Did March supermoon spark earthquake?
Weather bloggers noted that the 2004 boxing day tsunami was on a supermoon night too.
Japan's devastating earthquake comes just days after a warning that an extreme 'supermoon' would spark chaos across the globe.
The massive earthquake shook Japan, unleashing powerful tsunamis that sent ships crashing into the shore and carried cars through the streets of coastal towns
On March 19, the moon will loom large in our skies and be at its closest distance from the Earth in 18 years. And weather bloggers noted there was a supermoon just before the last monster tsunami in Asia on Boxing Day 2004.
Conspiracy theorists on the Internet have made catastrophic predictions of tidal waves, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.
Next week, the moon will pass a mere 2,21,567 miles from our planet and a few amateur scientists have predicted extreme conditions all over the world.
The event known as a lunar perigee happens when a full or new moon comes within 90 per cent of its closest approach possible.
Theories
Those that come nearest to Earth are called extreme supermoons, just like the one expected next week.
Blogger Daniel Vogler wrote on weather website AccuWeather, "The last extreme supermoon occurred on January 10th, 2005, right around the time of the 9.0 Indonesia earthquake.
That extreme supermoon was a new moon. So be forewarned. Something big could happen on or around this date."
Previous supermoons were sighted in 1955, 1974, 1992 and 2005 all years that had extreme weather events.
The tsunami that killed hundreds of thousands of people in Indonesia happened two weeks before the January 2005 supermoon.
Did you know?
Previous supermoons were sighted in 1955, 1974, 1992 and 2005 all years that had extreme weather events.
Boxing Day tsunami
The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, which resulted in a tsunami is called the Boxing Day Tsunami
Off Twitter
Sending condolences to the people of Japan, particularly those who lost loved ones in the earthquake & tsunamis. US stands ready to help.
Barack Obama
One of the worst calamities has hit Japan. May the departed souls rest in peace. God bless the world.
You are constantly in our thoughts and prayers at this most dreadful and challenging of times.
The Prince of Wales to the Emperor of Japan
Number Game
1,200 - Twitter use skyrocketed, with tweets coming out of Tokyo topping 1,200 per minute, according to Tweet-o-Meter, a traffic-monitoring system at University College of London.
$50 Billion - Approximate cost of damage caused by the earthquake in Japan
Japan's worst quake in 100 years
8.3 March 3, 1933 Toll: 3,064
8.0 Dec 21, 1946 Toll: 1,443
7.9 Sept 1, 1923 Toll: 1,42,807
7.9 October 28, 1891 Toll: 7,273
7.9 Dec 7, 1944 Toll: 1,223
7.5 March 7, 1927 Toll: 2,925
7.3 January 17, 1995 Toll: 6,434
7.2 Sept 10, 1943 Toll: 1,083
7.1 June 15, 1896 Toll: 21,959
7.1 June 28, 1948 Toll: 3,769
6.8 Jan 13, 1945 Toll: 2,306
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