Upgrading technology and relocating stations in earthquake warning systems in California may give crucial seconds to prepare for severe shaking, a study found. The improvements would particularly benefit areas poorly served by the existing network -- south of the San Francisco Bay Area to north Los Angeles and north of the San Francisco Bay Area, the study's authors said. "We know where most active faults are in California, and we can smartly place seismic stations to optimize the network," said Serdar Kuyuk, a professor of civil engineering at Sakarya University in Turkey. Kuyuk conducted the California study while a post-doctoral fellow at University of California, Berkeley. "There are only 10 stations along the 150-mile section of the San Andreas Fault," he said. "Adding more stations would improve warning for people in these areas, as well as people in LA and the Bay Area should an earthquake start somewhere in between." While the U.S. Geological Survey/Caltech Southern California Seismic and TriNet Network in Southern California was upgraded in response to the 1994 Northridge quake, the United States is lagging behind Japan and other countries in developing a fully functional warning system, the researchers said. Japan's existing earthquake warning system performed well during the 2011 magnitude 9 Tohoku-Oki earthquake, they noted. "We should not wait until another major quake before improving the early warning system," Kuyuk said of California's system. Kuyuk and Richard Allen, director of the Seismological Laboratory at UC Berkeley, co-authored the study published in Seismological Research Letters.
GMT 10:54 2018 Sunday ,02 December
Egypt wins membership of World Water Council board of governorsGMT 13:57 2018 Thursday ,29 November
UN weather agency: 2018 is fourth hottest year on recordGMT 07:52 2018 Thursday ,15 November
Massive meteorite crater discovered under Greenland ice-sheetGMT 14:25 2018 Sunday ,28 October
Indonesia quake losses soar to 1.2 billion dollarsGMT 07:44 2018 Wednesday ,24 October
Hurricane Willa gathers speed on way to Mexico's coastGMT 09:11 2018 Tuesday ,23 October
Sri Lanka, Germany top Lonely Planet's destination list for in 2019GMT 19:48 2018 Tuesday ,23 January
Oil slick off China coast trebles in sizeGMT 13:38 2018 Sunday ,21 January
Spotted hyena returns to Gabon park after 20 yearsMaintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©
Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©
Send your comments
Your comment as a visitor