CEEWS is a network of laptops and desktop computers installed in the community houses to capture earthquake initial motion in order to model earthquake in progress and provide early warning of ground shaking to community dwellers Why CEEWS? Historical Earthquake Epicenters across Tanzania Historical event magnitude7.2 earthquake 14 km from Matai, Rukwa, Tanzania of July 08, 1919 Recent Events in Tanzania and Neighbouring Countries Lake Tanganyika Magnitude 6.8 Earthquake of Dec 5 2005 At least six people killed, 300 houses destroyed and a church collapsed at Kalemie, Congo. Felt (IV) at Arusha, Tanzania and Kigali, Rwanda; (III) at Kampala, Uganda and Nairobi, Kenya. Also felt at Bujumbura and Kirundo, Burundi; Bukavu and Lubumbashi, Congo; Lilongwe, Malawi; Molo, Kenya; Kigoma, Masumbwe and Mwanza, Tanzania; Kireka, Uganda. Six people injured, at least 7 houses destroyed and 150 damaged in Nkansi District, Rukwa Region, Tanzania. Felt strongly in much of Rukwa Region. Also felt in Copperbelt, Luapula and Northern Provinces, Zambia and in eastern Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. 5.8 magnitude earthquake 22 km fromKaronga,NorthernRegion,Malawi(6 years ago) UTC time:Sunday, December06,200917:36PM Tanzaniantime: Sunday, December 6 2009 8:36 PM One person killed, 15 people injured and about 3,000 buildings damaged or destroyed in the Karonga area. Also felt at Chitipa and Mzuzu. Felt (IV) at Njombe, Tanzania. Also felt at Mbeya 6.0 magnitude earthquake 23 km fromKaronga,NorthernRegion,Malawi Three people killed, at least 250 injured, 1,111 houses destroyed and 3,565 damaged in Karonga. Felt at Mzuzu. Also felt at Njombe, Tanzania and at Mpika, Zambia. 5.9 magnitude earthquake 37 km fromLongido,Arusha,Tanzania Some damage at Arusha. Felt (V) at Moshi and Usa River; (IV) at Arusha. Felt at Karatu, Kingori, Longido, Lushoto, Monduli, Mwanza, Ngara and Tanga. Felt (IV) at Kijabe, Mombasa, Nairobi, Naivasha and Voi, Kenya; felt at Kisumu and Namanga. Felt (III) at Kampala, Uganda. Also felt at Kigali, Rwanda. Felt (III) at Haidom and (II) at Arusha, Dar es Salaam, Dodoma and Zanzibar. Also felt at Bukoba, Chanika, Kigoma, Lushoto, Mabama, Morogoro, Namanga, Same and Tabora. Felt (II) at Nairobi, Kenya. Also felt at Eldoret, Gilgil, Homa Bay, Magadi and Mombasa. Felt (II) at Kampala, Uganda. Also felt at Kyotera 4.8 magnitude earthquake 59 km fromVikindu,Pwani,Tanzania CEEWS Methodology Proposed Sensors Stations Typical sensors stations installed in Houses (a) The Earthquake parameter numerical computation (the C-code) For a given earthquake epicenter location, seismic sensor geographical locations and target site positions, the C-code computes shaking levels and available warning times for earthquake location (Lon, Lat), sensor station positions(SLon, SLat) and target sites positions (TLon, TLat) : (i) The epicentral distances (R) between the event and sensor stations/target sites is calculated using
. (ii) the P- and S-wave arrival times at the sensor stations and the target sites are estimated using and
Where Ts and Tp are S-wave and P-wave arrival
times, and Vs and Vp are respective velocities (iii) Then the expected ground shaking (PGA) at each point of interest is estimated using
Where is the arrival time
difference (Ts Tp) at a point of interest Mapping the ground shaking (C-shell script)
a C-shell scripts that consists of various GMT
programs that utilizes the C-code output files in some ordered form is used to produce the PGA shaking maps and seismic arrival times contours CEEWS OUTPUTS Shaking Detection Vs Time of the event Shaking Detection Vs Time of the event Magnitude 6.5 Lake Tanganyika Earthquake Shaking Detection Vs Time of the event Shaking Detection Vs Time of the event Shaking Detection Vs Time of the event 5.9 magnitude earthquake 37 km fromLongido,Arusha,Tanzania Shaking Detection Vs Time of the event