After scoffing for years, it now looks like the mainstream is trying to pirate Walter Brown's explanation

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5bm4go-us-earthquake-tides/
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A study published in the journal Nature says these tremors beneath the San Andreas Fault could provide similar clues about earthquakes.

The researchers say the faint tug of the sun and the moon on the fault causes tremors well below the level where earthquakes occur.

The finding suggests that rock far underground is lubricated with pressurized water, allowing the rock to slip easily and weakening the fault.

"If you could go down there and push the rock with your hand you would cause a tremor," said researcher Amanda Thomas of the University of California, Berkeley.
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Playing catch-up once again. They ignored Mendel for quite a while as well, for the sake of maintaining faith.


Dark Matter + Dark Energy = Dark Truth

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