Ken Ring is a man who can shake up any Christchurch resident with his earthquake predictions. His theory is based upon the movements of the moon,which he then connects to how this will effect the tides, and what course of actions will take place in a certain time of the month.This is why he is given the name "the moon man" by many people agreeing with his talent. But that's not the only name Ken has been given, as many people think Ring's calls and theory are irrational, and he should have no right to make claims of an earthquake that is yet to occur.Ring quoted, "The window of 15-25 February should be potent for all types of tidal action, not only king tides but cyclone development and ground movement.Over the next 10 days a 7+ earthquake somewhere is very likely".As you can clearly see, this quote is not very accurate. If Ken Ring were to add more details, and back it up with reliable scientific evidence, then undoubtedly would he have had more believe putting faith into his theory. Before Ring makes predictions, he needs to pinpoint a secure date, and magnitude scale- this is, if earthquakes can be predicted. But scientists believe, and have evidence that they can not. Scientists have gone and tested Ken's theory that the moon can have an effect on earthquakes. Ken believes that when the moon is full, and king tides appear that this is when earthquakes are more likely to happen. They could link no earthquakes happening around the time of king tides, like Ken Ring said. So what do you think about Ken? I myself are unsure what I believe, but I guess we will see on March 20th (he predicted an earthquake in Chch today!) Here below, I have attatched Campbell live interviewing Ken Ring. This will give you more information : http://www.3news.co.nz/Ken-Ring-I-predicted-the-Christchurch-quake-/tabid/367/articleID/200226/Default.aspx
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