earthquake
RSS earthquake3GSM Diary: Social responsibility, killer apps and a giant toaster
Comment Witness an i-mode-based early warning system and a research centre, all following on from the time the company helped saved lives in the aftermath of the Kobe earthquake, now a full 11 years ago. The pace has barely let up. [16 Feb 2005]
3GSM: Mobile expectations - the lessons of DoCoMo
News He said that at the time of the Kobe earthquake in 1994, mobiles were seen as a godsend and providers literally as lifesavers. The president and CEO of NTT DoCoMo, Masao Nakamura, has been sharing some of his company's... [16 Feb 2005]
The Weekly Round-Up: 07.01.05
Round-Up Within a few short hours of the earthquake the silicon.com inbox had seen the first scam email arriving as spam and purporting to come from a charitable foundation urging recipients to give generously. [07 Jan 2005]
Indian IT outsourcers escape tsunami damage
News A report from Wachovia Securities citing various sources on the ground in India said there has been no meaningful financial impact on offshore IT operations or communications in Chennai as a result of the Boxing Day... [05 Jan 2005]
Tech firms lead tsunami aid donations
News On Monday, software maker Kintera estimated that more than $350m has been donated online since a massive earthquake launched a series of tsunamis on 26 December. As the death toll from the Indian Ocean tsunami continues... [04 Jan 2005]
Transforming Government: The Renewal and Revitalization of the Federal Emergency Management Agency
White Paper In particular, the study explores the evolution of disaster management from the Bush Administration to the Clinton Administration and compares FEMA responses to Hurricane Hugo and Hurricane Andrew with agency responses to more recent... [28 Dec 2004]
New Tools From the California Integrated Seismic Network (CISN) and Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS)
White Paper To better serve the earthquake emergency management and response, engineering, and scientific communities, several agencies in California have formed the California Integrated Seismic Network (CISN). The CISN is one... [28 Aug 2004]
Business Continuity Planning in the Healthcare Environment
White Paper In addition, there are new regulations concerning the earthquake retrofits of hospitals that could price many standalone community hospitals out of the market. Article discusses practical guidelines. It is estimated that... [02 Mar 2004]
Geophysical Confirmation of Low-Angle Normal Slip on the Historically Active Dixie Valley Fault
White Paper The December 16, 1954, Dixie Valley earthquake (MS=6.8) followed the nearby Fairview Peak earthquake (MS=7.2) by 4 min, 20 s. Waveforms from the Fairview Peak event contaminate those from the Dixie... [25 Feb 2004]
Multi-Mode Migration of Scattered and Converted Waves for the Structure of the Hikurangi Slab Interface, New Zealand
White Paper Reflectivity imaging of local-earthquake seismograms has revealed the structure of the Hikurangi subduction interface, at the location of two strong earthquakes that occurred in 1990. We used seismograms from 501... [25 Feb 2004]
The Potential Hazard from Tsunami and Seiche Waves Generated by Future Large Earthquakes within the Lake Tahoe Basin, California-Nevada
White Paper In an enclosed basin, we will refer to the tsunami as the initial wave directly produced by the earthquake and the seiche as the harmonic resonance within the lake. Three hypothetical earthquake... [25 Feb 2004]
A Peer-to-Peer Architecture for Delivering E-Services
White Paper Peer-to-peer architectures have been proposed to bring an earthquake to interactions on the Internet by enabling real-time direct sharing of computer resources and services. In this paper we use the peer- to-peer model... [25 Feb 2004]
Dial 711 for 'Open' Emergency Communications
White Paper Tranquility and routine were abruptly shattered on January 17 in the Japanese port city of Kobe, when an earthquake struck at dawn, killing more than five thousand people and leaving many more homeless. [25 Feb 2004]
Depth to Bedrock Using Gravimetry in the Reno and Carson City, Nevada Basins
White Paper Sedimentary basins can trap earthquake surface waves and amplify the magnitude and lengthen the duration of seismic shaking at the surface. Poor existing gravity and well-data coverage of the basins below the rapidly... [25 Feb 2004]
Faster, Better: Shear-Wave Velocity to 100 Meters Depth from Refraction Microtremor Arrays
White Paper Current techniques of estimating shallow shear velocities for assessment of earthquake site response are too costly for use at most construction sites. They require large sources to be effective in noisy urban settings,... [25 Feb 2004]
