Studies on the Correlation of North Magnetic Dip Pole Motion and Seismic Activity

Viterito states in his paper that increasing seismic activity for the globe's high geothermal flux areas
(HGFA) is correlated with the average global temperature from 1979 to 2015 with a correlation factor r
of 0.785 and that this explains 62% of the variation in the earth's surface temperature. This makes the
geothermal activity the most significant element in the change in temperature of the earth at this time.
Knowing that this is the cause of a major concern for so many and a critical piece to understanding
our earth and its processes, the mechanisms surrounding the seismic activity was investigated. It was
found that there is a high positive correlation (r = 0.935) between the speed of the North Magnetic Dip
Pole motion and the seismic activity during this time period.
All of these considerations and many more must be taken into consideration and analyzed before
definitive answers can be arrived at. But just knowing that these particular characteristics exist is the
first step in determining their cause and their ultimate effects on both the atomic and macroscopic
scales.