Predicting an earthquake? Maybe someday, says UTA professor
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Right now, no one can predict when an earthquake will occur. UT Arlington Earth and Environmental Studies Professor Glen Mattioli has been working in and studying the Caribbean since the late 1970's. He and other UTA researchers are putting in a system of GPS receivers there, where an active fault line has produced horrifying tragedies, like the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Those receivers record movements of plates deep beneath the surface, and as scientists track that movement, they uncover what happens just before a big quake strikes.
