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Please Note: Field Courses, Short Courses, Pedagogical Focus Seminars, and the Mini-University are open to full conference registrants only. Partner/spouse/guests may not purchase tickets or attend these events. Registered Partner/spouse/guests are welcome to purchase tickets to attend the Awards Breakfast and Saturday evening event.
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Event Details
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| Friday, October 22 (11:00AM - 12:00PM) |
| Location: Sacramento Convention Center |
| Seating Capacity: 200 | | Track: Earth/Space Science | | Emphasis: Technology |
| Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12, 13+
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 Earthquake prediction—determining that a particular earthquake will occur at a particular time—has proved a stubbornly intractable problem. Many theoretical issues contribute to the difficulty, especially that useful predictions require knowing the magnitude of the future event, and different magnitude earthquakes appear to start in the same way. However, earthquake probabilities and rates have useful information for emergency response even though they do not give a particular time for a particular magnitude. This talk will describe the theoretical challenges and how earthquake hazard maps at a variety of time scales are being created and used for improved response. |
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| Event Presenters |
| Lucile Jones ( Focus Speakers ) |
| Chief Scientist, Multi Hazards Project |
| U.S. Geological Survey |
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