World's First Nationwide Earthquake-Detector system »

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No country needs an effective earthquake- warning system more than Japan, with its dizzyingly dense population and constant barrage of earthquakes (more than a thousand of them strong enough to feel every year). By this spring they may finally have one-the first national system in the world.

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JohnChasWebb
Sept. 13, 2006, 10:21 p.m.
Quote from article "...(the) computer will then determine the quake's epicenter and strength, providing a warning of up to 30 seconds". (end quote)
Why not just put a tennis ball on your window sill?