The alignment of three major celestial bodies in our solar system occurred yesterday, and a researcher believes we could suffer the devastating consequences TODAY. The gravitational pull of the Sun and Saturn on either side of our planet could pull on Earth’s tectonic plates, according to the prediction. As the plates are tugged apart, they could cause earthquakes around the globe which could register up to magnitude eight.
A magnitude eight quake would be truly catastrophic.
Anything above an eight is considered a “great earthquake” and “can totally destroy communities near the epicentre”, according to Michigan Tech.
This is according to ‘New-age earthquake forecasting’ website Ditrianum, run by researcher Frank Hoogerbeets, which reads: “The Earth-Sun-Saturn alignment early on January 2 may trigger large seismic activity around January 3, possibly mid to high 7 magnitude, in a worst case scenario over 8 magnitude.”
Mr Hoogerbeets made the prediction using his Solar System Geometry Index (SSGI) which “is the computation of a dataset for a specific time-frame of values given to specific geometric positions of the planets, the Moon and the Sun”.
He added: “After three years of observations, it became clear that some planetary geometry in the Solar System clearly tends to cause a seismic increase, while other geometry does not.”
But experts have dismissed Mr Hoogerbeets’ claims, saying that there is no way earthquakes can be predicted.
John Bellini, a geophysicist at the US Geological Survey (USGS) has said: “We can’t predict or forecast earthquakes.
“Sometimes before a large earthquake you’ll have a foreshock or two, but we don’t know they’re foreshocks until the big one happens.”