off later in the year. lara: in february this year, a devastating earthquake hit turkey. but what s been barely reported is that google was operating an earthquake early warning system, which it claims had sent out millions of alerts to people before the quake hit. however, a bbc investigation failed to find evidence that this warning was actually received by most turkish people in the earthquake zone. anna foster in turkey and james clayton in san francisco have more. james: it was one of the most deadly earthquakes in modern times. february s quake happened in the middle of the night. many people died where they were sleeping, in their beds. 50,000 people were killed. however, there was an earthquake warning system run by google in turkey, and the company claims millions
anna foster in turkey and james clayton in san francisco have more. james: it was one of the most deadly earthquakes in modern times. february s quake happened in the middle of the night. many people died where they were sleeping, in their beds. 50,000 people were killed. however, there was an earthquake warning system run by google in turkey, and the company claims millions of people got a warning before this earthquake. it works on any android phone that s about 80% of all of the phones in turkey and this is google s explainer on how it works. android phones have these tiny accelerometers built into them which can sense earthquakes. people will now be able to have their phones become part of this network of mini seismometers looking for earthquakes around the world. we call this the. when the phone detects an earthquake, it sends
to find evidence that this warning was actually received by most turkish people in the earthquake zone. anna foster in turkey and james clayton in san francisco have more. james: it was one of the most deadly earthquakes in modern times. february s quake happened in the middle of the night. many people died where they were sleeping, in their beds. 50,000 people were killed. however, there was an earthquake warning system run by google in turkey, and the company claims millions of people got a warning before this earthquake. it works on any android phone that s about 80% of all of the phones in turkey and this is google s explainer on how it works. android phones have these tiny accelerometers built into them which can sense earthquakes. people will now be able to have their phones become part of this network of mini seismometers looking for earthquakes around the world. we call this the.
turkey. but what s been barely reported is that google was operating an earthquake early warning system, which it claims had sent out millions of alerts to people before the quake hit. however, a bbc investigation failed to find evidence that this warning was actually received by most turkish people in the earthquake zone. anna foster in turkey and james clayton in san francisco have more. james: it was one of the most deadly earthquakes in modern times. february s quake happened in the middle of the night. many people died where they were sleeping, in their beds. 50,000 people were killed. however, there was an earthquake warning system run by google in turkey, and the company claims millions of people got a warning before this earthquake. it works on any android phone that s about 80% of all of the phones in turkey and this is google s explainer on how it works.
that this warning was actually received by most turkish people in the earthquake zone. anna foster in turkey and james clayton in san francisco have more. james: it was one of the most deadly earthquakes in modern times. february s quake happened in the middle of the night. many people died where they were sleeping, in their beds. 50,000 people were killed. however, there was an earthquake warning system run by google in turkey, and the company claims millions of people got a warning before this earthquake. it works on any android phone that s about 80% of all of the phones in turkey and this is google s explainer on how it works. android phones have these tiny accelerometers built into them which can sense earthquakes. people will now be able to have their phones become part of this network of mini seismometers looking for earthquakes around the world. we call this the.