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Bookmark or Share- Earthquake Early Warning - Pacific Northwest Seismic NetworkShakeAlert is an earthquake early warning system that can detect earthquakes rapidly, a few seconds after they begin. ShakeAlert is not earthquake prediction. Ground motion sensors near the earthquake feel the ground shaking and relay that information to a data processing center.
- ShakeAlert® - USGS Earthquake Hazards ProgramThe ShakeAlert® earthquake early warning system monitors for significant earthquakes and issues alerts to warn that strong shaking is expected imminently. In the United States, the ShakeAlert system is being developed to cover California, Oregon, and Washington.
- Early warning system - WikipediaAn earthquake warning system or earthquake alarm system is a system of accelerometers, seismometers, communication, computers, and alarms that is devised for rapidly notifying adjoining regions of a substantial earthquake once one begins.
- Early Warning | U.S. Geological Survey - USGS.govEarthquake Early Warning systems are operational in several countries around the world, including Mexico, Japan, Turkey, Romania, China, Italy, and Taiwan. All of these systems rapidly detect earthquakes and track their evolution to provide warnings of pending ground shaking.
- How Do Earthquake Early Warning Systems Work? - Caltech Science ExchangeEarthquake early warning systems don’t predict earthquakes. Instead, they detect ground motion as soon as an earthquake begins and quickly send alerts that a tremor is on its way, giving people crucial seconds to prepare.
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