Forecasting earthquake aftershock locations with AI-assisted science

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According to (This article and its images were originally posted on The Official Google Blog August 30, 2018 at 01:32PM.) – Cover image via Techherald

From hurricanes and floods to volcanoes and earthquakes, the Earth is continuously evolving in fits and spurts of dramatic activity. Earthquakes and subsequent tsunamis alone have caused massive destruction in the last decade—even over the course of writing this post, there were earthquakes in New Caledonia, Southern California, Iran, and Fiji, just to name a few.

Earthquakes typically occur in sequences: an initial “mainshock” (the event that usually gets the headlines) is often followed by a set of “aftershocks.” Although these aftershocks are usually smaller than the main shock, in some cases, they may significantly hamper recovery efforts.  Although the timing and size of aftershocks has been understood and explained by established empirical laws, forecasting the locations of these events has proven more challenging.

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This article and images were originally posted on [The Official Google Blog] August 30, 2018 at 01:32PM. Credit to Author Phoebe DeVries and The Official Google Blog | ESIST.T>G>S Recommended Articles Of The Day.

 

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