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[Ol Dirty Gaijin]

Always thought this was impossible... anyways

A US geophysicist has set the scientific world ablaze by claiming to have cracked a holy grail: accurate earthquake prediction, and warning that a big one will soon hit southern California.

In July, they said they predicted a magnitude 7.0 or higher quake in a region that included Hokkaido by December 28. The September 25 quake fell within that period.

Damn it, ODG's prediction, somewhere in Japan in the next six months, there will be an earthquake, of some size, in Japan, somewhere. Like shooting fish in a barrel.

[Taro Toporific]

Always thought this was impossible... anyways.... ODG's prediction, somewhere in Japan in the next six months, there will be an earthquake, of some size, in Japan, somewhere. Like shooting fish in a barrel.

Yep. I predict on April 16 and 17 there will be an earthquake in Japan magnitude 7.1 on the TARO Scale.
I also predict that there will be an earthquake in the next hour in Japan...'cause there are earthquakes by the hundreds every day here.

Regarding the earthquake prediction - what you need is..

[Snapped]

But if his latest prediction that the earth will move in the area around Los Angeles within the next five months proves accurate, his research could end up saving lives and transforming seismology.

That would be a good thing, but I have to say I'm sceptical. I always used to wonder why people would want to live in an earthquake-prone area. Then I moved to Japan.

[Ol Dirty Gaijin]

magnitude 7.1 on the TARO Scale.

Force 4 on the Big Booger Daikonatron