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Of an earthquakes location. Some people with phones that detect a motion from the earthquake agree with each other that we all see the same thing. Locate its magnitude and send that warning to people farther away. Reporter a simulation looked at a big quake along the hayward fault, and found an alert came within seconds, enough time to duck or brace yourself. Right now the system only looks at large quake, magnitude 7. 0 or higher. A Pilot Program was just funded in chile, where 7. 0 quakes have been detected along the coast. Most of the worlds high population for earthquakes has no protection whatsoever. But cell phones are ubiquitous. Reporter california is already testing shake alert. But Scientists Say this could be a supplement. A few seconds are enough time to stop doing something you dont want to be doing during an earthquake. Reporter and that recently funded research in chile is expected to take about a year to yield results. Reporting live in menlo park Christie Smith nbc bay

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