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Wanted: Shake-Maps within Seconds

For critical decisions about how to dispatch limited resources in an extremely severe earthquake, emergency response teams ideally should have a clear picture of which districts have been struck and how strongly. The RED System Initiative aims to extend the capabilities of today‘s technology by a large margin.

By employing advanced digital radio technology, a seismic network's telemetry theoretically could perform with minimal delay—fast enough even to provide early warning of the travelling wave.