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HAARP did not cause Colombia earthquake, scientists say
False social media posts have blamed Alaska’s High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program, or HAARP, for the 7.4-magnitude earthquake that struck western Colombia on Monday. The quake has killed at least 270 people…
The Story in Brief
False social media posts have blamed Alaska’s High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program, or HAARP, for the 7.4-magnitude earthquake that struck western Colombia on Monday. The quake has killed at least 270 people and caused widespread damage, with rescue efforts continuing.
The US Geological Survey attributed the earthquake to strike-slip faulting, in which sections of Earth’s crust move horizontally. The quake occurred about 110 kilometres deep in Colombia’s Pacific region, part of the Pacific Ring of Fire. Scientists said HAARP’s upward-pointing radio transmitters lack the energy and physical mechanism to trigger earthquakes. The University of Alaska Fairbanks has operated the programme since 2015.
The Indian Opinion
The lazy narrative here is that a secretive-sounding military-linked project must explain a catastrophe. The opposite claim, that all human activity can never influence earthquakes, would also be careless. Scientists distinguish between shallow, small quakes linked to activities such as waste-water injection and this deep, powerful event. The useful test is simple: does credible geological evidence connect HAARP’s transmissions to the quake’s 110-kilometre source? So far, it does not.
Source: hindustantimes.com
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