The California-Made Earthquake Alarm That Works But California Won't Build

For all of the devastation caused by the 2011 earthquake/tsunami in Japan, the former, a 9.0 magnitude beast called ?Tohoku,? could have claimed far more lives. The reason it didn?t? Since 2007, Japan has had an early warning system?conceived ten years ago at Caltech?which California still hasn?t managed to set up. And while it only gives about a minute notice, it's a minute Californians currently don't have.

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