I'd first go for an early warning system
Posted by John Vidale on March 22, 2011 at 16:17:50:

For tens of millions of dollars, I'd first put in an earthquake early warning system before running expensive cabled instrumentation on the seafloor.

Follow Ups:
     ● Re: I'd first go for an early warning system - heartland chris  19:53:56 - 3/22/2011  (78463)  (1)
        ● EQ early warning system - Pacific Northwest - Barbara  21:43:33 - 3/22/2011  (78467)  (1)
           ● costly - John Vidale  10:23:29 - 3/23/2011  (78470)  (0)