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Panayotis Varotsos (Greek: Παναγιώτης Βαρώτσος) is a Greek physicist, professor in the Department of Physics of the University of Athens, notable for his VAN method to predict earthquakes. His group claims the ability to identify electromagnetic signals that are precursors to earthquakes. They suggest the precursors are generated by electricity from piezo-electric effects in rocks being stressed just prior to the earthquake rupture. There is not conclusive evidence that the electromagnetic signals are generated deep in the Earth, and the scientific community is quite skeptical that VAN has the claimed predictive power.
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