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NASA Quakesim Predicts 15 Out of 16 CA Quakes

Posted by samzenpus on from the good-odds dept.

Saint Aardvark writes "NASA's QuakeSim project has successfully predicted15 out of 16 of California's earthquakes with magnitude > 5, including 11 since the map was published in 2002. "So far, the technique has only missed one earthquake, a magnitude of 5.2, on June 15, 2004, under the ocean near San Clemente Island.""

5 of 163 comments (clear)

  1. Hastalavista California... by chrispyman · · Score: 3, Funny

    So, have they predicted when California is going to fall into the ocean?

  2. Only 5? Pity... by lukestuts · · Score: 5, Funny

    That means it won't be able to predict Quake IV :(

  3. Quakesim... by Dieppe · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do they have a multiplayer version of this? Will it run on Linux? ;)

  4. Because they're *causing* them by sam_handelman · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's easy to "predict" something that you cause yourself.

    I predit that I will put my tinfoil hat on! /me puts on tinfoil hat.

    Ooh, I must be psychic or something!

    They're just putting their earthquake machines through the paces before they use it to ensure W's re-election, and to make a tidy profit for Haliburton, which owns a lot of soon-to-be-coastal property along the California-Nevada border.

    --
    The good and new comes from no quarter where it is looked for, and is always something different from what is expected.
  5. How to predict all earthquakes by product+byproduct · · Score: 4, Funny

    #include <stdio.h>

    int main()
    {
    int lat, lon;

    for (lat = -90; lat <= 90; lat++)
    for (lon = -180; lon <= 179; lon++)
    printf("prediction: lat=%d +/- 0.5, lon=%d +/- 0.5\n", lat, lon);
    }