Standards Development

Scope

This document provides guidance on how to select seismometer systems as a part of smart community infrastructures for disaster risk reduction. It enables planners, developers and community operators to determine if the intended purposes are achieved by seismometer systems through examples of the selection and use of seismometer systems based on the categories defined in ISO 37174.

In this document, a seismometer system refers to a combination of a sensor unit that measures vibrations caused by earthquakes and a processing unit that records the measured data and outputs the results in some form, and does not include a network or management application that communicates the information.

Furthermore, the categories of seismometer systems described in ISO 37174 correspond to their purpose for disaster risk reduction of earthquakes. This will help reduce mismatches between the systems required by implementers and the systems supplied by suppliers so that the suppliers can provide seismometer systems which meet the disaster risk reduction (DRR) objectives that the implementers wish to achieve.

NOTE: This document does not provide guidance for organisations conducting seismic observations with well-defined specifications that have been proven in the past. For organisations conducting observations of global environmental parameters such as meteorological changes, volcanic activity and seismic activity, specifications and guidelines can be provided by governments, regulators and observing authorities for observing systems with clearly defined specifications.