Abstract:

 In this paper, we introduce briefly the fundamental principles of satellite thermal infrared brightness temperature anomalies, and analyze and establish the model of remote sensing information of earthquake prediction in imminence. In the past 11 years, the tests of earthquake prediction proved that this technique has good application prospects. Two earthquake events of Dongsha and Jiji strong earthquakes were successfully forecasted, and three earthquakes that occurred in Baotou, China; Olympia, WA, USA; and Sumatera, Indonesia have been taken as case studies. This method uses the temperature increasing anomalies to explore the thermal infrared stress field and uses the thermal stress field as a precursor of an impending earthquake, which thus can provide the position of coming earthquake epicenter clearly.

Key words: earthquake prediction in imminence, satellite thermal infrared, hot stress field, Jiji strong earthquake in Taiwan, Olympia earthquake, WA, USA, Sumatera earthquake, Indonesia