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Can 200,000 Women Cause a Boobquake?

Posted by samzenpus on from the we're-gonna-need-to-try-the-experiment-again-ladies dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Purdue Senior Jennifer McCreight asked 30 of her friends to dress immodestly Monday to test a claim by an Iranian cleric that immodest women cause earthquakes. Now, over 200,000 women have joined the cause."

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  1. 6.5? Not bad, not bad at all. by FlameWise · · Score: 2, Informative

    From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Southeast_Taiwan_earthquake:

    A 6.5 magnitude earthquake occurred on April 26, 2010 in the sea Southeast of Taiwan.

  2. Re:is it just me or is there really an increase by WrongMonkey · · Score: 2, Informative
    No need to write a script, they've already compiled the data for you:

    http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/year/eqstats.php

    http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/year/graphs.php