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The Parkfield earthquake prediction of October 1992; the emergency services response

Earthquakes & Volcanoes (USGS)
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Abstract

The science of earthquake prediction is interesting and worthy of support. In many respects the ultimate payoff of earthquake prediction or earthquake forecasting is how the information can be used to enhance public safety and public preparedness. This is a particularly important issue here in California where we have such a high level of seismic risk historically, and currently, as a consequence of activity in 1989 in the San Francisco Bay Area, in Humboldt County in April of this year (1992), and in southern California in the Landers-Big Bear area in late June of this year (1992). We are currently very concerned about the possibility of a major earthquake, one or more, happening close to one of our metropolitan areas. Within that context, the Parkfield experiment becomes very important. 

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title The Parkfield earthquake prediction of October 1992; the emergency services response
Series title Earthquakes & Volcanoes (USGS)
Volume 23
Issue 4
Year Published 1992
Language English
Publisher U.S Geological Survey
Description 5 p.
First page 170
Last page 174
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