A section of the shoreline in Beirut. (Credit: Joao Sousa/L'Orient Today)
BEIRUT — Scientists in Lebanon have dismissed the latest apocalyptic forecast from self-taught Dutch "seismologist" Frank Hoogerbeets, who is warning of a potentially catastrophic tsunami in the Mediterranean Sea "in the near future."Hoogerbeets, who operates the website "Solar System Geometry Survey" where he claims to be able to forecast large earthquakes based on the positions and alignments of the planets, moon, and sun, reportedly predicted the powerful 2023 earthquakes in Syria and Turkey that killed over 60,000 people.Following a recent quake in Crete, Greece, Hoogerbeets took to X and claimed that based on his analysis, a massive "M8.6" earthquake, similar to a historical event from "365 AD," could strike the Mediterranean region "in the near future," potentially triggering a devastating tsunami. Lebanon lies on the Eastern...
BEIRUT — Scientists in Lebanon have dismissed the latest apocalyptic forecast from self-taught Dutch "seismologist" Frank Hoogerbeets, who is warning of a potentially catastrophic tsunami in the Mediterranean Sea "in the near future."Hoogerbeets, who operates the website "Solar System Geometry Survey" where he claims to be able to forecast large earthquakes based on the positions and alignments of the planets, moon, and sun, reportedly predicted the powerful 2023 earthquakes in Syria and Turkey that killed over 60,000 people.Following a recent quake in Crete, Greece, Hoogerbeets took to X and claimed that based on his analysis, a massive "M8.6" earthquake, similar to a historical event from "365 AD," could strike the Mediterranean region "in the near future," potentially triggering a devastating tsunami. Lebanon lies on the Eastern...
