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The Sun And Moon Can Trigger Earthquakes, And Scientists May Finally Know How


Cosmically, Earth can be likened to a planetary puppet 'tugged' by the gravitational strings of the Sun and Moon.  And the entire rest of the Universe, of course, but the lunisolar influence helps give us our ocean tides.

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