"We now think that it is not just general solar proton event levels which point towards more earthquakes but that individual solar proton events exacerbate immediate earthquake (and associated volcanism) risk either directly or due to consequent storm activity and related surface pressure changes such as caused by our solar triggered and predicted Tropical Cyclone Atu which is currently centred North of New Zealand and heading closer.
Ele não indica qual é o mecanismo que produziria tal correlação (atividade solar e terremoto).
Eu pessoalmente não vejo como relacioná-los diretamente.