Can Planets Trigger Earthquakes? Some Smoking Guns

Formerly: At Mosul University Mosul – Iraq Data sourced from the National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS) Global Significant R5+ Earthquakes Database, spanning the years 1900 to 2023, are analyzed to investigate any correlation between earthquakes frequencies and collective planetary positions parameters. The parameters used include the planetary system's center of mass distance from the Sun’s geometrical center, its first and second derivatives with respect to time, and the sum of planet’s distances from the Sun. Results reveal systematic variations within 1.5 – 2.2 standard deviations above or below the overall mean of the data in each case. It is argued that the gravitational effect caused by the variable planetary system center of mass position which exceed eight times that of the Moon's tidal effect, may be related to some of the seismic activities.