Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-03-20 05:15:47 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 5BEA7D24AC467326820F71EA8EC6DE472F6506D0C9521A22394C2D7807F6777F
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Short-term earthquake forecasts (variations in likelihood over days/weeks) perform no better than random when tested. Geophysicists make evidenced long-term probabilities, aftershock probabilities, and early warnings. Learn more: https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/can-you-predict-earthquakes https://scienceexchange.caltech.edu/topics/earthquakes/earthquakes-probabilities https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2019/predicting-next-big-earthquake/ User's history of pseudoscience claims: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/can-you-predict-an-earthquake/ https://www.npr.org/2023/02/07/1154893886/earthquake-prediction-turkey-usgs
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