(TNS) — U.S. Geological Survey geophysicist Sarah Minson was in the thick of efforts to develop an earthquake warning system in California when a series of major temblors struck the sparsely populated community of Ridgecrest in the Mojave Desert this summer. The largest, a magnitude 7.1 quake on July 5, was the biggest to hit the state in decades.
We asked her about her work — and how this month’s big quakes is helping scientists refine California’s fledgling earthquake alert system.
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https://www.govtech.com/public-safety/Recent-Quakes-Have-Helped-Scientists-Hone-ShakeAlert.html
