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Originally Posted by Il Duce
heard it's because the moon is especially close to the Earth, it's closest on May 19th
my Christian fundie colleagues think it's a sign of the endtimes
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Debunking the "Supermoon" Theory of Japan's Earthquake and Tsunami | Fast Company
Undoubtedly the tug of the moon does have an effect on the mantle of the earth and the effect is probably significant, but it seems a little silly to blame the moon when we already know that this is basically the most earthquake prone area in the world because of plate tectonics and the way the continental plates interact there.