Is the earthquake coming? Are earthquakes predictable?
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There are literally hundreds of earthquakes every day.  Thankfully most are small.\n\nSome faults are well documented and a loose prediction that they will slip sometime in the near to middle future can be made but with very little accuracy.
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September 2006 is still in the future, so that one will be very hard to explain, but there was a 7.6 magnitude quake in Pakistan on October 8, of 2005. This was a complex earthquake, with at least one more event occurring about 5 seconds after the initial onset. \n\nThe earthquake was produced by the northward movement of the India Plate relative to the Eurasian Plate. The rate of motion has been characterized as between 43 and 47 mm/year. There are complex vectors of convergence, divergence, and transform motion taking place in this region. The convergence is being expressed as crustal folding, uplift, thrust faulting and subduction. In the more immediate area around the epicenter of this quake the motion is convergent.\n\nTo see the seismic amplitude and the pattern of the event I suggest you examine these seismograms. You may note the way the event is 'compressed' in the stations nearer to the epicenter and 'spread' as they traveled further.\nHere is a relatively close seismic station at Diego Garcia:\nhttp://neic.usgs.gov/neis/seismogram/2005_10_08/DGAR.html\nHere are a couple of stations in Australia:\nhttp://neic.usgs.gov/neis/seismogram/2005_10_08/MBWA.html\nhttp://neic.usgs.gov/neis/seismogram/2005_10_08/NWAO.html\nHere is one in South Africa:\nhttp://neic.usgs.gov/neis/seismogram/2005_10_08/SUR.html\n \n\nThe epicenter of the quake was 34.493°N, 73.629°E, and the hypocenter was 26 km (16.2 miles) beneath the surface. Relative to the surrounding geography it was located:\n105 km (65 miles) NNE of ISLAMABAD, Pakistan\n115 km (70 miles) ESE of Mingaora, Pakistan\n125 km (75 miles) WNW of Srinagar, Kashmir\n165 km (105 miles) SSW of Gilgit, Kashmir\n\nA map of P-wave travel times can be examined here:\nhttp://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eq_depot/2005/eq_051008_dyae/neic_dyae_t.html\nA total of 280 seismic stations reported this quake and all 280 were included in the calculations of the location and depth. The estimated energy dissapated in the quake was 3.1 x 10^15 Newton meters. \n\nThe earthquake was preceeded by a Magnitude 5.5 on July 23, 2005, a 5.5 on July 15, '05, and a 5.5 on July 1, '05. There have been dozens, if not hundreds of aftershocks, including at least 19 earthquakes in the region that were magnitude 5.0 and higher. On December 12, 2005 a Magnitude 6.7 earthquake occurred in the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan about 235 km from the epicenter of the 10/8/05 quake. \n\nHere is the main USGS page for that 10/8 earthquake:\nhttp://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/eqinthenews/2005/usdyae/
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There are likely to be aftershocks but i terms of another big earthquake, it's neither more nor less likely, there is never any way of judging the possibilities and recent quakes don't measure them
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Visit my slide show at URL\nhttp://asia.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/quake\nMost of the earthquakes occurs at tectonic plate boundaries.\nThis will occur when the accumulated stress (because of the movement of plates ) exceeds the bearable limit of the tectonic plates at that place.
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The exact location of an earthquake.
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*\nYes! The Hoosier state has trembled in the wake of earth waves generated by powerful earthquakes in the past, and will, no doubt, tremble again in quakes that are yet to come. These pages briefly describe earthquakes in our past, what causes our earthquakes, what is being done to reduce losses that will result from future quakes, and what you should do before, during, and after an earthquake.\n\n\nEarthquakes in Indiana  [New Window] \nArticle about the history and future of earthquakes in Indiana.\nVerified by a Netscape Security Partner: Netscape Security Center http://igs.indiana.edu/geology/earthquakes/eqinindiana/index.cfm
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the beginning of an earthquake are foreshocks. these foreshocks have P-waves, s-waves and surface waves attached to it.
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No predictions here. It is obvious. The answer is yes tomorrow they will meet and no nothing will come of it.  That place is in a mess and people are getting either killed by the thousands or leaving in droves by the thousand.  The only people left there soon will be the ones too poor to afford to move anywhere else. No one wants to admit the obvious it is a "CIVIL WAR". I've been in one to know one.
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It's impossible to say when an earthquake will strike, it's only possible to predict statistically when an earthquake might happen. However, this prediction will be so broad in real terms that it will have no value to anyone in terms of safety or doing anything pre-emptive.\n\n\nThe earthquake regions are however well known and follow the recognised earth's fault lines.\n\nIt will however give people some idea of the frequency or expectation of experiencing earthquakes in their own area and allow services to be put in place. The San Andreas fault is due to have another big one soon based on past patterns but the exact date cannot be predicted and I seem to remember reading that it's already late. Only when it's actually happened will it be possible to accurately predict when it was!
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yes, exactly earth quakes repeated many times, so it is not sure when they repeat, and whts ur question exactly u wanna earthquake completely to the earth at the same time.?\ntil now it is not discovered and can not be detected when they wil occur to take precautions
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Earthquakes.. never know when they are going to hit nor how strong.  I have lived through them all and at least with the other 3 I have some warning....
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earthquakes occur when the tectonic plates that cover the earth noticably shift. These movements can also form volcanoes and trenches
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Yes they do but just like the tree that fell in the forest, you probably won't hear it unless you were near it.  Most quakes are not even noticed by humans because they are to deep in the ground, too far away, or the soil between you and the quake may absorb the sound and motion.  If you were near the quake, such as where a road is being ripped apart, you would not only hear it but would see it too.  You can bet one thing, if you hear the rumbling of an earthquake, you are much to close and need to get out of any building you may be in.
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it's always been like that.  It's just that as the world becomes more and more populated..we are informed of the earthquakes/eruptions because of their risk of harm to the people who live around them.  But there is no increase.
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Extremely unlikely. I've never heard of any man made earthquakes.
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There is no reliable method to predict an earth quake.What scientists do is use mathematical models based on historical information of earth quakes and estimate the probability in different regions.Lasers and satellite based data and evaluations are used by some.
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Yes! That is what causes all earthquakes!\n\nIt is a conspiracy!