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February 16, 2021 4:13 PM The Associated Press
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Rescuers search for survivors among the ruin of a building damaged by an earthquake in Mamuju, West Sulawesi, Indonesia, Friday, Jan. 15, 2021.
LOS ANGELES (AP) The earthquake early warning system known as ShakeAlert will be capable of delivering alerts directly to wireless devices in Oregon on March 11 and to Washington state in May, completing the West Coast rollout, the U.S. Geological Survey said Tuesday.
The ShakeAlert system, which warns of significant quakes, has been enabled in California since October 2019.
The system uses a network of sensors that detect the start of an earthquake and calculates magnitude, location and the expected amount of shaking. It sends the information in real-time to distributors that send out alerts to cellphones and the internet.
Earthquake warning system to roll out to Oregon, Washington
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