Amusing. An important point is that this was one of these fairly rare cases where a real earthquake forecast was actually needed. One was generated and circulated. And it worked. People outside the earthquake forecasting community wanted to know if an earthquake might upset the World Series games. And they knew where to find at least two people who they believed might provide them with that type of information. I am guessing that Dr. Jim Berkland was contacted by that Reuters reporter. I am also guessing that this provided him with an opportunity to generate a forecast for a location for which I expect he has some of his best data.

Also note that my own forecast data were posted here before the time window of interest.

News service is interested in World Series earthquake forecasts http://www.earthwaves.org/wwwboard/messages/17054.html