Real-time earthquake warning for astronomical observatories
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
2015-06-23 v1 Geophysics
Abstract
Early earthquake warning is a rapidly developing capability that has significant ramifications for many fields, including astronomical observatories. In this work, we describe the susceptibility of astronomical facilities to seismic events, including large telescopes as well as second-generation ground-based gravitational-wave interferometers. We describe the potential warning times for observatories from current seismic networks and propose locations for future seismometers to maximize warning times.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1412.3603,
title = {Real-time earthquake warning for astronomical observatories},
author = {Michael Coughlin and Christopher Stubbs and Sergio Barrientos and Chuck Claver and Jan Harms and Christopher Smith and Michael Warner},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1412.3603},
year = {2015}
}