Re:Prediction NOT correct... (Score 1)

I think a lot of you are missing the point. Many of you have pointed out that the time frame is wrong because he missed it by such and such. But one must consider the search space in which the predictions are in context of . . . all future time which is a large search space. It is obvious that the earthquake occurred outside of the time frame of the prediction (let alone the geographic region), but there is promise to this line of research for sure, especially in light of the small margin of error in light of the backdrop of the search space. And yes, it would be nice to get it down to a day so people take safety measures. To submit a more abstract statement, models (whether for earthquakes or materials science) such as these are growing in increasing importance as our evolving society learns to understand our surroundings.