Open AccessA physical interpretation of the Haicheng earthquake prediction
Author(s) -
Christopher H. Scholz
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
nature
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 15.993
H-Index - 1226
eISSN - 1476-4687
pISSN - 0028-0836
DOI - 10.1038/267121a0
Subject(s) - geology , seismology , front (military) , earthquake prediction , deformation (meteorology) , oceanography
A possible explanation for the successful prediction of the 1975 Haicheng earthquake is that the earthquake was triggered by a deformation front that propagated 1,000 km through NE China at a velocity of about 110 km yr(-1). The various phenomena that were used to predict the earthquake can be explained by the deformation front.
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