According to a new study at UC Berkley, earthquakes that start deep underground are caused by water that is controlled by the sun and the moon. This could potentially lead to better understanding on earthquakes in general. This information was found by scientists studying the San Andreas fault, which is responsible for many major earthquakes. They discovered that underground water has the same movement as the tides that cause tremors far below the actual epicenter of earthquakes. While more research is definitely needed to see if this actually makes sense, these scientists have a decent start even though this hypothesis seems slightly ridiculous in my opinion.
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2009/12/27/sun-moon-responsible-earthquakes/
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