Now that those data are available research can get underway regarding checking to see his program does actually produce the type of data which earthquake forecasters need to have in order to tell when and where one is likely to occur.

The report at that Web site is just introductory. It does not yet represent a thorough analysis of his data.

Additionally, he has a new and nicely formatted mirror site at the following address:

http://shanquakeforecast.com

EARTHQUAKE FORECASTING IN CHINA

This is the Web site for a research group in the People's Republic of China which is using a fairly sophisticated looking electromagnetic energy field type earthquake precursor detector called an MDCB instrument. The instrument exists in a number of forms.

http://mdcb.nease.net/Mdcb.htm

I have an English language report which is largely a translation of the Chinese text at that Web site. And it contains some background and theory information. If time permits I am hoping to store a copy of it at one of my Web sites so that other people can review it.

They are I believe monitoring ground and atmospheric electromagnetic energy field fluctuations in the 0 to 50 cycles per second range. I believe that MDCB instrument has a range of something like 2000 km and can detect signals as deep as 10,000 meters in the ground.

The data are quite interesting. They have been running the program for perhaps a dozen years and have developed procedures for telling when and where earthquakes are likely to occur and what their magnitude will be. The instruments indicates in which direction the precursor signal is strongest. And under ideal conditions they use two or more of them with a triangulation process to tell where the earthquake will occur.

There are quite a few already in operation in China. And I believe that they have a few installed in other countries and are planning to expand that effort.