Seeing Earthquakes Before they Happen (2013)

Lecture by Brendan Meade

In March 2011, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck Japan, producing a devastating tsunami that took 24,000 lives and generated losses of $300 billion. Geophysicist Brendan Meade will discuss how, by using satellite technology, scientists are generating images of current fault-line activity to help predict earthquakes and better understand earthquake cycles and the tectonic development of continents.