Research Article

Medium-Term Earthquake Forecast Using Gravity Monitoring Data: Evidence from the Yutian and Wenchuan Earthquakes in China

Table 1

Summary of the three elements of the two forecasted and actual earthquakes.

Earthquake parametersForecastedActual

The Yutian earthquake [1, 4]

Epicenter36.0°N, 80.0°E35.6°N, 81.6°E
MagnitudeMs6.0-Ms7.0Ms7.3
Timeframe2007-2008March 21, 2008

The Wenchuan earthquake [1, 5]

Epicenter31.6°N, 103.7°E31.0°N, 103.4°E
MagnitudeMs6.0–Ms7.0Ms8.0
Timeframe2007–2008May 12, 2008