Author(s)

Guangmeng Guo, Yongtao Jiang

Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang, China.

The U.S. Geological Survey has estimated a 99% chance of a magnitude 6.7 earthquake in California in the next 30 years from 2008. In this paper, Fourier transform, mode analysis and commensurability analysis are used to study the earthquake cycle in California and predict the future strong earthquake. The analysis shows that the strong earthquake in California is most likely to occur in 2019, and the prediction was sent to the relevant institutions of United States in 2018. In July 2019 an M7.1 earthquake occurred in California, which proved our prediction to be correct.

California, Earthquake Prediction, The Fourier Transform, Commensurability

Guo, G. and Jiang, Y. (2021) Predicting the 2019 M7 Strong Earthquake in California. International Journal of Geosciences, 12, 941-948. doi: 10.4236/ijg.2021.1210048.