Earthquake Prediction Wrong?

Remember that report by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, saying there is a 99.9 percent chance of at least a moderate earthquake shaking Los Angeles in the next 30 months? The U.S. Geological Survey issued a statement raising doubts about that, claiming earthquakes cannot be predicted with that much certainty, the Los Angeles Times reports. But don’t relax just yet: The USGS put the odds at 85 percent.