Your mobile phone could soon warn you of earthquakes. How does it work?
Google is launching its Android Earthquake Alerts System in New Zealand and Greece but what information does it draw on, and how useful will it be for an quake-prone country such as ours? Mirjam Guesgen explains.
What does this earthquake alert system do?
Android phones will operate as earthquake detectors and show a warning alert that shaking is about to happen.
How much warning people will get depends on how far you are from where the earthquake originates. If you’re further away you might get 10 seconds or more warning, if you’re only a few kilometres from the source, that warning might only be a second or two.
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Press Release – Science Media Centre Coastal communities are returning home after a morning spent on alert for tsunamis triggered by significant marine earthquakes. The three significant earthquakes that took place over the course of this morning triggered tsunami alerts across the Pacific, …
Coastal communities are returning home after a morning spent on alert for tsunamis triggered by significant marine earthquakes.
The three significant earthquakes that took place over the course of this morning triggered tsunami alerts across the Pacific, with the final earthquake off the coast of the Kermadec Islands measuring up to 8.1 in magnitude.
The SMC asked experts to comment in response to this morning’s events.