earthquake
Let an agent handle earthquakes safety-first: give protective actions and tsunami warnings, route people to emergency services and official sources, then explain causes, measurement and preparedness.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
During Shaking now.
Protect
Protective action.
Protect
Protective action.
- Is the ground shaking now? boundary
- Should the person drop, take cover under sturdy furniture and hold on, staying away from windows? action
Tsunami
Coastal warning.
Tsunami
Tsunami warning.
- Is the person on a coast after strong or long shaking, or is a tsunami warning in force? boundary
- Should they move to high ground or inland immediately? action
After After shaking.
Check
Injuries and hazards.
Check
After the quake.
- Is anyone injured or trapped, or is there a smell of gas? boundary
- Should emergency services be called and the building left if unsafe? action
Official
Official information.
Official
Official information.
- What do official seismological agencies report about this earthquake? provenance
- Are aftershock forecasts available? provenance
Science Measurement.
Magnitude
Size.
Magnitude
Magnitude.
- What is the magnitude, and how does it differ from intensity? measurement
- Which agency measured it? provenance
Prediction
Forecasting limits.
Prediction
Prediction limits.
- Can earthquakes be predicted, according to seismologists? provenance
- How should rumours of predictions be handled? action
Prepare Preparedness.
Home
Home preparation.
Home
Home preparation.
- Which home preparations do civil protection authorities recommend? provenance
- How should furniture be secured? action
Buildings
Seismic codes.
Buildings
Seismic safety of buildings.
- Which seismic code applies here, and is this building assessed? provenance
- Who can carry out an assessment? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Activities and processes
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- ACT
- Domain
- ACT.ACT
- Other names and narrower kinds
- foreshock, EMS intensity XI earthquake, earthquake in Japan, earthquake in Vanuatu, low-frequency earthquake, interplate earthquake, earthquake doublet, earthquake sequence, paleoearthquake, Iturup earthquake, mainshock, Shikotan earthquake
What it is Filled
A sudden shaking of the ground caused by the release of energy in the Earth crust, usually by slip on a fault, measured by magnitude such as moment magnitude and by intensity scales such as EMS-98 or Modified Mercalli; earthquakes can trigger tsunamis, landslides and fires.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent handle earthquakes safety-first: give protective actions and tsunami warnings, route people to emergency services and official sources, then explain causes, measurement and preparedness.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Sudden fault slip
- Measured by magnitude and intensity
- Often followed by aftershocks
- Cannot be predicted precisely
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Issue or spread earthquake predictions that the competent authority has not made.
- Contradict official evacuation or safety instructions.
- Direct people into damaged buildings after a quake.
- Publish personal data of victims or missing people beyond official channels.
Only with a human decision
- Declaring a building safe to enter after an earthquake.
May
- Report earthquakes with time, location, magnitude and source agency.
- Relay official warnings and safety guidance from the competent authority.
Moral aspects Filled
- Earthquakes kill most people where buildings are weak, often in poor communities.
- False alarms and rumours after quakes cause panic and harm.
Who is affected
- People in affected areas
- Rescue workers
- Families of victims
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns an earthquake; national seismological agencies record and report them.
Master systems
- National and international seismic event catalogues
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q108156638 - registry parent class
- Q123349687 - registry parent class
- Q136927433 - registry parent class
- Q8065 - registry parent class
related
- geologic activity - category
- fault slip - cause
- tsunami - secondary hazard
- seismometer - instrument
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.earthquake
- Wikidata: Q7944 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7944)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Seismograms and shake maps
- Aftershock sequences
- Explosions and quarry blasts can mimic small quakes
- Ground shaking, damaged buildings, cracks and landslides; recorded on seismograms.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- give protective actions during shaking
- find official earthquake and tsunami information
- explain magnitude and intensity
- prepare homes and families
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Building collapse and falling objects
- Tsunamis after coastal quakes
- False earthquake predictions and rumours
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Seismic building codes such as Eurocode 8
- National civil protection law
- Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
Context of use required Filled
- A natural hazard and geological process.
- interplate and intraplate earthquakes
- foreshocks, mainshocks and aftershocks
- deep and shallow earthquakes
- induced earthquakes
- low-frequency and slow earthquakes
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q7944: earthquake - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Earthquake - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should notable earthquakes be separate entries?
- How should official feeds be linked?
- How should induced seismicity be linked?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q7944/spec.json