. >> thomas heaton is a professor of in relationing sys mollingy and says there is a system that couldive the heads up before the shaking starts. the system sends an alert to your smartphone showing you where the quake began and how soon it will reach your election and the duration and intensity of the shaking that you can expect. >> what people don't like about earthquakes is when it starts to shake, you have no idea what will come. the system will tell you, relax, enjoy it, it's okay. >> a similar system is online and working in japan. here in california, it's a prototype. heaton has an idea why it's not in use here. >> if washington d.c. isn't destroyed by an -- is destroyed by an earthquake we'd have had a system long ago >> for now they'll design a system that could give calvans what they never had before - time to prepare. >> it's an ability to turn science into something that is useful to everyone else. >> a warning system giving me a 45 second head start as it were would be beneficial. >> an understatement from a survivor of the most deadly earthquake to hit california in 20 ye

. >> thomas heaton is an engineer of sizemology a lot cal tech. he said there is a system that could give camerans a heads-up before the shaking starts. the system would send an alert to your smart phone showing you where the quake began and how soon it will reach your location as well as the duration and intensity of the shaking you can expect. >> the thing people don't like about earthquakes is when it starts to shake, you have no idea what's going to come. this system is going to tell you, most likely time, it's going to tell you, relax. enl joy it. it's okay. >> a similar system is online and working in japan. in california, it's still only a prototype. heaton has an widea why it's no in use here? >> if washington, d.c. would enter been destroyed by an earthquake, we would have had a system. >> heatton and cal tech will refine the system that could give californians what they have never had before: time to prepare. >> it's the ability to turn our science into something that's useful to everybody else. >> i think a warning system today that wou

. >> thomas heaton says there is a system that could give californians a heads up before the shakings. the system would send an alert to the smartphone, showing where the quake began. >> the thing people don't like about aerth quakes is when it shakes, you have no idea where it will come. most of the times it will say, "relax, innocently it", >> a similar system is working in japan. here in california it's a prototype. heaton has an idea of why it was not in use. >> if washington d.c. was destroyed by an earthquake, we'd have had a system. >> heaton and others will define a system that could give californians what they never had before, time to prepare. >> it's the ability to turp science into something that is useful to everybody else. >> a warning system today that would give me a 45 second head start as it were, would be beneficial. >> an understatement from a survivor of a deadly earthquake. >> geologists didn't know a fault line ran under north bridge. that's why calvan governor gerry brown is proposing a budget increase to find outline the fault lines. >> turning to sports this