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A broad view of quake 'prediction'

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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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  1. Crampin, S. et al. Geology 36, 427-430 (2008). link

  2. Crampin, S. et al. internal report, School of GeoSciences (2008). link

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Ball, P. A broad view of quake 'prediction'. Nature (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2008.813

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