TITLE:
Inverse Correlations between Daily Average Energy of Global 0.01 to 1 M Earthquakes and Solar Flux Units: Possible Source of Coupling
AUTHORS:
David A. E. Vares, Michael A. Persinger
KEYWORDS:
Solar Flux Units, Small Magnitude Earthquakes, Solar-Seismic Equilibrium Energies, Bohr Magneton Transposition
JOURNAL NAME:
International Journal of Geosciences,
Vol.5 No.12,
November
25,
2014
ABSTRACT: The potential coupling between discrete releases of solar energy within
the 2.8 GHz band and increments of seismic energy could suggest alternative
mechanisms for solar-terrestrial interactions. Daily measures of Solar Flux
Units (SFU) and the average energy of global earthquakes between 0.01 and 1 M
for a 5 year period (2009-2013) shared about 25% of the same variance (r = -0.50). Average energies from the
other successive 1 M intervals did not display the strength of this effect or
were not statistically significant. The slope of the association indicated that
for every 10-22 W/m2Hz1 decrease in daily SFUs,
the average energy per earthquake in the 0.01 to 1 M range increased over the
earth’s surface area on average by ~3 × 10-12 J/m2. The
discrepancy of ~1010 in energy density was accommodated by
multiplication of the solar unit by the frequency equivalent (1.39 × 1010 Hz/T) of the Bohr magneton and its intrinsic magnetic field strength. Although
the results and the convergent quantification suggest a coupling between the
mechanisms responsible for fluctuations in 2.8 GHz power from the sun and the
energies of the smallest magnitude earthquake activities as predicted, the
presence of a third factor related to time or to the sun’s movement through
space must still be accommodated.