Monday, 15 February 2021, 9:43 am
Scientists are calling on New Zealanders to become
citizen seismologists to help determine whether a low-cost
community-based earthquake early warning system is feasible
in New Zealand.
The project, co-funded by EQC and
Massey University, has enabled a group of scientists, led by
the Joint Centre for Disaster Research at Massey University,
to source a number of low-cost seismometers and work with a
number of communities to see if they would be willing to
become part of a research project aiming to trial an
earthquake early warning sensor network.
“At
present, there is no earthquake early warning system in New