Comparison of earthquake early warning systems and the national volcano early warning system at the U.S. Geological Survey

Crowdsourced earthquake early warning

Earthquake early warning (EEW) can reduce harm to people and infrastructure from earthquakes and tsunamis, but it has not been implemented in most high earthquake-risk regions because of prohibitive cost. Common consumer devices such as smartphones contain low-cost versions of the sensors used in EEW. Although less accurate than scientific-grade instruments, these sensors are globally ubiquitou...

Evaluating the Application of a Financial Early Warning System in the Iranian Banking System

One of the significant problems of banks and investors in Iran is the lack of precise awareness about the financial performance of each bank and the roadmap for improving the conditions. Besides, the undesirable status of the financial performance of banks becomes evident only when the improvement of conditions is complicated. In this paper, a data mining-based early warning system (EWS) model ...

Automatic earthquake confirmation for early warning system

Earthquake early warning studies are shifting real-time seismology in earthquake science. They provide methods to rapidly assess earthquakes to predict damaging ground shaking. Preventing false alarms from these systems is key. Here we developed a simple, robust algorithm, Authorizing GRound shaking for Earthquake Early warning Systems (AGREEs), to reduce falsely issued alarms. This is a networ...

An early warning on early warning systems!

Early Warning System at Work

Since we spend so much of our time at work it is there that the first warning signs of impending mental illness are likely to appear. So, ideally, the factory floor and the office should become the 'front line' of positive mental health.