An excerpt from my Physics capstone paper…
…are consequently much more likely to occur at fault lines. What isn’t so clear is the “when” of earthquakes. Is there a way we could build a better model of seismic activity to create more accurate predictions of the occurrence of earthquakes? One approach is to look at forces that move the Earth’s crust enough to potentially trigger the sudden release of energy. This paper explores the possibility that tidal forces, from either the Sun or the Moon, serve as a catalyst for large-scale earthquakes.
Tidal forces already have an observable effect on Earth’s oceans. Every day, the tide goes in and out, but how do we explain this? Figure 1 shows the differential force…
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