Real-time seismology and earthquake hazard mitigation

Hiroo Kanamori, Egill Hauksson and Thomas Heaton
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Hiroo Kanamori: the Seismological Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Egill Hauksson: the Seismological Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Thomas Heaton: the Seismological Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

Nature, 1997, vol. 390, issue 6659, 461-464

Abstract: Abstract Recent advances in seismic sensor technology, data acquisition systems, digital communications, and computer hardware and software make it possible to build reliable real-time earthquake information systems. Such systems provide a means for modern urban regions to cope effectively with the aftermath of major earthquakes and, in some cases, they may even provide warning, seconds before the arrival of seismic waves. In the long term these systems also provide basic data for mitigation strategies such as improved building codes.

Date: 1997
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