AI recognizes earthquakes quicker

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AI can detect signs of seismic activity early on. A British Geological Survey team discovered this during a series of seismic events on the Greek Island of Santorini.

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00:00AI tells us clearly by detecting more earthquakes than standard techniques

00:05that we have entered the phase of unrest around January 26.

00:12If we're looking now very traditional catalogs that are available,

00:16we see that the seismicity, the crisis started around January 31st.

00:22Machine learning algorithms detected 10 times more seismic shocks

00:27five days ahead of classic seismographs. Santorini was evacuated for security reasons.

00:39Now some of the residents are returning. Should there be another earthquake,

00:44this new knowledge could prove helpful in bringing people to safety in time.

00:48If we had real-time this capability, which is possible now, we could have five more days

01:01to prepare not only the population but also prepare the seismic networks to adapt to this crisis.

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