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EARTHQUAKES?
JUNE 21, 2001 ECLIPSE
THE CONNECTION
"There is no doubt that solar and lunar eclipses have a direct bearing on earthquakes.
It is sad that the scientific community, which misses no opportunity to ridicule astrology,
should not forewarn mankind of one of the biggest natural disasters in recent times,
despite modern gadgets and scientific knowledge at their disposal.
2000 years back,Varamihira, the great astronomer and mathematician,
dealt with the question of sun spots and their effects on earth
and said that appearances of the spots would bring earthquakes
and unusual phenomenon, boding calamity. A study of over 200 quakes
reveals that earthquakes generally occur at the time of eclipses
and the time of occurrences is generally midnight or morning."
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Saturday June 23, 2001 4 p.m. EST
Major Quake Rocks Peru Coast, Casualties Reported
LIMA, Peru (Reuters) - A major earthquake measuring magnitude 7.9 struck the Pacific coast of Peru on Saturday, killing at least two people and injuring many more, officials said.
Peruvian officials put the strength of the quake at six on the Richter scale but the U.S. Geological Survey (news - web sites) reported that it measured magnitude 7.9.
The quake, which struck about 375 miles southeast of Lima at 4:33 p.m. EDT, caused widespread damage in the city of Arequipa, a civil defense spokesman said.
``I have just been informed that two children were killed when a wall fell,'' another civil defense official, whose name was not given, told Canal N cable television.
TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE - JUNE 21, 2001 - THE EARTHQUAKE CONNECTION