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ArticleHeliyon2025

Simulating human behavior under earthquake early warning.

Matthew Wood, Sara K McBride, Xilei Zhao, Dare Baldwin, Elizabeth S Cochran, Xiaojian Zhang, Nicolas Luco, Ruggiero Lovreglio, Tom Cova

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Article in Heliyon, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Matthew WoodDepartment of Geography, University of Utah, 260 S Central Dr, RM 4625, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA.
Sara K McBrideU.S. Geological Survey, Earthquake Science Center, Moffett Field, CA, 94040, USA.
Xilei ZhaoDepartment of Civil and Coastal Engineering, University of Florida, 1949 Stadium Rd, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA.
Dare BaldwinDepartment of Psychology/Clark Honors College, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 97405, USA.
Elizabeth S CochranU.S. Geological Survey, Earthquake Science Center, Pasadena, CA, USA.
Xiaojian ZhangDepartment of Civil and Coastal Engineering, University of Florida, 1949 Stadium Rd, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA.
Nicolas LucoU.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Hazards Science Center, Golden, CO, 80401, USA.
Ruggiero LovreglioSchool of Built Environment, Massey University, Albany, North Shore, Auckland, 0745, New Zealand.
Tom CovaDepartment of Geography, University of Utah, 260 S Central Dr, RM 4625, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA.

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Abstract

Earthquakes are a rapid-onset hazard where advance planning and learning plays a key role in mitigating injuries and death to individuals. Recent advances in earthquake detection have resulted in the development of earthquake early warning (EEW) systems. These systems can provide advance warning to predetermined geographic regions that an earthquake is in progress, which may result in individuals receiving warning seconds before significant shaking is felt at their location. This additional time could allow individuals to take more effective protective actions during the immediate disaster. To demonstrate this, we created an agent-based simulation of a basic apartment that allowed us to randomly and repeatedly simulate an individual receiving and responding to an EEW message. The results of our preliminary simulation show that, in our study environment, earthquake early warning alerts have the potential to allow for sufficient time for individuals to take protective actions.

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ABM (agent-based modeling)EEW (earthquake early warning)Protective actionSimulation

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PMCPMC11849623

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