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End of year earthquakes
I have noted in my California earthquake file that a number of events have occurred near the December solstice. The Sumatra earthquake of 12/26/2004 and Mt St Helens return to active state at the same time are also examples.
I ran a search using 12/26/2007 and found eight earthquake events that happened in history with the present planet configuration from December 1, to February 2.
These are the following search results.
San Simeon 2/1/1853 - 1 pm. VIII. San Simeon, San Luis Obispo County. -- Violent shocks. Houses were injured
Ft Yuma 1/10/1853
Ft Yuma 12/14/1853 – dairy at the time reports volcanic activity nearby. This event and the present planet configuration may be indicative of the volcanic activity in California.

“The first mention of an earthquake that likely originated in the Colorado Delta is found in the diary of Friar Eixarch.18 Eixarch did not venture into the delta region himself, but he was visiting with Indians who went there frequently. Eixarch was encamped at the future site of Fort Yuma, along with a Yuman chief named Palma. The entry for April 25,1776, tells us: "At night there was an earthquake, but it was of short duration. Since I had never experienced such a thing, I was frightened to see how the hill shook. Palma told me that it always does this whenever the river wishes to rise, saying that the earth usually trembles three or four times." The entry for April 26 adds: "About nine o'clock in the forenoon the earthquake was repeated, although very lightly." This short sequence of shocks probably originated in the delta region, possibly along the Cerro Prieto Fault
The first dramatic display of the mud volcanoes in historic times was triggered by the earthquake of November 29, 1852.20 On that day, at twenty minutes past noon, a violent quake was felt at Fort Yuma. "The most extraordinary circumstance was down the river [from the fort] in a W.S.W. direction some 20 or 25 miles in a straight line where immense columns of white steam rose to a great height."21 "The appearance of this column with its narrow base and its wide expanded top was most beautiful; it was supposed to be the steam arising from a hot spring which had just found its way to the surface. This column of steam lasted but a few minutes. Twice within a quarter of an hour two much smaller columns were seen to arise and disappear."22
Again, on the morning of December 7, "a large column of steam was seen to rise from the same point seen the other day. It was in two jets in close succession."23 Several large jets of steam were seen again on the 10th and several more on the 11th. Major Heintzelman decided to make a journey to the source of the steam jets and left with a party of five on the morning of the 12th, returning one week later. What they saw on their trip amazed them all: The ground is quite flat and there are some hundred or more orifices emitting steam and gasses; some rising out of conical hillocks of mud, from a few inches to 8 or 10 feet high. The principal craters are in ponds of very liquid black mud, one containing three or four cones of an oval form and the others only a few yards across. The principal one bubbles all the time, but every ten or 15 minutes on an average there is a grand eruption throwing up the mud from 60 to 70 feet into the air and the steam and gasses rising many hundreds. The first jet seen on the 29th Nov. must have been 1000 feet high, as it was seen at least 50 miles in a straight line and thus appeared to rise above the tops of the coast range of mountains in rear. At these successive eruptions the pond is lashed into large waves which break like the surf on the shore throwing the mud high in the air. The beautiful snowy steam rising from the black lake below and inlaid with dark streaks and drips has a magnificent effect. Then successive eruptions are accompanied with a rumbling sound, at a distance resembling the report of heavy canon.
The Major's diary entry for January 10, 1853, reads: "The volcano has been active again. . .The steam has been escaping in large volumes. One was seen high threw the mountains beyond." The entry for March 19,1853, reads: "Andrews says he saw more larger and big continued jets of steam rising in the direction of the volcano as he was passing from New River to the 'Alamo Mucho.' " Aftershocks were noted by Major Heintzelman through September 5, 1853, and occurred on all the days that steam jets were seen. It has been deduced that the curvature of the earth requires an object to be at least 800 feet in height above the volcanoes in order to be seen by an observer at Fort Yuma, which was situated on a knob some 100 feet above the desert plain.26 Thus, all the steam jets seen from the fort probably shot over 1000 feet high. The steam column which "rose to a great height" on November 29 must have risen considerably higher than that. In case one was wondering whether the Major was all excited about the earthquake business, he need look no further than the diary entry for December 24, 1852: "... .This is the second dull Christmas for me at this place.. .A little before ten last night we had a considerable shock of an earthquake, lasted near half a minute...."

The Obsidian Butte is SW of Yuma about 77 miles on the south end of the Salton Sea, now you see it, now you don’t. In 1891, Mother Nature started what Wozencraft proposed. E. B. Preston, wrote in the Eleventh Report of the [California] State Mineralogist (1893), that "In the month of June, 1891, a steady flow of water entered the depression from the southeast and continued to the northwest uninterruptedly until an area 30 miles long and averaging 10 miles in width was covered to a depth of 6 feet."
To this body of water was given the name "Salton Lake." The name was derived from the high saline content of the lake. At first, an underground connection to the Gulf of California was suspected to explain the salinity. Eventually it was determined that the water entering Salton Lake was fresh, from the Colorado River. The saltiness was due to the enormous rate of evaporation which concentrated the tiny sodium chloride content of the river. The salinity of Salton Lake was so great that the New Liverpool Salt Company established a facility to produce a fine quality of table salt from the water.
In 1901, the California Development Company built the first canal system to divert water from the Colorado River to the Imperial Valley for the purposes of irrigation. The canal system functioned well for several years until, in 1905, unusually high floods overwhelmed the canal system and destroyed the regulating machinery. For a period of time the Salton Sea received the full, uncontrolled flow of the Colorado River.
Over the next two years, the Southern Pacific Railroad Company attempted to repair the breach. Underestimating the power of the Colorado River, their control structures were repeatedly washed away. Finally, in 1907, the river was sealed, but only after 350,000 acres of land had been flooded. Today some of that land has been reclaimed by the lowering of the Salton Sea through evaporation. Presently, the Salton Sea, fed by runoff from irrigation, has reached equilibrium with the rate of evaporation and stands at 235 feet below sea level. 27
Planet configuration for 12/24/1852
Lunar apogee 12/21/1853 @ 28.2 days, one day before full moon.
Moon long 88 and Jupiter system of force angle @ 53. The earthquake occurred as the Moon angle intersected the planet Jupiter angle with Earth and one day after the intersection of the Jupiter system of force.
Jupiter system of force @ 8%
Planet system of force @ 38%

Planet configuration for 1/10/1853
Lunar perigee 1/6/1853 @ 28.0 days, one day past new moon.
Moon long 308 and Jupiter system of force angle @ 54 showing that the earthquake occurred as the Moon angle intersected the Jupiter system of force.
Jupiter system of force @ 8%
Planet system of force @ 38%

Calexico 12/30/1934
Calexico 12/30/1934
Brawley 1/24/1951
Los Angeles 12/25/1951
Klamath, Ore 12/02/1994
San Fernando 1/17/1994

There are several reasons for this activity after the winter solstice. The yearly movement of the Earth back toward the Sun would have a stress building mode from the summer solstice and the releasing stress mode after December 21st. Under the appropriate solar force system weakness and Moon timing, small releases of strain would take place as global warming increased the volume of the liquid core. At some points accumulated strain releases would take place. A good example is the 10/16/2007 M4.2 event at about 2AM at Wrightwood, Ca. a few miles south of Palmdale on the San Andreas fault. All force systems except Sun are releasing. The event was probably trigger by the Moon passing apogee earlier on the 13th and crossing opposite the longitude of the Jupiter system of force.

The April 24, 1776 had the following planet configuration.
Lunar apogee 4/28/1776 @ 27.8 days, at 1st quarter moon.
Moon long 118 and Jupiter system of force angle @ 223. The earthquake occurred as the Moon angle intersected the Planet system of force at 85 with the major forces low and releasing.
Jupiter system of force @ 9%
Planet system of force @ 42%