Subject: ‘Earthquakes’
August 29, 2010 Urban Disaster Prevention Spatial SystemFeaturesGuest article from SuperGeo. SCENARIO On September 21st, 1999, a 7.3 strong magnitude earthquake rocked Taiwan. It caused thousands of death and injuries, which was the most severe earthquake ever by the end of the 20th century in Taiwan. After that, the strong aftershocks hit all around Taiwan continuously, increasing the number of death and ... read more October 18, 2009 USGS Twitter Earthquake DetectorDataThe USGS is now testing out Twitter to collect early response information about earthquakes: “the USGS is developing a system that gathers real-time, earthquake-related messages from the social networking site Twitter and applies place, time, and quantity data to provide geo-located earthquake detection within 60 seconds of an event’s origin time.“ Social media can be ... read more Earthquakes and GISData, Link LibraryMaps of earthquakes and faultlines can be easily accessed over the internet and through public agencies. GIS has also been used in determining earthquake hazards such as landslides and liquefaction. read more... |
