Earthquake kills 3,218 people in Nepal, over 60 dead in India If earthquake predictions, meaning alerts days or weeks ahead, are still a distant goal, progress has been made on early warnings of earthquakes, giving precious seconds that can save lives, according to Reuters . Earthquake early-warning systems have been deployed in only a handful of the world's seismic hot zones. They can warn of quakes as much as a few minutes before they strike. Countries with such systems include Mexico, Japan, and the United States, where the most advanced system is California's state-run ShakeAlert. "If Nepal had a seismic network that operated as the seismic stations in Northern California did in the Napa quake, people in Kathmandu would probably have had 15 to 20 seconds warning," said seismologist Peggy Hellweg. That could have been enough to take cover under tables or even escape some collapsing buildings. Yesterday in meeting with PM,we took lot of decisio