I read about this correlation before. I can’t now open your first link (give me access), but I remember that when I read it I thought that the correlation may be artificial because of arbitrary cutoff at 8.3. That is if we have complex random data we could search for different cutoffs until we find the one which will provide us a “correlation”. But it is a random event.
Anyway, your point is true—we could use nukes to prevent some risks, including asteroid deflection, controlled volcano eruptions and EQ energy release. But it was out of the scope of this map, may be goof for another one.
I read about this correlation before. I can’t now open your first link (give me access), but I remember that when I read it I thought that the correlation may be artificial because of arbitrary cutoff at 8.3. That is if we have complex random data we could search for different cutoffs until we find the one which will provide us a “correlation”. But it is a random event.
Anyway, your point is true—we could use nukes to prevent some risks, including asteroid deflection, controlled volcano eruptions and EQ energy release. But it was out of the scope of this map, may be goof for another one.
Uh, sorry, I thought the image was public, it should be now.
If cutoff level is 8 than:
1970/07/31 17:08 −1.49 −72.56 8.0 Colombia
1971/01/10 07:17 −3.132 139.697 8.1 Papua, Indonesia
1974/10/03 14:21 −12.254 −77.524 8.1 78 near the coast of central Peru
1976/08/16 16:11 6.292 124.090 8.0 8000 Mindanao, Philippines
1977/06/22 12:08 −22.878 −175.900 8.1 Tonga region
1977/08/19 06:08 −11.085 118.464 8.3 100 south of Sumbawa, Indonesia
1979/12/12 07:59 1.598 −79.358 8.1 600 near the coast of Ecuador
1985/03/03 22:47 −33.135 −71.871 8.0 177 offshore Valparaiso, Chile
1985/09/19 13:17 18.190 −102.533 8.0 9500 Michoacan, Mexico
1986/05/07 22:47 51.520 −174.776 8.0 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska
1989/05/23 10:54 −52.341 160.568 8.1 Macquarie Island region
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/year/mag8/magnitude8_1900_date.php
So the gap seems to be artificial, but more research needed.