AI model could predict earthquakes - Taipei Times

The National Center for High-Performance Computing (NCHC) and Academia Sinica have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that could help researchers predict earthquakes one day in advance. The model could predict earthquakes based on precursors to tectonic activity, researchers said. The research team, led by Academia Sinica researcher Lee Lou-chuang (李羅權) and NCHC associate researcher Tsai Tsung-che (蔡宗哲), developed an AI model using total electron content (TEC) data and the Taiwania 2 supercomputer. The model could predict a magnitude 6 or higher earthquake one day in advance by analyzing data from the previous 30 days, they said. Past studies also found that atmospheric TEC within a 50km radius of the epicenter of an earthquake show signs of change prior to a large earthquake, the Central Weather Bureau's Seismological Center said, adding that TEC above Taiwan proper was low just before the 1999 Jiji earthquake.