Jim Berkland, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJim Berkland
American geologist
Date of Birth: 31-Jul-1930
Place of Birth: Glendale, California, United States
Date of Death: 22-Jul-2016
Profession: geologist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Jim Berkland
- James O.
- Berkland (July 31, 1930 – July 22, 2016) was a California geologist who controversially claimed to be able to predict earthquakes, including the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake and 1994 Northridge Earthquake and who popularized the idea that some people are earthquake sensitive.
- He was profiled in a popular 2006 book as The Man Who Predicts Earthquakes.
- The book includes a chapter that notes "Many of Berkland's theories--based on tides, moons, disoriented pets, lost cats and dogs, and magnetic field changes--were factors in the great Indian Ocean quake-tsunami disaster on December 26, 2004." but neither his methods nor his predictions have been published in any scientific journals for peer review.
- Nevertheless his results have been disputed by peers, with other scientists going so far as calling him a crank and a clown.
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