Solar Storms Are Down And So Are Earthquakes

Solar flares, or CMEs, exploding off the surface of the Sun are quiet right now.

There appears to be a connection between solar storms and earthquakes. It might be a coincidence, but then again, I don’t believe in coincidence.

When the Sun fires off huge coronal mass ejections (CMEs), earthquake records show that an increase in earthquakes occur at the same time all over the world.

The Sun is very calm right now, and is not throwing out as many massive CMEs; the “number” of earthquakes worldwide is also down.

Coincidence? Nah – not with Nature.

The Eye Of A Solar Storm

This coronal hole on the Sun is moving toward its North Pole. This shows movement toward an upcoming reversal of the Sun’s magnetic poles – NASA.

Right now, the solar CME cycle appears very calm. This does not mean that the current “solar cycle” is over, by any means. Actually, the present solar cycle peaks in 2013, so if anything, this means that the Sun is “sucking up” more energy from its surface as its magnetic poles prepare to flip.

Compare this to the eye of a hurricane; the eye is the center of the storm, and it is calm, quiet, sunny, and still. When you come out of the eye into the backside of the storm, you are back to hurricane winds.

No one really knows for sure, but monitoring the Sun’s polar magnetic flip should provide some hints when the CMEs will start flaring up again.

Maybe a decrease in the number of earthquakes mirrors a upcoming reversal of the Earth’s magnetic poles. No one knows because human technology was not on Earth when this happened last.

EQs

At this time, there has been a decrease in the number of earthquakes, worldwide, but an increase in magnitude – the quakes that have occurred have been doozies.

The following large earthquakes (5.0 and above) have occurred worldwide over the past 7 days:

1. 5.6  Carlsberg Ridge (Indian Ocean near equator)
2. 7.7  Pakistan
3. 5.9  Pakistan
4. 5.0  Pakistan
5. 5.6  Pakistan
6. 3 islands formed in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Pakistan after these quakes
7. 5.0   Pakistan
8. 5.5   Pakistan
9. 5.0   Pakistan
10. 5.5   Tonga
11. 5.4   East Pacific Rise (South Polar region)
12. 5.4   Alaska (North Polar region)
13. 7.0   Peru (equator)
14. 5.4   Reykjanes Ridge, Iceland (North Polar region)
15. 5.7   Mexico (equator)
16. 5.0   Tonga
17. 5.0   Pakistan
18. 5.2   Russia (North Polar region)
19. 5.4   North Mid-Atlantic Ridge (North Polar region)
20. 6.8   Pakistan
21. 5.7   Tonga
22. 5.0   South Mid-Atlantic Ridge (South Polar region)
23. 5.7   Tonga
24. 5.0   South Mid-Atlantic Ridge (South Polar region)
25. 5.0   New Guinea
26. 5.2   Russia (North Polar region)
27. 5.1    SW Indian Ridge
28. 5.2   Chile
29. 5.0   Chile
30. 6.5   New Zealand
31. 5.4   Mid Atlantic Ridge
32. 5.0   New Guinea
33. 5.0   Japan

Believe it or not, 33 earthquakes 5.0 and above is a decrease in the number of recent earthquakes, but the strength of the quakes is the difference – their magnitudes are increasing. Merely a decade ago, the list above would have been for the entire year. Today, these large quakes are occurring within a week.

As the solar cycle recharges, we’ll have to wait and see if this list increases in both number and magnitude.