On March 11 Japan had a massive earthquake and according to data there were atmospherical differences over Japan that day which could have warned of the upcoming earthquake. Though many are saying telling of an earthquake through these changes will take time. There is currently a theory called the “Lithosphere-Atmosphere-Ionosphere Coupling mechanism.” This theory is basically before an earthquake the stressed fault releases gas, mostly colorless and odorless gas. Once in the atmosphere this gas strips air into negatively and positively charged molecules. This in turn causes these particles to attract condensed water a process that releases heat. This heat can be seen by scientist as infrared radiation. All of these components were found in Japans atmosphere three days before the actual earthquake.
Scientist have continued research on over 100 earthquakes in Japan and have found similar results in there atmosphere. Though these atmospherical differences seem to be solid evidence there is still no fool proof way to predict earthquakes. To prefect this method many more earthquakes will need to be studied and there atmosphere during the earthquake as well as before. There are currently plans to further investigate these theories over the summer.
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