In 1973, Herbert Mullin believed that the war in Vietnam had produced enough American deaths, (a total of 58,000) to forestall earthquakes as a sort of blood sacrifice to nature, but that with the war winding down so much by late 1972, he would need to start killing people in order to have enough deaths to keep the earthquake away.
On February 13th, 1973, Herbert Mullin was apprehended and charged with thirteen murders.
Less than six months after his arrest, California was bombarded with moderate earthquakes.
Free Herbert Mullin, and let the shaking cease once again!