Earthquakes

Today is January 17th. On this date in 1994, the Northridge quake wakened LA in the pre-dawn hours, hitting hardest in the Valley, but collapsing part of I-10 west of downtown LA. The very next year on the same date, an even larger quakes struck Kobe, Japan killing 5000 people. Now this same week and a few days ago we have the Haitian quake. Right now it's looking like 45 to 50,000 dead in the initial quake and who knows how many more from sickness and exposure over the next few weeks. Aid is rushing in and our government is leading the way. This hasn't stopped complete fucking assholes like Limbaugh and Robertson from not knowing when to keept their fucking mouths shut and saying stupid shit about this situation, but political angles to just plain crazy shit about pacts with the devil and whatnot. If this incident gets people to stop listening to Limbaugh alone, well...I can't say it's worth it since I don't wish death and destruction on anyone that doesn't deserve it, but it's sad that it would take something this big to do that instead of people just turning these people off. Now, back to the geology. I find it so weird that this same week of the year has been witness to three of the major quakes in the past 20 years. Unlike the weather and climate, which are more controlled by time (seasons) I can't think of any reason why earthquakes would happen around the same time each year during these years. I guess it's something to look at OR just coincidence.