摘要
作者根据所收集的大量资料,较全面地介绍了国内外地震预报研究工作的起步和发展,目前的现状和水平;分析了大量地震虚报和误传事件造成的社会和经济影响;从防震减灾的角度,提出了地方地震工作部门应着重抓好的几项工作.
Based on the large quantities of data obtained,the author made a fairly complete introductionto the initiation and development, the current status and research level of earthquake predictionresearch both at home and abroad;analysed the social and economic impacts associated with nu-merous false predictions of earthquakes and misdissemination of seismic events;proposed that thelocal seismological organizations should attach importance to the several key links in terms ofearthquake preparedness and disaster reduction.