In a press conference held by the State Council Information Office the day after the earthquake, geologist Zhang Xiaodong, deputy director of CEA's Seismic Monitoring Network Center, restated that earthquake prediction was a global issue, in the sense that no proven methods exist, and that no prediction notification was received before the earthquake. Seismologist Gary Gibson of Monash University in Australia told Deutsche Presse-Agentur that he also did not see anything that could be regarded as having 'predicted' the earthquake's occurrence. COUNT 5
QSN1 What was stated in the press conference? ANS1 that earthquake prediction was a global issue QSN2 What do many geologists believe about earthquake prediction? ANS2 no proven methods exist QSN3 What kind of issue is earthquake prediction? ANS3 a global issue QSN4 What was received before the quake occurred? ANS4 no prediction notification QSN5 What did  seismologist Gary Gibson have to say about the prediction of the quake? ANS5 did not see anything