TITLE:
Determining the Epicenter of a Future Short-Focus Earthquake Tens of Hours before Earthquake and Reducing the Magnitude of an Impending Catastrophic Earthquake
AUTHORS:
Michael G. Noppe
KEYWORDS:
Earthquakes Prediction, Physical Model, Earthquake Condition, Earthquake Precursor, Precursor Time Formula
JOURNAL NAME:
International Journal of Geosciences,
Vol.10 No.8,
August
30,
2019
ABSTRACT:
The article describes a project proposed to determine the epicenter of a future
short-focus earthquake tens of hours before and to reduce the magnitude of
an impending catastrophic earthquake. It focuses on developing a physical
model to determine the conditions necessary for the start of an earthquake,
for a method based on the registration of flows of mercury vapor in the gas
rising from the Earth. This model gives an explanation of why an earthquake
precursor appears so early (such a long period of time can range from a few
to hundreds of hours). Normally, the characteristic times of an earthquake
precursor for seismic methods are tens of seconds. The project is based on the
physical and mathematical models of an earthquake. The derived formula for
the time of the precursor of a future earthquake allows us to explain and to
describe the time increase for the precursor, depending on the magnitude of
the earthquake. The method of reducing the magnitude of an impending catastrophic
earthquake is based on the proposed physical model of the onset of
an earthquake and is implemented by the action of a vibration source in the
region of the detected earthquake epicenter. The proposed system should save
citizens, lives from future short-focus earthquakes.