Earthquakes?

Question

This is my brother's homework.

Can earthquakes be predicted? How?

Answer 1

Tectonic plates in the earths crust move at a fairly constant rate increasing stress in the crust with time. This helps identify where earthquakes will occur and at what frequency. This information coupled with evaluation of minor tremors and slight earth movements helps predict risk of earthquakes but it is not as accurate as a weather forecast. It is similar to predicting the straw that will break the camel's back. you know roughly how much load the camel can take but not the final straw.

Answer 2

The science of predicting earthquakes is not really science at all, it a little more like really smart people sitting in a room and guessing. There are all sorts of charts and graphs for them to go by, and they can indeed study earthquakes of the past. But I'd like to think that if indeed earthquakes were predictable someone would give a shout out before they hit with such rage.
I am a 1994 Northridge earthquake survivor. My daughters and I escaped with our lives, but lost everything else, 32 years worth of living and memories gone in less than a minute.
I am thankful to be able to say that though, because we lived directly across the street from a apartment building that collapsed on itself and 52 people were killed.
Perhaps oneday there will be an exact science to predicting Mother Natures Killers, but for now, I would have to no, they can not be predicted.
I am not certain any natural disaster can truly be predicted. If they could, I'm sure they would, and many lives would be saved.
Good Luck on your report

Answer 3

it's hard to predict an earthquake, but they can sort of predict by looking at patterns in the past (but it's really just guessing, not "predicting")

Answer 4

it's hard but lazers and sizemic dectors are used to kinda predict them