Sensors (Nov 2023)

Design and Implementation of a Prototype Seismogeodetic System for Tectonic Monitoring

  • Javier Ramírez-Zelaya,
  • Belén Rosado,
  • Vanessa Jiménez,
  • Jorge Gárate,
  • Luis Miguel Peci,
  • Amós de Gil,
  • Alejandro Pérez-Peña,
  • Manuel Berrocoso

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/s23218986
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 23, no. 21
p. 8986

Abstract

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This manuscript describes the design, development, and implementation of a prototype system based on seismogeodetic techniques, consisting of a low-cost MEMS seismometer/accelerometer, a biaxial inclinometer, a multi-frequency GNSS receiver, and a meteorological sensor, installed at the Doñana Biological Station (Huelva, Spain) that transmits multiparameter data in real and/or deferred time to the control center at the University of Cadiz. The main objective of this system is to know, detect, and monitor the tectonic activity in the Gulf of Cadiz region and adjacent areas in which important seismic events occur produced by the interaction of the Eurasian and African plates, in addition to the ability to integrate into a regional early warning system (EWS) to minimize the consequences of dangerous geological phenomena.

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