DesertFox
04-14-2004, 04:49 PM
It's tough to fault seismologists for earthquakes that rocked the Los Angeles basin in 1994 and the Bay Area in 1989.
But the group of researchers who in both years held conferences near those memorable temblors are now in Palm Springs -- and some are predicting a major quake along the desert’s slice of the San Andreas. ...
But the annual conference of the Seismological Society of America comes at a time when earthquake prediction is a hot topic in the field.
The conference, described by an organizer as an event "for the real purists" of seismology, includes a highly anticipated forum with one forecaster who is predicting a 6.4 magnitude or greater quake in the desert by Sept. 5.
Another researcher will present data he says indicates the San Andreas fault is set to enter a period of especially frequent and more intense shaking.
More (http://www.thedesertsun.com/news/stories2004/local/20040414014648.shtml)
But the group of researchers who in both years held conferences near those memorable temblors are now in Palm Springs -- and some are predicting a major quake along the desert’s slice of the San Andreas. ...
But the annual conference of the Seismological Society of America comes at a time when earthquake prediction is a hot topic in the field.
The conference, described by an organizer as an event "for the real purists" of seismology, includes a highly anticipated forum with one forecaster who is predicting a 6.4 magnitude or greater quake in the desert by Sept. 5.
Another researcher will present data he says indicates the San Andreas fault is set to enter a period of especially frequent and more intense shaking.
More (http://www.thedesertsun.com/news/stories2004/local/20040414014648.shtml)