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Current Events » in reply to re: Thanks for the info.

You'll note..
podrock — (archived)

...that the chart came from a study showing how the "published" earthquakes have increased over the years. What does that mean? Over the decades, we have more, and better, seismograph stations world-wide. Therefore the USGS is publishing (ie reporting) more earthquakes. It's a data collection artifact of the data set.

I suspect you'll need to do some moving averages over the last five to ten years to pick out your alleged change in frequency. If the number of reporting stations is greatly different over that time period, then choose a hundred stations at random and play with only their data sets. Plenty of good statistic sites online.

You may want to look into what is called solar dimming. The original studies that lead to the theory were the observations that water is evaporating more slowly over the last few decades.

Oh, and I am not thinking with RL's brain. But, with that statement, I am tempted to take his additude for a walk 'round the flame block. Adopting an additude at will is a sign that my vibrations are just fine, humming right along, thank-you.

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