Research Associate, Geophysics Institute, Tokyo University, 1962–65 Research Fellow, California Institute of Technology, 1965–66 Professor, Earthquake Research Institute, Tokyo University, 1966–72 Professor, California Institute of Technology, 1972-05
Hiroo Kanamori (金森 博雄, Kanamori Hiroo, born October 17, 1936) is a Japanese
seismologist who has made fundamental contributions to understanding the
physics of earthquakes and the
tectonic processes that cause them.
Kanamori invented the method for calculating slip distribution on the
fault plane by teleseismic waveform with
Masayuki Kikuchi. In addition, they studied realtime seismology.[4][5][6][7]
In 2007 he was awarded the
Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences.[8]
Kanamori developed a new method of earthquake early warning detection by rapid analysis of the P-wave by a robust network. The algorithm is currently being tested with the
Southern California Seismic Network "ShakeAlert" Earthquake Early Warning (EEW) system, and is one of three algorithms that is used by the system.[9]
Allen, R.M.; H. Kanamori (2001). "Rapid determination of event source parameters in southern California for earthquake early warning". AGU 2001 Fall Meeting. 2001: S11B–0556.
Bibcode:
2001AGUFM.S11B0556A.
^Allen, Richard (2004).
"Rapid magnitude determination for earthquake early warning"(PDF). In G. Manfredi; M.R. Pecce; A. Zollo (eds.). The Many Facets of Seismic Risk. Proceedings of the "Workshop on Multidisciplinary Approach to Seismic Risk Problems", hold in Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi, September 22, 2003. pp. 15–24.