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There is a connection that has been hypothesized -- and all but proven -- by one of the preemininent hurricane/tropical meteorology professors out there that a landfalling major hurricane in the Atlantic tends to result in enough drag on the rotation of the Earth to cause a reaction in the tectonic plates, generally on the other side of the globe, a few days later in the form of an earthquake.
Hmmm... I would really be interested in reading the research on this. Doesn't seem plausible that such comparitively superficial surface events like hurricanes could impact plate movements in a way that is statistically and scientifically measurable. Anecdotal evidence, sure, but determining the influence of a hurricane on a stress that has been building up over hundreds, thousands, if not millions of years seems a little far-fetched. Can you post a link to current literature on the idea?
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