Is there a way to predict an earthquake?

Answer 1

People may use any of the following to predict an earthquake:

1. Their own senses, to witness changed animal behavior such as by:

Seeing and hearing birds in suddenly increased and agitated flight and communication patterns that just as suddenly stop;

Seeing burrowing animals out and about as though they're homeless at times that they usually are inside their holes;

Feeling pre-earthquake shock waves;

2. Their own use of or access to scientific equipment, such as:

Creepmeters, to identify movement of the earth's soil;

Global positioning systems, to identify movement of the earth's crust;

Laser light, to identify sudden disruptions in light beam transmissions from one side of a fault line to the other;

Magnetometer, to identify sudden changes in magnetic field activity;

Strainmeters, through the coordinated use of the seismograph and the seismometer, to identify the sudden presence of below ground vibrations;

3. Their own knowledge of previous earthquake activity in the area, from their own experence or through the written record or the oral tradition.

Answer 2

Information that might be used in an attempt to predict an earthquake may include the following:

Analyses through the use of scientific equipment such as

Creepmeters, to show movement in soil;

Global positioning systems, to show movement in the earth's crust;

Laser light, to show disrupted light beam transmissions from one side of a fault line to the other;

Magnetometer, to show changes in the magnetic field;

Strainmeters, through the coordinated use of the seismograph and the seismometer, to show the presence of vibrations.

Changes in animal behavior

Birds suddenly engage in increased, agitated communication and flight patterns and just as suddenly stop

Burrowing animals are out and about as though they're homeless at times when they usually are inside their holes

Location in an area where crustal [orlithospheric or tectonic] plates meet

Physical evidence in the environment, such as land upheavals and volcanoes

Records of previous earthquake occurrences, in writing or according to the oral tradition

Research by students and specialists.

Answer 3

There is no way, scientific or otherwise, to predict an earthquake at this time. The previous answer was wrong.

Answer 4

At present it is not possible to accurately predict earthquakes.

Answer 5

nope.

unless you are God, then yes.

Answer 6

Strain in rocks near faults