Earthquake Early Warning Feasibility Study for the New Madrid Seismic Zone

Research Article| March 06, 2019 Earthquake Early Warning Feasibility Study for the New Madrid Seismic Zone Luke Philip Ogweno; Luke Philip Ogweno aCenter for Earthquake Research and Information, The University of Memphis, 3890 Central Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee 38152 U.S.A., logweno@memphis.edu Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Mitch M. Withers; Mitch M. Withers aCenter for Earthquake Research and Information, The University of Memphis, 3890 Central Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee 38152 U.S.A., logweno@memphis.edu Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Chris H. Cramer Chris H. Cramer aCenter for Earthquake Research and Information, The University of Memphis, 3890 Central Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee 38152 U.S.A., logweno@memphis.edu Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Luke Philip Ogweno aCenter for Earthquake Research and Information, The University of Memphis, 3890 Central Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee 38152 U.S.A., logweno@memphis.edu Mitch M. Withers aCenter for Earthquake Research and Information, The University of Memphis, 3890 Central Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee 38152 U.S.A., logweno@memphis.edu Chris H. Cramer aCenter for Earthquake Research and Information, The University of Memphis, 3890 Central Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee 38152 U.S.A., logweno@memphis.edu Publisher: Seismological Society of America First Online: 06 Mar 2019 Online Issn: 1938-2057 Print Issn: 0895-0695 © Seismological Society of America Seismological Research Letters (2019) 90 (3): 1377–1392. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220180163 Article history First Online: 06 Mar 2019 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Luke Philip Ogweno, Mitch M. Withers, Chris H. Cramer; Earthquake Early Warning Feasibility Study for the New Madrid Seismic Zone. Seismological Research Letters 2019;; 90 (3): 1377–1392. doi: https://doi.org/10.1785/0220180163 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietySeismological Research Letters Search Advanced Search ABSTRACT In the last decade, research on earthquake early warning systems (EEWSs) has undergone rapid development in terms of theoretical and methodological advances. These include advances in real‐time data analysis, improved telemetry, and computer technology; they are becoming useful tools for practical real‐time seismic hazard mitigation. The main focus of this project is to undertake a feasibility study of an EEWS for the New Madrid seismic zone (NMSZ) from the standpoint of source location. Magnitude determination is addressed in a separate paper. The NMSZ covers a wide area with several heavily populated cities, vital infrastructures, and facilities located within a radius of less than 70 km from the epicenters of the 1811–1812 earthquakes. One of the challenges associated with the NMSZ is that whereas low‐to‐moderate levels of seismic activity are common, larger earthquakes are rare (i.e., there are no instrumentally recorded data for earthquakes with magnitudes greater than M 5.5 in the NMSZ). We also recognize that it may not be realistic to provide early warnings for all possible sources, as is done on the west coast of the United States; as such, we focus on a specific source zone. We examine the stations within the NMSZ to answer the following question: "What changes should be applied to the NMSZ network to make it suitable for EEW?" We also explore needed changes to the Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) earthquake monitoring system real time (AQMS RT) data acquisition system (DAS) to make it useful for EEW. Our results show that EEW is feasible, though several technical challenges remain in incorporating its use with the present network. You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.