A former United States Geological Survey scientist says a major quake on the West Coast is imminent

A former United States Geological Survey scientist says a major quake on the West Coast is imminent

A former United States Geological Survey scientist says a major quake on the West Coast is imminent.

Geologist: Alarming magnetic field changes signal major quake for West Coast

He's worried about the prospects of a strong quake hitting the West Coast of the US sometime during March 2011, particularly around March 19th.

The "ring of fire" that encircles the Pacific rim includes the region from Alaska south to South America. During the past several years earthquake and volcanic activity has been on the upswing all along the rim except on the northeastern perimeter.

Berkland believes that's about to change. He told as much to Cavuto: "The month of October, March, and April are the three most devastating earthquakes in terms of damage in the San Francisco Bay Area in history. And we are having on the 19th of this month not only the full moon, but within an hour the closest approach of the moon to the earth until the year 2016. The next day is the equinoctial tides. So you're bringing together three of the maximum tide raising forces. We know about the ocean tides. But there is also an Earth tide. And there is a tide in the ground water. All of these help to release sudden, built up strain, and cause earthquakes."

Recent research on the geomagnetic field and its relation to tectonic plates, earthquakes, and volcanic action tends to support his hypotheses.

Berkland says that the approaching seismic window is one of the largest in many years. He sees it developing between the 19th to the 26th of March 2011.

When asked if the quake that's coming will be another 9.0 event, Berkland admitted he just didn't know.

A former United States Geological Survey scientist says a major quake on the West Coast is imminent

(Maybe the mayan's knew something after all.)