科学家们知道这些断层所在的位置,也了解地壳运动的模式,因而能够预测大体某一地区可能出现的地震。但是形成地震势能并激发势能释放的能量分布在全球各地,难以查寻,所以我们对这股能量如何释放还没有确切的了解。
Bendick and colleagues did find a curious correlation between clusters of certain earthquakes and periodic fluctuations in Earth's rotation.
Bendick和同事们发现地震群与地球转速的周期性浮动之间存在有趣的联系。
By examining the historic earthquake record and monitoring those fluctuations, scientists might be able to forecast years when earthquakes are more likely to occur, they suggest.
科学家们表示,通过察看历史上的地震记录并监视地球转速的浮动周期,他们将可以预测地震发生可能性较高的年份。
But that conclusion is by no means set in stone. It hasn't been demonstrated in the lab or confirmed by follow-up studies. Several scientists have said they're not yet convinced by Bendick's research.
但是这一研究结论并没有得到确证。它还没有经过实验室里的实验验证,也没有得到后续研究的证实。许多科学家都表示Bendick的研究成果并不能使他们信服。
Historically, the field of earthquake forecasting has seen some particularly outlandish claims.
历史上,为了预测地震,人们曾做过许多匪夷所思的尝试。
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