4.8 earthquake before the 4/8 solar eclipse. Is there a connection and what could it mean?
Twenty years ago, the United Nations bigwigs largely ignored climatologist Jack Hall's warnings about environmental concerns — until his research proved true after an enormous superstorm developed, setting off natural disasters around the world.
Among them an earthquake, followed by a solar eclipse and then Manhattan wiped out by a flood.
Ok, so that's the plot of an early 2000 sci-fi disaster movie, but this month we're on track with Friday's earthquake and Monday's solar eclipse. Let's hope the flood is just the stuff of Hollywood's “The Day After Tomorrow,” that warned in 2004 of the dangers of climate change.
But the coincidence of a 4.8-magnitude earthquake and the April 8 (4/8) solar eclipse has some people wondering if a big screen blockbuster has foreshadowed the future much like episodes of “The Simpsons” TV show.
“4.8 earthquake in North Jersey. Are you awake yet? 4.8 When is the eclipse? 4/8,” Omar Retamar Serrano posted on his Facebook page Friday, shortly after the earthquake struck from its epicenter in Lebanon, New Jersey, just across the Delaware River in Hunterdon County.
His post generated at least 75 comments and 84 shares as of Friday afternoon for Serrano, who describes himself as a longevity advocate and founder of C.H.O.S.E.N Tribe (Community of Hybrid Online Social Economic Networkers) and Master Builders Alliance, from Newark New Jersey.
Rare earthquake hits Northeast U.S. 4.8 earthquake before the 4/8 solar eclipse. Is there a connection and what could it mean?
“Earthquake today… Eclipse on monday, We are ready for Jesus’ return,” posted a preacher with LiquidChurch.com, which describes itself as a “bible-based and Christ-centered” church.
“It shook the UN building I think God is trying to tell the white house to leave Isreal (sic) alone and to stop threatening them. I hope those clowns are paying attention. God isnt playing. Also its been since 1884 major earthquake hit NJ.. And a 2.0 aftershock in BEDMINSTER NJ,” wrote another commenter.
Bedminster being the home of former President Trump's golf club.
Others online expressed doubts about the source of the ground shaking.
“No there wasn't any earthquake, it was road work being done, I don't believe anything the news says anymore,” one commenter wrote.
As for any connection between the two rare natural phenomena, there is none, according to science. In March 1982 all nine planets in our solar system nearly aligned with the sun relative to earth and nothing happened.
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“The short answer is, ‘No,’ solar eclipses and the behavior of celestial bodies do not cause earthquakes,” said Alexandra Hatem, an earthquake geologist at the U.S. Geological Survey.
Earthquakes on the East Coast are uncommon, and tend to be infrequent and smaller than on the West Coast, Hatem added.
For anyone concerned about the 4 and 8 connection, relax.
In numerology, the two numbers are considered compatible, at least as far as relationships go, according to the Enneagram Institute, which researches a model of human psyche that centers around nine interconnected personality types.
“Both types bring passion, intensity, energy, and deep (often unconscious) feelings to all aspects of the relationship. They are attracted to each other's storminess, the other's vulnerability, and the other's “hidden” qualities: neither is what they seem to be on the surface.”
This article originally appeared on Bucks County Courier Times: What an East Coast earthquake, solar eclipse & 2004 sci-fi movie share
