Onsite Earthquake Alert and Safety Services Using Low-Cost MEMS Sensors

Seonhyeong Kim, Kihwan Lim, Jaeseon Kim, Young Woo Kwon

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Abstract

Due to the increase of earthquakes in the Korean peninsular, much effort has been made to prepare for earthquakes. Our prior work introduced an earthquake alert device using a low-cost MEMS acceleration sensor that can detect an earthquake using a simple artificial neural network and then send out an alert to nearby smart devices. In this study, we further extend the earthquake alert device, which can connect with multiple other earthquake alert devices to build an onsite earthquake alert system covering a small range of areas. To see the effectiveness of our system, we constructed a testbed at several camping sites that do not have earthquake alert systems. Throughput the testbed operation, our system detected two small earthquakes and successfully issued one alarm. Based on our experiments and testbeds, we believe that our earthquake alert system can be effectively used for earthquake preparedness and response even in locations where computing and networking infrastructures are not present.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIGARSS 2022 - 2022 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages4007-4010
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781665427920
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
Event2022 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2022 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Duration: 17 Jul 202222 Jul 2022

Publication series

NameInternational Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
Volume2022-July

Conference

Conference2022 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2022
Country/TerritoryMalaysia
CityKuala Lumpur
Period17/07/2222/07/22

Keywords

  • Earthquake
  • MEMS sensor
  • onsite alert
  • safety services

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