ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the architecture of an earthquake early warning system and simulated using OPNET telecommunication software for a developing country as a use case scenario. The major earthquakes that struck the country include the Kashmir earthquake in October 2005, the Quetta earthquake in 1935, the Match earthquake in 1931, the Pattan earthquake in 1974 and the Makran coast earthquake in 1945, claiming a death toll of thousands of lives and property loss of millions of dollars. After observations of the several wave patterns and other related information, a seismic network called the Civionics Earthquake Early Warning System spread over the entire geographical area of Pakistan was designed. The alert messages are delivered as soon as the occurrence of the disaster event is detected by the installed sensors so as to save the lives and property of the people and to give a rescue call to the first responders.
