Parkfield, San Andreas, and the quest for a ‘crystal ball’ for predicting earthquakes before they happen
A small town in California was hit by earthquakes once every 22 years for over a century, setting the stage for a major seismic experiment in the 198srcs and 9srcs. But the quake ended up being 11 years late. In this excerpt from “When Worlds Quake,” geophysicist Hrvoje Tkalčić looks at why predicting earthquakes isContinue Reading











