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A Regional Approach for Earthquake Early Warning in South West Iberia: A Feasibility Study

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: A Spanish ALERT-ES project was set up to study the feasibility of setting up an earthquake early warning system to warn of potentially damaging earthquakes that can occur in the Cape of San Vicente (SV)–Gulf of Cadiz (GC) area, located in the south west of the Iberian Peninsula, such as the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. Four events, located close to the epicenters of the largest earthquakes in the area, were simulated using different seismic software packages (Earthworm, SeisComP3, and PRobabilistic and Evolutionary early warning SysTem [PRESTo]) and the errors were analyzed. In addition, a study about the blind zone and the lead time at six selected targets was carried out. The results show a blind zone in the southwest corner of Portugal for SV earthquakes and also a blind zone in the coastal area, from Portimao to Cadiz, for the GC earthquakes.

Source: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

DOI: 10.1785/0120140101

Authors: A. Pazos, N. Romeu, L. Lozano, Y. Colom, M. López Mesa, X. Goula, J. A. Jara, J. V. Cantavella, A. Zollo, W. Hanka, F. Carrilho

Institutions: Royal Institute and Observatory of the Spanish Navy, Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya, Instituto Geográfico Nacional, University of Naples Federico II, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Portuguese Sea and Atmosphere Institute

Language: English

Topic: Seismology and Earthquake Studies

Subfield: Artificial Intelligence

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Sustainable cities and communities

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2014249657

FWCI: 1.113

Cites: 17

Cited by: 20

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