The bigger the earthquake, the longer it takes to issue an alert

Only warnings triggered by small ground motions provide time to act before shaking arrives learn more: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/03/earthquake-warning

Read the research (free): http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/3/eaaq0504


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CREDITS


editor/animator/narrator
Chris Burns

supervising producers
Sarah Crespi
Nguyên Khôi Nguyên

script
Matthew Warren
Catherine Matacic

citation
S. E. Minson et al., Science Advances 2018
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaq0504


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music
Chris Burns