The Geodesy Council's decision is expected to meet resistance from the other three government agencies with an interest in earthquake prediction and its associated budget the National Land Agency, the Meteorological Agency and the Ministry of Construction.

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From a policy standpoint, the key to earthquake survival and resiliency, disasters experts will tell you, is better building codes, because prediction remains too unreliable to base evacuation decisions on.

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