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Earthquakes Monitoring and Sharing Data in Real Time in Baja California

Earthquakes Monitoring and Sharing Data in Real Time in Baja California. Victor Wong Ortega Seismology Department Earth Sciences Division - CICESE. October 10-11, 2013. BAJA CALIFORNIA:. Baja California is located in the tectonic border of the Pacific and the North America plates.

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Earthquakes Monitoring and Sharing Data in Real Time in Baja California

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  1. Earthquakes Monitoring and Sharing Data in Real Time in Baja California Victor Wong Ortega Seismology Department Earth Sciences Division - CICESE October 10-11, 2013

  2. BAJA CALIFORNIA: • Baja California is located in the tectonic border of the Pacific and the North America plates. • This region is tectonically active and generates seismic activity continuously. • This region is capable of generates moderate to big earthquakes that could be dangerous to populated region

  3. After the bigger earthquake never recorded in Baja The 7.2 (Mw) magnitude El Mayor Cucapah earthquake of April 4 of 2010, evidence the lack of a well instrumented and dense seismic network in the region that could prevent the local and federal Mexican authorities from rapidly assessing the impact of the quake and its effects on the peoples and infrastructures.

  4. Whathavewe done? • Instrumentation of 42 new seismic stations in the region of Mexicali Valley, Mexicali and Tijuana cities connected to CICESE in real time by internet. • 23 accelerometers stations, 5 in Tijuana and 18 in Mexicali. • 26 Broadband and accelerometer seismic stations in the Mexicali Valley and in the Baja California state. • Agreements of collaboration with Caltech-USGS-CENAPRED-CICESE to monitor and share seismic data in real time.

  5. Weknowweretheearthquakesoccurs … but no when. That why we need to be monitoring 24/7 the seismic activity to observe any change in the seismic activity behavior.

  6. ¿Whatnext…? Monitoring the seismic activity in real time to inform the local, state and federal authorities about the earthquakes with relevant magnitude that are occurring in the region. ¿How we can do this: radio? Telephone? Commercial Internet? Satellite internet? Each red star is a 6 channel (3 acceleration, 3 BB velocity) seismic station, 100 sps, 24 bits resolution.

  7. ¿Services… seismic report and seismic alert in real time ? • Automatic earthquake location and magnitude, 5 minutes after the occurrence. • Earthquake information by SMS and WEB pages to people, media and authorities. • Earthquake higher intensities recorded, 30 minutes after the earthquake and the intensities distribution maps (Shake Maps). • Sharing seismic data with SSN, SCSN-Caltech and others…

  8. Seismic monitoring and its objetive… Wave propagation Earthquake Origen time Earthquake analysis Informationflow Seek for a safe place

  9. That mean sharing scientific data… • CICESE and USGS will deploy an information-sharing system to be better prepared when a seismic event occurs. • This implies transferring very large volumes of data among these institutions – on the order of hundreds of Gigabytes. (Middle of 2013)

  10. Big Data and Network Link • This will allow the implementation of high performance cyber infrastructure for research and development. • Establish new ways to collaborate and sharing knowledge in USA and Mexico countries. • It also represent challenges in order to find new ways of sharing information.

  11. Thanks… Real - Time Station

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