【科学生活】:在一般人看来,张衡发明地动仪之后,我国在地震预测方面一直居于世界领先地位。但是,近百年来,地震造成的灾难性破坏仍时时给我们带来打击。像印度洋这么大规模的地震海啸,事先居然没有丝毫防范,现在也有报道说地震预测不了,这是怎么回事?朱元清:地震是可以测定的,只是还做不到临震预报。尽管人类已经能进军外太空,但是“向下”的能力还很薄弱。 [Scientific life]: In ordinary people’s opinion, Zhang Heng invented the earth moving device, our country has been living in the world leader in earthquake prediction. However, the catastrophic damage caused by the earthquake has always hit us in the past century or so. Such as the Indian Ocean, such a large-scale earthquake and tsunami, actually there is not the slightest precautionary measures, and now there are also reports that earthquake prediction can not, what is going on? Zhu Yuanqing: Earthquake can be measured, but also can not do the prediction. Although humans have been able to penetrate outer space, their ability to “go down” is still weak.