Great Natural Disasters Supermoon Due March 19?

Washington - On March 19, the moon will be closer to Earth in the nearest position in the last 18 years. At night, the moon will shine more brightly in the distance of only 356,577 miles away. In addition, the full moon will be full.

And, as reported by Space.com, the astrologers (not astronomers) predicted this could cause major damage on the planet.

Richard Nolle, an astrologer noted in astropro.com site called the incident as "Supermoon" extreme. In this condition, he said, chaos would happen: big storms, earthquakes, volcanoes and other natural disasters will occur simultaneously on Earth.

True?

Scientists have studied scenarios associated for decades. Even under normal conditions, the moon is close enough to Earth to make its presence felt; cause tidal ebb and flow of water can even cause laut.Gravitasi Month - although on a small scale - the tide in several continents. Tides occur during full moon when the sun and moon aligned with the earth.According to John Vidale, a seismologist at the University of Washington in Seattle and director of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, Supermoon indeed trigger earthquakes. "We could see a very small increase in tectonic activity when they tune," Vidale said at the Space.com website.

At the time of full moon, "you see an increase of less than 1 percent of earthquake activity, and a slightly higher response in a volcano."

Tidal influence on the largest seismic activity in subduction zones such as the Pacific Northwest, where one tectonic plate is sliding beneath another. William Wilcock, seismologists at the University of Washington, explains: "When you have the water receded, there is little water, so the pressure on the seabed is less pressure, that makes it easier for the shift."

According to Wilcock, seismic activity in subduction zones at low wave was 10 percent higher than at other times of the day, but he did not see any correlation between seismic activity and the proximity of the month.