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Extending the National Seismic Network in Guatemala

Session: Earthquake Early Warning System in the Americas: The On-Going Effort and the State of the Art I

Type: Oral

Date: 4/19/2021

Presentation Time: 05:15 PM Pacific

Description: 

For more than 40 years, INSIVUMEH has been the public institute tasked with monitoring and studying seismic activity in Guatemala. Over the course of the year 2021, at least 32 new seismic stations are planned to be installed in strategic points across the territory of the Republic of Guatemala, which will result in a significant enhancement of the national seismic network operated by INSIVUMEH. This increase in the number of stations has two concrete objectives: the first is to achieve a more comprehensive monitoring of the principal seismogenic zones in Guatemala, whereas the second is to be able to provide an important contribution to the early warning efforts currently being taken in Central America, under the umbrella of a collaboration between national seismic monitoring agencies and the Swiss Seismological Service at ETHZ. As such, one of the principal challenges is to distribute all 32 stations in a manner that would address both objectives, while choosing sites of low seismic noise without compromising the safety of the equipment to be installed. Several regions to locate the station sites have already been chosen, but specific sites are yet to be found for a few sensors.

Presenting Author: Rodolfo Alvarado Sosa

Student Presenter: No

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