Magnetic poles causing earthquakes?
Wikipedia defines Geomagnetic Reversal as:
A geomagnetic reversal is a change in the orientation of Earth’s magnetic field such that the positions of magnetic north and magnetic south become interchanged. These events often involve an extended decline in field strength followed by a rapid recovery after the new orientation has been established. These events occur on a scale of tens of thousands of years or longer.
I recently came across an article saying the North pole is moving towards Siberia at 37 miles per year. If Wikipedia is correct, it should be moving much slower than that.
I was watching TV the other day and they compared the recent earthquake in Haiti with the earthquake that caused the big tsunami in 2004.
My mind being overactive, got me thinking. What if, the north pole moving is causing stress in some of the fault lines and causing these earthquakes. I know I’m not a scientist and I don’t know much about geology, but it’s something to think about. I mean, some rocks are attracted to magnetic fields because of the iron in them.
I wonder if we wont start seeing many more of these huge earthquakes in the coming years.
Comments
Comment from Ruth
Time March 13, 2011 at 3:00 am
And just over a year on, I'd be interested to hear what your thoughts are on this now, post Christchurch and Japan.
Comment from Kasoni
Time March 3, 2010 at 4:55 pm
Good thinking. I did not think about the magnetic shift since high school. It has been over 10 thousand years since the last shift. The magnetic north moving faster would indicate something major going on. This could be a very bad sign. Not like end of the world, just end of the world as we know it. Not like the the movies where every thing and every one die, but more like a good share of the population and a lot of the climate changing.