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Earthquake Early Warning System for California
December 23, 2009 | USGS Newsroom

“An earthquake early warning system for California is feasible in coming years…. Earthquake early warning systems, already successfully deployed in Mexico, Japan and Taiwan, can detect an earthquake in progress and provide notice of seconds to tens of seconds prior to actual ground shaking.” Quoted from the USGS press release.


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