By Hou Liqiang
China has officially launched an earthquake prediction project in Southwest China that will be open to scientists from around the world, a senior China Earthquake Administration official said.
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The site is the first in the world to concentrate on earthquakes with continental epicenters. [Wang Manda, deputy director-general of international cooperation at the administration] said it will also stand out because of its comprehensive observations and experiments covering the whole earthquake process, ranging from underground ruptures to the seismic response of buildings.
A supercomputing platform will be established at the site, and Wang said numerical simulation will be carried out for the entire earthquake process to facilitate research.
The project is based on a philosophy of openness and sharing, he said. "It's not only researchers with our administration who will use it," Wang said. "Other scientists, from both home and abroad－including those from universities and public institutes－will also be welcome to come to conduct research and test their theories in the field."
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