Earthquakes, did you feel it?

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Abstract

The US Geological Survey (USGS) “Did You Feel It?”® (DYFI) system is an automated system for rapidly collecting macroseismic intensity data from Internet users’ shaking and damage reports and generating intensity maps immediately following earthquakes.

Although the collection and assignment of DYFI-based Macroseismic Intensity (MI) data depart from traditional assignments, they are made more quickly, provide more complete coverage at higher spatial resolution, offer citizen input and interaction, and allow data collection at rates and quantities that were not previously possible. These aspects of Internet-based data collection, in turn, allow for data analyses, graphics, and ways to communicate with the public, opportunities that were not feasible with traditional data-collection approaches. 

Publication type Book chapter
Publication Subtype Book Chapter
Title Earthquakes, did you feel it?
DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-10475-7_254-1
Year Published 2020
Language English
Publisher Springer
Contributing office(s) Geologic Hazards Science Center
Larger Work Type Book
Larger Work Subtype Monograph
Larger Work Title Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics
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