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Summary: 772 Seismological Research Letters Volume 80, Number 5 September/October 2009 doi: 10.1785/gssrl.80.5.772
INTRODUCTION
Earthquake early warning (EEW) systems have historically
been based on traditional seismic instrumentation to provide
rapid location of the earthquake source and its magnitude.
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Instrumentation includes broadband velocity and strong
motion acceleration sensors, which measure dynamic ground
motions with great accuracy (e.g.
seismic early warning of events requires continuous monitor-
ing of a suite of stations looking for changes in key parameters.
Most algorithms use displacement when trying to estimate
the potential magnitude of an event from the initial few sec-
onds. e magnitude estimates are made on the ratio of the
short-term average displacement to the long-term average and
on the apparent frequency of the initial energy. With seismic
data, displacement has to be obtained by an integration of the
broadband sensors or a double integration of the strong motion
sensors. Due to the bandwidth and the dynamic range lim-
its of seismometers, the accuracy of displacements so derived
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