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Published 1994 | Published
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Real-time earthquake hazard assessment in California; the early post-earthquake damage assessment tool and the Caltech-USGS broadcast of earthquakes

Abstract

A real-time earthquake monitoring system which provides source parameters to user groups through a commercial paging service is now in place in California. A GIS-based system to predict and display near real-time damage and casualty estimates is currently being developed by EQE International under contract with the State of California. These new technologies offer immediate tangible benefits to state and local governments, utilities, lifelines and corporations with facilities or operations at risk. This paper will outline the development of these new technologies, identify the contributions they will make to emergency management and explore some directions these innovative systems may take in the future.

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© 1994 Earthquake Engineering Research Institute. The authors wish to thank the State of California, Office of Emergency Services, the United States Geological Survey and the California Institute of Technology for assistance in providing documents and verbal information used in preparation of this paper.

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