Applied Research Of BP Neural Network In Earthquake Prediction

Abstract

Nowadays, earthquake prediction is still a worldwide scientific problem, especially the prediction for short-term and imminent earthquake has no substantial breakthroughs. BP neural network technology has a strong non-linear mapping function which could better reflect the strong non-linear relationship between earthquake precursors and the time and the magnitude of a potential earthquake. In this paper, we selected the region of Beijing as the research area and 3 months as the prediction period. Based on BP neural network and integrated with the conventional linear regression method, a regional short-term integrated model was established, which gives the quantitative prediction for the earthquake magnitude. The results show that the earthquake magnitude prediction RMSE (root mean square error) of the integrated model reaches ± 0.28 Ms. Compared with conventional methods, the integrated model improves significantly. The new model has a good prospect to use BP neural network technology for earthquake prediction.