# Earthquake weather

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [November 1, 2001, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-weather/90972 "2001-11-01T19:17:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-weather/90972/20 "2001-11-05T13:14:15Z")

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I’d never heard about “earthquake weather” and as someone who used to teach a seismology class I’m doing my best to keep a straight face.

Two concepts were mentioned:

Earthquakes occur as a rusult of a certain type of weather - laughable.

Earthquakes might cause subtle changes in the weather - worth considering.

Certainly faint diagnostic attributes are present since yes, some animals apparently act quite differently prior to a quake. Burrowing animals often will refuse to go underground. Fish will jump out of the water. Dogs, cats and horses appear skiddish.

Something’s going on but it’s on a level too faint for we as humans to discern.

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