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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 is about 80% of all of the phones in turkey and this is google s explainer on how it works. android phones have these things built into them which concerns earthquakes. people will be able to have their phones become a part of this network, looking for earthquakes around the world. we call this the android earthquake alert system. you will hear it go. it looks like this and it says drop, cover and hold. this and it says drop, cover and hold- this and it says drop, cover and hold. this is the product manauer and hold. this is the product manager for and hold. this is the product manager for the and hold. this is the product manager for the system i and hold. this is the product manager for the system at i manager for the system at google. the further you are from the earthquake the more notice the
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when the phone detects an earthquake, it sends a message back to google s servers. when enough phones do this, google can pinpoint the epicenter and send out an earthquake warning. this is what millions of people in turkey, in theory, got before the earthquake struck. and so you ll hear it go. it looks like this and it says drop, cover and hold. phone chimes. so it s pretty loud. it s pretty loud. this is micah berman, the product manager for the system at google. he explains how earthquakes move through the ground relatively slowly compared to a message near instantly reaching your phone. so the farther you are from the epicenter of the earthquake, the more warning time we re able to give you generally because we ve detected it at the epicenter. and if you re farther away, we re racing at the speed of light and the speed of motion through the ground, the speed of light wins by more and more and more the farther you get away from the epicentre of the earthquake.