Geophysics 20 Lecture 11 Study Questions

Earthquakes

Barbara Romanowicz





Study Questions: Earthquake Prediction


1) Which major earthquakes have been successfully predicted by scientific methods?

2) List five different properties of the Earth that have been monitored as
potential precursors of earthquakes.

3) What is a seismic gap and how does it relate to earthquake prediction?

4) List three countries that have an active earthquake predictino experiments.

5) What is the observed quantity that forms the basis of the Greek "VAN"
earthquake prediction method?
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