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ensure accuracy. earthquakes. The study comprises five elements,
each presented as a chapter of the report: Survey of basic and
applied earthquake science from ancient times to the present
day, with a discussion of lessons drawn from past research
Evaluation of the current status of seismic hazard analysis and
its connections to earthquake engineering, loss estimation, and
risk mitigation Examination of the new technologies in the main
observational disciplines of seismology, geodesy, geology, and
rock mechanics Technical assessment of the key issues for future
earthquake science, including the application of a dynamical
systems approach to integrate observations Analysis of research
opportunities and requirements. The study of earthquakes, like
the science of many other complex natural systems, is still in
its juvenile stages of