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Can Artificial Intelligence Predict Earthquakes?

Predicting earthquakes is the holy grail of seismology. After all, quakes are deadly precisely because they’re erratic—striking without warning, triggering fires and tsunamis, and sometimes killing hundreds of thousands of people. If scientists could warn the public weeks or months in advance that a large temblor is coming, evacuation and other preparations could save countless lives.

So far, no one has found a reliable way to forecast earthquakes, even though many scientists have tried. Some experts consider it a hopeless endeavor. “You’re viewed as a nutcase if you say you think you’re going to make progress on predicting earthquakes,” says Paul Johnson, a geophysicist at Los Alamos…

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Resources

ShakeAlert

The U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) along with a coalition of State and university partners is developing and testing an earthquake early warning (EEW) system called ShakeAlert for the west coast of the United States.

Active Tectonics

Blogs about: Tectonic geomorphology, great earthquakes, early Homo in Ethiopia •Frequency: ~Monthly •What I like: Exactly my area of interest; lots of interesting stuff about drones, morphology, remote sensing; good links and fine figures - PaleoSeismicity.org

ArMedEa

The aim of ArMedEa (April 2014 – March 2016) is to develop more fully the analysis of the physical impacts of earthquakes, tsunamis and landslide seismic-induced during the later Middle Ages (defined here as 1000-1550 AD).

Earthquake Geology in Greece

News, facts and discussions related to earthquake geology research.

Hypo-Theses

Blogs about: Seismograms of large quakes or local quakes recorded in Keele, UK •Frequency: ~quaterly •What I like: Beautiful seismograms; With some background info every now and then - PaleoSeismicity.org

Jay Patton online

Blogs about: Large Earthquakes worldwide •Frequency: Around twice per month, or whenever an interesting quake happens •What I like: He’s often one of the first to collect some background information and some useful maps, which helps to quickly understand what happened - PaleoSeismicity.org

Quake Hunters

Welcome to QH, where you'll find info on earthquakes and tsunamis. The blog mainly focuses on palaeoseismology, the scientific field concerned with finding evidence of past seismic events. Researching earthquakes and tsunamis that have already happened may allow us to better understand future hazards.

The Landslide Blog

Blogs about: Landslides and all other kinds of mass movements, often seismically triggered ones •Frequency: about weekly, depending on global landslide occurrence •What I like: Often is the first to provide some background; I learn much about earthquake triggered mass movements; Has great images - PaleoSeismicity.org

The Trembling Earth

This blog is meant to parse the wealth of information and the multitudinous online resources available regarding earthquakes in the hopes of transmitting experience and knowledge of these fearsome events to those of you with questions and curiosity about them.