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Most scientists are disturbed by the lack of solid evidence to support that dramatic prediction. Veteran Seismologist Charles Richter of Caltech, famed for his earthquake-intensity scale, calls the thesis "pure astrology in disguise. In fact, it is very close to pure fantasy." Says M.I.T. Geophysicist M. Nafi Toksoz: "I'm not going into a bunker or anything like that when all the planets line up." Even those who concede the possible validity of some of the effects -the connection, say, between solar flare-ups and global climate-were highly skeptical about The Jupiter Effect. Don Anderson, director...
...photographs from a U.S. satellite showed two parallel lines, running through the northern outskirts of Tokyo, that may represent faults in the earth's crust. Then Japanese seismologists were shaken up by a U.S. colleague. Columbia University's Christopher H. Scholz (TIME, Aug. 27) suggested that the Tokyo region could expect a major earthquake within the next few years. Seismologist Tsuneji Rikitake was not convinced by Scholz's reasoning-"The art of earthquake prediction is about as accurate as Chinese astrology," he snapped-but he had to concede that the danger was there. "The energy accumulation right...
...earth tremor, which occurred in the Blue Mountain Lake region of the Adirondack Mountains of New York State, was forecast by Yash Aggarwal, 33, a seismologist at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory. Aggarwal and another Lament scientist, Lynn Sykes, began to study the Blue Mountain Lake area two years ago, intrigued by the fact that in a generally calm region it experienced frequent small tremors. In mid-July, when two moderate quakes jolted the area, Aggarwal and colleagues from Lamont set up seven portable seismographs in addition to a permanent station already in place. For two weeks...
Aggarwal, as well as his mentor. Seismologist Lynn Sykes, thinks the change in wave velocity may be caused by the rapid opening of small cracks in water-saturated underground rock of the fault zone. Because P waves travel swiftly through water, they probably slow down when the voids appear. The S waves seem less affected by the fissuring. Then, as ground water seeps into the cracks, the P waves speed up again. Seismologists do not know how widespread the newly discovered phenomenon is, but if it is indeed common to all seismically active areas, it may eventually be used...
...probes placed in the lunar surface, seems to be giving off heat at twice the rate of the earth, though skeptics suggested that instrument malfunction may have caused the surprisingly high readings. The moon may also be racked by minor volcanic eruptions ("But her heartbeat is feeble indeed," cautioned Seismologist Gary Latham of Columbia University...