TITLE:
Predicting the 2019 M7 Strong Earthquake in California
AUTHORS:
Guangmeng Guo, Yongtao Jiang
KEYWORDS:
California, Earthquake Prediction, The Fourier Transform, Commensurability
JOURNAL NAME:
International Journal of Geosciences,
Vol.12 No.10,
October
12,
2021
ABSTRACT: 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.