earthquake forecasting

基本解釋

Take the case of earthquake forecasting.
以地震預(yù)測為例。
Japan's earthquake forecasting program, which monitors factors such as seismic activity and crustal deformation, may eventually watch tidal activity as well.
日本的地震預(yù)測系統(tǒng)現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)在觀測地殼活動和形變，也許它們還要將海潮納入觀測范圍。
Dr. Michael Blanpied, associate program coordinator for the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program, took your questions about the causes of the recent quakes, earthquake forecasting and more.
下面，由美國地質(zhì)調(diào)查局地震預(yù)險項目組的副項目協(xié)調(diào)員邁克爾·布蘭皮得博士向您解答最近發(fā)生地震的起因、地震預(yù)測等問題。

Unfortunately for the science of earthquake forecasting (though fortunately for the residents of Parkfield and Tokyo), neither of the predicted shocks has yet happened.
ECONOMIST: Nature rarely repeats itself
He points out that, with the exception of an informal system in California, no country in the world has yet set up regular probabilistic earthquake forecasting that can be used to guide emergency actions.
ECONOMIST: An extraordinary manslaughter trial starts in Italy
Thomas Jordan, an Earth scientist at the University of Southern California, in Los Angeles, who chaired an international review of earthquake forecasting in Italy in the wake of L'Aquila's quake, says that these calculations must be put into context.
ECONOMIST: An extraordinary manslaughter trial starts in Italy