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2024-02-11 01:25:53 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 40AD267E7D1B40FFAC2129B33CE64D2241A54AE72EDC2C163628805B2B21CDBB
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There is no scientific basis for earthquake prediction. This user has posted similar predictions daily since 2009. https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/can-you-predict-earthquakes https://scienceexchange.caltech.edu/topics/earthquakes/earthquakes-probabilities https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-earthquake-prediction-262451352553 About 6% of quakes like this are followed by larger ones, but there is no way to distinguish them in advance as foreshocks, as this post tries to claim. https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/foreshocks-aftershocks-whats-difference https://www.americangeosciences.org/critical-issues/faq/what-probability-earthquake-foreshock-larger-earthquake https://www.iris.edu/hq/inclass/animation/earthquake_foreshockmainshockaftershock
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