think he needs a beer.