Earthquake Clouds
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A presentation on earthquake clouds, it's causes, types, myth busters, predictability, new concepts, and San Andreas fault.
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- 1. Earthquake Clouds - Pradeep Peter Murmu & Rushi Patel
- 2. How are they different? • Unknown form of genesis • Like long snakes in the sky • Precedes Earthquakes • Contradicts the brittle fracture theory
- 3. Snake in the Sky Earthquake clouds were observed for the first time in 1622 in China according to the records in which they are described like long snakes.
- 4. “It was sunny and warm; the sky was blue and clear. Suddenly, there appeared threads of a black cloud spanning the sky like a long snake. The cloud stayed for a long time, so there would be an earthquake” Recorded in The Chronicle of Lon-De County which was created 300 years ago.
- 5. HOW ARE THEY CREATED? • Heat from friction of rock rubbing together which can increase temperatures up to 1500 degrees centigrade. • Water seeps into the small cracks generating heated moisture. • This moisture is the source of formation of these clouds. • Add some convection theories and wind patterns and the theory seems GREAT!!
- 6. BUT THIS IS NATURE EXCEPTIONS… • The mighty San Andreas fault in California doesn't generate anywhere near the heat their theories predict. • Scientists tried for modification in the theories but none were satisfactory. So, come the Heat Flow paradox! According to Kovach- “There obviously is heat generated, but it seems to be dissipated in a mysterious fashion that we don't fully understand.”
- 7. But we also cannot reject the theory because- • The 1998 Zhangbie earthquake near the great wall of China saw +6 to +9 degrees change in the crustal temperature just before the incident. • Also, in the Republic’s Day earthquake in Gujarat, the thermal anatomy was as large as +4 degrees.
- 8. Simulation of Earthquakes "The Lattice Solid Model (LSM) (Mora and Place, 1994) is based on molecular dynamics principles and enables nonlinear phenomena to be simulated such as fracturing, friction, thermal effects, porous flow, thermo-mechanical coupling, thermo-porous coupling, granular dynamics, and the stick-slip instability that are responsible for earthquakes."
- 9. The study of earthquake clouds Since earthquake clouds cannot be explained by our current knowledge of physics, it could be possible that the study could lead to a breakthrough. It could be possible that the fundamental theories we’ve been taught might become obsolete. It could be possible that once we understand the exact science behind it, we can use it to create new tech.
- 10. Earth transient clouds • Earth Transient Clouds (ETrC) form in seconds, thousands of feet above the earth. • Patterns (clouds) are result of physical subterranean earth structures (faults, tubes, etc) from refractive effects and from earth transient interference patterns (wavelet summation). • No matter how much theory is modified for heat, fast or slow, seismologists will be dead in the water with any theory of the earth in trying to explain Earth Transient Clouds.
- 11. Types of Earthquake clouds • There are three types of Earth Transient Clouds. All Earth Transient Clouds form within 10 to 15 seconds from a powerful earth transient within the crust. • ETrC1 type is a long thin singular cloud (up to length of fault) - which could look like a 'snake' if viewed just after formation & prevailing winds alter. • ETrC2 type is a series of smaller torpedo clouds that are parallel to each other but are transverse to the fault (are 90 degrees to fault line). • ETrC3 type is a complex pattern that comprises a mix of wavelets similar to interference pattern or 'Moire effect' due to refraction of geologic structure and transient genesis (nature of).
- 12. Different types of Earthquake clouds spotted
- 13. Are these clouds accurate predictors? • Although these sudden forming clouds are caused by powerful transient energy in the crust - and the transient energy is a true genesis process to earthquakes, not all transient series generate the 'traditional earthquake'. A form of an undetectable 'silent quake' does occur from this energy. • These clouds may occur from the earth transients, but they do not mean an earthquake will always follow.
- 14. So where does the heat come from? • The source of heat is from thousands of transients in the crust from a primary large powerful transient. • Recording at right is from Southern California region at San Andreas fault. • Hidden from current theory or conjecture, this true process explains the heat and it explains the clouds. It also explains how the ionosphere too is energized prior to earthquakes.
- 16. TheConclulsion Understanding the true nature of this energy will answer what science dearly would desire to conquer - the prediction of earthquakes. This understanding will also allow science to accurately predict volcanics - including the genesis mechanism that generates the newly discovered 'long period' type of earth oscillations associated with volcanic eruptions . And yes, earthquakes are predictable.