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California eyes quake alert system similar to Japan's

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January 31, 2013, 10:59 am TWN

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LOS ANGELES -- California has long been braced for the Big One, but now a proposed new early warning system seeks to give the U.S. state's residents vital extra seconds before a major earthquake hits.

The US$80 million plan, presented by lawmaker Alex Padilla and experts from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), would use technology already in place in Japan to issue warnings from underground sensors.

The alerts could give tens of seconds' early notice to residents of Los Angeles, for example, if the start of a major temblor were detected a significant distance away from the crowded West Coast megalopolis.

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