Intelligent solutions for earthquake data analysis and prediction for future smart cities

Abstract

The analysis and prediction of the Earthquake for smart cities are of greatest significance because all the critical infrastructure like drinking water resources, mobile networks, healthcare, power grid, and transportation, may affect the social-economic balance of the place which is tampered with such natural disasters. An earthquake has some effect on the environment due to the sudden movement of tectonic plates known as Earthquake Environmental Effects (EEE). These changes can be divided into 2 categories namely primary (e.g. subsidence, surface faulting) and secondary effects (displaced rocks, tsunami, landslides). In this paper, the major contribution revolves around earthquakes and their analysis. Earthquakes occur due to the shifting of tectonic plates on the lithosphere. These movements occur due to the Frictional stress between gliding plate borders builds up and leads to fault line failure. This sudden shaking of the plates releases a certain kind of energy in the Lithosphere which creates seismic waves. Earthquakes are also categorized into different classes ranging from minor to great, depending on their magnitude.