One of the criticized seismologists, Juliet Savanch welcomed the ruling, saying there were many uncertainties in earthquake prediction. BBC News.

一名挨批评的地震专家朱莉亚对该判决表示欢迎，称地震预测中存在很多不确定因素。BBC新闻。

That's why seismologists have been working so hard to develop methods of earthquake prediction.

这就是为什么地震学家一直在努力开发地震预测方法的原因。

Another way to possibly build a better earthquake prediction system would be to develop " dense measurement networks" that sit very close to faults.

另一种可能建立更好的地震预测系统的方法是开发靠近断层的“密集测量网络”。

That led them to correctly predict the big Haicheng quake of 1975 --- the first successful earthquake prediction scientists have ever made.

这使他们正确预测了 1975 年的海城大地震——这是科学家们有史以来第一次成功预测地震。