Canada is benefiting from Israeli expertise to improve the earthquake warning system

Canada is turning to Israel to help upgrade its emergency response infrastructure.

On Tuesday, Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson revealed that the federal government is providing funding to Tel Aviv University, with the goal of improving earthquake early warning systems in Canada.

NRC, which does not detail the amount of funding being made available, said Wilkinson in a statement.

SeismicAI, an Israeli high-tech company, teamed up with Tel Aviv University to develop an EEW system that has been used around the world.

Canada began installing the first of the hundreds of sensors that make up the country’s EEW system back in March, with the goal of bringing it fully online by 2024.

“Of all the earthquake mitigation measures that could be considered for Canada, matrix-based earthquake early warning is the most practical and the most cost-effective,” Tel Aviv University professor Alon Ziv said in a statement Tuesday.

SeismicAI’s CEO echoed those sentiments, adding that he’s excited to collaborate with the university and NRCan on this initiative.

“Using this innovative alert technology, people in areas covered by Canada’s EEW systems will have access to the earliest and most accurate alerts of earthquakes and tsunamis,” Benny Sasson said in a statement.

The increased funding from Canada aims to support the development of programs that will address constraints facing the country’s coastal and border regions, where the government says it can be difficult to deploy networks of traditional EEW sensor stations.

Federal data shows that there are approximately 5,000 earthquakes across Canada each year, with the most common along the Pacific coast of British Columbia and in the Yukon Territory.

CTV News has contacted Wilkinson’s office to request more details on the funding provided and will update this story if a response is received.

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