Yes, I saw the article and had made a comment to a group that has interest in devices that can detect the extremely low frequency (elf) electromagnetic (EM) emissions from earthquake precursors and earthquakes. I quoted the last paragraph from the article, which was made by Dr. Ellsworth, the influential head of the seismic hazard group at the USGS in Menlo Park, CA.
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But Bill Ellsworth, a prominent Geological Survey geophysicist, said that in the absence of an infinite amount of federal funding, first priority should go to the development of more seismic-detection networks that -- unlike earthquake alarms -- are based on well-understood physical principles.
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The statement below was extracted from one of the better informed individuals that participates in the group.
[What are the well-understood physical principles? It is the difference in the arrival times between P-S waves, which the USGS has touted in recent weeks as a major step forward in earthquake early warning. Besides the fact that this physical principle has not been invented by the USGS and is already operational in several places around the world, the P-S wave difference provides an "early warning" between zero and, possibly, 20 seconds depending on the distance from the hypocenter.]
Everyone should be aware that the traditional geophysicists and seismologists obtain multiple millions of dollars to study the mechanical action of earthquakes and they are spending zero on examining the electromagnetic phenomena that is being generated by earthquake precursors and earthquakes. They do not understand the mechanism that produces EM emissions even though it was published more than 5 years ago, and additional researchers have confirmed the mechanism. Once a group becomes entrenched they make sure competing theories do not get published. This seems to be a major problem in the U.S. Researchers in the U.S. have managed to get their research published in European geophysical journals but not in U.S. geophysical journals.
EM emissions have been detected days before major earthquakes. The French DEMETER satellite has been recording EM emissions from earthquake precursors and earthquakes for years.
Would you like to have a day or more warning of a major earthquake or a maximum of 20 seconds? If the seismologists happen to be there watching when their sensors identify the occurrence of an earthquake they might have time to tell a few associates in the room, "hang on!" Is that worth millions?
