> Donald

>     -------------- Original message --------------
>     From: Steve Davidson <azlea...@yahoo.com>
>     It appears that the current episode of EQs off the northern tip of
>     Vancouver Island is trailing off.

>     I don't know how this relates to lunar cycles but it certainly
>     seems that earth flexing is occurring in that area and generating
>     the EQs. The episode appears to be settling down again.

>     The techtonics of the Pacific Northwest is unique so these types
>     of events are to be expected. The plates are on the move in a
>     highly complex collision with a high amount of torque, twisting
>     and subduction.

>     But what is the straw that breaks the camel's back to make an EQ
>     or series of EQs happen at a particular time? Obviously, tensions
>     are building on faults all the time but what small precipitating
>     events act as a triggering mechanism?

>     That is where lunar, solar, and/or gravitational tidal effects
>     play a roll and that is where tracking EQs against the background
>     of these possible triggering effects will prove to be valuable.  

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>     Steve Davidson

>     ----- Original Message ----
>     From: "donald2b...@comcast.net" <donald2b...@comcast.net>
>     To: Pinpoint-Newsletter@googlegroups.com
>     Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 7:27:03 PM
>     Subject: Pinpoint-News-- Re: Vancouver Island Update...

>     Steve
>     This swarm in still intriguing.
>     We are now out of the perigee week, as of 29 15:45, but we have
>     been in the week of the lunar Mid Point since 28 19:11.  Today the
>     Moon crossed the Equator going south, and today is the New Moon.

>     The lunar apogee is Sept  07  at 14:59

>     Both the Mid Point and the Maximum Velocity dates are on September
>     1, so I would expect only one 6M quake in their weeks.  A
>     quake already occurred:

>       6.3M   2008/08/30 06:54:06    -6.194    147.256  56.0   EASTERN
>     NEW GUINEA REG, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

>     This could well be related to the Moon crossing the Equator, so we
>     may well get another one.

>     Donald

>         -------------- Original message --------------
>         From: Steve Davidson <azlea...@yahoo.com>
>         http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Maps/10/230_50_eqs.php

>         The EQ total for Vancouver Island since the current episode
>         began is now up to 34 of Mag 3.8 or higher. At the time of
>         this writing there had been another EQ within the last hour.

>         The largest EQ of 5.9 on the 28th of August is still the
>         largest of the series, but it does appear the current activity
>         is subsiding.

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>         Learning to see life more clearly, one image at a time...

>         Steve Davidson