Predicting the Unpredictable
Why seismologists still can''t predict earthquakes
An earthquake can strike without warning and wreak horrific destruction and death, whether it''s the catastrophic 2010 quake that took a devastating toll on the island nation of Haiti or a future great earthquake on the San Andreas Fault in California, which scientists know is inevitable. Yet despite rapid advances in earthquake science, seismologi...
Why seismologists still can''t predict earthquakes
An earthquake can strike without warning and wreak horrific destruction and death, whether it''s the catastrophic 2010 quake that took a devastating toll on the island nation of Haiti or a future great earthquake on the San Andreas Fault in California, which scientists know is inevitable. Yet despite rapid advances in earthquake science, seismologi...
