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Solar system planetary alignment triggers tides and earthquakes

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This research hypothesizes that tidal and earthquakes are induced by solar system planet positions, as the planetary attraction act as a trigger force change the speed of the Earth rotation. The occurrence of a sea tide is only a consequence of a relative slowdown of the rotational/revolving speed of the Earth which urges the Earth’s plates to move. The research included analyzing earthquake data for the whole Earth over July, 2019 with a case study of the Arabian Plate (AP) seismicity included the Zagros Folded Belt (ZFB) and Zagros Thrust Zone (ZTZ) as a seismic active belt in the northern hemisphere. The rotational velocity of the Earth has been calculated for eight seismic events, and it turns out that the velocity was different for each case. A negative proportional was found between earthquake and the Earth rotational speed. During the configuration of the Jupiter and Saturn in a straight line with the Earth over July 2019, one thousand and thirty-seven of earthquakes occurred around the world were statistically analyzed having 2–6 magnitudes. Rotational/ revolving speed, angular momentum and rotational inertia kinetic energy; gravitational potential energy of the Earth at equator and at 45 degrees were computed to show how rotational speed triggering plates. Planets interact with each other influencing earthquakes via the gravitational stresses arising from the configuration of the solar system planets that cause a slowdown of the rotational/revolving speed of the Earth. This stimulates the Earth’s plate to move generating earthquake due to the activation of faults.

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Acknowledgements

Author is very gratefully to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for providing the earthquake dataset, and the United States of Geological Survey (USGS) for providing the earthquake reports. Thanks also go to the General Authority for Meteorological and Seismic Monitoring in Iraq for providing some information of the Zagros Belt earthquakes. Author also thank Dr. Heba Al-Mimar for her assistance in sorting the data, and Dr. Ahmed Al-Sulttani for the re-editing figures with a high resolution.

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Awadh, S.M. Solar system planetary alignment triggers tides and earthquakes. J Coast Conserv 25, 30 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11852-021-00822-7

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