Outline
l What are earthquakes and how to size them?
l Where earthquakes occur?
l How to get information on earthquakes?
l Are earthquakes predictable?
l Seismic Roulette
l Seismic dynamics prior to and after recent
earthquakes of magnitude 8.0 or larger
l Witness to “transient phase changes” in
system of blocks-and-faults?
Sixth Workshop on Non-Linear
Dynamics and Earthquake Prediction
The Abdus Salam ICTP, Miramare
15/10/2001
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