question and answers about earthquake prediction

How come the traditional seismologists can make long terme earthquake
prediction without knowing the following answers;

1.- I believe that mostly new fault lines occur in lithosphere near
existing fault lines... If it's not true just tell me please.. So if
it is true, we all know that it is very difficult to identify this new
fault lines in many countries.. Because it is very expensive, very
difficult to realize this research.. And also if the fault lines occur
under the oceans, it will be nearly impossible to identify them
CORRECTLY...

2.- How come, many EARTH SCIENCES academicians who reject categoricly
the idea of PRE EARTHQUAKE SIGNALS CAN EXIST, try to make earthquake
predictions regarding THE PAST, THE HISTORY of the fault lines ?

I received some answers about those questions... http://www.meteoquake.org
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Relevant Pages

  • Earth Sciences 1983
    ... This earthquake included every form of interest in an earthquake. ... The zone of rock breakage is called a fault. ... These shock waves may circle the earth several times. ... behavior is the seismograph. ...
    (sci.geo.earthquakes)
  • Earthquake pulses could predict tsunami impact
    ... Seismologists have mapped these energy pulses for Sumatra and are ... experts in the world on the Cascadia fault zone. ... Goldfinger added, "and core data show that more than half of the earthquakes ... Earthquake "pulses" are releases of energy from areas of high slip along the ...
    (sci.geo.earthquakes)
  • Re: Sumatra 100 foot shift
    ... >> quake, (I live in Alaska, and I'm well aware of the potential Geo ... >If somwbody said an island a km across moved 100 feet, ... "The earthquake caused vertical displacements which ranged from about 15 ... "Early reports of fault movements indicate that Sunday's event caused more ...
    (sci.geo.satellite-nav)
  • Re: Earth Sciences 1983
    ... This earthquake included every form of interest in an earthquake. ... The zone of rock breakage is called a fault. ... These shock waves may circle the earth several times. ... behavior is the seismograph. ...
    (sci.geo.earthquakes)
  • Re: How far south in Illinois....
    ... > buildings in LA or SF, there is little chance an earthquake will ever ... population areas are right along the fault zones. ... I've never cancelled a round of golf because I was afraid a tornado would ... hit my house. ...
    (rec.sport.golf)