Computer systems for automatic earthquake detection
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Abstract
U.S Geological Survey seismologists in Menlo park, California, are utilizing the speed, reliability, and efficiency of minicomputers to monitor seismograph stations and to automatically detect earthquakes. An earthquake detection computer system, believed to be the only one of its kind in operation, automatically reports about 90 percent of all local earthquakes recorded by a network of over 100 central California seismograph stations. The system also monitors the stations for signs of malfunction or abnormal operation. Before the automatic system was put in operation, all of the earthquakes recorded had to be detected by manually searching the records, a time-consuming process. With the automatic detection system, the stations are efficiently monitored continuously.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Computer systems for automatic earthquake detection |
| Series title | Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Year Published | 1974 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S Geological Survey |
| Description | 5 p. |
| First page | 17 |
| Last page | 21 |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |
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