1. Predicting and Managing Earthquakes

2. Aims To find out the methods used to predict earthquakes.
To discuss how reliable the methods can be.

3. How do we predict earthquakes?
Discuss with the people around you. Write down any answers that you have.
3 mins.

4. Ways to predict earthquakes.
Install sensitive instruments that can measure an increase in earth tremors (seismometers), pressure, and any release of radon gas.
Map epicentres and frequency of previous earthquakes to see if there is a location and/or time pattern (this can only give estimated timings of an earthquake and not the precise location)

5. Ways to predict earthquakes.
Studying unusual animal behaviour – dogs howling, fish jumping, mice fleeing houses. This is far less scientific but it has proved useful in the past.
Monitoring electromagnetic radiation.

6. Predicting Careful monitoring of seismic activity
Monitoring radon emissions which spike prior to an earthquake
Monitoring electromagnetic radiation
It has proven to be very difficult to accurately
predict earthquakes
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