• Earthquake prediction is a branch of the science of geophysics, primarily seismology, concerned with the specification of the time, location, and magnitude...
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  • prediction, earthquake forecasting is often differentiated from earthquake prediction, Earthquake forecasting estimates the likelihood of earthquakes...
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    The 1976 Tangshan earthquake (Chinese: 唐山大地震; pinyin: Tángshān dà dìzhèn; lit. 'Great Tangshan earthquake') was a Mw 7.6 earthquake that hit the region...
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  • 2010, p. 165. In seismology an earthquake prediction must specify the time, location, and magnitude of a future earthquake with sufficient specificity that...
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    founder, and Director Emeritus, of the International Institute of Earthquake Prediction Theory and Mathematical Geophysics, Moscow. He was elected to the...
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    This reached its height with the successful prediction of the 1975 Haicheng earthquake. This earthquake had a prominent series of foreshocks and authorities...
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    Efforts to manage earthquake risks involve prediction, forecasting, and preparedness, including seismic retrofitting and earthquake engineering to design...
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  • Hypocenter (redirect from Earthquake focus)
    seismology, the hypocenter of an earthquake is its point of origin below ground; a synonym is the focus of an earthquake. Generally, the terms ground zero...
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    45 mi) long. The West Valley Fault is capable of producing large-scale earthquakes during its active phases with a magnitude of 7 or higher. East Valley...
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    States. The Act of Congress is a declaration for an earthquake prediction system, national earthquake hazards reduction program, and seismological research...
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    volcanoes. Both forecasting and prediction have processes based on past and present data. Seismic activity (earthquakes and tremors) always occurs as volcanoes...
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  • VAN method (category Earthquake and seismic risk mitigation)
    have successfully predicted earthquakes in Greece. Both the method itself and the manner by which successful predictions were claimed have been severely...
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    The Coordinating Committee for Earthquake Prediction (CCEP) (Japanese: 地震予知連絡会, Jishin Yochi Renraku-kai) in Japan was founded in April 1969, as part...
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  • had been questioned to whether it was a scientific earthquake prediction or a fluke. The prediction was based mainly on the pronounced foreshock sequence...
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  • where Coulomb stress had dropped. Another successful case study of earthquake prediction occurred along Turkey's North Anatolian fault system. From 1939...
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  • unexpected rise in the number of aftershocks. Earthquake light Earthquake prediction Goines, David Lance. "Earthquake Weather". Robinson, Russell (14 November...
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    where an earthquake or an underground explosion originates. The primary purpose of a seismometer is to locate the initiating points of earthquake epicenters...
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  • Foreshock (category Types of earthquake)
    1038/srep04099. PMC 3924212. PMID 24526224. Ludwin, R. (16 September 2004). "Earthquake Prediction". The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network. Archived from the original...
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    Tōnankai earthquake Coordinating Committee for Earthquake Prediction Kanto earthquakes List of earthquakes in Japan Nankai megathrust earthquakes Andrew...
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    Committee for Earthquake Prediction. Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo was founded in 1925. Japan was struck The Great Kantō earthquake on Saturday...
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  • Skordas in 2001. Natural time analysis has been primarily applied to earthquake prediction / nowcasting and secondarily to sudden cardiac death / heart failure...
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    called earthquake prediction. Various attempts have been made by seismologists and others to create effective systems for precise earthquake predictions, including...
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    notifying adjoining regions of a substantial earthquake once one begins. This is not the same as earthquake prediction, which is currently not capable of producing...
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  • The National Earthquake Prediction Evaluation Council (NEPEC) provides advice and recommendations to the director of the United States Geological Survey...
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    proposed earthquake-cycle slip features. Although many scientists still view earthquake predictions as challenging or impossible, earthquake-cycle theories...
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    Missouri Earthquake prediction – Branch of geophysics, primarily seismology Eastern Tennessee seismic zone Guy-Greenbrier earthquake swarm – Earthquake swarm...
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  • California Earthquake Prediction Evaluation Council (CEPEC) is a committee of earthquake experts that reviews potentially credible earthquake predictions and...
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    earthquake would strike the Parkfield area between 1985 and 1993. This was known as the Parkfield Earthquake Prediction and the Parkfield Earthquake Experiment...
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    "Characterization of the Heterogeneous Source Model of Intraslab Earthquakes Toward Strong Ground Motion Prediction". Pure and Applied Geophysics. 168 (1–2): 117–124...
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    (Switzerland) since March 2006. The group has tackled the problem of earthquake and rupture prediction since the mid-90s within the broader physical concept of critical...
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