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English: How earthquake early warning systems work. Upon a fault rupture, fast primary and slow secondary waves travel through the ground. The P-wave information is collected from seismometers and analyzed at a central station, and alerts on estimated magnitude, intensity, epicenter, and time til shaking are transmitted via sirens, phones, computers, television, radio, and other warning systems.
Source https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/earthquake-early-warning-basics
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This image is in the public domain in the United States because it only contains materials that originally came from the United States Geological Survey, an agency of the United States Department of the Interior. For more information, see the official USGS copyright policy.

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