Italian scientists failed to predict earthquake in Italy?
Chosen Answer:
It’s impossible to predict earthquake! However there are some techniques to detect and convector an upcoming shockwave a few seconds in advance. It depends how far your Earthquake early Warning System is from the epicenter of the event. Weir-Jones Group and Terrascience Systems has installed one of these systems in Vancouver at George Massey Tunnel. The system is called ShakeAlarm. Here is the link:
http://www.weir-jones.com/content/view/84/181/
I found their approach very unique. This is based on detecting P-Waves which travel faster than S-Waves. The latter contains destructive energy. I found more information in here:
http://www.weir-jones.com/images/news_2012/weir-jones-municipal-world-article.pdf
by: Alec
on: 4th January 13
