Eli5: Why can’t earthquakes be predicted with accuracy?

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Eli5: Why can’t earthquakes be predicted with accuracy?

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Scientists in Italy were convicted for not being accurate earthquake predictors. See: [https://www.science.org/content/article/why-italian-earthquake-scientists-were-exonerated#:~:text=Six%20scientists%20convicted%20of%20manslaughter,a%20seventh%20defendant%20last%20November](https://www.science.org/content/article/why-italian-earthquake-scientists-were-exonerated#:~:text=Six%20scientists%20convicted%20of%20manslaughter,a%20seventh%20defendant%20last%20November).