EESC1168 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Seismology, Humanitarian Aid, Eurasian Plate
26 Feb 2016
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Tsunamis detection and warning: dart buoy have a bottom pressure transfuser, when there is a disturbance on the sea floor, a signal will reach the buoy, which will send it to a warning center. Before buoys we had west coast and alaska tsunami warning centers. Interim method: atwc issues warning if earthquake is 7, nws melbourne, fl receives warning. Mitigate tsunami hazards by monitoring stations with satellites, radar, dart buoy, and computer assimilation: technology is expensive and difficult to maintain. Tsunami in papa new guinea went undetected by pacific. Building restrictions in hazard prone areas, one of which being sea walls. Not a guaranteed protection for tsunamis as seen in japan, but can also help with hurricanes. Education to mitigate the hazards from tsunamis go to high ground or inland: animals can detect the pressure drop. Largest recorded earthquake was chile in 1960 with a 9. 5 magnitude.
