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Article: Predicting earthquakes
- Article from:
- The Press
- Article date:
- November 25, 1996
CopyrightCopyright 1996 The Press. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Lightning, nervous dogs, and water temperature all offer hints,
but scientists at a British conference this month have had to admit
they are still a long way from being able to predict when and where
an earthquake will occur. Their swapping notes at the conference,
attended by earthquake experts from many countries, has brought them
scarce encouragement. ``There has been little progress in over 25
years of research into earthquake prediction, where we use
prediction
in the classical sense of specifying the magnitude, time, and
place,'' Stuart Crampin, a professor of geology and geophysics at
the
University of Edinburgh, says. ``Indeed, large earthquakes seem
likely to be statistically ...