Earthquake detection using AI succeeds in detecting earthquakes more than 17 times larger than the conventional method

ByEuropean Commission DG ECHO

The American research teamArtificial intelligenceA system that detects earthquakes and locates them using (AI) "ConvNetQuake"Was developed. Conventional systems were not good at detecting small earthquakes that could not be experienced, but "ConvNetQuake" was able to detect large and small earthquakes by using AI, it became possible to detect large and small earthquakesFuturismIt reports.

A New AI Detected Seventeen Times More Earthquakes Than Traditional Methods
https://futurism.com/ai-earthquakes-traditional-methods/

Many earthquakes occurred in Japan as well as in the United States, and in southern California alone about 10,000 earthquakes occur each year. However, most of the earthquakes are neither sensible nor spontaneous, it is caused by companies in the oil and gas industry injecting industrial wastewater deep underground.


"ConvNetQuake"Deep learningThis system detects earthquakes and locates them. SpecialalgorithmTo determine whether the shaking is due to natural occurrence or artificialEarthquake ground motionIt is to distinguish from the measured value of. Actually examining the earthquake activity in Oklahoma state,Oklahoma State Geological Surveyof"Earthquake Catalogs"It is said that we were able to detect earthquakes more than 17 times the number of earthquakes recorded in"


In this survey, "ConvNetQuake" is applied to detect the earthquake in Central America and helps improve the detection results, but "ConvNetQuake" can be applied more extensively. If we can detect and classify earthquake activity more effectively in the future, it will be possible to detect signs of earthquake occurrence and provide important information as soon as possible to warn the people around.

However, "ConvNetQuake" can not predict the occurrence of future earthquakes. Futurism reporters said it is important to minimize the damage by early detection of earthquakes by utilizing this system until technologies that can predict earthquakes are developed.