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California Earthquake Warning System Stymied By Budget Shortfall
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5) – A system giving Californians warning of an impending earthquake may not be operational any time soon despite the success of similar programs in other countries. Both Japan and...
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Earthquake Early-Warning Sensors To Be Installed On BART System
OAKLAND (CBS/AP) — A new earthquake early-warning system installed by Bay Area Rapid Transit will detect earthquakes precious seconds before the ground starts shaking, allowing trains to be slowed down...
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California Earthquake Warning System May Hinge On Private Funding
VALLEJO (KPIX 5) – Depending on how close to the epicenter of an earthquake you are, you could get more than a minute warning if California can find the funding for a new early warnings system. The...
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Congress To Vote On Funding Earthquake Early Warning System For West Coast
WASHINGTON (CBS SF) — Congress is expected to approve $5 million to expand an early earthquake warning system to the entire West Coast. The California Institute of Technology, other west coast...
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Scientists, Politicians To Meet At UC Berkeley To Discuss Early Earthquake...
BERKELEY (CBS SF) — Scientists and politicians planned to meet at UC Berkeley next week for a summit on developing an early earthquake warning system. An experimental system gave a few seconds warning...
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UC Berkeley Professor Builds $100 Earthquake Early Warning System
BERKELEY (KPIX 5) — Could low-cost quake detectors become as common as smoke detectors in California homes? A professor at UC Berkeley said he built an alarm himself, for about $100. Last month’s Napa...
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25 Years After Loma Prieta Earthquake, Numerous Advances Made In Early...
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — In 1989, a gallon of gas was just less than a dollar, the first episode of “The Simpsons” aired on TV, and the first GPS satellites were launched into orbit. Twenty-five years...
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President Obama Seeks $5 Million For West Coast Earthquake Early Warning System
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – In his budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year, President Barack Obama is reportedly seeking an additional $5 million to spend on an early earthquake warning system for...
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West Coast Congress Members Want $16.1M For Early Quake Warning System
LOS ANGELES (CBS/AP) — Three dozen members of Congress from California, Oregon and Washington are urging full funding of a West Coast earthquake early warning system. The group on Tuesday sent a letter...
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UC Berkeley Receives Funding To Boost Early Earthquake Warning System...
SEATTLE (CBS/AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey has awarded $4 million to four universities in the Pacific Northwest and California to boost the development of earthquake early warning systems. The...
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Early Warning Alerts Some Bay Area Residents 20 Seconds Before Piedmont...
PIEDMONT (KPIX 5) — Monday morning’s magnitude 4.0 earthquake that struck in Piedmont proved to be a good test for systems that warn people about an impending quake. Soon the question, “Did you feel...
View ArticleNewsom: Earthquake Alert System Is On Its Way
RIDGECREST, Kern County (CBS SF / CNN) — For many Californians, the legend of “The Big One” seems to feel more urgent and real after a terrifying sequence of earthquakes rattled the region last week....
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