Earthquakes, like the weather, are the result of many factors that can interact in any number of different ways. These include the varied movements of the crust and the magma beneath it, the variations in the type of rock, and the separation of plates and faults that cannot be directly observed. Some faults will remain stable for hundreds of years, and the exact amount of strain that builds up is very difficult to accurately measure. The rock movements that result in surface quakes can occur at various depths, complicating the forecast of what movements will follow.
The difficulty is that a seismogram ( device used to locate earthquakes) are not stationed right at an earthquake. Thus they have to use three of these devices and find the extinction of the P and S waves. then they draw circles to the diameter of the waves. Lastly they would find wear the circles meet. This gives the a "ballpark" estimate of the location of the epicenter of an earthquake.
Geologists cannot yet predict earthquakes because they can't be sure when and where stress will be released along a fault.
Beacuse the earth is unperdickable so when you suspect something it could change
I think its because every earthquake can be different sizes and things, while it can happen anytime. It can happen so fast you wont even see it coming.
because there is no way for us to actually see them. we have to predict past movements based on modern day formations. everything is very theoretical.
Because we cant get deep enough into the Earth to see what happens before anearthquake/tsunami happens, therefore we cant predict when its coming.
In fact, earthquakes are predictable.
Earthquakes happen when tectonic plates, which are constantly moving and grinding against each other, create enough force to cause a seismic event. When enough pressure builds up to cause an earthquake is not predictable because we can't accurately measure such buildup.
geologist can predict earthquakes by the help of stress along a fault and energy along the fault
Geologists engage in the study of earthquakes.
No.
People have studied earthquakes from ancient times - today people who study earthquakes are Geologists specializing as seismologists.
Earthquakes happen when tectonic plates, which are constantly moving and grinding against each other, create enough force to cause a seismic event. When enough pressure builds up to cause an earthquake is not predictable because we can't accurately measure such buildup.
There is no way for them to predict one.
geologist can predict earthquakes by the help of stress along a fault and energy along the fault
(i)Time frame within which it must occur. (ii)Location where after shocks are likely to occur.
Geologists engage in the study of earthquakes.
There is none and scientests cannot predict earthquakes yet or maybe never but they can measure them after one has happened. But so far there is no solution. But it is possiable to make your house safer from earthquakes.
it helps by being able to predict what happens by whT HAS HAPPENED B EFOR
No.
If an area has a strong amount of seismic waves along, or around, you can predict if an area is active for earthquakes
Seismographs and fault-monitoring devices provide data used to map faults and detect changes along faults. Geologists also use this data to predict earthquakes.
Geologists have developed instruments to measure changes in elevation in tilting of the land surface and ground movements along fault
Because no one has yet invented a device which can tell where tension is building up between plates. No one can tell where the plates are stuck, and no one can tell when the plates will move along. This means that no one can predict earthquakes.