After leaving the Sci-Tech Library, Chen Mo walked to the window and looked down at the bustling traffic below, feeling deeply moved.
Ever since he had saved Xiao Yu during that accident, the course of his life had changed drastically. Just over half a year did not seem long, yet so much had changed, and he had experienced so much during that time.
After reflecting for a while, Chen Mo returned to his seat and began organizing the seismic instrument's technical materials.
Earthquakes occurred on Earth at every moment, but their vibrations were usually too weak to be noticed.
Earthquakes were caused by the sudden fracture and displacement of underground rock layers. The energy was radiated outward as seismic waves. Seismic waves came in transverse and longitudinal forms and traveled as mechanical waves.
The world's most advanced Earthquake Early Warning systems currently used the principle that longitudinal waves traveled faster than transverse waves to issue warnings in advance. At most, such systems could only provide warnings from ten seconds to one minute before destructive transverse waves arrived.
That was why Chen Mo had been ecstatic upon obtaining this technology. Predicting a major earthquake disaster five hours in advance would be unprecedented technology.
Of course, that did not mean every earthquake could be predicted five hours ahead. Sudden earthquakes caused by unexpected underground rock fractures were simply impossible to predict.
It was like a person living and working according to a routine. You could guess where he would be five hours later. But if an accident occurred midway, that would be an unpredictable event.
The normal movement of crustal plates could allow an earthquake to be predicted five hours in advance, but predicting sudden incidents five hours ahead was impossible. Still, it was possible to speed up the warning time.
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