Japan Gets Nationwide Earthquake Detector

This spring, Japan will launch the first nation wide earthquake detector in the world. The system basically senses pre-major quake waves and gives a warning the big one is coming. As the article states, and I had no idea about, earthquakes are a BIG deal in Japan – they get 20 percent of all the really big quakes in the world. Of course, it isn’t like the Japanese will have days to prepare for a quake, since the sensors and early warning system only give 30 seconds warning. Still, I’d rather have 30 seconds before the walls come down than nothing at all.

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