THIS COURSE FOCUSES ON EARTHQUAKE EARLY WARNING (EEW). BECAUSE OF THE EXTREME COMPLEXITY INVOLVED IN THE EARTHQUAKE PROCESSES, RELIABLE EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION IS NOT CURRENTLY POSSIBLE. PRESENT TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES IN SEISMIC INSTRUMENTATION AND IN DIGITAL COMMUNICATION AND PROCESSING PERMIT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A REAL-TIME EARTHQUAKE MONITORING SYSTEM. FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF SEISMIC HAZARDS MITIGATION, EEW IS BECOMING THE PRACTICAL AND PROMISING TOOLS TO REDUCE THE LOSS CAUSED BY A DAMAGING EARTHQUAKE. SUBJECTS AS FOLLOWS,
1. INTRODUCTION OF EARTHQUAKE EARLY WARNING
2. EARTHQUAKE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM
3. THEORY OF EARTHQUAKE EARLY WARNING
4. PAPERS REVIEW OF EARTHQUAKE EARLY WARNING

A TERM PAPER SHOULD BE COMPLETED AT THE END OF THIS COURSE.

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