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Podcast: The Future of Everything
Episode: Greg Beroza: Data helps prepare us for ‘The Big One’
Description: Earthquakes come in species, says Greg Beroza, professor of geophysics at Stanford and an expert in seismology.
There are, of course, the well-known sudden shocks, but there are also “slow earthquakes” that transpire imperceptibly in contrast to the obvious temblors, but which can measure 7 on the Richter Scale or more — a major quake by any standard.
Beroza knows about slow and other species of earthquakes because of a recent explosion in the availability of seismic data recorded by an expansive network of sensors throughout California and elsewhere around the world. One hundred times each second, 24 hours...