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8. We will never predict earthquakes?

At best, the statistical models can make a prediction of likely future earthquake, similar to weather experts who warn about the rain. But often proved unfounded prediction. For example, the case of Parkfield, California, the largest seismic experiment failed, when geologists have predicted an earthquake in 1994 that instead struck the town only in 2004. One of the biggest obstacles is that scientists still do not understand why earthquakes begin and end up. But there has been progress on the forecasts of the aftershocks of earthquakes and man-made, such as those related to the injection wells for wastewater (such as those used in the fracking).