Research on Earthquake Precursor Attractor and Its Predictability

Based on the body strain observation data at Liyang and Xuzhou stations, the Correlation Dimension D2 and the second-order Renyi entropy K2 of the attractor are calculated and studied. In addition, a new method of evaluating the longest predictable time of precursor attractor is advanced under the condition of a certain anomalous criterion rule. The conclusion indicates that the body strain precursor attractor is one of the chaotic attractors and it has some determinate change rules such as the dimension declines before an earthquake and the number of the independent factors on which the variation of the system depends is within the range of 5 - 12. The conclusion also indicates that the longest evaluated predictable time of the body strain attractor is 213 days at the Liyang station and 342 days at the Xuzhou station. It is clear that this research can be of great reference value for recognizing the nonlinear behavior of precursor attractors and for evaluating the predictability of different precursor attractors in future earthquake prediction.