| Description: |
An earthquake early warning system (EEWS) helps in disseminating timely information about potentially catastrophic earthquake hazards to the public, emergency managers and the private sector, in order to provide enough time to take action and implement automatized emergency measures.In the recent years, EEWS have been developed independently in a few countries. EEWS have been operational in Japan and Mexico, while other areas such as California (USA), Turkey, Italy, Canada, Republic of Korea and China are in development stages or under restricted applications. As the only UN agency with a mandate in Earth Sciences, UNESCO has been very active in promoting international cooperation, scientific knowledge exchange and capacity building for the development and operationalization of geo-hazard EWS, including EEWS, worldwide. |