Re:California's other drought: a major earthquake is overdue
by knz on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @06:07PM
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> Any alert is better than no alert
For large earthquakes, absolutely. But if you get a situation like the Canterbury earthquakes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Canterbury_earthquake - 17,000+ over the span of several years) the warning system becomes useless unless it can rapidly detect magnitude and mercalli intensity.
My family lived through the Canterbury earthquakes. If you live somewhere with this hazard PLEASE prepare accordingly.
For large earthquakes, absolutely. But if you get a situation like the Canterbury earthquakes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Canterbury_earthquake - 17,000+ over the span of several years) the warning system becomes useless unless it can rapidly detect magnitude and mercalli intensity.
My family lived through the Canterbury earthquakes. If you live somewhere with this hazard PLEASE prepare accordingly.