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Coordinating Committee for Earthquake Prediction

Okay so imagine you are playing a game of tag with your friends outside. You are running around and having fun, but suddenly the ground starts shaking and you feel scared. This is what happens during an earthquake, and it can be dangerous for people and their homes.

To help protect people and make sure they stay safe during an earthquake, a group of grown-up scientists and experts get together to form something called a coordinating committee for earthquake prediction. They work together to study the ground, the rocks, and the other signs that happen before an earthquake, to try and figure out when it might happen and how powerful it might be.

They use lots of different tools and methods to gather information, like measuring instruments that go down into the ground, or looking at the patterns of earthquakes that have happened in the past. Once they figure out when an earthquake might happen, they can give important warnings to people who live in the area.

So the coordinating committee is like a big team of experts who work together to help protect people from earthquakes. They use their knowledge and skills to predict when it might happen, and then warn people so they can get to safety. This is very important work, because it helps keep people safe and prevent any harm from happening.