Imagine yourself at the work, and the ground starts shaking! You know the drill. Save your head and get under a desk!
Sometimes, maybe that won’t be enough.
Well, that’s an Earthquake after all! Nature’s most unpredictable and destructive phenomenon. Even a single earthquake can cause thousands of deaths and billions of dollars in damaged property.
So, can’t we do anything about it?
Scientists are working to understand the physics of Earthquakes. Can we predict them? Not yet.