In Megan Molteni's article "How You Could Get An Early Warning for The Next Big Earthquake" discusses the development and growing relevance of early earthquake detection applications for phones. This piece like others from the Science section of WIRED is aimed at those wishing to know about the latest in scientific and technological advancement. Molteni argues that the US's current lack of a fully-developed early earthquake warning system "is obviously a problem". They back up this claim with the fact that "Several highly populated US cities sit on top of dangerous seismic zones." citing a related article to verify this statement. The article then goes on to give examples of the proven usefulness of these applications such as QuakeAlert such as the slowing of trains, stopping of elevators on the nearest floor, and de-energizing electric lines in an effort to minimized damage posed by an incoming earthquake.
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January 2018
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