Earthquake research services are an important part of being prepared for this often-sudden national disaster. The more we understand about how earthquakes work, the better we can respond to one. Many research groups and foundations carry out earthquake research services internationally. Many governments also provide funding to groups conducting earthquake research services, since their findings are very important to public safety and readiness. Earthquake research services include learning more about how to predict earthquakes, when and where they’ll be most likely to happen, what areas to evacuate, and how much damage the earthquake will do. Researchers are working hard to discover these things.
