Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-01-29 | Page 6 | Earthquakes May Now be Predicted

EARTHQUAKES MAY NOW BE PREDICTED BERKELEY, Cal., Jan. l'S. Earthquakes Earth-quakes can bo predicted just us weather weath-er conditions are now predicted, the University of California here has announced, an-nounced, as a result of a recent discovery dis-covery by Professor A. C. Lawson of the geology department that earth movements arc antecedent to, as well as consequences, of earthquake-. By making observations of tlie "creep" of the earth, or the gradual changes In latitudes. It can be told when earthquakes are expected, the university has announced. To study the earth's movements, a photograph- lc latitude telescope is to be Installed at Lick Observatory, which Is con-1 dUCted by the university on Mount Hamilton, near San Jose, Cal. Earth movements on a general J scule pi cceded tho big earthquakes ot i 185S and 1906. It is believed by the 1 university. The authorities also point- i ed out that on the occasion of the lauC earthquake, earth in the Bollnas region reg-ion of California moved as much as twenty-four feet and that the move-; ; ment was noticeable over a big ureu Professor Lawson's tabulations ot I I meridian circle observations made at' the Lick Observatory led to a suspie-llbh, suspie-llbh, it was announced, that a ch. in . I In the latitude of Mount Hamilton, of, small but appreciable amount, had oc-: I curred at 01 about the time of a severe I 1 arthquako of August 3. l0.1, which I was local to tho Mount Hamilton reg- j ion.