Host A Station For Earthquake Early Warning
Today, the technology exists to detect earthquakes so quickly that an alert can reach people before strong shaking arrives. UC Berkeley, USGS and its partners operating California's seismic network, CISN, are developing and implementing the ShakeAlert earthquake early warning system to identify and characterize an earthquake within few seconds after it begins. We quickly calculate the expected intensity of ground shaking, and can send warnings to people and infrastructure in harm’s way.
UC Berkeley Station LCUV
To reliably distribute warnings for all parts of the State with high earthquake hazard, it is important to have a robustly operating, dense network of seismic stations capable of providing data that can be used in ShakeAlert. We at UC Berkeley and our CISN partners are looking for locations where we can install new earthquake monitoring stations. The sites should have little civilization noise from nearby sources (vehicles, pumps, farm animals) and ideally, bedrock near the surface. In addition to contributing to ShakeAlert, the new stations will also support the mission of the CISN, to operate a reliable, modern, statewide system for producing earthquake information for the benefit of public safety, emergency response, and loss mitigation.
The blue stars on the map above are the stations contributing to ShakeAlert now. Particularly in Northern California, more sites are needed in locations denoted by the red dots with question marks (within ˜5 miles of each question mark). A typical installation takes up approximately 200 square feet of space and can be as tall as 15 feet high.
Don't live in California? Our partners in the Pacific Northwest are also looking for station hosts.
If you are interested in hosting a seismic station that will contribute to ShakeAlert,
or for more information, contact:
Julien Marty
Operations Manager
UC Berkeley Seismological Lab
510‐643‐9449
jmarty@berkeley.edu
Fabia Terra
Project Manager EEW
UC Berkeley Seismological Lab
510‐642‐5907
terra@seismo.berkeley.edu
Other information about our project:
ShakeAlert: shakealert.org
CISN: cisn.org
UC Berkeley Seismological Laboratory: earthquakes.berkeley.edu
USGS: earthquake.usgs.gov
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