Cutting-Edge Research
in Kyoto University
GEO-PHYS
Seeking the Forerunners of Earthquakes The differences between normal and anomalous phenomena.
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Do you believe that major earthquakes are preceded by anomalous phenomena, such as increases in electromagnetic noise and ground deformation? There are many reports of such phenomena, but it is a great challenge to distinguish between normal and anomalous phenomena. Moreover, we have few chances to observe earthquakerelated phenomena, because major earthquakes (fortunately) do not occur frequently. I am trying to define the objective differences between normal and anomalous phenomena, through precise geophysical observations, mainly around the Miyazaki Observatory near Hyuga-Nada in southwest Japan, where large earthquakes have repeatedly occurred, together with mathematical modeling of the obtained data.
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- Ken’ichi Yamazaki, PhD
- Assistant Professor, Miyazaki Observatory, DPRI