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Tübingen/Germany, December
14, 2005. Devastating destruction and thousands of victims after the latest
large earthquake in Pakistan have shown how powerless mankind can be in the
face of natural disasters. A new Tsunami website now shows when and where
earthquakes occur and how dangerous they are. The website is connected to
several hundreds of measurement stations all over the world, with which it is
in constant contact. Results received from these stations are immediately
analysed and the results published on the website. This offer complements the first
Tsunami Alarm System, which sends warnings to mobile phones and is offered on
the Tsunami website.
Earthquakes can happen anywhere and more
frequently than is realised. Every day, seismic stations all over the world
record eight to ten tremors of size four or more on the Richter scale. Only a
few of them are greater than size six, which would result in a disaster of the
dimensions of the recent earthquake in Pakistan.
The Heindl Internet AG online service gives
governments, disaster agencies, aid organisations, tourists, tour guides and
journalists sufficient notice of such incidents and enables them to quickly
initiate supporting measures. The Earthquake Information System processes
seismic data from all over the world in only a few seconds. If there is a
tremor in the earth's crust, it is recorded by hundreds of seismic stations
worldwide. The information is then sent to earthquake research centres via
satellite and fibre connections and the data is released on the internet. The
Earthquake Information System analyses the data and prepares up-to-date
warnings, which can be found on www.tsunami-alarm-system.com. All current
earthquake warnings are listed with the exact date, hour, size and the affected
regions. Supplementary information and background data about earthquakes top
the service.
In the future, this information will also be
transmitted to mobile phones. People to whom this information is of special
interest such as journalists or disaster helpers can then receive earthquake
warnings within a few minutes. Thus, time can be saved and aid can be sent to
stricken regions much faster.
The earthquake warning system is based on the
technologies of the Tsunami Alarm System. This system forewarns holidaymakers
and coastal residents of potential tsunami disasters like the one that
devastated the coastal regions in Asia last year. In every reachable place in
the world, people can receive a message on their mobile phone in case there is
a threat to their lives in places where they are. They only have to register
their mobile phone with the Tsunami Alarm System and in the event of an alarm
it will send a message that cannot be ignored.
The Tsunami alarm system was invented and
developed by the German scientists Professor Dr. Eduard Heindl, Heindl Internet
AG in Tübingen/Germany and Professor Dr. Wolfram Reiners, 3M Future Ltd,
Konstanz/Germany. Both are constantly reviewing the quality of the system and
are developing it further through their research to the benefit of subscribers.
While the research results have been filed for patent protection in Germany,
further patents are in preparation.
About the Tsunami alarm system:
The idea of a tsunami alarm system arose in December
2004 in the aftermath of the devastating destruction of the Tsunami catastrophe
in the Indian Ocean. The German professor Eduard Heindl and professor Wolfram
Reiners wanted to use modern information technology to be able to warn people
in time in case of similar occurrences, thus being able to better protect human
life in the future. To achieve this, many systems must work together. The
technical details of the Tsunami alarm system are filed for patent protection
at the German patent office. Tsunami Alarm System is a joint venture between
3MFuture Ltd., Heindl Internet AG and PhiBlue Mobile Ltd., under the presidency
of Wolfram Reiners and Eduard Heindl
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For Further information: Heindl Internet AG,
Prof. Eduard Heindl, Hintere Grabenstr. 30, 72070 Tübingen,
Tel.: 07071 44408, Fax: 07071 44409, E-Mail:
info@tsunami-as.com, Internet: www.tsunami-alarm-system.com
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