Parkfield Experiment Flashcards
1
Q
What did they do?
A
- Californian seismologists invested heavily in monitoring the SA fault around Parkfield
- Believed there was an interval of medium size quakes every 26 years
2
Q
Why?
A
The Loma Prieta 1989 earthquake caused scientists to want to “catch a quake”.
3
Q
Outcome?
A
This pattern in time was not proven; the estimated wait of 5 years for another quake was actually 15. This proved they had failed to identify a pattern.
