Ken Ring (writer)

Ken Ring is a writer from Auckland, New Zealand, who asserts that he can use lunar cycles to predict weather and earthquakes. He terms his predictions "alternative weather" and has authored books about the weather and climate. Ring publishes almanacs each year for New Zealand, Australia and Ireland in which he provides weather predictions for the entire year. His New Zealand almanac covers 64 towns.[1] Ring's methods have been shown to be unscientific and have been widely confirmed as fake and pseudoscience by many real scientists in the fields of meteorology and geology.[2][3]

Ring says he predicted the 4 September 2010 Christchurch earthquake and the deadly 22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake.[4] He also said there would probably be an earthquake in Marlborough or north Canterbury "just before noon" on 20 March 2011.[5] This caused some residents to leave Christchurch and led to criticism from scientists and sceptics.[6] Further research into his predictions showed that his forecasting record did not hold up under scrutiny.[7]

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  3. ^ Agence France-Presse (3 March 2011). "Scientists slam 'Moonman' earthquake predictor". physorg.com. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
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  7. ^ John at SillyBeliefs.com (23 February 2011). "Ken Ring did NOT predict the Sept Christchurch earthquake". sillybeliefs.com. Retrieved 22 October 2014.