Chapter 8. The Heyday

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Chapter 1. Ready to Rumble 1
4. Chapter 2. Ready to Explode 12
5. Chapter 3. Irregular Clocks 29
6. Chapter 4. The Hayward Fault 39
7. Chapter 5. Predicting the Unpredictable 47
8. Chapter 6. The Road to Haicheng 58
9. Chapter 7. Percolation 86
10. Chapter 8. The Heyday 96
11. Chapter 9. The Hangover 108
12. Chapter 10. Highly Charged Debates 125
13. Chapter 11. Reading the Tea Leaves 141
14. Chapter 12. Accelerating Moment Release 150
15. Chapter 13. On the Fringe 158
16. Chapter 14. Complicity 171
17. Chapter 15. Measles 191
18. Chapter 16. We All Have Our Faults 196
19. Chapter 17. The Bad One 206
20. Chapter 18. Whither Earthquake Prediction? 222
21. Acknowledgments 231
22. Notes 233
23. General Index 255
24. Index of Earthquakes by Year 261