Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Earthquake Weather? Hurricane Irene May Have Triggered Tiny Temblors

By Becky Oskin, OurAmazingPlanet Staff Writer | LiveScience.com – Mon, Apr 22, 2013
Hot or cold, rain or snow, geoscientists say there's no evidence for earthquake weather. But the biggest storms are starting to prove them wrong.

The latest evidence for the link between earthquakes and major storms comes from Virginia, a state pummeled by Hurricane Irene in 2011. The storm hit just five days after the magnitude-5.8 Virginia earthquake, so hundreds of aftershocks were still rattling the state.

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