what is the current direction of research on predicting earthquakes?

Answer 1

I am one among the man who is working on different possible method for prediction of earthquake. But nothing has proved 100% success. It may take another 50 to 100 years to develop reliable method. In these circumstances the quake alarm designed by me can be used in the places where the people are living in earthquake prone areas. This instrument will sense the fastest first arriving primary wave and warn it by sound. The required thresh hold force can be adjusted precisely to suit according the location of this instrument. This can be manufactured just for U.S. $ 25. I took several special cares to minimize false alarm. Our Indian Government is spending crores of Rs for rehabilitation. But it has refused to give even the tax concession. I have issued the warning 2 hours before Tsunami struck our Indian coast with the help of this equipment. I have proof for my claims. I can also prove scientifically how it was possible for me to issue the warning when meteorological failed to alert. There are several unproved method adopted to predict the occurrence of earthquake. Nothing is 100% proof or nothing is 100% false. Scientist working in different angle should share their knowledge with open heart. To know more about the present situation visit this slide show
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The following are some of the methods.
1. Seismic gape, 2. Cloud forming 3. Planet position 4. Sound emanated from earth. 5. Elevation of earth. 6. Sun rays falling method. Several changes in nature and in behaviors of animals and birds. Nothing is 100% reliable. But I am working in different angle. That is sensing primary wave. Finding frequency at the beginning to asses the approximate magnitude of the quake. Finding null point where due to the friction of the tectonic plates the surrounding area will show deflections. Japan is going to drill to a depth of 7000 meters at sea to monitor the seismic activities. My method has proved its usefulness in several occasions

Answer 2

Precise geophysics are beyond our ken. There are vast pressure areas that affect the plates and the tectonics. It is unlikely we will be able predict earthquakes with any accuracy in the foreseaable future. We can detect faults and fissures but have no means to interprete the dynamics. As the plates collide or slide over each other, they produce tremendous force but this can be altered by the magma or even compositionally by the desities of the substrates. Sonic exploration can firm some data and the seismography can determine areas of shifts. During the sub-sea event that caused the great tsunami of 2004, one plate was forced over another and produced the giant waves that devastated large areas. Without numerous small tremors, it would be impossible to predict such an event nor of its magnitude. Think about two cars colliding....head-on...perhaps if there is insufficient momentum, they would simple stop, but if there is unyielding pressure, something ,ust give and one would careen over the other...precisely a model of an earthquake. This fracture could extend hundreds or thousands of miles shifting millions of tons of rock. Aftershocks are like an echo, but jarring other areas with consequentially less damage. If you compare the surface of a pond to the earth, the various continents are literally floating on the surface with large submerged objects moving at random, inevitably they will collide, producing a surface tremor. If there is no sub-surface movement, then nothing could happen, nonetheless, the magma is the. prime influence as heat and pressure build and cause the plates to shift. We can not predict the appearance of volcanoes and we can not predict earthquakes. We do know with the continental drift that many land structures could be reunited in a few hundred million years and this drift is caused by the shifting plates.

Answer 3

if it shakes get out