MyShake - Earthquake Hazards Monitoring and Mitigation Using Global Smartphone Seismic Network

Session: Research, Discovery and Education Made Possible by Low-Cost Seismic Equipment [Poster]
Type: Poster
Date: 4/30/2020
Time: 08:00 AM
Room: Ballroom
Description: 

MyShake is a project aiming to build a global smartphone seismic network. Using the MEMS sensor inside the smartphones, earthquake motions can be detected, recorded and uploaded to a central server for various research and practical applications. With the release of MyShake in 2016, there are more than 1,000 earthquakes recorded by using phones in user' pocket. Data recorded by the crowd-sourcing smartphones can provide earthquake early warning, earthquake parameters to places where there is no traditional seismic stations, potentially provide building health monitoring and high-resolution ground motion distribution maps after the earthquake. This talk presents the overview of the MyShake system, such as the machine learning algorithms behind support the system, the data collection component and the research examples using the data we collected. Through these examples, we show the potential of using this large-scale sensor network for earthquake hazards monitoring and mitigation.

Presenting Author: Qingkai Kong

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