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Published online 9 May 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2008.813

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A broad view of quake 'prediction'

Wide mapping of stress helps to pinpoint when and where the Earth will crack.

After more than a century of effort, geophysicists still can’t predict when and where earthquakes will occur. Some have suggested that it may even be impossible.

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  • Hi, Prediction of quakes. Seeing a pattern. As a simple person I notice a pattern. Volcanoes eruptions course Earthquake. Earthquake In them self have global bine-pon effect. Strange Regards Dr. Terence Hale

    • 10 May, 2008
    • Posted by: Terence Hale
  • >Underground devices radiating man-made seismic waves, as are used to map oil reservoirs, could provide this, but they are costly. The seismic sources and sensors must also be buried deep underground, adding to the expense. >..... >400 km of a single three-borehole stress-monitoring site, for around £2-5 m ($4-10 m) For the Kanto plain (Tokyo area) this is peanuts even for just a test system.

    • 12 May, 2008
    • Posted by: Grant Morgan