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Annals of Disaster Medicine
| ISSN:1684-193X
| Updated July10, 2002
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Contents:
June 2002 Vol. 1,
Num. 1 | | Does
Information Released by Current Web-Based Earthquake Monitoring
System Provide
Benefits for Mitigation? | | Hsien-Hung
Huang, Hang Chang, Tzong-Luen Wang | | | | Abstract ---To
determine if the present system can provide enough response time for mitigation
and immediate rescue, we designed a prospective study to investigate the reliability
of the internet and the timing of earthquake information release from the Central
Weather Bureau from November 2001 to April 2002. There were 171 earthquakes with
the magnitude greater than 3.0 on the Richter scale. In the prospectively recorded
82 events, the "response time" (calculated as the differences of the
time that we received the information and the time of posting) was 5.2+1.5 min.
The unavailability rate was thus about 12.2%. One episode was the magnitude of
5.0, two episodes 4.0 and the remaining 3.0. The web could not be assessed in
all the events greater than 4.0 (3/3) and in one episode of 3.0 (1/6). In conclusion,
we suggest that the seismic center keep in good condition with the internet system
and power company and be engaged in the establishment of the alternative system
and the autonomic posting system. (Ann. Disaster Med 2002;1:36-42) |
| Key words---Earthquake; Mitigation; Warning system |
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