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| Watershed Event: USGS to now Predict Earthquakes |
| 2005-05-18 |
| The USGS will now be posting next 24 hour probabilities of earthquakes for specific locations. This is a very important breakthrough, because from now on, earthquake prediction becomes like weather prediction. At first it will be very innacurate, but as time goes by it will become more and more reliable. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose |
| #6 We can't find a retort to Matt's smear that is dignified. |
| Posted by: Halliburton Legal Department 2005-05-18 23:46 |
| #5 Halliburton's agreed to give 'em a heads-up. |
| Posted by: Matt 2005-05-18 22:23 |
| #4 wow....let's see their track record after a year. I'm skeptical that they can nail down anything in less than a month window.....IMHO. Good if they can, but how is this of practical use? Quake level Orange? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-05-18 22:21 |
| #3 I am guessing but these look like sites of interest. Southern California Earthquake Center Regional Earthquake Likelihood Models Open Seismic Hazard Analysis Southern California Earthquake Data Center SCEC Crustal Motion Map 3D model of active faults in southern California Fault Information System Earthquake Catalog SCEC Community Modeling Environment (CME) |
| Posted by: 3dc 2005-05-18 21:35 |
| #2 like weather prediction... more reliable. I like your euphemisms. ;-) |
| Posted by: Sobiesky 2005-05-18 19:07 |
| #1 The predictions seem to be restricted to aftershocks. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2005-05-18 19:00 |