Earthquake prediction comes of age

Journal Article · Wed Jan 31 23:00:00 EST 1990 · Technology Review; (USA)

OSTI ID:7164060

Lindth, A ^[1]

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1. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA (USA). Office of Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Engineering

In the last decade, scientists have begun to estimate the long-term probability of major earthquakes along the San Andreas fault. In 1985, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) issued the first official U.S. government earthquake prediction, based on research along a heavily instrumented 25-kilometer section of the fault in sparsely populated central California. Known as the Parkfield segment, this section of the Sand Andreas had experienced its last big earthquake, a magnitude 6, in 1966. Estimated probabilities of major quakes along the entire San Andreas by a working group of California earthquake experts, using new geologic data and careful analysis of past earthquakes, are reported.

• OSTI ID: 7164060
• Journal Information: Technology Review; (USA), Journal Name: Technology Review; (USA) Vol. 93:2; ISSN 0040-1692; ISSN TEREA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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