Word: kanamori
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...California, an effective system could require thousands of sensors along various high-risk faults, linked by sophisticated systems for transmitting data. It would all have to run automatically by computer, says Hiroo Kanamori of Caltech's Seismological Laboratory: "There is no room for human uncertainty or hesitation." Toksoz believes a comprehensive system could be developed over a five-year period for $100 million. A 1991 report produced for the National Academy of Sciences recommended that the Federal Government build a prototype system, but so far, nothing has been implemented...
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