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Where and when an earthquake will strike remains one of geology's greatest mysteries. Could modern science ever predict them?Key facts
- Where and when an earthquake will strike remains a mystery.
- Most fault lines are now mapped.
- Electromagnetic fields surrounding fault lines emit lights just before an Earthquake.
- Nowcasting is used to give vital warning minutes before.
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An earthquake is a sudden phenomenon.
Seismologists – geologists who study earthquakes – have no way of knowing exactly when or where the next one will hit.
Earthquakes occur along fault lines – cracks in the Earth's crust caused by shifting tectonic plates.
Many of these have been mapped across the world.
But ...
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