Systems and methods for early warning of seismic events

A seismic warning system comprising:

• a plurality of sensors, each sensor sensitive to a physical phenomenon associated with seismic events and operative to output an electronic signal representative of the sensed physical phenomenon;
• a data acquisition unit communicatively coupled to receive the electronic signal from each of the plurality of sensors, the data acquisition unit comprising a processor configured to determine that the received electronic signals are indicative of a P-wave associated with a seismic event and to estimate characteristics of the seismic event based on the received electronic signals;
• and
• a local device embodied separately from the data acquisition unit and communicatively coupled to the data acquisition unit;
• wherein the plurality of sensors, the data acquisition unit and the local device are local to one another;
• wherein at least one of the processor and the local device are configured to determine local situational emergency measures to be implemented by the local device based on the estimated characteristics of the seismic event and specific conditions in existence at a specific location of the local device;
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• wherein the local device is configured to determine the specific conditions in existence at the specific location of the local device by performing an interrogation operation.