Build a catalogue from existing sensor records
Arrival picking uses existing sensors and labelled training data; it does not establish earthquake prediction.
SCIENCE UNDER AUTOMATION
AI in Seismology: capabilities and evidence
Applied to data from 11,241 catalogued earthquakes
What has AI demonstrated?
Applied to data from 11,241 catalogued earthquakes
- Test
- Seismic arrival picking on distributed acoustic sensing arrays; 11,241 is dataset coverage, not detection accuracy.
- Comparison
- Catalogued events and seismic phase-picking comparisons; not a whole-field baseline.
- System and version
- PhaseNet-DAS · 2023
- Evidence checked
- 2026-10-21
Arrival picking uses existing sensors and labelled training data; it does not establish earthquake prediction.
What does the field require?
Build a catalogue from existing sensor records
- Maintain and calibrate sensor inputs
Provisional autonomy mapping for this requirement. Arrival picking uses existing sensors and labelled training data; it does not establish earthquake prediction.
PhaseNet-DAS - Detect seismic phase arrivals
Provisional autonomy mapping for this requirement. Arrival picking uses existing sensors and labelled training data; it does not establish earthquake prediction.
PhaseNet-DAS - Validate event locations and catalogue quality
Provisional autonomy mapping for this requirement. Arrival picking uses existing sensors and labelled training data; it does not establish earthquake prediction.
PhaseNet-DAS
Infer and test a new fault model
- Choose observations that distinguish models
Not tested by this source; capability remains unassessed.
PhaseNet-DAS - Deploy instruments under field conditions
Not tested by this source; capability remains unassessed.
PhaseNet-DAS - Validate geophysical predictions
Not tested by this source; capability remains unassessed.
PhaseNet-DAS
Research tasks
Infer and test a new fault model
This broader workflow has not been evaluated by the cited demonstration.
Can AI replace the whole workflow?
The results above measure specific tasks. The field assessment also requires completion of the connected workflow, including the requirements listed here. A field-wide replacement percentage has not been established.
Read the assessment method