White House Puts Spotlight on Earthquake Early-Warning System
Sunday, February 7, 2016 - 10:52
in Earth & Climate
Since the late 1970s, Caltech seismologist Tom Heaton, professor of engineering seismology, has been working to develop earthquake early-warning (EEW) systems—networks of ground-based sensors that can send data to users when the earth begins to tremble nearby, giving them seconds to potentially minutes to prepare before the shaking reaches them. In fact, Heaton wrote the […]