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Originally Posted by The_bluester
Yeah, I have already seen the "Super Moon" blamed for it. No mention of the fact that A, it was not the full moon yet and B, neither was it at perigee yet, both of which would combine to have the distance to the moon greater than it would have been at the last "Super" moon (Which was in fact last full moon)
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I'd be interested to know just how much greater / less the force is on the earth's crust, because the basic proposition that there is more risk of earthquakes when there are greater forces involved makes sense to me. Yet, I'm told it is not so, so I'm missing something.
Has anyone done the calculations to see how much difference in force there is between the maximum and minimum case scenario (Both earth and moon at perigee + new moon, V's both at apogee and moon at, what? would first quarter or full moon exert less force?).
Markus