摘要
China is the country with the most earthquakes and the most serious hazards from continental earthquakes in the world. During the 1960s and 1970s, a series of strong earthquakes attacked the cities and counties in China causing great damage and many casualties. The most striking one was the Tangshan earthquake ( M S7 8) in July 1976, in which over 240,000 people died and a large industrial city was leveled. Public demand for earthquake forecasting surged after this disaster. From the mid-1960s, systemic research on earthquake forecasting has evolved throughout the country. In this paper the main advances in earthquake prediction research in China have been summarized.
China is the country with the most earthquakes and the most serious hazards from continental earthquakes in the world. During the 1960s and 1970s, a series of strong earthquakes attacked the cities and counties in China causing great damage and many casualties. The most striking one was the Tangshan earthquake ( M S7 8) in July 1976, in which over 240,000 people died and a large industrial city was leveled. Public demand for earthquake forecasting surged after this disaster. From the mid-1960s, systemic research on earthquake forecasting has evolved throughout the country. In this paper the main advances in earthquake prediction research in China have been summarized.
