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This blog is to keep the Community-of-Practice connected and updated on the latest events and research developments on the project 'Community-based earthquake early warning (EEW) Aotearoa New Zealand'.

This project is funded through EQC and Massey University

For more information contact Marion Tan at M.L.Tan@massey.ac.nz


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