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Another tragedy strikes Indonesia

On 27 May an earthquake struck Java, Indonesia, about 25 kilometres south-southwest of the city of Yogyakarta, claiming more than 5,000 lives. News@nature.com takes a look at the situation.

Read the briefing here.

Posted by Nicola Jones on May 30, 2006 06:27 PM |

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Earthquake Prediction is the ultimate goal for geoscientists. It needs a concentrated approach of a group of geologists and geophysicists to infer the where and when of earthquake. After the earthquake the studies makes limited societal benifits. Recently a book on Earthquake Prediction is Edited by me and published by Brill Academic Publishers. This book shows the possibility of Earthquake Prediction.Sunspot activity and Coronal Mass Ejection are considered to be influential phenomena in affecting both the electric, as well as the magnetic charecteristics of Sun-Earth environment. All these changes have been observed before the occurrence of earthquakes and tsunami in various parts of the earth. European Geosciences Union has accepted and approved the earthquake prediction techniques and the session on Sunspot activities before occurrence of earthquake are being highlighted since last couple of years.

Reference:
Mukherjee, S. (2006) Earthquake Prediction.Brill Academic Publishers, Martinus Nijkoff Publishers and VSP, Danvers, MA 01923, USA. ISBN- 10:90 6764 450 1, ISBN-13: 978 90 6764 450 1

Posted by: Dr.Saumitra Mukherjee | May 31, 2006 12:02 PM

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