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老托福听力93篇集锦:Part C(MP3+字幕) 第52篇:预测地震的三种方法

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Now, you've been reading articles about the tremendous damage done to life and property by earthquakes.

That's why seismologists have been working so hard to develop methods of earthquake prediction.

fairly well, but the predictions only locate potential areas of danger.

They don't predict the specific time and location at which an earthquake is likely to occur.

Today I want to introduce to you three prediction models that have been developed.

The first prediction model looks along earthquake fawlts, those cracks in the Earth's crust, to find what are known as seismic gaps.

Seismic gaps are places where the fault has shown little or no seismic activity for a long time.

This theory postulates that such places are due for a major shock.

The second model relies on phenomena like ground flit.

Using long cylindrical tubes containing water, observers noted that ground tilt tended to occur before major earthquakes.

quake of 1975 --- the first successful earthquake prediction scientists have ever made.

A million people were evacuated from that Chinese city before the earthquake struck.

Unfortunately, this method hasn't worked consistently, so we can't say it's been perfected.

The third model is based on the theory that major earthquakes closely follow a series of minor ones.

Starting with the measurements and timing of the smaller quakes, --- a complex formula calculates the "times of increased probability" of a much larger quake.

Right now, this method, like the first method, cannot predict specific times and places, but that may change as it is further developed.

For the moment, none of these models can predict with reasonable levels of confidence.

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