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Re:Magnitude-8+ Earthquake, 87km SW of Pijijiapan, Mexico by raverbashing on Friday September 08, 2017 @07:48AM (#15199498)
Are there studies on possible tidal effects (if any) that an eclipse situation could cause?
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Re:Magnitude-8+ Earthquake, 87km SW of Pijijiapan, Mexico by matheweis on Friday September 08, 2017 @09:10AM (#15199865)
Sort of; they found that the probability of a quake along shallow thrust faults increases about 3x during full and new moons in general (of which an eclipse is a special case, with no special risk):

https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/can-position-moon-or-planets-affec...

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Re:Magnitude-8+ Earthquake, 87km SW of Pijijiapan, Mexico by adrianN on Friday September 08, 2017 @07:51AM (#15199514)
Tides have an influence on earthquakes [1], but spring tides due to Sun and Moon lining up happen about twice a month, so I don't think that the Eclipse is a likely cause.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidal_triggering_of_earthquake...

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