Japan has several facilities in place that can be activated during high-risk time-windows in anticipation of a major earthquake. These include:

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The short-term seismic risk models developed for Japan have the potential to greatly improve the government, business, and individual responses to major earthquakes. By issuing alerts a few days in advance, instead of just seconds, these models provide valuable extra time for people to prepare for an impending earthquake.

Major earthquakes in Ecuador's past

Ecuador, a land steeped in seismic history, has endured a series of significant earthquakes that have shaped its destiny. Delving into these seismic events provides a profound insight into the nation's tumultuous geological journey.

The impact of earthquakes on Ecuador's landscape

Ecuador's tumultuous terrain is a testament to the formidable forces of earthquakes. These cataclysmic events have left indelible marks on the country's physical and environmental landscape, offering a compelling narrative of nature's enduring power.

Our short-term earthquake risk detection models have been developed to detect high-risk time-windows before major earthquakes occur in Iceland. The technology has been successfully tested, and alerts were sent to the Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) before some of the recent major earthquakes, including Oct 20 2020, Feb 24 2021 M5.7 and July 31 2022 M5.4.

Despite Iceland's high level of seismicity, there are still gaps in the current risk transfer scenarios against earthquakes in terms of recovery and stabilizing the country. These gaps can include:

Our short-term earthquake risk detection models are a significant improvement over the current Iceland earthquake early warning system in several ways:

Iceland is known for its active volcanoes and geothermal activity, which also makes it a seismically active country. Both southern and northern Iceland are affected by earthquakes, although the frequency and magnitude of earthquakes vary between the two regions.

There are several cities in California and Nevada that are considered to be particularly vulnerable to earthquakes due to their location near active faults and their population density.

In California, some of the most vulnerable cities include:

ShakeAlert is an earthquake early warning system developed by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) that uses a network of seismographs to detect the initial seismic waves of an earthquake and provide advance warning to people before the more damaging secondary waves arrive. The system is still in development, and is not yet widely available to the public.