Comet Honda Approaches to Earth Does Cause Large Earthquakes

·  Comet 'Honda'

Close approaches to planets: This comet made 11 close approaches to Earth and 2 close approaches to Jupiter during the 20th century. It makes 1 close approach to Venus, 5 close approaches to Earth, and 1 close approach to Jupiter during the first half of the 21st century. (From the orbital work of Kazuo Kinoshita)

• 0.62 AU from Earth on 1900 July 31

No Big Earthquake

·       ·  1901 12 18 - Ayvalik, Turkey (Ottoman Empire) - M 5.9

·       ·  1901 05 17 - Near Portsmouth, Ohio - M 4.2

·       ·  1901 03 03 - Parkfield, California - M 6.4

·       ·  1900 10 09 - Kodiak Island, Alaska - M 7.7

·       ·  1899 12 25 - San Jacinto, California - M 6.7 Fatalities 6

·       ·  1899 09 23 - Copper River delta, Alaska - M 7.0

·       ·  1899 09 20 - Menderes Valley, Turkey - M 6.9 Fatalities 1,100

• 0.64 AU from Earth on 1906 March 20

Big Earthquake 4 days prior

·       ·  1907 01 14 - Kingston, Jamaica - M 6.5 Fatalities 1,000

·       ·  1906 11 15 - Socorro area, New Mexico - Intensity VII

·       ·  1906 08 17 - Valparaiso, Chile - M 8.2 Fatalities 3,882

·       ·  1906 07 12 - Socorro area, New Mexico - Intensity VII

·       ·  1906 04 18 - San Francisco, California - M 7.8 Fatalities 3000

·       ·  1906 03 16 - Chia-i, Taiwan - M 6.8 Fatalities 1,250

·       ·  1906 01 31 - Off the Coast of Esmeraldas, Ecuador - M 8.8 Fatalities 1,000

·       ·  1905 09 08 - Calabria, Italy - M 7.9 Fatalities 557

·       ·  1905 07 09 - Mongolia - M 8.4

• 0.26 AU from Earth on 1917 January 16

Bali Earthquake, 4 days after the Honda Comet

·       ·  1917 07 30 - Yunnan, China - M 7.5 Fatalities 1,800

·       ·  1917 01 20 - Bali, Indonesia Fatalities 1,500

·       ·  1916 10 18 - Irondale, Alabama - M 5.1

·       ·  1916 02 21 - Waynesville, North Carolina - M 5.2

• 0.35 AU from Earth on 1927 November 24

Big Earthquake 1 week after Honda comet

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·       ·  1929 05 01 - Koppeh Dagh, Iran (Persia) - M 7.4 Fatalities 3,800

·       ·  1929 03 07 - Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska - M 7.8

·       ·  1928 12 01 - Talca, Chile - M 7.6 Fatalities 225

·       ·  1928 11 03 - Eastern Tennessee - M 4.5

·       ·  1927 11 04 - Lompoc, California - M 7.1

·       ·  1927 10 24 - Southeast Alaska - M 7.1

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• 0.08 AU from Jupiter on 1935 August 15
• decreased perihelion distance from 0.64 AU to 0.58 AU
• decreased orbital period from 5.53 to 5.27 years
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• 0.83 AU from Earth on 1943 July 12

NO Big Earthquakes

·       ·  1944 07 12 - Sheep Mountain, Idaho - M 6.1

·       ·  1944 02 01 - Gerede, Turkey - M 7.4 Fatalities 2,790

·       ·  1944 01 15 - San Juan, Argentina - M 7.4 Fatalities 8,000

·       ·  1943 11 26 - Ladik, Turkey - M 7.6 Fatalities 4,000

·       ·  1943 11 03 - Skwenta, Alaska - M 7.4

·       ·  1943 09 10 - Tottori, Japan - M 7.4 Fatalities 1,190

·       ·  1943 04 06 - Illapel - Salamanca, Chile - M 8.2 Fatalities 25

·       ·  1943 01 30 - Yanaoca, Peru Fatalities 200

·       ·  1942 12 20 - Erbaa, Turkey - M 7.3 Fatalities 1,100

·       ·  1942 11 26 - Turkey - M 7.6 Fatalities 4,000

• 0.43 AU from Earth on 1948 November 16 (contributed to comet's discovery)

·       Big Earthquake 6 days prior

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·       ·  1947 05 06 - Wisconsin

·       ·  1946 12 20 - Nankaido, Japan - M 8.1 Fatalities 1,330

·       ·  1946 11 10 - Ancash, Peru - M 7.3 Fatalities 1,400

·       ·  1946 08 08 - Samana, Dominican Republic - M 7.6

·       ·  1946 08 04 - Samana, Dominican Republic - M 8.0 Fatalities 100

·       ·  1946 06 23 - Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada - M 7.3

·       ·  1946 05 31 - Ustukran, Turkey - M 5.9 Fatalities 1,300

·       ·  1946 04 01 - Unimak Island, Alaska - M 8.1 Fatalities 165

• 0.59 AU from Earth on 1954 March 15

Big Earthquake 2 weeks after Honda Comet

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·       ·  1955 10 24 - Concord, California - M 5.4 Fatalities 1

·       ·  1954 12 21 - Eureka, California - M 6.5 Fatalities 1

·       ·  1954 12 16 - Dixie Valley, Nevada - M 6.8

·       ·  1954 12 16 - Fairview Peak, Nevada - M 7.1

·       ·  1954 09 09 - Orleansville, Algeria - M 6.8 Fatalities 1,250

·       ·  1954 08 24 - Stillwater, Nevada - M 6.8

·       ·  1954 07 06 - Fallon-Stillwater area, Nevada - M 6.6

·       ·  1954 04 30 - Greece - M 7.1 Fatalities 31

·       ·  1954 03 29 - Spain - M 7.9

·       ·  1953 12 12 - Tumbes, Peru - M 7.4 Fatalities 7

·       ·  1953 08 12 - Kefallinia, Greece - M 7.1 Fatalities 455

• 0.30 AU from Earth on 1969 August 11

A 5.9 earthquake, smallish, and 2 weeks before.

·       ·  1969 12 25 - Guadeloupe, Leeward Islands - M 7.2

·       ·  1969 11 20 - Southern West Virginia - M 4.5

·       ·  1969 10 02 - Santa Rosa, California - M 5.7 Fatalities 1

·       ·  1969 10 01 - Comas region, Chile - M 6.4 Fatalities 136

·       ·  1969 07 25 - Guangdong, China - M 5.9 Fatalities 3,000

·       ·  1969 03 28 - Alasehir, Turkey - M 6.4 Fatalities 11

·       ·  1969 02 28 - Portugal-Morocco area - M 7.8 Fatalities 13

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• 0.23 AU from Earth on 1975 February 5
• Big Earthquakes 3 days prior and 1 day prior
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·       ·  1976 03 11 - Newport, Rhode Island - M 3.5

·       ·  1976 02 04 - Guatemala - M 7.5 Fatalities 23,000

·       ·  1975 11 29 - Kalapana, Hawaii - M 7.2 Fatalities 2

·       ·  1975 09 06 - Turkey - M 6.7 Fatalities 2,000

·       ·  1975 08 01 - Oroville, California - M 5.8

·       ·  1975 07 09 - Western Minnesota - M 4.6

·       ·  1975 06 30 - Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming - M 6.1

·       ·  1975 03 02 - Eastern Idaho - M 6.2

·       ·  1975 02 04 - Haicheng, China - M 7.0 Fatalities 2,000

·       ·  1975 02 02 - Near Islands, Alaska - M 7.6

·       ·  1974 12 28 - Northern Pakistan - M 6.2 Fatalities 5,300

·       ·  1974 10 08 - Leeward Islands - M 7.5

·       ·  1974 10 03 - Near the Coast of Central Peru - M 8.1

• 0.11 AU from Jupiter on 1983 March 26
• decreased perihelion distance from 0.58 AU to 0.54 AU
• increased orbital period from 5.28 to 5.30 years
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• 0.29 AU from Earth on 1990 August 1
• No big earthquakes

·  1991 04 22 - Costa Rica - M 7.6 Fatalities 47

·  1990 07 16 - Luzon, Philippine Islands - M 7.7 Fatalities 1,621

·  1990 06 20 - Western Iran - M 7.4 Fatalities 50,000

• ·  1990 01 13 - Maryland - M 2.5
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• 0.17 AU from Earth on 1996 February 4
• No big earthquakes

·  1997 05 21 - Jabalpur, India - M 5.8 Fatalities 38

·  1997 05 10 - Northern Iran - M 7.3 Fatalities 1,567

·  1996 06 10 - Andreanof Islands, Alaska - M 7.9

·  1995 06 15 - Greece - M 6.5 Fatalities 26

·  1995 05 27 - Sakhalin Island - M 7.1 Fatalities 1,989

·  1995 05 13 - Greece - M 6.6

·  1995 02 03 - Wyoming - M 5.3 Fatalities 1

• 0.09 AU from Venus on 2006 June 4

• 0.06 AU from Earth on 2011 August 15

Big Earthquake 6.8, Japan, Honshu (Fukushima)

_________________________________________________The future

• 0.09 AU from Earth on 2017 February 11
• 0.57 AU from Earth on 2027 July 20
• 0.17 AU from Jupiter on 2030 August 3
• increased perihelion distance from 0.56 AU to 0.63 AU
• increased orbital period from 5.34 to 5.52 years
• 0.37 AU from Earth on 2032 November 6
• 0.39 AU from Earth on 2043 November 21