Was that an earthquake you just felt or merely a big truck rumbling by? You don't have to wonder thanks to the U.S.

A worldwide Android smartphone-based earthquake detection and early warning system can detect seismic activity in real time.

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Google’s Android Earthquake Alerts program is a globe-spanning earthquake early-warning system that uses billions of phone ...

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By March last year, the system had detected more than 11,000 events globally and issued more than 1,200 alerts. Two levels of alert can be sent out, depending on quake size and distance from the ...

The alerts rely on detecting fast-moving P-waves, which precede the more destructive S-waves during an earthquake. If enough ...

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