There was an article in 2022 in Nature connecting solar activities with earthquakes and volcanic activities.
USGS has written a refutation saying the stats don’t bear it out.
Both have cycles… esp Ring of Fire. So possible it’s a coincidence of two cycles. But I think the folks in Nature have something to their theory.
Certainly we are getting hammered by the current Solar maximum.
Plus the “pink” auroras showing up way south are supposed to be indicative of a pole flip or shift, which scientists have been predicting g for a while.
Things are getting sporty! Maybe the several hundred year Goldilocks zone we have been in is coming apart!
Sirhr