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August 27, 2014

Quake hastens calls for warning system

  • The UC Berkeley Seismological Lab received a 10-second advance warning of light shaking before the seismic waves from Sunday's quake arrived there.
    • By ELLEN KNICKMEYER
    Associated Press

    NAPA, Calif. — The earthquake that jolted California's wine capital may have caused at least $1 billion in property damage, but it also added impetus to the state's effort to develop an early warning system that might offer a few precious seconds for residents to duck under desks, trains to slow down and utility lines to be powered down before the seismic waves reach them.

    California's senior senator, Democrat Dianne Feinstein, joined a chorus of renewed calls on Monday for the quick deployment of a quake activity alert system such as the ones already in operation in Mexico and Japan.


     
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