Can We Predict Earthquakes? (Hint: No)

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🗓️ 26 July 2021

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

It's a listener questions episode! Chuck, Short Wave fan, asks, "What is the current state of earthquake prediction systems?"

For some answers, Emily Kwong chats with Wendy Bohon, a geologist and Senior Science Communication Specialist for the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS).

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0:00.0	You're listening to Shortwave from NPR.
0:05.0	NPR HealthCurspawn and Ritu Chategi here with Emily Kwan.
0:09.0	Hey, Emily.
0:10.0	Hey, hey, Ritu.
0:11.0	So today we've got something very exciting for everyone.
0:14.0	It's a Listener Questions episode.
0:16.0	Yes, I always love these.
0:18.0	And we haven't had one of them in so long.
0:20.0	Thank you for sending us all your questions.
0:22.0	Shortwave Listener, Chuck Wright.
0:25.0	Love your podcast.
0:26.0	I've learned and laughed.
0:28.0	How about looking at the current state of earthquake prediction research?
0:31.0	A number of countries have been cooperating to get closer to a very, very difficult goal.
0:36.0	Cheers.
0:37.0	Great question, Chuck.
0:38.0	Love the punctuation of the end.
0:40.0	Cheers.
0:41.0	And so, Emily, you spoke to someone who knows a lot about the latest in earthquake science.
0:45.0	Yeah, I did.
0:46.0	Her name is Wendy Bohan.
0:49.0	Now, she's a geologist who studies earthquakes.
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