1. Earthquakes and volcanoes are increasing
Cite your evidence, please.
…due to isostasy theory.
Isostasy refers to tendency of the lithosphere to seek an equilibrium, so that the tectonic plates 'float' at an elevation determined by their thickness and density. Much of the world is in isostatic equilibrium, but certain regions are not. In North America much of the continent is rebounding from the release of the weight of ice that has melted and run-off since the last ice age. The Himalayas are caught in a tug of war between the upward pressure imparted by the Indian subcontinent and gravity trying to pull them back down.
The theory itself is not under dispute even though this symptom is.
Isostasy is not so much a theory as an observation. There are various models (i.e., theories) used to describe the state of isostatic equilibrium.
Nobody here has disputed isostasy. However I challenge you to produce the evidence that "earthquakes and volcanoes are increasing"
2. The number of earthquakes have not increased.
This would seem to contradict #1 above.
USGS explain it as frequency of earthquakes irregardless
That's 'regardless'.
… of magnitude has not increased.
It appears to me that the data are fairly stable across all magnitudes. If you have some evidence showing that this is not the case, I would appreciate seeing it. You could, for example, chart each magnitude across several decades and save it as a Google document.
It just happens that we are off to a spectacular start in 2010 for 6.0+ events and each decade seems to add more 6.0+ events by the same chart referenced above.
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread558765/pg1
The analysis in that link appears to suffer from a rather selective use of the data. He zeros in on data since 1970, whereas we have data as far back as 1910. He also appears to simply count the data rather than attempt to correct for improved sensing.
The USGS website states: "A partial explanation may lie in the fact that in the last twenty years, we have definitely had an increase in the number of earthquakes we have been able to locate each year."
So, we have had an increase in the number of earthquakes we have been able to locate since 1990. Location is important to understanding magnitude. If you can't accurately locate the quake, you can't accurately measure its magnitude.
3. Yellowstone earthquake swarms are becoming a yearly event… in addition to the earthquake swarms off the coasts and in California/Mexico border.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW5Ogg5G0Ts
Citations to evidence please. Please provide references to historical data showing that 'earthquake swarms' in Yellowstone or California are becoming more frequent.
4. We had a deep earthquake that was felt around the world almost instantaneously. In case no one realizes why this is important, earthquake waves take time (over 20 minutes) to travel around the world. This one was felt across the world within a period of a few minutes. No one has bothered to analyze the data to look at this phenomenon.
When, where, and who "felt" it?
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread574920/pg1
Lovely. Just a link to a USGS website. I'm assuming the 'event' that you are talking about is the 5.4M in Taiwan. Contrary to your claim it does not occur simultaneously on all seismographs. It doesn't even register on many, and the ones that it does register on show displacements in time.
By the way, I hate ATS. Every time I go there I have to deal with the multitude of pop-ups that sneak past my filters.
Truthseeker (guest) 15 Jun 2010 03:04
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