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Earthquakes and innovation: Idealog's guide to earthquake tech

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By Ben Mack
After the events of the past week in North Canterbury and Japan today, everyone’s talking about earthquakes again. Idealog takes a look at some of the tech (and non-tech) helping to keep us safe – and one thing that may or may not work.

Emergency alerts

No one yet knows how to predict when an earthquake definitely will or will not happen, but there are ways to let people know how to get to safety when an earthquake does hit.

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Hazards Earthquake
Themes Early warning GIS and mapping Disaster risk management Structural safety
Country and region New Zealand
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