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Is someone making artificial earthquakes under La Palma? (No.)

Posted by skybrian
Tags: spain.la palma, earthquakes, geology, conspiracy theories, disasters.natural, author.matt strassler
https://profmattstrassler.com/2021/10/26/is-someone-making-artificial-earthquakes-under-la-palma/

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Matt Strassler
Published
Oct 26 2021
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  1. skybrian
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    This seems like a nice example of a harmless conspiracy theory. But suppose it weren’t harmless and started spreading? What could anyone do about it?

    The source of the latest conspiracy theory is a graph of earthquakes associated with the eruption. You can check this yourself by going to www.emsc-csem.org and zooming in on the island of La Palma. You’ll see something like the plot below, which claims to show earthquake locations. You can see something is strange about it: the earthquakes are shown as occurring on a grid.

    This seems like a nice example of a harmless conspiracy theory. But suppose it weren’t harmless and started spreading? What could anyone do about it?

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