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The chapter introduces some of seismic prediction methods proposed in the last 50 years. Having in mind the physical and statistical limits in earthquake predictability, the earthquake prediction methods are impartially reported in this chapter.
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Cimellaro, G.P., Marasco, S. (2018). Earthquake Prediction. In: Introduction to Dynamics of Structures and Earthquake Engineering. Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering, vol 45. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72541-3_11
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