Researchers mobilise citizen-scientists for community Earthquake Early Warning System Lead researcher Dr Raj Prasanna shows some of the low-cost seismic sensors that his team has been testing. The Joint Centre for Disaster Research at Massey University is leading a project aiming to develop a low-cost community-based earthquake early warning system in New Zealand. The project, co-funded by Massey University and the Earthquake commission (EQC), is sourcing a number of low-cost seismometers and working 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.