ystery to seismologists, a powerful explosion sound which eludes detection by the best of seismographs, is a real earth event and should be correctly classified as an ‘earthquake’. The rare earthquake boom is part of a ‘family’ of five types of events the earth can generate of which only two are known by science. It is important for residents near volcanoes to be aware of the ‘earthquake boom’, although an unnerving experience doesn’t indicate an actual explosion occurred or that an eruption is imminent. This article gives insight into why these events occur and what they mean. Included are some hair raising stories from Mt. St. Helens climbers – who experienced a fantastic ‘boom’.

A few terms defined for article discussion:

Scalar wave – A ‘mass-less’ wave that propagates differently than traditional electromagnetic waves (radio waves). Scalar waves do not oscillate back and forth between magnetic and electrostatic, yet are real waves of energy. Therefore, to sense them, one requires different technology. Traditional radio wave technology will not properly sense pure Scalar waves.

Scalar – A difference in energy potential between two reference points, with a vector. Think of an arrow; the tip to tail length defines the strength; the pointing direction of arrow determines the 3-D direction it is pointing (from-to).

Gyro-scalar – A ‘precessing’ emanation of scalar wave similar to a rate of wobble to spinning top.

What is an ‘Earthquake Boom’?

Earthquake Boom is a very loud, deep sounding explosion, which emanates from the earth. If directly above emanation, directional determination may be difficult as sound is not from a distinct direction as it is from a wide area of earth’s surface. It is a higher frequency audio form of the traditional shaking earthquake even though current seismographs cannot ‘see’ or ‘record’ them. Scalar devices are able to clearly ‘see’ these events along with the rest of the earthquake ‘family’ of earth-generated events such as the ‘silent’ or ‘slow’ earthquake. Another relative to the ‘family’ is the earth ‘lurch’ and a ‘fast version of slow’ earthquake – these yet to be discovered by mainstream science.

These loud explosions have been witnessed by many over the years. They also accompany traditional earthquakes as these are part of the mix of seismic activity (earthquake & earthquake boom).City residents of Spokane Washington in the summer of 2001 experienced a classic series of explosions (earthquake booms) and earthquakes in a flurry of shallow earthquake swarms. Seismologists were unable to record these booming events on seismographs.

A mysterious swarm of earthquakes unnerves Spokane

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/33455_quake01.shtml

"Long after the last Fourth of July firecracker burst in Spokane, nerve-rattling explosions still shake the city. There has been a swarm of earthquakes that boom like dynamite, surprising residents and seismologists alike.”

"Higher-frequency vibrations make the booming sound and when quakes are deeper, those vibrations are gone by the time they reach the surface. Sometimes the quakes boom even when no vibration is felt

“From his home on basalt cliffs overlooking town, the sound "is a lot like thunder or the old sonic booms," said Spokane resident Tim Ray. "It definitely unnerves my wife."

Recently, a loud explosion in South Carolina again follows the classic signature of the rare type of event – no seismograph recordings, no supersonic aircraft around to create sonic boom, and very loud (other proposed theories include suggested sea floor gas release or other phenomena related to historical ‘Seneca Guns’). However, earthquake booms are real events and occur from within the crust. These events also may occur in regions without a fault or without a seismically active region.

Charleston Post and Courier

Sonic boom? Earthquake? Big bang theories abound

http://www.charleston.net/stories/080203/loc_02boom.shtml

“The earthquake experts say it wasn't a shaker, and military authorities say they didn't have the kind of planes in the air that can make a sonic boom.”

“But whatever it was, the noise that rattled Lowcountry communities about 1:30 p.m. Friday commanded a lot of attention.”

“There was this extremely loud, percussive noise," said Reynolds Pommering of Mount Pleasant. "My sister (on James Island) said she heard it, too, and that's eight miles across as the crow flies. I first thought somebody had run into the building."”

Will these explosions mean an eruption is imminent?

If near volcanoes or volcanic region, the ‘earthquake boom’ is just another form of an earthquake with the energy of a small size quake. Yes, the explosion sound is very impressive and can lead to concern. Yet only larger earthquakes would be reason for scrutiny of developing conditions (USGS volcanic observatories have a wealth of instrumentation available for analysis of any developing activity related to U.S. volcanoes. Refer to excellent reference & up to date status at: http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/update.html)

Mt St Helens (south face)

In 1995, some climbers on Mt. St. Helens thought the worst when the mountain unleashed a tremendous loud boom. The climbers were aware of the current warning levels issued by Cascades Volcanic Observatory as the mountain was experiencing high levels of earthquake swarms (fall 1995). Half way up the south face route is when the climbers experienced the deep explosive sound. They instinctively thought of running down the mountain but realized they wouldn’t have a chance – or be able to out-run a large eruption. Frozen in place, waiting for a few tense minutes did they realize no eruption was underway. However, the ascent quickly became a spirited descent to Climbers Bivouac – where I was able to interview them (I was at the mountain doing recordings with scalar type instruments and witnessed the explosion sound. Unusual was the sensation of experiencing the deep sound all around – there was no sense of direction as normally provided by both ears. Another interesting point was the lack of any form of echo as occur from lightning induced thunder.)

What causes the ‘Earthquake Boom’?

The earth’s crust naturally resonates in scalar. A particular burst of a scalar signature has been observed to be the genesis and source of the subsequent booming sound. To understand this, first the earth’s natural gyro-scalar resonant frequency needs to be understood. Below is a graph of the earth’s frequency to where you are in north-south relative to the equator and pole(s) – as Latitude.

Although this graph looks fancy, think of each location on earth’s crust having a note or pitch it likes to respond to. This is similar to a pop bottle filled with water. More water and the higher the pitch bottle makes when you strike it or blow in the opening. Less water and the pitch is lower. This is exactly what the graph is showing. As you go northward on the earth the higher the pitch (think of more water is north and less is south). What Terra Research data recordings indicate is that if a sudden burst of scalar energy in the crust is higher in pitch (burst) than the natural resonant frequency (at that location) is what causes a subsequent ‘booming’ version of an earthquake; thus the ‘earthquake boom’. Likewise, a lower pitch burst of scalar energy in the crust is what causes a subsequent ‘slow’ or ‘silent’ forms of the earthquake (see Volcanoes In California, Idaho, and Pacific Northwest Building Towards Catastrophic Eruptions, “New study by CWU Scientists reveals unexpected slow earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest” for info on slow earthquake). If the scalar energy burst in the crust matches the natural resonant frequency, a traditional shaking earthquake results. As these bursts of scalar energy occur prior to the earthquake, these are detectable precursors.

What instruments ‘see’ scalar Precursors?

To detect the very unusual form of ‘scalar’ energy requires a specially developed device to sense the scalar energy effect on a mass body. At right is such a device that is placed in the earth. The sphere is a ball of metal (mass) that is designed to react to this energy with the top device converting this reaction to an electrical signal back to the recording instrumentation. This technology is referred to as Mass Resonant Sensory Device or MRSD. As the earth has many tones or pitches a number of different types of MRSD sensors are required to ‘see’ the range of scalar signals from the earth.

This technology has no moving parts as found on traditional seismographs.

What does an ‘Earthquake Boom’ look like?

From the book “Forbidden Secrets of the Earthquake Revealed” chapter “Earthquake Boom” are recording data of a captured event. The booming event was recorded 26.5 seconds in length with the head of 2.5 seconds forming the boom itself. The tail of the recording is a 24 second low level amplitude burst – it should be noted that none of the traditional sensitive seismographs that were in the locale of this event detected its occurrence.)

What does an ‘Earthquake Boom’ Precursor look like?

Below is the precursor (scalar burst) to the subsequent ‘earthquake boom’. Recording from different MRSD device (smaller in mass & different design).

Even though the rare ‘earthquake boom’ may occur in many regions, residents should view them as a small version of an earthquake (in energy).

Science should recognize ‘Earthquake Boom’ as a true earthquake

The Earthquake Boom is a true member of the earthquake. It is a higher frequency (pitch) but is born of the same mechanism (scalar burst) that has been observed to be the cause of all forms of the earthquake. *

*note: excluding rock slides, explosion, and traditional fracture

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