The X account is run by a Hyderabad-based research centre called Seismo Research and Development Center, and it was their 22nd ‘correct’ earthquake forecast since 2020, out of 100 total forecasts. On 28 February this year, a little-known X account called Epic (Earthquake Research and Analysis) predicted that a 6.5 magnitude earthquake would hit the Mandalay region in Myanmar. Exactly a month later, a 7.7 magnitude earthquake occurred in Myanmar’s Mandalay—the region predicted by the X post—and killed more than 3,000 people. New Delhi: Earthquake predictions on social media have become a headache for Indian government officials, even when they...