{"id":2753,"date":"2017-08-16T23:54:54","date_gmt":"2017-08-16T15:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microdium.net\/public\/u-s-geological-survey-makes-moves-to-expand-improve-earthquake-early-alert-system\/"},"modified":"2017-08-16T23:54:54","modified_gmt":"2017-08-16T15:54:54","slug":"u-s-geological-survey-makes-moves-to-expand-improve-earthquake-early-alert-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microdium.com\/public\/2017\/08\/16\/u-s-geological-survey-makes-moves-to-expand-improve-earthquake-early-alert-system\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Geological Survey Makes Moves to Expand, Improve Earthquake Early Alert System"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"K2FeedImage\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microdium.net\/public\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/cf60967e120c7d544fb8da686cf7fcb5_S.jpg\" alt=\"U.S. Geological Survey Makes Moves to Expand, Improve Earthquake Early Alert System\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"K2FeedIntroText\">\n<p>(TNS) \u2014 An earthquake early warning system that could give residents up and down the West Coast precious extra seconds to prepare for impending shock waves has taken a step forward.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Geological Survey has awarded $4.9 million to six universities and nonprofits governed by universities to support the ShakeAlert earthquake early warning system, according to a news release.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>Also, the USGS purchased nearly $1 million in new equipment to expand and improve the system.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>ShakeAlert is a product of the USGS Advanced National Seismic System, a federation of national and regional earthquake monitoring networks throughout the country, including networks along the West Coast and Nevada.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.govtech.com\/em\/disaster\/US-Geological-Survey-Makes-Moves-to-Expand-Improve-Earthquake-Early-Alert-System-EM.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+emergencymgmt%2FHvhi+%28Emergency+Management%29&amp;utm_content=Netvibes\">http:\/\/www.govtech.com\/em\/disaster\/US-Geological-Survey-Makes-Moves-to-Expand-Improve-Earthquake-Early-Alert-System-EM.html<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\nSource: DRJ New feed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(TNS) \u2014 An earthquake early warning system that could give residents up and down the West Coast precious extra seconds to prepare for impending shock waves has taken a step forward. &#013; The U.S. Geological Survey has awarded $4.9 million to six universities and nonprofits governed by universities to support the ShakeAlert earthquake early warning [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2754,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[15],"class_list":["post-2753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-disaster-recovery-cybersecurity-news-malaysia","tag-about"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microdium.com\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microdium.com\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microdium.com\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microdium.com\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microdium.com\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.microdium.com\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2753\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microdium.com\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microdium.com\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microdium.com\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}