以颗粒物理原理认识地震

Understanding Earthquake from the Standpoint of Granular Physics

地震是给人类造成巨大生命和财产损失的自然灾害．中国受地震灾害损失尤为严重。尽管数十年来人们作了巨大努力，然而，地震预报研究未能获得突破。基本共识是．地震预报是世界性科学难题。

Based on the basic structure of the lithosphere and mantle we treat the earth crust and mantle as large scale discrete granular matters.A new understanding on the causes of earthquakes,earthquake precursors and its prediction is obtained,which is essentially different from the point of view of traditional seismology.