Hello, world!

Driven by the recent rage in the media after the magnitude-9.0 Japan earthquake and its devastating consequences, and given the limited number of blogs dealing specifically with earthquakes (and the surprising number of pseudo-scientific websites claiming earthquake "forecasts" and "predictions"), I decided to start a blog intended for anyone who is interested in the science of earthquakes, explained in simple English. Given that I am still an undergraduate student (until this May at least!), I will try to use the best of my growing knowledge to explain how earthquakes work, if and how we can predict them, what scientists know and don't know about the Earth, and more. I hope this blog will clarify some popular misconceptions about earthquakes, plate tectonics, and science in general. Thanks for following!