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Real-time seismology and earthquake hazard mitigation

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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)

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.

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  • Hiroo Kanamori & Egill Hauksson & Thomas Heaton, 1997. "Real-time seismology and earthquake hazard mitigation," Nature, Nature, vol. 390(6659), pages 461-464, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:390:y:1997:i:6659:d:10.1038_37280
    DOI: 10.1038/37280
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    1. Yih-Min Wu & Nai-Chi Hsiao & Ta-Liang Teng, 2004. "Relationships between Strong Ground Motion Peak Values and Seismic Loss during the 1999 Chi-Chi, Taiwan Earthquake," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 32(3), pages 357-373, July.
    2. Wang, Qiang & Chen, Xi & Yi-chong, Xu, 2013. "Accident like the Fukushima unlikely in a country with effective nuclear regulation: Literature review and proposed guidelines," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 17(C), pages 126-146.
    3. J. P. Wang, 2016. "Reviews of seismicity around Taiwan: Weibull distribution," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 80(3), pages 1651-1668, February.
    4. J. Wang, 2016. "Reviews of seismicity around Taiwan: Weibull distribution," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 80(3), pages 1651-1668, February.

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