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2024-05-08 14:45:55 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

There is no scientific basis for the claim of increased earthquake risk. Earthquakes are always possible in areas with active faults, but earthquake rates show no correlation with high/low solar activity, flares, CMEs, holes, sunspots, or other solar phenomena. Learn more: https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/do-solar-flares-or-magnetic-storms-space-weather-cause-earthquakes https://www.usgs.gov/programs/geomagnetism/science/overview#publications https://www.thesuntoday.org/solar-science/flares-and-earthquakes/

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• There is no scientific basis for the claim of increased earthquake risk. Earthquakes are always possible in areas with active faults, but earthquake rates show no correlation with high/low solar activity, flares, CMEs, holes, sunspots, or other solar phenomena. Learn more: https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/do-solar-flares-or-magnetic-storms-space-weather-cause-earthquakes https://www.usgs.gov/programs/geomagnetism/science/overview#publications https://www.thesuntoday.org/solar-science/flares-and-earthquakes/