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1 Earthquake early warning summit April 4-5, 2011, UC Berkeley Delivering earthquake warnings to the U.S. west coast

2 Warning Timeline Realtime animation for a magnitude 8 on the San Andreas fault Southern California: Rotate map 180° for a rupture up the San Andreas towards Los Angeles Washington and Oregon: Magnitude 9 rupture of the subduction zone could have a greater warning time YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf9DeYBlwMIhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf9DeYBlwMI Download mp4: http://seismo.berkeley.edu/~rallen/research/WarningsInJapan/SanAndreasFromNorth_v2_bb.mp4http://seismo.berkeley.edu/~rallen/research/WarningsInJapan/SanAndreasFromNorth_v2_bb.mp4

3 March 11, 2011: The warning For a user in Tokyo YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYctjv7ouBchttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYctjv7ouBc Download mp4: http://seismo.berkeley.edu/~rallen/research/WarningsInJapan/HomeComputerWarningThenShaking_wExplanation.mp4http://seismo.berkeley.edu/~rallen/research/WarningsInJapan/HomeComputerWarningThenShaking_wExplanation.mp4

4 Summit resolution Yesterday University and government scientists from: Caltech Central Washington University Stanford Southern California Earthquake Center UC Berkeley UC San Diego University of Washington U.S. Geological Survey Warnings can be provided before earthquake shaking Warnings complement good buildings and planning In the recent M9 earthquake in Japan a warning was successfully issued in the region of strongest shaking Areas for improvement of the Japanese system have been identified Testing of a warning system in the US has been ongoing. Now it the time for broader engagement of users. Sustained and enhanced funding is needed to make warnings a reality

5 Today Industry experts, government and legislative representatives, and scientists Caltech Central Washington University Stanford UC Berkeley UC San Diego University of Washington U.S. Geological Survey Including BART, So. Cal. Edison, PG&E Intel, Microsoft, Lam Research, AMGEN CalEMA, CA Seismic Safety Commission, San Francisco City & County Representatives from Senators Boxer and Feinstein, and California State Majority leader Elaine Corbett


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