Predicting Earthquakes A Scientific and Technical Evaluation, With Implications for Society (1976) / Chapter Skim
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In any case, the time is at hand to alert public officials, government agencies, and the public to the fact that a truly useful prediction capability is a real possibility within the foreseeable future. The basic and applied research done in this field now and in the future must be bold yet tempered with wisdom, to assure that society can benefit at the earliest time while avoiding premature overreaction.
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Permanent measures to reduce earthquake hazards, such as better engineering design, improved land-use planning, and upgraded building codes and construction practices, will continue to be needed even though earthquake predictions may eventually become completely reliable. There are serious uncertainties concerning community response to a prediction and concerning the impact of an incorrect prediction.
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