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Public Resources Code - PRC
DIVISION 2 - GEOLOGY, MINES AND MINING
CHAPTER 10 - Earthquakes
Section 2801.

Universal Citation:
CA Pub Res Code ยง 2801 (2016)
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2801. As used in this chapter:

(a) Long-term prediction means a prediction of an earthquake that is expected to occur within a few years up to a few decades.

(b) Intermediate-term prediction means a prediction of an earthquake that is expected to occur within a period of a few weeks to a few years.

(c) Short-term prediction means a prediction of an earthquake that is expected to occur within a few hours to a few weeks.

(d) Parkfield prototype earthquake prediction system means a dense cluster of instruments along the Parkfield section of the San Andreas fault which monitors earthquake activity, local distortion of the Earth s crust, strain levels, creep adjustments along the fault, and other phenomena which may be useful in making a short-term earthquake prediction.

(e) Parkfield characteristic earthquake means an earthquake that has, among other qualities, a magnitude between 5.5 and 6.0 on the Richter scale, and occurs on a location somewhere along the 15-mile section of the San Andreas fault that is centered in the City of Parkfield.

(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1198, Sec. 1. Effective September 29, 1985.)

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