Having remembered an obscure passage in an article, the 2002 Lander et al. report about the connection between typhoons and earthquakes, Brownstein attempted to contact the authors of that report.
Having little success at the time of reaching the authors, he contacted this newspaper to publish this release to corroborate their findings in hope that they may see this and inspire more research into the matter.
It is little known phenomena like this that can increase our knowledge of the physics of this planet and at the same times increase public awareness about potential dangers of an event previously unheralded.
About the Lander Report:
A 2002 study by geologists James Lander and Lowell Whiteside of the University of Colorado and Paul Hattori from the US Geological Survey Guam Geophysical Observatory examined the history of tsunami events on Guam over the last 200 years.
Interestingly, the Lander report also considered the seemingly apparent connection of large earthquakes and typhoon activity on Guam. For example, the August 1993 earthquake was closely associated with Typhoon Steve. Perhaps, the authors suggest, the winds generated from typhoons, along with appropriate high stresses in earthquake regions, can trigger an earthquake. Or, pressure changes from the extreme low pressures associated with typhoons can hypothetically cause the land to rise under a reduced load and result in an earthquake.
The model for this seems to work for an earthquake that occurs under land, but for an earthquake under the ocean, there may be another mechanism involved. In the case of the August 1993 quake, the eye of Typhoon Steve, an area of relative calm, passed 80 km north of the island, with winds pushing Guam and the Philippine plate to the northwest. This movement, the Lander studies asserts, may have reduced the friction between the Pacific and Philippine plates which resulted in the strong earthquake. Furthermore, in a look at the history of earthquakes and typhoons on Guam, Lander et al observed that far more earthquakes occur within one day of the arrival of typhoons, than any other day in the 10 days before or 10 days after a typhoon has passed Guam at its nearest approach to the island.
Read at: http://guampedia.com/tsunami-and-earthquake-history-and-potential-for-guam/
About The Philippines Earthquake October 11, 2013:
Last Friday, October 11, 2013, a paragraph written in an article published in the Philippine Star newspaper:
Quake jolts Aurora minutes before Santi
By Evelyn Macairan (The Philippine Star) | Updated October 13, 2013 - 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines - A 3.7 magnitude earthquake struck Baler, Aurora late Friday night, reportedly 15 minutes before Typhoon Santi made landfall in the province.
The quake, according to government seismologists, triggered an Intensity 3 tremor in Jomalig, Quezon.
The epicenter of the quake, which struck at 10:45 p.m. Friday, was traced at 69 kilometers southeast of Baler.
Several unsuccessful attempts have been made to reach the authors of the Landers Report.
Read at: http://www.philstar.com/nation/2013/10/13/1244519/quake-jolts-aurora-minutes-santi
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