On Saturday, 1 October 2016 10:50:11 UTC+1, Weatherlawyer wrote:
I don't suppose there is anyone on here besides myself that knows anything about forecasting super-quakes is there?
The trouble with thamaturgy is the modest ones, such as myself, have a tendency to think small. It isn't that we do so in the hope of getting away with it, so much as not wishing that others get the impression that we enjoy it all.

As a matter of fact I do get a kick out of my faith in god being proved correct. But on the other hand; like the man who got a chronic injury fighting angels, it isn't all hoppity skippity and dancing all night long.

How often is it that we have these things?
Every year is it?
I am sure that someone who knows a lot about earthquakes and statistics will be along to tell us all soon enough.

Given his track record, I have to admire his ability to stand his ground with all four legs in the air and a "take me, you wolf" look in his eyes.

It is strange how agile dead sheep can be unless he was just trying to attract wolves?
While away a while awaiting for inevitable doubtless many Central Englanders have been acute enough to notice all the ice clouds. But notice how few have remarked how flaccid the anticyclonic activity is in the North Atlantic..

Doubtless they are all at another plaice posting extremely interesting observations. I am afraid I don't have a link so can't point you to what they have noticed.

What few will understand about the criticality involved, is the dearth of consecutive adjacent epicentres (swarms) on the SED lists.
They are there of course and the more so, if you include the very low magnitude ones.

You might feel or hear a magnitude 2 or 3 if you live within 50 or 60 miles of an epicentre but stations around the world are liable to miss it, or at least not bother reporting it. Even with infinitely sensitive machines, earthquake detection is extremely subjective.

Objective good, subjective baaaad.

The very powerful cyclone blocking the Atlantic at the moment is huge. Compare for example the category 4 hurricane Matthew. But at least you can get to observe the swarms produced as both Matthew and Chaba decline a little in the next couple of days.