After Cheryl and others mentioned how the recent earthquakes lie on the 37th parallel, I got to thinking. I thought what is it about this line that is bothering me so much. So here it is and please feel free to add:
Landmarks on the 37th parallel
Santa Cruz, California, Gilroy, California, Madera, California, Ubehebe Crater in Death Valley, Colorado City, Arizona/Hildale, Utah, Four Corners at the intersection with 32nd meridian west from Washington (the only place in the United States where four states touch), Cairo, Illinois, Bowling Green, Kentucky, and Newport News, Virginia
Fukuskima, 37.75 degrees.
Mt. Etna
37.7° N
Spain Earthquakes
37.699 N
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37.693 N
The 1906 San Francisco earthquake occured on April 18, 1906 at 05:12 AM local time in the San Francisco Bay Area of central California.
37.7 (N) latitude
8.9 earthquake in chile on 2010 was in concepcion at 37°00'S 72°30'W
colorado 37
4 corners monument http://www.waymarking.com/gallery/image....52d5&gid=3
The 37 parallel South passes through New Zealands North Island. Ironic when you consider that the 37 parallel south only travels through four countries in total; Argentina, Chile, and Australia being the rest.
There was a theory that this is where magnetic north used to be.
The jpg below show the graph of earthquakes for 2008-2011. The 37th is the most busy parallel.
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Here is a wiki on the countries on the 37th:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/37th_parallel_north
