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2025-03-06 Science & Technology

Scientists have recorded a powerful M-class flare on the Sun

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Posted by badanov 2025-03-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11137 views ] Top

#1 The Sun Might Be Influencing Earthquakes, Scientists Say

Posted by Skidmark 2025-03-06 00:11|| 2025-03-06 00:11|| Front Page Top

#2 If it does actually influence earthquakes, might it also not influence volcanic eruptions, both of which tend to be related to shifts in geologic structures, c.f. Kilauea.

Posted by Mercutio 2025-03-06 09:23|| 2025-03-06 09:23|| Front Page Top

#3 Your assumption is well taken Mercutio but not evidenced by Kilauea. Kilauea sits on top of a "hot spot" in the middle of the pacific plate. Yellowstone is over a hot spot in the middle of the North American plate.

Plate boundaries shifting evidenced by the ring of fire show earthquakes and volcanics are linked. Mt Fugi would be an example of subduction of one plate under another. The submerged plate heats up as it sinks, Density of the material is lessened as the blob expands and magma works its way to the surface in a usually spectacular way.

https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/ring-fire

Posted by Warthog 2025-03-06 11:28|| 2025-03-06 11:28|| Front Page Top

#4 ^ All true, but the output is irregular and mediated by internal structures - those structures may also be affected as well as plate geometry... assuming there's any relationship to the sun at all...

Posted by Mercutio 2025-03-06 14:07|| 2025-03-06 14:07|| Front Page Top

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