Earthquake precursors detected by astronomical observations

Introduction Some earthquake precursors can be obtained by analyzing the local vertical variation through monitoring the residual anomalies of both universal time and latitude obtained by astrometric observations, and such a view has been verified by different earthquakes (LI, et al, 1978; HAN, 1993). The deviation and increment of local plumb line are possibly caused by the change of direction of gravity acceleration that aroused by ground mass activities before earthquakes. The other part …

Earthquake precursors detected by astronomical observations

It has been primarily confirmed that before the occurrence of a middle or major earthquake, anomalies in the residuals of universal time and latitude measurements obtained by astrometric observations may appear. We investigate the relation between the residual anomalies and the three key factors of an earthquake. To build a network of observational sites so as to obtain data of residuals of universal time and latitude from multi-instruments would be of certain significance for determining three key factors of an earthquake, especially for positioning epicenter. The data from multi-instruments would also be valuable for studies of the variation of the vertical. It is proposed to manufacture potable and high-accuracy astrometric instruments and to build observational network to obtain anomalies of universal time and latitude in the regions with high earthquake uprising possibilities.