Earthquakes and Coronavirus: How to Survive an Infodemic
Zhigang Peng
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Editorial| July 08, 2020 Earthquakes and Coronavirus: How to Survive an Infodemic Zhigang Peng Zhigang Peng * 1Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. *Corresponding author: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Zhigang Peng * 1Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. *Corresponding author: [email protected] Publisher: Seismological Society of America First Online: 08 Jul 2020 Online ISSN: 1938-2057 Print ISSN: 0895-0695 © Seismological Society of America Seismological Research Letters (2020) 91 (5): 2441–2443. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220200125 Article history First Online: 08 Jul 2020 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation Zhigang Peng; Earthquakes and Coronavirus: How to Survive an Infodemic. Seismological Research Letters 2020;; 91 (5): 2441–2443. doi: https://doi.org/10.1785/0220200125 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietySeismological Research Letters Search Advanced Search Earthquakes and viral epidemics spread are totally different events, but under rare circumstances they could strike at the same time. At midnight on 3 February 2020, a magnitude 5.1 earthquake occurred near Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province in China. This event was unique because it occurred during the outbreak of a new coronavirus known as the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 or SARS‐Cov‐2, which causes coronavirus disease 2019, abbreviated COVID‐19. Most people had to remain isolated indoors to suppress viral transmission at that time. This event did not cause any casualties or significant damage, but the shaking was... You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.