What caused the forecast inaccuracy in establishing the location of the Chinese earthquake?
The fact is that GNFE has only one ATROPATENA earthquake forecast station in Central Asia, which is in Islamabad, Pakistan. The second station is located in Indonesia, and the third and fourth ones are within the territory of Azerbaijan. So, there are only three points in the Eastern Hemisphere, involved in monitoring of earthquake precursors. To establish the exact location of an earthquake’s epicenter, it is not enough to have three stations for such a large area. This was the main cause of the inaccurate determination of the epicenter of the strong earthquake which took place on April 13 in China. Was there a strong earthquake warning addressed to Chinese official bodies? According to the Charter and international agreement between GNFE participants, official GNFE forecasts are available only for countries forming part of the Global Network as full and associate members. Therefore, we had no legal grounds for providing the official forecast to the Chinese authorities.Are you plannin
