totally ridiculous. the judge is plain stupid. tremors happen everyday and most of them are minor, whether they are strong enough to be felt or not. no once can ever predict when an earthquake would come.

sometimes scientists report whenever there is some slight movement along a fault line, but among those i was aware of they never result to a major earthquake afterwards as far as i know.

the verdict may be understandable if it was a cyclone/storm/typhoon/volcanic eruption or some other natural calamity and they failed to do the proper warnings where technology to forecast are already available. earthquakes are an entirely different ball game