Crowdsourced earthquake early warning
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Abstract
Earthquake early warning (EEW) can reduce harm to people and infrastructure from earthquakes and tsunamis, but it has not been implemented in most high earthquake-risk regions because of prohibitive cost. Common consumer devices such as smartphones contain low-cost versions of the sensors used in EEW. Although less accurate than scientific-grade instruments, these sensors are globally ubiquitous. Through controlled tests of consumer devices, simulation of an Mw (moment magnitude) 7 earthquake on California’s Hayward fault, and real data from the Mw 9 Tohoku-oki earthquake, we demonstrate that EEW could be achieved via crowdsourcing.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Crowdsourced earthquake early warning |
| Series title | Science Advances |
| DOI | 10.1126/sciadv.1500036 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Year Published | 2015 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| Contributing office(s) | Earthquake Science Center |
| Description | e1500036; 7 p. |
| First page | 1 |
| Last page | 7 |