Presentation during EENA2019 conference session on: The potential of social media for emergency services

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LastQuake: From Rapid Earthquake
Information to Global Seismic Risk
Reduction
Rémy Bossu & EMSC team
LastQuake:
www.emsc-csem.org
www.citizenseismology.eu
DubrovnikEENA 2019

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EMSC & LastQuake Multichannel Info System
• European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC):
– Scientific not-for-profit NGO federating seismic observatories
– Back-up to national earthquake information services
– ARISTOTLE: 24/7multihazard expert support to ERCC
• LastQuake aims at seismic risk reduction:
– Heightened situational awareness (crowdsourcing)
– Limiting inappropriate behaviours (timely geo-targeted tips)
– Enabled friend and family communication (safety checks)
• LastQuake based on:
– Offering timely information to engage eyewitnesses
– Offering added-value AND leverage pre-existing user behaviour
– Developing app within a multi-channel information system
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Public Interest in Disasters: San Francisco 1906
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Google Search Leading to EMSC Website Traffic Surges
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Automatically detected in 94s
M5.3 Jan 18 Italy

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M5.6 OK 2016: Eyewitnesses as RT Seismometers!
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Detecting EQ & Mapping the Geo-located Tweets
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Courtesy Paul Earle USGS
1) EQ Detection
2) Mapping Tweets

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LastQuake Smartphone App
• Questionnaires replaced by cartoons (Bossu et al. 2016)
• Best way to collect geolocated pics & videos
• Comments shared on Facebook, Twitter
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Map of Current LastQuake App of Users (350 000)
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LastQuake App Launches Even Faster: 12-60s
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A Multichannel Information System
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APP
WEBSITES
TWITTER

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Make Sure your App is Visible!
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The Power of Viral Spread
3 000 felt reports in 30 min
>90% collected through websites!
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And Fast: Bali, M 5 Aug. 22, 2018
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Southernmost Felt Earthquake EVER Documented!
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M 5.6 - SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS - 2018-08-27 20:09:23 UTC
Villa Las Estrellas. Antarctica, 1 000 km SE of Ushuaia
Population: 80
First earthquake that I feel in the Chilean Antarctic, I
had felt one in Chile, but not here.
Felt strong in Chilean Antarctic Territory.

15. M4.3 Jan. 15 2018 T0 + 000s
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16. M4.3 Jan. 15 2018 T0 + 024s
9 LastQuake app launches
0 in total
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17. M4.3 Jan. 15 2018 T0 + 030s
22 LastQuake app launches
0 in total
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18. M4.3 Jan. 15 2018 T0 + 040s
77 LastQuake app launches
0 in total
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19. M4.3 Jan. 15 2018 T0 + 050s
145 LastQuake app launches
0 in total
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20. M4.3 Jan. 15 2018 T0 + 060s
241 LastQuake app launches
0 in total
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21. M4.3 Jan. 15 2018 T0 + 060s
3 reports on the map
0 in total
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22. M4.3 Jan. 15 2018 T0 + 090s
39 reports on the map
0 in total
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23. M4.3 Jan. 15 2018 T0 + 120s
102 reports on the map
0 in total
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24. M4.3 Jan. 15 2018 T0 + 150s
187 reports on the map
0 in total
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25. M4.3 Jan. 15 2018 T0 + 180s
269 reports on the map
0 in total
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26. M4.3 Jan. 15 2018 T0 + 210s
364 reports on the map
0 in total
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27. M4.3 Jan. 15 2018 T0 + 240s
456 reports on the map
0 in total
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28. M4.3 Jan. 15 2018 T0 + 270s
544 reports on the map
0 in total
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29. M4.3 Jan. 15 2018 T0 + 292s
544 reports on the map
0 in total
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30. M4.3 Jan. 15 2018 T0 + 300s
610 reports on the map
0 in total
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31. M4.3 Jan. 15 2018 T0 + FINAL
1 783 reports on the map
0 in total
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The Doughnut Effect: T + 10/20 min
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App launch
Felt report
Epicentre
Schematic map view

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The Doughnut Effect: T > 20 min
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Y
App launch
Felt report
Epicentre
Schematic map view

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Doughnut effect: Lombok mainshock 500 casualties
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Tell us What to do After an Earthquake!
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TIMELY
Safety Tips: Timely Geo-targeted Information
Safety Check: Inform you Loved ones
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Safety Tips & Safety Checks (‘I am safe’)
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Lombok: Information Reduces Anxiety
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Lombok: Information Reduces Anxiety
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Lombok: Information Reduces Anxiety
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Lombok: Information Reduces Anxiety
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• Many felt earthquakes that cannot be located
• Rumours, fake news and conspiracy theories
Explain Why Information Is Missing!
Publication of felt maps without epicenter
(LastQuake 2.0 released March 2019)
Mayotte: No Information is an Information
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• Apps & social media can contribute to risk reduction by:
– Heightened situational awareness (crowdsourcing)
– Limiting inappropriate behaviours (timely geo-targeted tips)
– Enabled friend and family communication (safety checks)
• Visual communication to overcome language barriers
• Offer timely information to engage eyewitnesses
• Offer added-value AND leverage pre-existing user behaviour
• Develop app within a multi-channel information system
Lessons Learnt from LastQuake
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Contact Details
Rémy Bossu bossu@emsc-csem.org
www.emsc-csem.org
www.citizenseismology.eu
DubrovnikEENA 2019
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