Two seismologists, one with the U.S. Geological Survey, the other with Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, have published a Policy Forum piece in the journal Science discussing the tradeoffs that come with earthquake warning systems. In their paper, Elizabeth Cochran and Allen Husker address the decision by officials in Los Angeles recently to lower the warning level for their earthquake app and possible repercussions of doing so.
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Source: Phys.org