About the author  ⁄ Jennifer Strauss, Ph.D.

Jennifer Strauss is the scientific liaison for the Berkeley Seismological Laboratory and the head of the Lab’s Earthquake Research Affiliate Program. She also is the Vice Chair of the ShakeAlert Joint Committee for Communication, Education, and Outreach. She can be reached at jastrauss@berkeley.edu.

How Earthquake Early Warning Systems Can Aid Recovery Efforts

Buildings and residents near the Salton Sea began shimmying and shaking during the swarm of earthquakes that burst from Bombay Beach in late September 2016. Soon, the California Earthquake Prediction Evaluation Council (CEPEC) released a statement. It read: “CEPEC believes that stresses associated with this earthquake swarm may increase the probability of a major earthquake on the San Andreas Fault to values between 0.03 percent and 1.0 percent for an M7.0 or larger earthquake occurring over the next week (to 09:00 hrs PDT, Tuesday, October 4, 2016).” 

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