美《纽约时报》1980年11月16日报道了美地震学家布雷迪和斯彭斯预报南美将发生大震的消息(本刊1981年第2期以《两名美国科学家预报秘鲁和智利1981年8月将发生大地震》为题作了译载),美国地震预报评定委员会应秘鲁政府的请求,对此进行了审议,1981年1月27日发表声明予以否决。现将该声明译载如下: The U.S. “New York Times” reported on November 16, 1980 that the U.S. seismologists Brady and Spence had predicted that a major earthquake would occur in South America (Journal Issue 2, 1981, “Two U.S. Scientists Forecasted Peru and Chile 1981 In August of that year, there will be a major earthquake. ”The U.S. earthquake prediction assessment committee reviewed this at the request of the Peruvian government and made a negative decision on January 27, 1981. The declaration is now reproduced as follows: