Data fingerprinting reveals risks of giant earthquakes

Researchers at Imperial College London, draw on geological data science to reveal regions that can host giant earthquakes, regardless of the history of seismic activity. Including in places where none have occurred in the last 100 years.

“We hope that by using the geological data itself as the principal indicator of risk potential, we can tap into giant earthquake risk in areas with little historical data – and even for other hazards such as volcanoes and landslides.” Dr Rebecca Bell, Reader in Tectonics in the Department of Earth Science and Engineering

https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/263696/data-fingerprinting-reveals-risk-giant-earthquakes/