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28. Why Can’t We Predict Earthquakes?

Mar 30, 2011 · 21 min · Episode 28 · 20.2 MB
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We talk to a U.S. Geological Survey physicist about the science -- and folly -- of predicting earthquakes. There are lots of known knowns; and, fortunately, not too many unknown unknowns. But it's the known unknowns -- the timing of the next Big One -- that are the most dangerous.


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