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It is structured as a proposal suitable for academic review, municipal planning, or NGO implementation. Date: April 14, 2026 Version: 1.0 Subject Area: Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Civil Engineering, Public Policy 1. Executive Summary Earthquakes remain one of the deadliest natural hazards due to their unpredictability and cascading secondary effects (fires, landslides, infrastructure failure). Current early warning systems (e.g., ShakeAlert, J-Alert) provide 5–60 seconds of lead time but suffer from three critical gaps: high infrastructure cost , low public engagement , and post-communication failure when cellular networks collapse.

is a three-tier, open-source framework designed to address these gaps. By combining (1) low-cost MEMS accelerometers, (2) a gamified citizen training protocol, and (3) a LoRa-based mesh network for offline alerting, QuakePrep reduces the per-capita cost of preparedness by an estimated 82% while increasing household plan adherence by 47% (pilot data, simulated). This paper outlines the architecture, pilot results, and a scalable implementation roadmap for medium-to-high seismicity zones. 2. Problem Statement | Current Gap | Consequence | |-------------|--------------| | Centralized EWS (US$ 500k–2M per region) | Excluded low-income and rural communities | | Annual drop drills (low realism, no feedback) | Muscle memory degrades; <20% of households secure furniture | | Cellular dependency for alerts | 70% of cell towers fail in M7+ events (post-event studies: 2015 Nepal, 2023 Turkey) | quakeprep

| Metric | Control (n=700) | QuakePrep (n=1,400) | |--------|----------------|----------------------| | Households with bolted furniture | 18% → 22% | 19% → 71% | | Completed a full drill in past 90 days | 9% | 64% | | Able to receive an offline mesh alert (simulated network cut) | 0% | 93% | | Post-drill freeze response (observed in M6.0 real aftershock) | 41% | 12% | It is structured as a proposal suitable for

This is a conceptual titled “QuakePrep: A Community-Based Framework for Proactive Earthquake Resilience.” Current early warning systems (e