On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 1:54 PM, Arthur David Olson < arthurdavidolson@gmail.com> wrote:

Seems there's a correlation between leap seconds and earthquakes.

"Upsurge in big earthquakes predicted for 2018 as Earth rotation slows."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/18/2018-set-to- be-year-of-big-earthquakes?CMP=edit_2221

Maybe. There are other causes for long term LOD changes which might confuse this - and, note that they are not saying the the angular momentum required for these LOD changes comes from Earthquakes, but that both have the same root cause (presumably, fluid motions in the liquid outer core). Regards Marshall Eubanks

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