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Fig. 2

From: Earthquake early warning for the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake: performance evaluation of the current system and the next-generation methods of the Japan Meteorological Agency

Fig. 2

a Rough comparison of the JMA seismic intensity and the modified Mercalli intensity scales (modified after Hoshiba et al. 2010). b JMA strong-motion seismometers (red circles) and high-sensitivity seismometers in Hi-net of NIED (gray diamonds) incorporated by the current system. c Area division adopted in the current system (yellow areas). Case Nos. (1) to (6) indicate the epicenter regions of earthquakes given in Tables 1 and 2

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