'Why D.C. Area Had An Earthquake & Predicting What's To Come: A Tutorial' By Reverend Barbara Sexton "The Biblical Biochemist-Where Science Meets the Cross"

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/16jul_ilws/

Dear Ones:
     It is said that 'with hindsight, EVERYONE is brilliant'.  But I've been writing these Tutorials for a while now, correlating 'space weather' with what's happening here on terra firma...meaning 'earth'.  It's good to know that the international scientific community is now officially 'taking note' also and you can check it out by checking out the NASA link above.
     Some are surprised by this earthquake.  President Obama's foolish 'taunting' about the 'earth not moving under his feet' or something to that effect after the passing of the abyssmal 'Health Care Deform (sic!) Bill' ASIDE...this earthquake is not at all unexpected for those of us who study space weather.
     I'd like to explain a few things to you in an easy-to-understand manner pertaining to this D.C/MD area shaker.  For additional Tutorials like this, just look at my index on the right side of the page, but here are the salient points for now.  If you'd like to play 'amateur astro/solar physicist', just 'collect and monitor' the links I provide you with here.
     First, we have an earthquake map, below.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/10/285_40.php

     We see that the Washington, D.C. area was recently hit with a rogue 'quake' of magnitude 3.6 (see map above--the little 'blue square' )  The epicenter was in Maryland and the specifics per the USGS are:
MAP 3.6 2010/07/16 09:04:47 39.167 -77.252 5.0 POTOMAC-SHENANDOAH REGION
(map mag   date            time         lat          lon                   region)
LINK: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.php
     Long time readers here know that the USGS is the United States Geological Service.  As in my Tutorials, I've lined out how clearly 'SPACE Weather' is correlated with events on earth, including earthquakes, volcanic eruption, severe weather, and so forth.  
     So let's look at the 'weather picture' just prior to this Gaithersburg, MD earthquake.  Here is the Kp index graph which reflects energy hitting the earth from the sun.  Please note that there is a slight 'delay' (anywhere from 2-4 days, generally, if that) between the time the sun throws off it's energy and the time it hits earth and affects something or other.

http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/rt_plots/kp_3d.html

Next, let's look at the 'solar wind' graph which is reflective of the force with which energy from the sun is being 'thrown off':

http://umtof.umd.edu/pm/latest2day.gif

http://umtof.umd.edu/pm/latest2day.gif

Next, let us take a look at recent 'warnings and alerts' about space weather:

http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/alerts/warnings_timeline.html

     Finally, you can see all sorts of beautiful photos of 'solar flares' if you'd like to witness the beauty of the sun's energy being thrown off.  Those of you in Northern areas will see 'Auroras', which in the field are quantified by numbers <1-10 and are described in terms of 'Auroral Oval Input Power'.  This refers to the 'oval' of solar energy over and in the earth's atmosphere.  More solar flares=more auroras=more solar energy in the form of x-rays, electrons, protons, radio waves, etc hitting and affecting earth.

     Here's another some good link for you:

http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/pmap/index.html

    One last note, my dear readers.  I really don't 'need' to know all this science and make predictions, for I read and believe the Bible which says:

"4Jesus answered: "Watch out that no one deceives you. 5For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am the Christ,[a]' and will deceive many. 6You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. 7Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. 8All these are the beginning of birth pains."  Matthew 24:4-8

     And Scripture says there will be 'pestilences', too.  But I know that many of you are agnostics/atheists and I can relate to that, for I was one, too, for the first 37 years of my life.  I understand 'believing only in science'...but at this point I am content to trust in God, so I don't get too wound up about things.

     Still..the 'scientist' in me can't resist reviewing and analyzing 'data', but that's just me.  While I never pretend to be able to 'predict' the will of God for all of us on earth, I can't help but marvel at the wonderment of His universe and at the miracle that is 'us'.

     If only we listen to that 'small, still BOOMING VOICE' in our hearts, minds and souls, we should do alright.

God Bless you all and may you be granted wisdom!

With Love in Christ,

Reverend Barbara Sexton

"The Biblical Biochemist-Where Science Meets the Cross"

http://www.dearoneshealingministry.blogspot.com/