Dear rajitha

Sri B V Ramaan says Predictions of earthquake , whether it is strong or weak depending on the various factors connected with 4th house, 4th lord, Bhumikaraka Mars, Mars-saturn, Jupiter saturn, D4 chart and particular reference is given to 8th and 12th house in that chart , and timing of earthquake and constellation in which planets are placed and placement of planets in earthly or airy sign in the chart.

Thanks Goverdhanji.
I am waiting for this December 24th about California - which sounds scary. Hopefully things will not be too bad.

Even though California is prone to quakes, it also has a high density of population.


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Experts warn major Israel quakes fast approaching  

Dec 17 08:08 AM US/Eastern
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 As if political instability and rampant insecurity in the Middle East are not worrying enough, Israeli experts are warning that a major earthquake could strike the region at any time.
Three minor quakes over the past month have served as a reminder that Israel and the West Bank sit atop one of the most sensitive fault lines in the world, where earthquakes have a history of causing havoc.

"We can say with certainty that an earthquake of a magnitude of six on the Richter scale could take place in the coming years," said Yefim Gitterman from the seismology department at the geophysical institute of Lod, near Tel Aviv.

"It can happen tomorrow or in years to come," he said. "Statistically, there is a major quake every 80 years."

Under that assessment, Israel and the Palestinian territories should brace for a major earthquake soon, as the last one happened 80 years ago, on July 11, 1927, in British mandate Palestine when 300 people were killed in Jerusalem and Jericho.

A similar quake measuring seven on the Richter scale and with an epicentre in the Hula Valley, today in northern Israel up from the Sea of Galilee, devastated the town of Safed and killed some 4,000 people in 1837.

"Stronger earthquakes of a magnitude of seven are statistically less common," Gitterman said. But that could be bad enough.

The Lod institute estimates that if a magnitude seven earthquake strikes the northern Jordan Valley or the Dead Sea, between 8,200 and 9,500 people could be killed, more than 20,000 injured and more than 20,000 left homeless.

Running north to south, the Hula Valley, the Sea of Galilee, the Jordan Valley, the Dead Sea, the Arava Desert and the Red Sea lie on what is known as the Syrian-African fault line.

Jewish historian Flavius Josephus, who saw Jerusalem fall to the invading Romans in 70 AD, also wrote that around 30,000 people perished in an earthquake whose epicentre was in the region of the Dead Sea in 31 BC.

The Lod institute, part of the infrastructure ministry, is on standby day and night to brief the Israeli authorities on the epicentre and magnitude of a powerful tremor within 10 minutes in order to mobilise an emergency response.

The Israeli home front command publishes extensive advice on how to behave in the event of an earthquake on its multi-language website, urging families to prepare emergency supplies to survive for 24 to 72 hours until help arrives.

All new homes built in Israel are equipped with bomb shelters, and the civil defence advises that those without should crouch inside a doorway or under a heavy table in the event of an earthquake, and avoid using lifts.

The website advises people to carry out drills at least twice a year to make a response in an actual event automatic.


http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=071217130844.3w52g9f2&show_article=1

Thanks for the post Goverdhanji.

It seems like God has his own way of balancing.

Are we heading for BIG ONE?

IT is greateness of Vedic Astrology , that  it enables to predict well in advance before the Seismologist could predict or an earthquake of great magnititude happens

Here is latest news

"New Zealand roads ripped up by earthquake
By Matthew Moore and agencies
Last Updated: 10:13am GMT 20/12/2007

A strong earthquake hit New Zealand's main island today, ripping up roads and cutting off power on the east coast.

The quake, measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale, was centred in the sea 30 miles off the North Island city of Gisborne.

Emergency plans have been put into action but there have been no immediate reports of casualties. No tsunami warnings have been issued.

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The force of the quake was felt across most of the country but Gisborne appears to be worst hit.

"There were holes opening up in some streets, partial building collapses in some areas," a police spokesman said.

"We have got a lot of damage and are still assessing the situation," another spokesman added.

Power cuts have hampered attempts to assess the extent of the damage.

Callers to radio phone-ins described how the earthquake sent household appliances flying and knocked objects off shelves.

There are around 14,000 earthquakes in New Zealand, of which around 20 are higher than 5.0 on the Richter scale.

The last fatal earthquake in the geologically active country, caught between the Pacific and Indo-Australian tectonic plates, was in 1968 when an earthquake measuring 7.1 scale killed three people. "

Is this earthquake an advance intimation of the big one to happen on 24th December 2007?