Earthquake prediction
Is it possible to predict earthquakes. Based on the results of various field observations and laboratory experiments, Earthquake Prediction discusses what features should be focused on when carrying out earthquake prediction. The author explains, from the viewpoint of physics, how the ease or difficulty of earthquake prediction depends on the extent to which precursory phenomena appear, and how these phenomena depend on such factors as the heterogeneity of the earth's crust. This book includes an explanation of the current state of earthquake prediction methods, and covers the establishment of a practical system for predicting earthquakes through a 24-hour-a-day system of constant monitoring. Numerous examples are cited from Japan, where geophysical data have been kept longer than anywhere in the world.
- OSTI ID:
- 5659040
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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