PDF-BASED EARTHQUAKE DETECTION

SATELLITE MOOTED Speed read A lowaltitude satellite detected sounds from the Tohoku earthquake in 2011 But with a time lag of 30 minutes they are unlikely to replace groundbased seismometers We may. Are You Prepared To Ride It Out? We have heard it so many times –the “big one” is coming. In our lifetime, we still haven’t seen or felt that huge earthquake. That shouldn’t stop us from preparing. The Transamerica Pyramid, San Fransisco. It has been build pyramid shaped as this is hard to topple over. . http://. Footage of the transamerica pyramid. /. The Beijing National Stadium, China. To earthquake-proof the stadium, the bowl and roof were split into two separate elements and the bowl split into eight zones, each with its own stability system and effectively its own building. . Andrei Gabrielov. Purdue University. West Lafayette, IN, USA. www.math.purdue.edu/~agabriel. San Francisco, April 18, 1906. Plate Tectonics. Major tectonic plates and world seismicity. Plate Tectonics. Magnitude 2.9 LOUGHBOROUGH, LEICS, UK . Friday, 18 January, 2013 at 05:20:44 UTC. The earthquake was felt in the towns of . Loughborough. , Derby, Nottingham and Leicester. Shaking was felt as far away as Buxton and Warwick.. A Complex Rupture?. M. C. Chapman. Department of Geosciences. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Blacksburg, Virginia 24061. mcc. @ vt.edu. Meeting of the Eastern Section, Seismological. and . the contribution of array seismology. J.-P. . Ampuero. Caltech . Seismolab. Acknowledgements. : . Lingsen. . Meng. (now at UC Berkeley). Overview. Earthquake physics: how earthquakes start, propagate and stop? + broader impact. Locating Earthquakes. How do seismologists know when and where earthquakes begin? . They depend on earthquake-sensing instruments called seismographs. . Seismographs. are instruments located at or near the surface of the Earth that record seismic waves. . :. Analyzing Tweets for Real-Time Event Detection. Takehi. . Sakaki. Makoto Okazaki Yutaka Matsuo. @. tksakaki. @okazaki117 @. ymatsuo. . the University of Tokyo. Introduction. Briefly, “explain” the intent of this cartoon. Why do earthquakes occur?. Which of the following diagrams represents a normal fault? What is your evidence? . A.. B. .. TPS – What is going on here?. Fukushima-. Daichi. nuclear power plant. Airport, Sendai, Japan. Earthquakes Past and Present. Sendai, Japan (8.9 magnitude). historical Seismicity Map. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/. and humanitarian response. . L. essons . from Nepal. THE SCIENCE OF . AFTERSHOCK FORECASTING. Earthquakes can’t be predicted. However, aftershocks follow robust seismological . ‘laws’. Probability . Agenda. Agree how we work within the Earthquake and Tsunami group. . how to . trigger. the System. (for EQS and TSU). GMPEs (or in term of MMI) vs population density for EQs. Expected tsunami height for . earthquake. (also known as a . quake. , . tremor. or . temblor. ) is the result of a sudden release of energy in the . Earth's. . crust. that creates . seismic waves. . . The . seismicity. , . seismism. :. Analyzing Tweets for Real-Time Event Detection. Takehi. . Sakaki. Makoto Okazaki Yutaka Matsuo. @. tksakaki. @okazaki117 @. ymatsuo. . the University of Tokyo. Introduction.