A “critical” situation is currently in place, with the gravity of other celestial bodies in our galactic neighbourhood tugging on Earth, according to one earthquake ‘mystic’. Mercury, Jupiter, the Sun, Mars and Saturn have all supposedly positioned themselves as to have a detrimental effect on Earth’s tectonic plates. ‘New age earthquake forecaster’ Frank Hoogerbeets made the bold claim, believing the gravitational pull of said celestial bodies will cause tension to build in Earth’s tectonic plates, which will ultimately be released in the form of an earthquake.
Mr Hoogerbeets wrote on his website Ditrianum: “Critical geometry occurs as Earth and the Moon are being influenced by Mercury and Jupiter while Mercury lines up with the Sun and Saturn later on the 28th.
”The situation remains critical as Mercury lines up with Mars and the Sun on the 30th and also with Earth and Jupiter.”
Mr Hoogerbeets reached his conclusion 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 said: “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 previously 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.”
The USGS completely denies that earthquakes can be forecasted, writing on its website: “Neither the USGS nor any other scientists have ever predicted a major earthquake.
“We do not know how, and we do not expect to know how any time in the foreseeable future.”