Gravity falls off at an inverse R^2 relationship, just means that when you double the distance between 2 objects, gravity is 4x less and so on.
The moon has influence because it is so close. The Sun has influence because it is so massive. The other planets, even if they happen to be aligned, exert almost zero gravitational influence on earth. Much less than the moon by itself.
The other point is trying to locate the event to one fault or region. Gotta be skeptical on this one. People who make lots of predictions are occasionally 'right'.
Gravity falls off at an inverse R^2 relationship, just means that when you double the distance between 2 objects, gravity is 4x less and so on. The moon has influence because it is so close. The Sun has influence because it is so massive. The other planets, even if they happen to be aligned, exert almost zero gravitational influence on earth. Much less than the moon by itself.
The other point is trying to locate the event to one fault or region. Gotta be skeptical on this one. People who make lots of predictions are occasionally 'right'.