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Improved rapid magnitude estimation for a community-based, low-cost MEMS accelerometer network

June 17, 2015

Immediately following the Mw 7.2 Darfield, New Zealand, earthquake, over 180 Quake‐Catcher Network (QCN) low‐cost micro‐electro‐mechanical systems accelerometers were deployed in the Canterbury region. Using data recorded by this dense network from 2010 to 2013, we significantly improved the QCN rapid magnitude estimation relationship. The previous scaling relationship (Lawrence et al., 2014) did not accurately estimate the magnitudes of nearby (

Publication Year 2015
Title Improved rapid magnitude estimation for a community-based, low-cost MEMS accelerometer network
DOI 10.1785/0120140232
Authors Angela Chung, Elizabeth Cochran, Anna Kaiser, Carl Christensen, Battalgazi Yildirim, Jesse Lawrence
Publication Type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Series Title Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
Index ID 70148596
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
USGS Organization Earthquake Science Center
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