How to alert you about an earthquake before your phone hits them
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Google quietly used it Android Operating System Turning billions of phones into the largest earthquake detection network in human history.
Android phones can alert you about earthquakes before the shaking begins. It’s built quickly. You can do the same with your iPhone too.
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The iPhone does not have an internal earthquake warning, but there are apps that can be sent from official networks such as MyShake. (J Pat Carter/Getty Images)
How it works
Earthquakes start with fast and subtle things p-wave. These are early rumors that most people don’t feel at all. However, a mobile phone accelerometer (YEP, the same sensor as when turning a mobile phone sideways) can detect those waves.
When sufficient Android phones in the same area feel the same movement, Google’s System Kick in and send early alerts to people who are about to be attacked by people who are stronger and slower S-Waves. They are what causes damage.
This gives you a 15-60 second warning. We don’t have much time, but it’s enough to get away from the window, duck under the desk, or stop climbing that ladder. Seconds are important when the ground is rolling.
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Google has single-handedly converted Android phones into the world’s largest earthquake detection system. (Getty Images by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/Lightrocket)
This is not merely theoretical
According to research ScienceAndroid-based earthquake detection network has acquired over 11,000 real earthquakes between 2021 and 2024.
It covers 98 countries and pushes out approximately 18 million alerts a month.
In some cases, people would notify me for more than a minute before the shaking began. And false report? A total of three across over 1,300 confirmed events. Try getting those odds from the weather app. It’s incredible for the free features hidden in your phone.
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Even if you don’t live in a San Andreas breakdown, make sure your settings are turned on in case you travel to the area you need.
- open setting, Tap Safety and emergency.
- Tap Earthquake warning. Make sure it is turned on.
- Tap Test Alerts Preview how it sounds.
Have you got a Wear OS smartwatch? Even if your phone is in another room, it will also buzz your wrists.
Regardless of the smartphone you are using, there is a way to use your device to detect an earthquake before it occurs. (istock)
How about an iPhone?
Apple is not currently with Quake University. It’s an iPhone There are accelerometers, but Apple doesn’t use them to detect earthquakes. If you are using Team iPhone, please use the free myshake Get alerts from the official earthquake network.
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