Observation of large scale precursor correlations between cosmic rays and earthquakes — HN submission

Mon, 03 Jul 2023 15:21:42 GMT

Large scale precursor correlations between cosmic rays and earthquakes (2022)

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Observation of large scale precursor correlations between cosmic rays and earthquakes — mentioned by idlewords

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 16:21:14 GMT

The key claim in the paper (https://arxiv.org/pdf/2204.12310.pdf) is that there are detectable changes in cosmic ray activity around 15 days before major seismic events. One posited mechanism is that stuff happens deep in the earth that affects the magnetic field first, and then kicks off some big earthquake. But they don't rule out loopier ideas (like sunspot activity driving changes in the Earth's dynamo that then kick off earthquakes). One thing that troubles me in the paper is that the researchers appear to have gone looking for precursor patterns in an ad hoc way, with no physical theory…

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Observation of large scale precursor correlations between cosmic rays and earthquakes — HN submission

Observation of large scale precursor correlations between cosmic rays and earthquakes — mentioned by idlewords