I Just Want to Be a Quiet Top Student

"There are coordinates, but the problem is that the time cannot be obtained, and the earthquake intensity cannot be obtained."

These are the two major problems that plague Shen Qi, time, location, and intensity. These three indicators determine how to respond to a possible earthquake.

As for whether the four sets of coordinates are accurate, Shen Qi doesn't know and needs to verify.

The four sets of coordinates are located in the North and South Pacific Oceans and are related to the three countries of the United States, Russia, and New Zealand.

This was a secret, and Shen Qi didn't dare to talk about it, otherwise it might trigger panic among the local residents.

Statistics show that there are 39 permanent residents on Unimak Island in the United States, 22 permanent residents on Nikolskoye Island in Russia, and 10 permanent residents on Campbell Island in New Zealand.

Although the number of animals on the three islands of Unimak Island, Nikolskoye Island, and Campbell Island is far more than that of humans, there are still a very small number of humans on the islands. In addition to the aborigines, there are also some scientific exploration biologists or geologists.

Out of the conscience of scientific research workers, Shen Qi immediately sent emails to the US Seismic Network, the Russian Seismic Network, and the New Zealand Seismic Network.

In the email, Shen Qi revealed his identity. I am Shen Qi, a professor in the Department of Mathematics at Princeton. After my calculations, I found that an earthquake may occur at a certain coordinate in your country.

The time of the earthquake is unknown.

The intensity of the earthquake is unknown.

If your network has recently detected an earthquake with a magnitude above 2.0 on the Richter scale at this coordinate location, please contact me immediately, thank you.

At the same time, Shen Qi sorted out a brief paper titled "Research on New Earthquake Models".

In this popular science paper, Shen Qi described the principle of earthquakes in concise language, and attached the core mathematical formula he derived.

As for the specific deduction and calculation process of this formula, it is omitted.

Computer programming content based on mathematical models will not be discussed.

In this article, Shen Qi only talked about the theoretical principles of the mathematical and physical model of earthquakes, and did not see any specific latitude and longitude coordinates.

What North Pacific, South Pacific, Unimark Island, Campbell Island, that is absolutely not mentioned.

The scientific research results of earthquake models are not uncommon, and Shen Qi is not the first person to publish the research results of earthquake models.

The famous earthquake models in the world include the Gutenberg-Richter model, the Bridge-Nopov model, and so on.

The model is here, whoever wants to predict will predict.

Anyway, I, Old Shen, don't predict earthquakes in public.

Shen Qi hung the popular science version of the paper "Research on New Earthquake Models" on arVix, and heaved a sigh of relief, my task has been completed.

Shen Qi is well-known in the United States, and Seismic.com replied to Shen Qi immediately:

"Professor Shen, your email has been received."

With just such a sentence, it is hard to see what the US Seismic Network's attitude is.

Later, Russia Seismic Network replied to Shen Qi, and the attitude of the fighting nation was relatively straightforward:

"Our Russian Seismic Network has thousands of people engaged in earthquake research, prediction, and monitoring. Thank you for your reminder, but we believe in our team, thank you."

New Zealand, the country with the smallest land area, was the last to reply to Shen Qi. New Zealand Seismic Network even satirized Shen Qi:

"The cat I raised online made a more accurate prediction not long ago. Anyway, thanks to Professor Shen for the reminder."

Hey, New Zealand, you actually satirized me...Shen Qi is still a little upset, regardless of whether his prediction is accurate or not, his starting point is out of good intentions.

Theory is always ahead of application. Who would dare to believe unproven theories and related to natural disasters?

Once a natural disaster warning is issued at the national level, the impact will be extremely huge.

"You, hey, you still did it." Ouye was worried. She saw Shen Qi's paper "Research on New Earthquake Model" on arVix.

Shen Qi explained: "This is purely theoretical research. Humans have been systematically building earthquake models since the 19th century, which is a routine work. Our ancestor Zhang Heng was in the Han Dynasty at that time, and he was called by the Han Dynasty. Is the government arresting him? No way. Zhang Heng lived to be in his sixties, and he belonged to the long-lived group in ancient times, so he did not arouse the anger of both people and gods."

Ouye was still worried: "Qi, I always feel uneasy..."

What Shen Qi has posted on arVix is ​​a conventional research paper on earthquake model theory, which has attracted some attention from the scientific community.

This paper is posted on the physics section of arVix, and this is the second physics paper published by Shen Qi.

The first physics paper, a study on condensed matter physics, has been published on PRL.

Mathematics and physics circles are mostly talking about Shen Qi's success across borders, and not many people really pay attention to Shen Qi's conventional earthquake model papers.

Only a very few people in the world know that Shen Qi has predicted the specific coordinates where earthquakes may occur.

Shen Qi pays close attention to news reports from the United States, Russia, and New Zealand every day.

The U.S. Seismic Network, Russian Seismic Network, and New Zealand Seismic Network have not issued earthquake or tsunami warning information for sea areas such as Unimak Island, Nikolskoye Island, and Campbell Island.

A month has passed, and the world is at peace.

Life returned to calm, and Ouye gradually forgot about Shen Qi's whimsy. This was her second semester of PhD study at Princeton, and she got busy with a project at hand.

Zhou Yu'an was very interested in the new earthquake model proposed by Shen Qi, which involved the processing of some partial differential equations, which Zhou Yu'an was good at.

"Did you make a mistake somewhere?" Zhou Yu'an asked, drinking coffee in Shen Qi's office.

While manipulating the mouse to browse the news, Shen Qi said: "It's normal to make a wrong calculation. I also hope that I made a wrong calculation. World peace and no disasters are the situation I would like to see the most."

As soon as the words fell, the International Earthquake Center released a new message on its official website:

"At about 17:32 GMT today, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 hit New Zealand. The epicenter was located in the sea area 188 kilometers south of Campbell Island (56 degrees 34 minutes south latitude, 168 degrees 05 minutes east longitude), and the focal depth was 33 kilometers."

"This...New Zealand has an earthquake..." Shen Qi didn't expect the news to come so suddenly.

"This... Shen Daxian, you..." Zhou Yu'an came to Shen Qi's side with complicated feelings, and they paid close attention to the latest news released by the International Earthquake Center.

It is incredible that a mortal can predict an earthquake.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 on the Richter scale, which means disaster, is bound to cause harm to a country.

"Fortunately, the epicenter is located on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, nearly 200 kilometers away from Campbell Island in New Zealand. There are only 10 permanent residents on this island. They should be safe. An earthquake below magnitude 6.5 on the Richter scale is usually difficult to produce a destructive earthquake tsunami. The two sets of coordinates that Shen Qi sent to the New Zealand Seismic Network before were [55 degrees south latitude, 167 degrees east longitude] and [55 degrees south latitude, 167 degrees west longitude].

The New Zealand earthquake coordinates just released by the International Seismological Center are [56 degrees 34 minutes south latitude, 168 degrees 05 minutes east longitude].

This is one degree of latitude and longitude deviation from the coordinates predicted by Shen Qi before, and the error distance is close to 100 kilometers.

Zhou Yu'an broke into a cold sweat: "100 kilometers on the earth is only about 0.15 millimeters on the globe. Shen Qi, your prediction accuracy is already very high. You, you, you are frightening..."