We have on record an excellent prediction for the Montana earthquake which
occurred this morning with Ml 3.8. Since members of this board are interested
in earthquake prediction, I thought I might share this with you so you can see
some of the precision a good earthquake forecast might have. While off in time
by 6 days all other parameters were quite precise. Because of privacy matters
and the desire of this/these predictor(s) to remain anonymous, I cannot share
the source of this prediction with you at this time, sorry about that.

A mild (Ml=3.8) earthquake occurred in southwestern Montana/Eastern
Idaho this morning. This event was the largest within 100 km of it's epicenter
since 1998. The magnitude and location paramters of this earthquake
were precisely predicted as follows:

Source parameters of the occurring event:

08MAY2001 10:20:11 44.80N 112.77W ML=3.8 MBMG Red Rock Valley, MT; Felt
08May2001 10:20:11 44.8 N 112.8 W ML=3.8 NEIS EASTERN IDAHO

Prediction (made by e-mail March 27, 2000)
14May2001 44.8N 112.8W 3.5-4.5 West of Yellowstone, MT
Follow-up prediction (made by e-mail Oct. 10, 2000 by same predictor(s))
14May2001 44.8N 112.8W 3.0-4.0 Montana, USA

These predictor(s) claim their forecast should be correct within 6 days, +/- 30 km
latitude and longitude and within magnitude limits and geographical location stated.

Looks like some earthquakes can be predicted after all.