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Dee Ninis, Earthquake Geologist, Monash University

Nobody can predict earthquakes, but we can forecast them. Here's how

Lloyd Homer / GNS Science, Author provided

After devastating earthquakes, it’s common to see discussion of earthquake prediction. An earthquake prediction requires, in advance, the specific time, location and magnitude of a future quake.

However, earthquake prediction has never been achieved successfully in a way which could be repeated.

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