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Are scientists close to being able to accurately predict earthquakes?
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∙ 15y ago
yes. Many scientist have predicted earthquakes accurately before they occur, unfortunately they can only predict them a couple of seconds before they occur in your area and they are already occurring a few miles from where you live. But our government will spend a lot of money on earthquake predictions so when the big one hits there will be no money left to restore your house but there will be enough money to rebuild all the banks, savings and loans, stock brokers homes and buildings. This is similar to the 700 billion dollar bail out for the crooks that robbed the banks.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 8y agoThey can and cannot. With new technology they are predicting more stuff and in the future we will have better technology.
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∙ 9y agoSeismographs do not predict earthquakes, they detect them as they occur. They are very effective at this, detecting earthquakes that people can't feel.
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Can people predict an earthquake?
No
Why do earthquakes occur so suddenly?
It is roughly analogous to a gun being fired. In the few thousandths of a second that the hammer is falling, you are not aware of anything different. When the hammer strikes the base of the cartridge: BANG! Seismologists, with all their sophisticated equipment can sometimes predict a high likelihood of an imminent earthquake, but even they cannot pinpoint it.
What is being done to stop earthquakes?
Wave signals are being sent down to Earth's crust. This will most likely stop the apprentice wave of an earthquake
How are marsquakes similar to earthquakes?
Mars quakes are caused by its mass and size collapsing in different parts of the planet. and earthquakes are caused by pressure being released between 2 tectonic plates
Was there ever been any earthquakes in Africa?
Earthquakes to a large size do not "occur" on the African continent due to there being no plate boundries running through it. This is as a result of earthquakes resulting from two plate boundries colliding, causing tension which is soon released; an earthquake. However earthquakes of smaller sizes can be seen distrubuted in Africa, especially the Eastern side. It would be impossible to say how often they take place due to earthquakes being totally unpredictable but ones of any size to comment on happen maybe a few times a year whereas smaller ones that are only picked up my seismographs can be number in their hundreds or thousands.
Is vibration testing being used to detect earthquakes?
It does not appear that vibration testing is being used to detect earthquakes. Scientists have been using accelerometers built in computers to help them detect upcoming earthquakes.
How do people predict tetonic hazards?
EARTHQUAKES: I think they like have the people called seismologists measure the quakes on the ground which are so light people can't feel them. They use this evidence to predict earthquakes and where the epicentre will be. VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS: There is an instrument that scientists use to measure the side of a volcano to see if a bulge, caused by the magma chamber filling up, is appearing. They check to see how much sulfur there is and they look to see if rocks are being expelling rocks.
Can people predict an earthquake?
No
Why earthquakes is prevented?
They can't be prevented. The best we can do is make sure we are ready when one does happen. We are working on being able to predict them, but we aren't good at it yet.
Why society should be more concerned about continental drift and plate tectonics and what value does this research have for the public in general?
Continental drift happens very slowly, however, it does have some very serious consequences, which are earthquakes that happen along fault lines created by the stress of continental drift. We are very far from being able to prevent earthquakes or even to predict them accurately, however, earthquakes are very dangerous, and it would seem to be a good idea to learn as much as we can about the process which causes them. Such knowledge may have important practical applications in the future.
What are some of the theories about the ozone layer?
See "What does the ozone layer do?"
How can being a gay cause earthquakes?
Being gay cannot cause earthquakes.
What major concerns of earth science?
Some of the puzzles include 'how did that landform arrive', through to 'how did that continent come into being' . And such things as 'what methods can I use to look for particular minerals' 'How to predict earthquakes, or tsunami'.
What conditions makes it difficult to predict the occurrence of earthquakes?
Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are extremely hard to predict because of their irregularity. This is due to the butter fly effect. For example, in California there had been a volcanic eruption every 30 years since the start of their records, so they a few years ago when it was scheduled to happen the government spent millions on "earthquake-proofing" the area. Nothing actually happened. The main way to predict earthquakes and volcanic eruptions is to look for patterns in the past but it is really not an accurate or reliable method. Earthquakes are a lot harder to predict as they can happen at any point down a convergent or conservative plate boundary spontaneously, where as with a volcano you can study it and look for signs such as bulges or changes of gas composition in the area that could indicate when it will erupt. However new methods of detection are being tested, the strangest being the use of some animals, snakes the most common, that behave in peculiar ways just before an earthquake. Breakthroughs like these and the use of new technologies, like GPS to monitor irregularities in the the shape of volcanoes, will make the prediction of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions much easier in the future
Financial project on Financial planning and forecasting?
A project that would accurately showcase financial planning and forecasting would be a budgeting project. A budget would clearly show the value in planning and being able to predict future financial costs.
What is the definition of prescient?
Being able to predict the future.
Can the cytoskeleton can accurately be described as being fiber like?
no
