Running Time : 5minutes
Publication Year(JFY) : 2012
Overview
Series - The Science of Disaster Prevention and Damage Control: Faster, More Accurate Earthquake Early Warning SystemAfter the 2011 Tohoku
earthquake, there were numerous false alerts overstating the magnitude of
aftershocks. This is because the present Earthquake Early Warning system treats
earthquakes with multiple simultaneous focal points as a single major
earthquake. Assistant Professor Masumi Yamada, of Kyoto University's
Disaster Prevention Research Institute, working in collaboration with the Japan
Meteorological Agency, is developing a computational method that allows for
earthquakes with multiple simultaneous focal points.
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