Warning system boosts quake defences


Beijing: A nationwide earthquake early warning network will begin operating by the end of next year.

The network, which has been under development by the China Earthquake Administration since 2018, will alert people more than 20km from a quake’s epicentre a few seconds before the destructive seismic waves arrive.

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