Tentative forecasts of strong earthquakes on Kamchatka have been carried out continuously since 1972 with scientific purpose. Three methods are being used: electric, ratio
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and seismostatistical. The main scientific result of the two-year study is the statement that it is possible to predict earthquakes of magnitude
5.5 some days in advance; eight earthquakes had been predicted from a total number of twelve.